In Heavenwards, Mother Loyola explores, in a series of 52 brief scriptural meditations, the challenge of keeping our final destination before our eyes amid the distractions, hardships, and allurements of everyday life. Many times it seems the narrow gate is not merely narrow, but overgrown with brambles. Yet we have to find our way to Heaven through the circumstances in which God has actually placed us.
With her characteristic insight into ordinary human struggles, Mother Loyola shows us that sanctity is not found chiefly in extraordinary deeds or exalted states of prayer, but in the opportunities already at hand: our daily duties and trials, fidelity to grace and the Sacraments, perseverance after a fall, patience in suffering, charity toward our fellow travelers, and the steady effort to conform ourselves to the Will of God.
The secret is to keep the destination in sight. When the road becomes difficult, the world distracting, or progress almost imperceptible, she continually raises our eyes above the immediate struggle to the welcome awaiting us at journey's end. For the most difficult part of finding our true path in life may simply be remembering to keep our eyes fixed...heavenwards.
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Q. How does Heavenwards differ from Mother Loyola's Home for Good?
A. Both books offer practical guidance for living the Catholic Faith amid the distractions and temptations of the world, but they approach the Christian life from different directions.
Home for Good says: Take ownership. What will you make of the life God has entrusted to you?
Heavenwards says: Now that you're living that life, don't lose your bearings. Whatever today's road looks like, remember where it leads.
