When the Hurting Is Too Much: A Guide to Contemplative Prayer to Help You Walk with Grief

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Antonio Méjico Angie Lizeth Cruz

When the Hurting Is Too Much

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A Guide to Contemplative Prayer to Help You Walk with Grief

Antonio Méjico, Angie Lizeth Cruz

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Resource Publications (CA)
07 May 2026

Christian prayerbooks; Christian life & practice; Aspects of religion (non-Christian); Coping with illness; Coping with death & bereavement

Grief is a universal experience that impacts everyone. While often associated with the death of a loved one, the sources of grief can be diverse, and once their symptoms take hold, the symptoms and stages associated with the experience of a significant loss in one's life can be debilitating. This book dives deeper into the impact grief has on physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual being and provides insight into the author's own personal encounter with debilitating grief. This book proposes that even in these difficult times, a connection to God and faith in Jesus Christ can help people walk with grief, even when the hurting feels like it is too much. This book offers a guide to contemplative prayer, based on Méjico's experiences engaged in ancient, powerful practices of encountering Christ that helped him manage deep and personal loss in his own life. He shares his walk with grief and journey discovering contemplative prayer, in the hopes that readers will learn to encounter Christ while leaning into their relationship with him in the most painful moments of life. On the other side of grief is joy. This book helps lead readers to the place after grief that did not seem possible.

By: Antonio Méjico
Foreword by: Angie Lizeth Cruz
Imprint: Resource Publications (CA)
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 7mm
Weight: 191g
ISBN: 9798385278381
Pages: 134
Publication Date: 07 May 2026
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Antonio Méjico is Associate Professor of Social Work and the Associate Dean of the Division of Social Work at California Baptist University. He is also the author of The Way of Love: Biblical Reflections on Oneness, Hope, and Extravagant Love in Divided Times (2025).

Reviews for When the Hurting Is Too Much: A Guide to Contemplative Prayer to Help You Walk with Grief

""In When the Hurting is Too Much, Dr. Méjico courageously explores grief in the Christian life. By blending vulnerable personal stories with a variety of spiritual disciplines, he helps the reader to both recognize and experience God's comforting presence in the midst of psychological pain. Although loss is inevitable on this side of heaven, this book offers grieving Christians the opportunity to walk with the God of love through, not around, the stages of grief as they make the long trek home to be with him, face to face, forever."" --Joshua Knabb, Professor of Psychology, California Baptist University ""A book is a spiritual gem when it genuinely guides and is concretely helpful. When the Hurting is Too Much reminds us that grief does not leave us where it found us, and it restores a path for us. Antonio Méjico writes from a place of humility, soaked with the courage of his tenderness. His vulnerability honors our own, and it fashions connective tissue with our compassionate heart. This book aligns with the energies of the God of love. It is the marrow of the gospel. You will be grateful that you found this book."" --Greg Boyle, SJ, Founder, Homeboy Industries