<B>Beloved Jesuit priest and author of the inspirational bestsellers <I>Tattoos on the Heart </I>and <I>Barking to the Choir</I> returns with a call to witness the transformative power of tenderness, rooted in his lifetime of experience counseling gang members in Los Angeles.</B><BR><BR>Over the past thirty years, Gregory Boyle has transformed thousands of lives through his work as the founder of Homeboy Industries, the largest and most successful gang-intervention program in the world. Now, following his acclaimed bestsellers <I>Tattoos on the Heart</I>, “destined to become a classic of both urban reportage and contemporary spirituality” (<I>Los Angeles Times</I>), and <I>Barking to the Choir</I>, deemed “a beautiful and important and soul-transporting book” by Elizabeth Gilbert comes <I>The Whole Language</I>, a book that “filled my cup with hope” (<I>The Jesuit Review</I>).<BR><BR>In a community struggling to overcome systemic poverty and violence