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I thought I could list my five favorite entries, & found I could not, because each one, be it a poem, a painting, a story haunts my heart, & fills my mind with my own memories about my mother & my time as a mother.
MAMA STEW is to be savored, quietly in your favorite place to read a book. Each entry is richly textured with emotions, memories & everyday philosophy, that verges on elation.
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Furthermore, this book carries a guarantee by the authors: "If you feel this book doesn't prepare you for a summit attempt, we'll refund your money." Written by the owner of the Whitney Portal Store, it's a gold mine of information and advice!
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or 'The Secret Diary of Elisabeth Leseur' - Sophia Institute Press
It is not often that one finds a book of such vital import that it changes one's life. But the journal kept by Elisabeth Leseur is surely one of the most compelling books I have read in many years. It ranks with the great works of the Carmelite Saints: St. Teresa of Avila, St. John of the Cross, and St. Therese of Lisieux.
For many years now I have kept Elisabeth as my companion during Lent; a great Spiritual Director in an age of darkness. She holds the light of Eternal Truth and points out the way with calm assurance.
Elisabeth experienced an extreme degree of spiritual isolation owing to the timbre of her times in Paris high society. Her husband was aggressively atheist, as were many of his friends and associates. She kept the love of God deep in her heart, and it was to the Heart of Jesus to whom she turned for daily solace.
At Elisabeth's death her husband, Felix, found her secret journal; and as he read the pages of the journal, his heart turning to remorse, the last vestige of his hatred for the Catholic Church was swept away in the tide of his beloved wife's counsel. Reconciling to the Church, Felix Leseur entered a seminary and became a Catholic priest. Elisabeth's cause for Canonization is now open at the Vatican.
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It is a very fast moving-story, with interesting characters that you can identify with and truely care about what happens to them.
The book informed and entertained me. I was not able to put the book down until I finished reading it. It completely kept my interest. I hope the author considers writing a sequel.
I suppose the book's main lesson is that people can change and that repentence is possilbe, but you still have to pay for your actions.
I strongly recommend the book.
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Lord Charles Ramsay had nothing but his title. He had come back from India to find that all he had owned was gone. Kismet, or Fate, has a way of bringing about unexpected surprises. Sometimes they are wonderful. Sometimes they are awful. Kismet brought together Prudence and Charles in a most compromising way.
Prudence wanted nothing more than to escape her cousin and find a new position as a governess or companion. Charles wanted nothing more than Prudence.
***Fate was kept busy in this one! This is the second of the trilogy involving the famous Ramsay family. I had a wonderful time with the romance and learned much about Kismet and how to cure headaches. Fabulous fun!***