52 Weeks with Saint Faustina: A Year of Grace and Mercy

by Donna-Marie Cooper O'Boyle

Overview

This collection of weekly meditations and activities by Donna-Marie Cooper O'Boyle, EWTN host and author of Catholic Prayer Book for Mothers, guides you on a year-long spiritual pilgrimage through the life and teachings of St. Faustina Kowalska (1905-1938), the Secretary and Apostle of Divine Mercy. In her usual loving, thoughtful style, Donna-Marie helps you welcome the grace and power of St. Faustina's spiritual path of mercy and trust into your life, sharing the fruits of her own discipleship at the feet of St. Faustina as well as other great saints of mercy, such as St. John Paul II and St. Mother Teresa of Calcutta. Begin your spiritual pilgrimage any time of the year. This book will help bring light into your life, and prepare you to share that light with others, as well!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781596144880
Publisher:	Marian Press
Publication date:	01/01/2019
Sales rank:	332,321
Product dimensions:	5.40(w) x 8.50(h) x 1.10(d)

About the Author

Donna-Marie Cooper O'Boyle is a TV host, an international speaker, a pilgrimage and retreat leader, and an award-winning and best-selling author and journalist. Her more than 30 books on faith and family include A Catholic Woman's Book of Prayers; Bringing Lent Home with Mother Teresa; and Feeding Your Family's Soul: Dinner Table Spirituality. Donna-Marie's work has been featured in several Catholic magazines, national newspapers, and online media platforms. Perhaps most importantly, Donna-Marie is a Catholic wife, mother, and grandmother. Visit www.donnacooperoboyle.com and www.feedingyourfamilyssoul.com to contact her and learn more about her work.

Table of Contents

Foreword 9

Preface 11

How to Use This Book 15

Part 1 Ordinary Life 19

Week 1 Spiritual Childhood 21

Week 2 The Burdens and Surrender of Daily Battles 29

Week 3 Fear 35

Week 4 Suffering, "A Great Grace" 40

Week 5 The Habit and New Name 47

Week 6 Work 55

Week 7 Striving for Sanctity 62

Week 8 Our Lady 68

Week 9 First Vows and Her Parents' Blessing 74

Week 10 Physical Illness, "A School of Patience" 79

Week 11 Sacrifice, Penance, and Her Mission Revealed 85

Week 12 Holy Mass, the Eucharist, and St. Faustina's Visions 91

Week 13 Daily Cross 97

Week 14 The Grace of the Present Moment 102

Part 2 Merciful Life 107

Week 15 Love of Neighbor 109

Week 16 Humility 114

Week 17 Joy 119

Week 18 The Saints 124

Week 19 Love for the Poor, "Fruits of Mercy" 130

Week 20 Grace 135

Week 21 Patience and Perseverance Approaching Perpetual Vows 140

Week 22 Heroic Virtue 145

Week 23 "You Did It to Me" 150

Week 24 "Make Your Life as Clear as Crystal" 156

Week 25 To Possess a Generous Heart and Apostolic Spirit 161

Week 26 Praying for the Dying and Deceased 167

Part 3 Interior Life 175

Week 27 "I Thirst" 177

Week 28 Silence and Simplicity 184

Week 29 Obedience 190

Week 30 The Power of Prayer 197

Week 31 Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament 203

Week 32 Submission to God's Will 209

Week 33 The Stigmata, Intercession, and Sacrifice 215

Week 34 Purification and Trials 221

Week 35 Spiritual Battle 227

Week 36 Spirit of Poverty 236

Week 37 Saint Faustina's Dark Night and Perpetual Vows 243

Week 38 Doubt 251

Week 39 Forgiveness 257

Part 4 Mystical Life 263

Week 40 The Angels, God's Messengers 265

Week 41 Passion of Christ and Beauty of the Cross 272

Week 42 Divine Mercy and the Diary 282

Week 43 The Most Sacred Heart of Jesus 292

Week 44 Immaculate Heart of Mary, Cause of Our Joy 298

Week 45 Grace of Union with God 307

Week 46 Hell and Evil 313

Week 47 Holy Trinity 321

Week 48 "Let God Push Your Boat Out Into Deep Waters" 328

Week 49 The Image of Divine Mercy 333

Week 50 Carrying Out Divine Mercy 343

Week 51 Death, "Our Coronation" 352

Week 52 "Jesus, I Trust in You" 360

Afterword 367

Appendix 371

Acknowledgments 379

About the Author 381

Select Bibliography 383

References 385