From Ronda Chervin’s Introduction: “Twenty-seven years ago I had the joy of meeting a giant of the Faith—a lay contemplative, Charles Rich. . . . One of the strongest themes running through the letters . . . is that of the way spiritual love in Christ is a foretaste of heaven. Already in this life, if we are careful to purify our love of anything not of Him, we can experience the joy of the union of persons which will be ours completely in eternity.”