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reading thru your self-distancing time?

I am absolutely making my way through the stacks of unread books in my house, and in the midst of trying to get work done, doing some of those put-off chores, and a new-found fervor in prayer, I’m also having to do a little clean-up with my work in ministry with cancelled retreats and talks.

This week all of my books went on super-sale at Amazon! I’m happy to share those links with you here and hope you’ll jump in and support my ministry through those purchases. I also encourage you to look around and see what other authors have on sale too!

Our Lady of Charity: How a Cuban Devotion to Mary Helped Me Grow in Faith and Love is perfect for this trial we’re all enduring. Cachita, the Blessed Mother, rescues her children from a storm — and she’s with us now in our whirlwind storms. ($4.99)

Super Girls and Halos: My Companions on the Quest for Truth, Justice, and Heroic Virtue is the perfect accompaniment to your superhero binge on disney+ ! ($2.99). If you want a hardcopy, it’s on sale for $5 directly from Ave Maria Press. You might want to look around on those sale pages, too!

And finally, the book that started it all, My Badass Book of Saints: Courageous Women Who Showed Me How to Live is on sale for $0.99. It’s a good match with Our Lady of Charity!

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a peaceful place

Bodies of water, whether a wide open ocean with raging waves or a calm pond in the neighborhood, both fascinate and soothe me.

This Lent I’m seeking silence and making an effort to get outside and move and breathe deeply. These guys, a lone fisherman and his winged companions, caught my attention. They stood motionless waiting for a bite. I could learn a thing or two about patience from them.

Do you have a favorite space or place to seek peace and quiet?

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Review: Virgin, Mother, Queen

I read Virgin, Mother, Queen: Encountering Mary in Time and Tradition by Robert L. Fastiggi and Michael O’Neill over the course of many weeks. I could probably read it in a weekend, but I took this book with me to Adoration and read about a chapter a week.

What a beautiful book! I enjoyed reading about approved apparitions of the Blessed Mother, some well-known and several unknown to me. The histories of the apparitions were edifying, but I found real depth in the scriptural and doctrinal analysis that accompanied each of the titles explored.

I looked forward to each new chapter, and found the prayers a perfect end cap to the sections.

I would look forward to a sequel to cover more apparitions!

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