The Power of the Cross: Applying the Passion of Christ to your life [Paperback]

Michael Dubruiel (Author)

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About the Author

Michael Dubruiel is the author of The How-To Book of the Mass, Praying in the Presence of Our Lord with Fulton J. Sheen, and (Mention Your Request Here):The Church’s Most Powerful Novenas. He and his wife, Amy Welborn, are the co-authors of Praying the Rosary: With the Joyful, Luminous, Sorrowful, and Glorious Mysteries.

Product Details

• Paperback: 272 pages
• Publisher: Our Sunday Visitor (September 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1592761003
• ISBN-13: 978-1592761005
• Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 5 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #942,170 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Add this to your library, January 4, 2005

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Lisa M. Hendey "Mom, Blogger, Podcaster, Author" (Fresno, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Power of the Cross: Applying the Passion of Christ to your life (Paperback)

With the liturgical season of Lent quickly approaching, I am convinced that The Power of the Cross is one of the best resources I've seen lately for enhancing our commitment to spirituality. Whether you choose to implement this book as a "kick start" to your New Year's devotional rituals, or as a supplement to your Lenten devotional aids you will find this book to be an exceptional resource.

9 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Why I wrote this Lenten Devotional, January 9, 2005

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Michael Dubruiel "annunciations.wordpress.com" (Birmingham, AL USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Power of the Cross: Applying the Passion of Christ to your life (Paperback)

When I was in my twenties I encountered another woman, also in her twenties who was dying of cancer. Over the course of a summer she taught me the lesson of the power of the cross...that no matter what life deals us there is a way for those who believe in Christ to approach every event in a way that differs from the rest of humanity. We are not crushed by adversity, in fact we learn not to even judge anything as adversity so has the cross changed the way we look at our lives.

This book is filled with the ways in which the power of the cross can be experienced in our daily lives no matter what happens--illustrated by the stories of people that I have known who have experienced the power of Christ's cross firsthand. It is arranged especially for the season of Lent and will match the readings found in the Catholic lectionary for that season.

Since the book has been available it has been used in a parish group study. A leader of a group that used it wrote me to say:

"We just finished your bible study: The Power of the Cross' - ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL!!!!!!!. It was soooo Catholic and thank you for speaking the truth. We have a lot of Catholics out there (including myself) who missed these lessons over the last 20 years. We have made Catholicism what we wanted it to be. Not how is really is. I believe it opened the eyes of a lot of the ladies in the group."

I hope others will find this book an aid to enriching their spiritual lives.

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars FINDING YOUR WAY BACK TO CHRIST..., March 19, 2008

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LOUIE "OF THE SACRED HEART" (BRONX, NY USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: The Power of the Cross: Applying the Passion of Christ to your life (Paperback)

Lent is the best time to read "THE POWER of the CROSS.

Christ is the only way to live and this book will lead you
back to him.

Worth reading anytime of the year!