This week we sat down with bestselling author Bert Ghezzi to talk about his latest book, The Heart of Catholicism. Bert has written more than twenty books in his career and been the editor of many more. During this interview, he shares some insights into his story as a Catholic and a writer. He also gives us insight into how Catholic spiritual habits can be transformative for us today.
This interview is a part of this summer's Book of the Week series. Get more resources for The Heart of Catholicism
In this interview you will learn about:
- How Bert Ghezzi was led by the Holy Spirit to leave a profession as a college professor to become an editor and later writer of Catholic books.
- Bert's early years and involvement with the charismatic movement and how it influences his work today.
- The spiritual habits that all Catholics can practice in their daily lives.
- The importance of prayer, study, community, and service.
- How to make prayer a daily habit: the importance of establishing a time and place to pray.
- How to pray if you're just getting started.
- How to commit yourself daily to the Lord.
- The value of going to daily Mass.
- The five steps to effective evangelization.
- The great hope we can have for the Church's future.
Quotes and Highlights:
- "Faith is caught more than taught."
- On making a daily commitment to the Lord: "Once they start doing it, it will catch on."
- On prayer: "Do you try to have breakfast? Do you try to have lunch? Do you try to have dinner? You can't just try, you have to do it."
- On evangelization: "Prayer, affection and love, service, invitation, and conversation. Those are the activities that you do in a way that is non-threatening to people who are away or inactive from the Church."
