Encountering God in the Abyss: Titus Brandsma’s Spiritual Journey

The Fiery Arrow series aims at the publication of books that connect their readers with the legacy of great teachers of spirituality from the distant and more recent past. A man in dark clothing and wearing a handsome black hat rang the doorbell of a house in the Oranjestraat on the east side of Winschoten. Small and energetic, he moved along in rapid steps. Constant Dolle was only seven years old at the time but saw a man who inspired confidence. This is the story of Titus Brandsma’s spiritual journey which end abruptly with his death after his arrest in Janury 1942 by the German Gestapo.