I had not heard of the Covenant Prayer or 17th century Puritan minister Richard Alleine before I picked up this book. It’s a slim volume, not even 150 pages. I’m just about to begin the conclusion, and highly recommend the book and the prayer. The prayer begins: “I am no longer my own, but thine. […]

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OK, so it’s still on my nightstand, but I finished it about a week ago. I think it will stay on the nightstand a good long while. I bought this at a monastery bookstore in mid-June, never having heard of the 2005 BBC TV series The Monastery or, for that matter, of Worth Abbey. This […]

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The “sell” copy for this collection of Heather King essays begins: STUMBLE will inspire you to understand that the first step on the path of redemption is a sense of humor. The second is failure. Why, for example, every time I go “on retreat,” do I manage to develop at least one huge resentment? And […]

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Concepcion Cabrera de Armida (1862-1937) was a mother of nine when her husband died. It was not an easy life; she lived in Mexico City, and the Mexican Revolution began nine years after her husband’s death. Undoubtedly, she asked the Lord for many graces during those years. This is the response she received: “Ask me […]

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