"I am so glad these talks are now available! I found them to be just extraordinary, especially his highlighting the idea that friendship is a requirement for dialogue, in the Synod and elsewhere. Radcliffe quoted St. John Paul II, who said, 'Affective collegiality precedes effective collegiality.'"
James Martin, SJ
"Listening Together is easy-to-read and offers a valuable mini-retreat on synodality. Rather than providing formal instruction, this book prayerfully invites readers to hear anew and to understand true 'listening' as a form of Christian spirituality. A Church that defines itself as walking the road with one another on a common journey is a Church with a listening heart, able to discover the gift of unity the Lord desires."
Catholic Books Review
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Listening Together is easy to read and offers a valuable mini-retreat on synodality. Rather than providing formal instruction, this book prayerfully invites readers to hear anew and to understand true listening as a form of Christian spirituality."
Catholic Books Review
"This is a great book, a must-read for anyone interested in the Synod on Synodality, or the life of the church. And it is a profoundly beautiful reminder of the communal nature of our faith. Reading it, I had the sense that I was encountering something sacred, a new way of seeing God's people, God's church, my neighbor, and myself. This is one of the most important spiritual books of the year and possibly the best insight any of us will get into the meaning of the Synod on Synodality."
Catholic Library World
“Opening the book is the real prize: his fruitful, humorous retreat talks and meditations will capture even the most jaded ‘synodal’ opposers, encouraging the importance of friendship, unity, openness, and yes ‘listening’ to the Other and to each other. Let this spiritual mentor and master of Spirit-filled words lift your minds and hearts to what can happen if we accept the synod's ‘invitation to fly’.”
Catholic Media Association
