“By Love Refined Letters To A Young Bride” took me by surprise. I had heard great things about this book and was curious to read it. The book begins just after the wedding of ‘Julie’ and her husband, the format is a series of letters spanning over the following year. All of the letters are […]
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This is a fabulous book which helps husbands and wives to understand why they act the way they do and how they can best respond to each other. I found this book so helpful for my marriage in understanding why and how my husband thinks and reacts in certain situations. What I once saw as ‘annoying’
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“Therese, Faustina, and Bernadette: Three Saints Who Challenged My Faith, Gave Me Hope, and Taught Me How To Love” is a book well received by many, easy to read and not easy to put down! I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book as a part of our book club last month (June). I found it very
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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Disney’s Saving Mr. Banks, is inspired by untold story of Disney’s classic “Mary Poppins”. If you loved Walt Disney’s Mary Poppins, then you will thoroughly enjoy this behind the scenes look. It begins when Walt Disney’s daughters beg him to make a movie of their favorite book, “Mary Poppins”. In his quest to obtain the rights, Walt
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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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Captain Phillips is based on the true story of Captain Richard Phillips. In 2009 there was the hijacking of the US-flagged MV Maersk Alabama by Somali pirates.. It is a simple storyline and definitely easy to follow. That said, I was unable to look away for a second throughout the film. This is a movie that is
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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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