Georges & Pauline Vanier were the parents of Jean Vanier the co-founder of the L' Arche communities They lived an intensely spiritual life influenced mainly by the Carmelite tradition Mercy Within Mercy is the warmly-told story of their life together through World War Two & the second half of the 20th Century drawing on many letters & journals by Georges & Pauline themselves & those closest to them An incredible thirst for God can be seen in the lives of this couple who were always striving in spite of (and through) human imperfection The excerpts from letters & journals in this volume show a rare example of the contemplative life & struggles in prayer of an active & prominent married couple The Vanier story is unique in that it forms a direct link back to the spiritual teaching that
Includes:: St Therese & the Carmelite tradition in its emphasis on simplicity trust in God's love & self-abandonment to the mercy of God After Pauline's death in 1991 an investigation began into the possible introduction of their cause for beatification as a married couple