OPEN WIDE THE DOOR TO CHRIST

<p><strong><em>Eucharist: Christ Himself will unite your life with the Sacrifice offered on the altar so that it may become an offering to your brethren. You yourself will see that everything good that happens in your life is not yours; rather it is His work.</em></strong></p><p><strong><em>Therefore in your heart the space of poverty will deepen. As a result Christ willbe able to act in you so that the fruit of the Redemptive Sacrifice can be realizedmore and more perfectly in your life. (90)</em></strong></p><p></p><p><strong><em>In his book Open Wide the Door to Christ S.C. Biela reassures the readerthat there is a specific spiritual path that leads to a time when Christ will no longer have to knock persistently on the door of our hearts because our interiors will be fully open to Him. The author demonstrates how the key of spiritual poverty will unlock the door through our imitation and the intercession of Mary the lowly handmaid of the Lord. Then there will no longer be two but One otherwise known as the transforming union described by two Doctors of the Church St. Teresa of Avila and St. John of the Cross. When transforming union happens we will not be able to live without the Divine Light of Love. This Light will embrace us and transform us in Itself where we will find true life.</em></strong></p><p><strong><em>S.C. Biela was born in Poland in 1956. He studied at the Warsaw University of Technology where he earned his doctorate in physics. He also studied at the Papal Faculty of Theology in Warsaw particularly in the field of Theology of Spirituality.</em></strong></p><p></p><p><strong><em>S.C. Biela cooperated very closely with Fr. Tadeusz Dajczer Professor of Theology and author of the acclaimed book The Gift of Faith. Biela and Fr. Dajczer present the same thrust or vein of spirituality within their works - communion of life with Christ through Mary. The titles of S.C. Biela's complete collection of spiritual books available in English are included inside this text. Mary Mother of Humility: She by interceding on behalf of her children knows that on her own she can give them nothing. Her humility and her awaiting everything from God calls upon His presence and His action.</em></strong></p>