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Vietnamese American Keith D. Hoang and Canadian
Archbishop Emeritus Sylvain Lavoie, a Missionary Oblate of Mary
Immaculate, have engaged in a unique collaborative venture.
Hoang introduces the reader to a day-by-day experiment based on
the insights of the Tao Te Ching attributed to Lao Tzu, a legendary
sage who lived around the sixth century, BC. He then teases out
resonances he recognizes between the Tao Te Ching and the Old
and New Testament. Thoroughly steeped in Sacred Scripture,
Lavoie then offers brief commentaries on the resonances or
parallels Hoang finds in Sacred Scripture. All of this is aimed at
providing a “fresh encounter with Jesus Christ,” another phrase
often used by Pope John Paul II.

While this volume does not provide a thoroughgoing
exposé or explanation of the Tao Te Ching or the Old and New
Testaments, it does provide 81 day-by-day snapshots from the Tao
Te Ching and Sacred Scripture with commentary. This unique
approach is supremely well-suited for the shrinking attention spans
of so many of us as well as for the multitudes who travel though life
at breakneck speed.

Stop. Calm down. Pause. Little by little, just one page a
day. After a quick read of one page, stop for a moment. Stay calm.
Wait. The gift of the Word and of the Spirit comes. Waiting is the
better part of Wisdom. God’s coming is constant.