Meditations of a Hermit Leo Clarke With his typical acuity and

With his typical acuity and eloquence

(Genesis 4:8)

this proud rock in the Northern wilderness where Euclide lives and raises his twelve-year-old daughter

the Catholic Church has been an “all-present

Meditations of a Hermit Leo Clarke With his typical acuity andBy Charles de Foucauld Translated by Charlotte Balfour My vocation, declared Charles de Foucauld, is to lead a hidden, solitary life. In his desert hermitage, he accomplished that vocation with heartfelt simplicity and singular devotion to Christ crucified. At the same time, thanks to his heroic efforts to convert the Tuareg people to the Christian faith, he accepted the responsibility of writing, teaching, and preaching in order to faithfully follow