The authors provide ‘Points to Ponder’ for each topic as well as useful suggestions for activities and practical application in family life. The questions were asked by children aged between seven and eleven but resemble those asked by children of all ages. The authors drew on their experience in the parish-based Faith in the […]
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This book is by far the best book I have read on the temperaments. It goes into the details of every temperament, including primary and secondary temperaments combinations, parent/child temperament combinations, husband/wife temperament combinations and more. Including how they should best relate to each other, how to motivate one another and communicate love. Art &
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Lent is always a good time to reflect upon the Stations of the Cross and our Lord’s passion and death. This year during lent, I have found reading The Way of the Cross by St. Josemaría Escrivá particularly useful as a reflection book for my daily prayer. During Passion week, it is always helpful to contemplate the
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The American Tragedy Trilogy – ‘Fatherless’, ‘Motherless’ and ‘Childless’, by Brian J. Gail, Emmaus Road Publishing, $29.95 each. In beginning this review there are really only two words I can use: simply breathtaking! This is the first Catholic trilogy of novels I have read in a long time. Gail’s trilogy is both a riveting
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The Way is written in a direct, conversational style. One of the reasons I love this book is that author, St Josemaria has written in a way enabling you to live out your faith in daily situations; how you can turn ordinary circumstances into acts of love for God. Its short, reflective paragraphs make it easy to pick up
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‘Becoming the woman God made you to be’ by Tammy Evevard, Servant Books, $19.95 This book is one all women should read, especially in their formative years when we are first exposed to beauty myths, peer pressure and self esteem issues. Evevard draws on the lives of women from the Bible such as the Samaritan
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Father Gabriel is back and as fabulously flawed as ever!
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‘Blessed are the bored in spirit’ by Mark Hart, Servant Books, $34.95 This 3 CD set resonated so deeply, that upon listening to it my husband and I both thought ‘this could be about my faith journey!’ From start to finish ‘Blessed are the bored in spirit’ is a confronting, honest account of what it
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‘Prayer in the Digital Age’ by Matt Swaim, Ligouri, $26.95 In a technologically saturated world we have all struggled to balance the demands of life and stay abreast of emerging social media. This book is perhaps long overdue for a culture that is just so reliant on technology. Swaim’s book explores the way that the
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I found that after reading ‘Time For God’ I was determined I would struggle in my personal prayer life. I have wanted to spend a few minutes each day in prayer with our Lord but always found that I was ‘too busy’ and that my prayer was not productive. This book helped me to overcome
