Download e-book for kindle: Redemption Road: From Grief to Peace through Walking the by SJ, Brendan McManus,Paul Kelly

Sometimes the easiest remedy for a wounded soul is a very lengthy stroll . . .

One June morning, Fr. Brendan McManus stepped out for a much-needed walk—to be unique, a 500-mile hike on Spain’s well known Camino de Santiago. many years previous, his brother had devoted suicide, and the tragedy left Brendan bodily, psychologically, and spiritually wounded. whatever radical used to be required to re-light his ardour for all times and renew his religion in God.

Redemption Road is the tale of a damaged guy placing one foot in entrance of the opposite as he makes an attempt to enable pass of the anger, guilt, and sorrow which were weighing him down. however the highway to therapeutic is fraught with peril: steep hills and excessive warmth, fallacious turns and blistered toes. Worse nonetheless, a nagging leg damage may well thwart Brendan’s final target of attaining the Camino’s finish and honoring his brother in a symbolic act on the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela. regularly tempted to give up his quest, Brendan is dependent upon the rules of Ignatian spirituality to steer him on his trip from desolation to consolation.

For an individual dealing with the method of grieving, Redemption Road offers actual wish— now not that the trail to peace may be effortless, yet that Christ, who himself suffered and died, can be with us each step of ways and lead us eventually to wholeness and healing.