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This book is based on several hundred letters, exchanged on an almost daily basis, during the last three years of Sister Wendy’s life. Initially they dealt with lives of saints, the meaning of holiness, and the spiritual life, but they soon expanded into a deep and intimate exchange that encompassed our whole lives, the subject of love, suffering, joy, and the presence of grace in everyday life. For Sister Wendy—by calling and temperament, a hermit—this involved an expansion of her spiritual and emotional horizons that prepared her for her final days.

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To read Dearest Sister Wendy... is to be touched by a living flame of grace. The depth of genuine communication and connectedness between Sister Wendy and Robert Ellsberg is rare and exhilarating to behold. Yet, we are not simply left on the sidelines as admiring spectators. The Spirit animating the intimacy and scope of sharing between the two and bringing about challenge, healing and enlightenment in the process also enfolds us into its transformative ambit; page after page, I found myself moved and enriched in depths that I didn't even know existed. I am roundly convinced that it is impossible to overstate the blessedness and wonder of this remarkable book! -Michelle Jones, editor, Ruth Burrows: Essential Writings For the last three years of her life, Sister Wendy Beckett corresponded on almost a daily basis with her friend Robert Ellsberg, a publisher perhaps best known for his writings on Dorothy Day and many other saints. What followed is a rare treasure in the annals of spiritual literature--a moving, humorous, profound exchange about things that mattered to them both: holiness, suffering, love, joy, and the things that make us human. For Sister Wendy, a contemplative hermit, best known for her reflections on art, this became a vehicle for her to explore and express her personal story and her inner life. Astonishing insights jump off almost every page. And through it all there is a story of a deep loving friendship between two quite dissimilar people, as they help each other along the journey of life and faith. This is a beautiful and profound book. --James Martin, SJ, author of Learning to Pray and This Our Exile.

To read Dearest Sister Wendy... is to be touched by a living flame of grace. The depth of genuine communication and connectedness between Sister Wendy and Robert Ellsberg is rare and exhilarating to behold. Yet, we are not simply left on the sidelines as admiring spectators. The Spirit animating the intimacy and scope of sharing between the two and bringing about challenge, healing and enlightenment in the process also enfolds us into its transformative ambit; page after page, I found myself moved and enriched in depths that I didn't even know existed. I am roundly convinced that it is impossible to overstate the blessedness and wonder of this remarkable book! -Michelle Jones, editor, Ruth Burrows: Essential Writings

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Robert Ellsberg, publisher of Orbis Books, is the author of many books on saints, including All Saints, The Saints Guide to Happiness, and A Living Gospel.   Sister Wendy Beckett (1930-2018), a consecrated hermit, lived on the grounds of the Quidenham Carmelite Monastery in England.

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