Nothing Short of a Miracle [Paperback]

Patricia Treece (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 226 pages
• Publisher: Galilee Trade; 1st edition (February 1, 1988)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0385241402
• ISBN-13: 978-0385241403
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.6 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,732,381 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent book about saints & sainthood., November 5, 1999

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This review is from: Nothing Short of a Miracle (Paperback)

This book focuses on recent and for the most part local saints (North & South America). It is filled with uplifting, true stories of the Saints and explains the process that the Catholic Church uses to Canonize Saints. An outstanding book that I couldn't put down!

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Faith-Booster, May 8, 2002

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This review is from: Nothing Short of a Miracle (Paperback)

I cannot begin to tell you how wonderful this book is, and how much it has done for my faith. I had no idea that miraculous cures were so abundant, even in today's society. Patricia Treece is excellent!

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Not only MIRACLES but How to Pray !, January 16, 2008

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This review is from: Nothing Short of a Miracle (Paperback)

Patricia Treece is a journalist who knows we are a bunch of Doubting Thomases.

I am mesmerized reading the details of who gets their prayers answered, and why, what they do.... like the man who goes to bed only after praying to offer sacrifices to God to make up for the less-than-perfect lives of the people he is praying for...

I am equally mesmerized to see who doesn't!
A sick man who refused to stop sleeping with another man's wife, a woman who thought she 'deserved' a miracle because she went to Mass every day and 'pretty' good people who are not doing their best... and more details that serve to educate us so we can move closer to God.

Books about saints are usually written by already extremely devout people who take our belief in these miracles for granted. Ms. Treece, while devout, doesn't take our devotion for granted. She provides the details many need to understand what prayer is, how God works, why Catholics pray to saints to ask them to, in turn, beg God's mercy for them.

A must-read for anyone who wants to learn.

One note for readers of French translations, such as the English version of the Lourdes web site and books and sites about saints who were French:

There is only one word in French ("confiance") for the English concepts of "confidence" and "trust." When used in the context of someone having "confidence" in God, a saint or their prayers it usually means "trust," or even "faith." They usually say "I have confidence in him" in the way we say "I trust him" or "I have faith in him, he'll do it."