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The Wisdom of His Compassion: Meditations on the Words and Actions of Jesus

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Fr. Joseph Girzone's The Wisdom of His Compassion is a beautiful book with inspirational and heartwarming messages of faith, hope, caring, kindness, and compassion.

In these difficult times, Fr. Girzone's message that God cares about us and He understands us even when we do give into temptation gives the reader hope.

Fr Girzone's God is a God who understands us. Even when we do give into temptation, He is a God who loves us. This is a message we cannot hear too often.

His reminder that "intimacy with Jesus, who will always be our friend when others walk away, is a special blessing, not to be taken lightly" takes the meaning of friendship to a new level.

Fr. Girzone presents a human and tender God, a God who wants us to enjoy our humanity - what we are, what He gave us. He did not make us perfect. He did not intend to. He knows that and accepts that in us.

In beautiful ways, with words of encouragement, Fr. Girzone let's his readers know what God expects:

What is important to God? According to Fr. Girzone, he wants us to be sensitive to the pain and hurt in other people's lives, He wants us to reach out to help.

He gathered people together to teach them how to care for one another and be there when someone needed them.

At a time of great contention and fear, Fr. Girzone writes about a loving, understanding God:

He came to free people from the legal straightjackets the religious leaders had fashioned for them.

He always reaches out to heal us...it is the pain that sin causes that prompts Him to want to heal us.

God does not have a need to punish or destroy sinners. As the Good Shepherd, he searches out those driven away by the Pharisees of every age and tries to bring them back home.

One of the most powerful messages in The Wisdom of His Compassion, and one that all of us should remember every day of our lives is recorded in 25 words:

Jesus warns all of us that we will be judged at the Last Judgment with the same justice and mercy we dish out to others.

If you are looking for peace in these difficult days, I would recommend 15 minutes a day with Fr. Joseph Girzone's The Wisdom of His Compassion or any one of the 19 other books he has written.

Father Girzone has created a useful meditation on Christ's life and ministry and tries to tie it into what us ordinary mortals go through during our lives. It makes for thoughtful reading

As always, Father Girzone is right on. The information was wonderful. I have every book that he has written. He is my hero. However, I was extremely dissapointed in the deliverance of the book by the person doing the CD. He was monotone and I expected him to yawn at any second. I buy a lot of my books that are for research on CD so I can listen to them in my car. I usually go right through them. I have such difficulty listening to this person that I have only listened to 2 of the CD's and have no desire to listen to the rest of the program. I will now have to buy the book to get what I need. I am a ministerial student and have to be very careful with my money.

Joseph Girzone in his unique style helps each of us to understand more fully the word of the gospel. His years of religious studies and his life experiences help each of us to be closer to the Lord. I have been blessed to be able to read all of his works and always feel so much at peace during those times. I hope you all have similar experiences. God Bless

This series of meditations on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ are all based on readings of the Gospels. Fr. Joseph Girzone with his lifetime of study does excellent work in this book as he focuses on crucial and well known parts of the Gospels where they tell of Jesus life. The author does so in such a manner as to make it not only inspirational but easily understandable to the audience of today. Some of his explanations take a valid yet slightly different slant than most may be use too. This fresh perspective on the teachings of Our Lord and his life helps give greater insight into how much God truly loves us.

This is one of the best books I have read of Father Grizone, it is such a compassionate and loving book about Jesus, It is well worth reading for all people that want to get closer to Jesus, I recommend this for how much this book helps in times like this, it gives you a different outlook on Jesus and his words and actions, It definitely is worth reading I enjoyed it very much, and read it often, it gives you great inspiration.

I've been waiting to write this review for a couple weeks, not because of the seller's performance, but because the book was being held hostage by the prison system. The book was a Christmas present to a friend in prison. The prison staff would not release the book because the seller was not an approved vendor. Well, I just heard great news today that Chris's counselor let him have the book after all.
Maybe they looked at the name of the book and decided to have some COMPASSION.

Thanks for the book... Bill