Walking a Literary Labyrinth

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Summary: An Approach To A Spirituality of Reading
Review: WALKING A LITERARY LABYRINTH is a book I stumbled upon accidentally, but it is one that seems tailor-made for people like me who love to read and wish to incorporate their reading into their spiritual lives. The author, Nancy Malone is Roman Catholic nun and a member of the Ursuline order. In the book we meet the author as a child and as the book progresses we learn about her progress in religious life. We also discover how reading has touched her life. She shares the wisdom she has acquired along the way, and offers some reflections to help reading buffs see ways in which literature can help us understand our world and grow closer to God. The literature that inspires her spiritually is vast. Sources include classic writings of Christianity, classic and popular pieces of literature, biographies, and a variety of non-fiction. Since she is a Roman Catholic nun, her insights are very Catholic, stemming form her faith tradition, but are catholic in the universal sense of the word. The literature that nourishes her spirituality leads her to God and helps her to find God in new ways. She invites readers to do likewise.

Sometimes I hear some people whop read books on spirituality complain that the book is the same information, just a different author. Nancy Malone's book is fresh and offers its readers a new way of drawing closer to God and seeing God in a new way.