Cartas Del Desierto Carlos Carretto Pdf -

In the noise of the digital age, the desert seems like an impossible destination. Yet, for Carlo Carretto—and for the thousands of readers who have sought out the PDF or a worn paperback copy of ( Letters from the Desert )—the desert is not just a place in the Sahara; it is a state of the soul.

Carretto writes that modern man has lost the ability to wait, and in doing so, has lost the ability to love. Love, after all, is a long-term patience. By downloading and reading his words, you are invited to stop "skimming" life and start dwelling in it. Finding the Text CARTAS DEL DESIERTO CARLOS CARRETTO PDF

These are not pious platitudes. Carretto is brutally honest about his dryness, doubts, and even anger at God. One famous passage describes his feeling of abandonment, yet concluding that “faith is believing when you don’t feel anything.” In the noise of the digital age, the

Carlo Carretto (1910–1988) was an Italian writer, mystic, and member of the Little Brothers of Jesus, a religious congregation inspired by Charles de Foucauld. Before his spiritual awakening, Carretto was a prominent leader in Catholic Action (a lay movement) in Italy. In 1954, at the age of 44, he left his influential position to join the Little Brothers in the Sahara Desert, living among the poor in Algeria. His desert experience became the crucible for his most famous writings. Love, after all, is a long-term patience

Como decía el propio Carretto: "El desierto no es la ausencia de los hombres, sino la presencia de Dios" .

A diferencia de las oraciones peticionarias, Carretto aboga por la oración contemplativa. En la soledad del Sahara, aprendió que orar es, ante todo, estar presente ante la Presencia, en un silencio amoroso que no necesita palabras. 3. La Fe en la Oscuridad