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Amazed by God's Grace: Overcoming Racial Divides by the Power of the Holy Spirit
Product Code: BLDOE7
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Larry Oney endured years of adversity and racial prejudice as a child in a sharecropping family on a plantation in northern Louisiana and into his high school years in New Orleans. Amazed by God's Grace reveals what it took to bring Larry from resentment to hope and eventually into the Catholic Church where he now serves as a deacon.

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Encountering the Lord in the Gospel of Mark: A 30-Day At-Home Retreat
Author: Leo Zanchettin
Product Code: BLZME1
As you pray through the Gospel of Mark, you’ll discover his story is filled with good news and amazing miracles. He wants you to see how Jesus loves you, and desires to fill you and transform your life.
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Everything is Grace: The Life and Way of Thérèse of Lisieux
Product Code: BSTLE7
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Thérèse of Lisieux has been called the greatest saint of modern times, but some view her spirituality as sentimental and syrupy. Joseph F. Schmidt, FSC, dispels that notion by contending that Thérèse's "little way" is really the gospel message—a message that can best be understood in the context of her life.

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From Prison to Paradise: A Story of Radical Trust in God's Divine Mercy
Author: Kitty Cleveland
Product Code: BKC1E5
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Hope Does Not Disappoint (Spes non confundit)
Product Code: BPFHE4
In Pope Francis’ proclamation for the Jubilee of 2025, he encourages all of us to be signs of hope to the world. 
Mary's Life in the Holy Spirit: A Model for Us
Author: Andi Oney
Product Code: BYESE9
In this practical look at Mary and the Holy Spirit, author Andi Oney demonstrates that while Marys relationship with the Holy Spirit is a unique one, yet it is one that God wants for each of us.
saints Who Transformed Their World
Author: Sherry Weddell
Product Code: BLAYE9
Be inspired by the stories of lay saints: women and men whom God has powerfully used as channels of his beauty, mercy, wisdom, healing, and provision. Their inspirational ways of living their faith can help you to recognize your spiritual gifts and help you live every day as an intentional disciple.

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St Joseph, Tender Father: His Life and His Care for Us Today
Editor: Louise Perrotta
Product Code: BLPJE1
In this book, Louise Perrotta invites you to meet and learn from this largely unnoticed saint who was called in a unique way to reveal God’s glory to the entire world.
The Gospel according to St. Therese: A Faith-Sharing Guide
Product Code: BFTLE7
In this faith-sharing guide, Br. Joseph Schmidt helps readers understand Thérèse's message through the Scripture passages that illuminated her insights about God and his merciful love.

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The Inward Path to God: A Prayer Journey with Teresa of Avila
Author: Wayne Simsic
Product Code: BAVLE5
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It's been five hundred years since the birth of the great saint and doctor of the Church Teresa of Avila, yet her words and wisdom still have the power to leap across the barriers of time and culture.

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Walking the Little Way of Therese of Lisieux: Discovering the Path of Love
Product Code: BSTSE2
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With sensitivity and insight, author Joseph Schmidt shows us how Thérèse discovered certain qualities of the heart that told her that she was indeed walking the path of authentic love. These qualities "opened her heart to a new depth of God's life in and through her."

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Wisdom from the Lives and Letters of St Francis de Sales and Jane de Chantal
Product Code: BFRJE1