Carlo Carretto

Why, O Lord? The inner meaning of suffering

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Carlo Carretto

Carlo Carretto shares his personal story because he believes that it is only the man or woman who has suffered who has the right to speak to others about suffering.  read more »

Summoned by Love

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Carlo Carretto

SUMMONED BY LOVE is a sustained mediation based on the prayer of Charles de Foucauld known as the ‘Prayer of Abandonment to God.’  read more »

Letters from the Desert, Anniversary Edition

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Carlo Carretto
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At the age of 44, after a prominent career as a Catholic activist, Carlo Carretto was summoned by a voice that said: ‘Leave everything, come with me into the desert. I don’t want your action any longer, I want your prayer, your love.’ Carretto responded by leaving for North Africa, where he joined the Little Brothers and embraced the example of Charles de Foucauld.  read more »

Blessed are you who Believed

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Carlo Carretto

Carlo Carretto chose Mary as his instructor in the faith.  read more »

The God who Comes

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Carlo Carretto

This book is an excursion into the heart of Christian Love. The challenge is the call to love, silence, poverty and faith.  read more »

In Search of the Beyond

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Carlo Carretto

Carretto shows us how through prayer to alone with God, lifting us onto a new plane of living.  read more »

Love is for Living

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Carlo Carretto

Written in four sections, Carretto shares his experience of faith through reading and meditating the Bible.  read more »

I Francis, the spirit of St Francis of Assisi

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Carlo Carretto

Carlo Carretto, a little Brother of the Gospel, spent most of his life in Beni Abbes following in the steps of Charles de Foucauld. In this book he introduces us to the radical Gospel way of St Francis of Assisi.  read more »

Carlo Carretto: Essential Writings

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Carlo Carretto


A selection of Carretto’s reflections on God, the church, prayer, engagement with the world, and the mystery of suffering and death.  read more »

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