Our Greatest Gift

One of the best-loved spiritual writers of our time—an author ranked with C.S. Lewis and Thomas Merton—Henry J.M. Nowuen, takes a moving, personal look at human mortality in Our Greatest Gift. A meditation on dying and caring, Our Greatest Gift gently and eloquently reveals the gifts that the living and dying can give to one another. The beloved bestselling author of With Open Hands, The Wounded Healer, and Making All Things New shares his own experiences with aging, loss, grief, and fear in this important and life-altering work.

How can we learn to see our final journey not as a terror, but as a gift to be shared?

• Befriending Death: Nouwen gently invites readers to see mortality not as an enemy to be fought, but as an intimate part of life to be embraced with grace and courage.
• Caring for the Dying: Discover how caring for others in their final days becomes a profound spiritual practice, revealing the sacred gifts that the living and dying can offer one another.
• Solidarity in Suffering: A moving exploration of our shared human journey, showing how our own vulnerability connects us to a worldwide family and dispels the fear of dying alone.
• A Legacy of Fruitfulness: Learn to distinguish between a life of fleeting success and one of lasting fruitfulness, trusting that our greatest gifts are often given in our moments of greatest weakness.