Church leaders, politicians, aid workers and commentators reveal Lenten Reading Choices

Dr Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury
I’ll be re-reading the Ascent of Mount Carmel by St John of the Cross. Since my first reading of it in my twenties it has been the compass for everything I’ve ever thought about prayer as being stripped of all illusions, images and self-pleasing thoughts to come face to face with Truth in person.

Baroness Cox, founder, the Humanitarian Aid Relief Trust
Jean-Pierre de Caussade’s Self-Abandonment to Divine Providence, An Omnibus Edition of His Works, translated by Algar Thorold, revised by John Joyce and introduced by Professor David Knowles. Why? Because I feel I need to do more of this.

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