{"product_id":"9781468521450","title":"The Meditation of My Heart","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e            \u003c\/b\u003eThe impetus for \u003ci\u003eThe Meditation of My Heart\u003c\/i\u003e came fifty years ago when I was awarded a scholarship to Creighton Preparatory School in Omaha, Nebraska which I attended for just over a week.  For it was with some dismay that I discovered the life of the contemplative was not for me.  Although Sister Mary Teracita had tried to communicate to me that a call to serve was not to be taken lightly, that it demanded rigor both intellectually and spiritually, I really didn’t know what a call meant.  However, my time as an altar boy and lay reader has served me over these intervening years so that today, perhaps, I do appreciate more fully the demands of a life of service in the interest of religion.  While such a life is extremely personal, the contemplative also lives a life on public display, an apparent contradiction one is forced to accept.  I admire anyone who can do this successfully.  \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"AuthorHouse","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47144336883952,"sku":"9781468521450","price":3.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781468521450_p0.jpg?v=1763695794","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781468521450","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}