7/10/14 - Fr. Koutnik's Book Club

Fr. Koutnik will be offering a 3 wk. session on the book, Into Your Hands, Father: Abandoning Ourselves to the God Who Loves Us by Fr. Wilfrid Stinissen

• Thursdays in July - 7/10 (Part 1), 7/17 (Part 2), 7/24 (Part 3)
• 7:00 - 8:00 pm
• Oak St. Church (7/10, 7/17) & Community Center (7/24)
• The book will be available for purchase at The Little Way Catholic Bookstore for $11.95+tax
• Please read the first section before the first meeting!
• Questions?  Please contact JoEllen Gregus:  815-455-5400x404 or jgregus@saintthomascatholicchurch.org
• If you would like to receive text or email updates & notifications, text BOOKS to 84576 - you will be notified when a new video of the talk has been posted, reminded of the time/place of the next meeting and when there is a new book

In this simple but profound book, Father Stinissen distinguishes three degrees or stages in abandonment. The first stage consists of accepting and assenting to God's will as it manifests itself in all circumstances of life. The second is actively doing God's will at every moment of one's life. In the third stage, abandonment to God is so complete that one has become a tool in God's hands. At this stage it is no longer I who do God's will, but God who accomplishes his will through me.