I have not come to offer you empty promises or passing advice. I have come to offer you the Truth. That kind of truth that liberates, that heals, that transforms despair into peace, fear into courage, pain into meaning. I want to walk with you. Not to judge you, but to teach you how to live in this world without getting lost in it. I want to hold your hand, and step by step, show you what it means to really love, to forgive, to start over.

I know that the modern world has suffocated you with its haste, its demands and its false promises of happiness. I know that you have been living as one who struggles to keep his head above water, breathing faith with difficulty, dreaming of relief. And that's why I'm here. To tell you that the peace you seek is not outside of you. She is where I am and I am closer than you think.

May you surrender to this journey with courage and humility. Because whoever is willing to listen to me, will never be the same again. Here, I will teach you to live, not by the standards of the world, but by the values of Heaven. I'll show you how to love when the world tells you to hate, how to stand firm when everyone else falls, how to find true joy when everything seems gray. This book is not intended to entertain you. He wants to wake you up.

I call you now, as I called Peter on the shores of the lake, as I called Mary at My feet, as I called each one whom I wanted to love deeply.