The Gospel Without Compromise

When Catherine de Huek Doherty, the exiled Russian Baroness turned Canadian Mother Theresa speaks about the Gospel without compromise, she means it literally. There is no compromise with Catherine when it comes to submitting oneself to Christ and serving him through the poor while deepening one's life of prayer in humble obedience to the Church. Okay, that last sentence was a handful; but so is this book.In this work, Catherine calls us first to prayer, secondly to submission to our legitimate Church authority, and thirdly to serve the poor. In so doing, we live the Gospel without compromise. As she broadens these themes, Catherine's Russian background combines with her experience serving the poor in North American inner cities as well as her silent spiritual retreats in the Canadian wilderness to provide the reader with fresh insight into the spiritual life. From this, a theme of servitude emerges, in which we serve both God and our fellow man out of love of the cross.I strongly recommend this book.