Never Forget: God Is Your Loving Father, and He Thinks You’re Worth Dying For ‘The first step to becoming more childlike,’ says Mother Iliana in ‘The Light of His Eyes,’ ‘is to sit before God and acknowledge our poverty and need and ask him for the grace to...
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Never Forget: God Is Your Loving Father, and He Thinks You’re Worth Dying For ‘The first step to becoming more childlike,’ says Mother Iliana in ‘The Light of His Eyes,’ ‘is to sit before God and acknowledge our poverty and need and ask him for the grace to see his love for us as we are.’ By Robert Klesko October 18, 2023 It’s rare to find new books written by female religious. It’s even more rare to find one written by an Eastern Catholic nun. That’s why I reached out to Mother Iliana, a nun at Christ the Bridegroom Monastery in Burton, Ohio, who has just written an excellent book on the interior life. Published by Sophia Institute Press, The Light of His Eyes: Journeying from Self-Contempt to the Father’s Delight, is Mother Iliana’s personal reflection on the journey of the soul to the realization of the Father’s tremendous love for each of us. Having read Mother’s book, I can attest that her accessible style delivers a timeless Gospel message that will resonate no matter the stage o
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