For the Word of God is not fettered, not even when all human values lie in the chains of anxiety, and fear, and despondency, and weariness, and habitual compromise.

—Fr. Alfred Delp, S.J.

from the book, Advent of the Heart: Seasonal Sermons and Prison Writings 1941–1944

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Accused of conspiring against the Nazi government, Fr. Delp was arrested in 1944, tortured, imprisoned, and executed on Feb 2, 1945. While in prison, he was able to write a few meditations found in this book, which also includes his powerful reflections from prison during the Advent season about the profound spiritual meaning and lessons of Advent, as well as his sermons he gave on the season of Advent at his parish in Munich.

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