The Road of Hope
Subtitle: A Gospel from Prison
Edition: New and Expanded Third Edition
Publisher: Wellspring
Published: March 1, 2019
Language: eng
Translated from: vie
Translation of: Duong Hy Vong
Format: hardcover
Number of pages: 255
ISBN-13: 9781929266562
Description: Cardinal Francis Xavier Nguyen Van Thuan is one of the most inspiring voices of the twentieth century, a true modern-day hero. During a time of political unrest in Vietnam, he was arrested for his faith and spent the next thirteen years in prison. There he endured harsh treatment and deplorable conditions. Nine of those thirteen years he spent in solitary confinement. 

During those long years of isolation and imprisonment, instead of giving in to despair and self-pity, Van Thuan learned his greatest lesson. He found God in the darkness; he was never alone, never without comfort. He discovered that his life still had purpose, even in the midst of incredible suffering. He began using scraps of paper to compose messages of hope and courage for his fellow believers, which were smuggled out and eventually published. These short messages of encouragement, 1,001 in total, were instantly popular with the Vietnamese people, many of whom also knew what it was like to suffer for their faith.

And now, from the damp darkness of a prison cell thousands of miles away, these messages of hope and light have passed through barbed wire, traveled across oceans, and been handed down over many years to speak to your heart today to offer you hope and light for your path.
Notes: Source title: The Road of Hope: A Gospel from Prison
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Translator's Preface to the English Edition; title: Prologue; title: Departure
label: One:; title: Duty
label: Two:; title: Perseverance
label: Three:; title: The Call: Vocation
label: Four:; title: The Interior Life
label: Five:; title: The Supernatural Life
label: Six:; title: Prayer
label: Seven:; title: Sacrifice
label: Eight:; title: The Heart
label: Nine:; title: Fortitude
label: Ten:; title: The Presence of God
label: Eleven:; title: The Church
label: Twelve:; title: Faith
label: Thirteen:; title: The Apostle
label: Fourteen:; title: The Eucharist
label: Fifteen:; title: Obedience
label: Sixteen:; title: Poverty
label: Seventeen:; title: Chastity
label: Eighteen:; title: The Family
label: Nineteen:; title: Humility
label: Twenty:; title: Restraint of Speech
label: Twenty-One:; title: Joy
label: Twenty-Two:; title: Wisdom
label: Twenty-Three:; title: Studies
label: Twenty-Four:; title: Development
label: Twenty-Five:; title: Dedication
label: Twenty-Six:; title: Renewal
label: Twenty-Seven:; title: New Life
label: Twenty-Eight:; title: Suffering
label: Twenty-Nine:; title: A Happy Child
label: Thirty:; title: Charity
label: Thirty-One:; title: Ordinary Work
label: Thirty-Two:; title: Leadership
label: Thirty-Three:; title: Examination of Conscience
label: Thirty-Four:; title: Our Mother Mary
label: Thirty-Five:; title: Hope
label: Thirty-Six:; title: A Life of Hope
label: Thirty-Seven: