Families Where Grace Is In Place

Jeff VanVonderen challenges families in trouble to face the reality of their relationships and get help now. A practical, down-to-earth handbook on family issues.

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When Will I Stop Hurting?

June Cerza Kolf has helpful words for those dealing with a recent death. Includes a reassuring look at the five basic stages of grieving.

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Unshaken

Francine Rivers' third book in the Lineage of Grace series. The spotlight is on Ruth. Her perserverance, loyalty to Naomi, personal courage and spiritual strength is vividly presented by this excellent writer!

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His Last Words

Joseph Cardinal Bernardin, The Gift of Peace, Loyola Press, 1997, pp. 46, 47, 48.    SoAmazing.com

Category: Christian Living
ISBN: 0829409556
Keywords:suffer, suffering, futility, pray, prayerful, resurrection, freedom, redemption, peace, joy, paschal mystery, living God, Jesus, God's, Lord,Loyola Press, Joseph Cardinal Bernardin, Bernardin

"Whenever we are with people who suffer, it frequently becomes evident that there is very little we can do to help them other than be present to them, walk with them as the Lord walks with us. The reason this is so frustrating is that we like to be 'fixers.' We want not only to control our own destiny but also that of others. So we are frustrated when all we can do for suffering persons is be present to them, pray with them--become, in effect, a silent sign of God's presence and love.

And yet, the ability to offer that kind of prayerful response is the key that unlocks the mystery of suffering. For, in the final analysis, our participation in the paschal mystery--in the suffering, death, and resurrection of Jesus--brings a certain freedom: the freedom to let go, to surrender ourselves to the living God, to place ourselves completely in his hands, knowing that ultimately he will win out! The more we cling to ourselves and others, the more we try to control our destiny--the more we lose the true sense of our lives, the more we are impacted by the futility of it all. It's precisely in letting go, in entering into complete union with the Lord, in letting him take over, that we discover our true selves. It's in the act of abandonment that we experience redemption, that we find life, peace, and joy in the midst of physical, emotional, and spiritual suffering."

SoAmazing Review: Suffering with an aggressive, likely fatal illness sharpens ones focus. Joseph Cardinal Bernardin chooses his words carefully as death approaches.

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