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[quote name='Totus Tuus' post='538249' date='Mar 1 2005, 09:42 PM']
I don't want to start a new thread for this, but I want to know you guys' opinion on this if you've read the Diary of St. Faustina...

It seems like almost everyone Faustina lived with in the convent was so cruel and proud. There were so few exceptions. Do you think that God was working through them to humble Faustina, or were they really not striving for holiness? I'm only about 1/3 of the way through, so I don't know if this is answered later in the book or not. What's your opinion?
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hmm... I think a little of both .. very interesting observation. In [i]The Way of Divine Love[/i] by Sr. Josefa Menendez, which I'm recommending highly here, actually she did not really have these trials from her sisters like St. Faustina. Her trials were much more only spiritual - St. Faustina really had both!

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Transformation in Christ, by Deitrich Von Hildebrand. Excellent book; has been compared to a modern-day Imitation of Chris, though much larger and more philosophically-minded. It is a good book for discernment.

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For anyone considering the Order of Preachers:
St. Dominic: The Grace of the Word by Fr. Guy Bedouelle, OP is a good read, though it's hard to find.

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[quote name='Margaret Clare' post='1134217' date='Dec 3 2006, 03:29 PM']
hmm... I think a little of both .. very interesting observation. In [i]The Way of Divine Love[/i] by Sr. Josefa Menendez, which I'm recommending highly here, actually she did not really have these trials from her sisters like St. Faustina. Her trials were much more only spiritual - St. Faustina really had both!
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I have am reading St. Fautina's Diary (beautiful) and have read Sr. Josefa's Way of Divine Love. They are both great. Ditto the recommends

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Peter on the Shore

Discernment of Spirits by Fr. Gallahger (sp?)

Lord Teach Me to Pray (same author as above)

St. Anthony of Padua

World's First Love

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[quote name='BurkeFan' post='1139215' date='Dec 10 2006, 11:37 AM']
For anyone considering the Order of Preachers:
St. Dominic: The Grace of the Word by Fr. Guy Bedouelle, OP is a good read, though it's hard to find.
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Reading it presently.... :book:

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DiscerningSoul

How about:

The true spouse of Jesus Christ by St.Alphonsus De Liguori

It's like a manual on how to be a Nun and Saint.

I highly recommend that you re-read it alot, you always find you understand it better or find things you missed. It's a very deep and well over 700 pages long. You can buy it thru TAN books.

God Bless

Jessica
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[quote name='Totus Tuus' post='1162621' date='Jan 12 2007, 02:03 PM']
That is a good one :rolleyes:
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I love that book, even thou it's deep, it's comforting, and I always find something new or understand something better after re-reading it!

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[quote name='Totus Tuus' post='1162621' date='Jan 12 2007, 02:03 PM']
That is a good one :rolleyes:
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I love that book, even thou it's deep, it's comforting, and I always find something new or understand something better after re-reading it!

Jessica
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Current reading material (that I'm really enjoying thus far): [b][url="http://www.amazon.com/Selling-All-Commitment-Consecrated-Millennium/dp/0809139731/sr=8-2/qid=1169008163/ref=sr_1_2/102-0958093-6389748?ie=UTF8&s=books"]Selling All: Commitment, Consecrated Celibacy, and Community in Catholic Religious Life [/url][/b](Religious Life in a New Millennium, V. 2) by Sandra M. Schneiders, IHM

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