Grace in Every Season: Through the Year With Catherine Doherty [Paperback]

Mary Bazzett (Author), Mary Bazzett (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 1, 2001

This seasonal devotional features meditations drawn from the down-to-earth and eminently practical writings of Catherine Doherty.

Providing daily spiritual guidance, there are deep insights on prayer and spiritual growth as well as homespun words of advice on everyday work and family life. Nostalgic entries even recall Christmas and Easter customs from Catherine's childhood in the Old Russia of the czars.

A sampling of daily topics evokes their richness and variety:

-- Remedy for Pain: Forgiveness
-- What Christ asks of Us
-- What Happens When You Take the Risk
-- Superficial Communications and Loneliness
-- The Gospel is Risky Business
-- A Meditation on Yelling
Carefully compiled by Mary Bazzett, former managing editor of The Catholic Answer, this volume provides an excellent introduction to the main themes of Catherine Doherty's spirituality and a wide selection of her writings that will be of interest to her many spiritual children throughout the year.

Editorial Reviews

Review

I recommend this book to anyone who wishes to follow the Lord Jesus more closely. The writings of Catherine Doherty help us all to live the gospel 'without compromise.' Mary Bazzett has done a great service in arranging Catherine's writings for daily prayer and reflection. --Cardinal James Hickey

The writings of Catherine Doherty belong in the realm of contemporary classics. With this book of seasonal selections, we have ready-at-hand some of her most memorable reflections on the mysteries of our faith as well as personal accounts of her profound prayer experiences. I heartily recommend it for all Christians. --Susan Muto, author, Pathways to Living

Because "Grace in Every Season" lives up to its title, it also makes a wonderful gift for any occasion--Christmas, birthday, graduation, wedding or anniversary. --Larry Holley OSB, The Pecos Benedictine

About the Author

Catherine Doherty used her heritage as a Russian Christian as a matrix for responding to the needs of Christian life and work in the modern world. Her own personal pilgrimage led her to be "poor with the poor Christ" in the slums of Toronto and in Harlem; and later to the establishing of the world-wide Madonna House Apostolate. A dedicated wife and mother, Catherine was also a prolific writer of hundreds of articles, a best-selling author of dozens of books, a renowned national speaker, and a pioneer of social justice. Catherine Doherty's cause for canonization as a saint is now under consideration by the Catholic Church.

Product Details

• Paperback: 365 pages
• Publisher: Madonna House Pubns; 2nd edition edition (January 1, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0921440316
• ISBN-13: 978-0921440314
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.3 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,132,908 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A daily dose of Catherine's spirituality., March 4, 2000

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This review is from: Grace in Every Season: Through the Year With Catherine Doherty (Paperback)

Catherine Doherty lived the core of a christian's life. She was not afraid to speak out on behalf of the gospel of Jesus Christ. These reflections keep you challenged to live out your baptism, to stand up and be counted, to become all that God asks you to become. There is no lip service to this women's life, she walked the talk, like Dorothy Day, Mother Teresa and Gandhi she left us a great legacy of continuing the journey, the pilgrim's journey.