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When Jorge Bergoglio was a young Jesuit, he wrote a statement of his personal beliefs. It began, “I want to believe in God the Father who loves me like a child, and in Jesus, the Lord who infused my life with His Spirit, to make me smile and so carry me to the eternal Kingdom of life.” The elements of this credo inspired the selection and arrangement of the reflections gathered here: Pope Francis’s thoughts on love for God and each other and, most importantly, God’s love for us. Here are his most intimate thoughts about the purpose and promise of love.

When we know and when we understand the dynamics of the kingdom system and their related actions and reactions, we can choose the outcomes of our lives for success. May this understanding enable you to direct and to choose success.

Spend seven days letting St. Anthony of Padua guide you on an interior journey to find yourself and your way to God. Through guided prayer activities and probing questions drawn from his preaching and the stories of his life, you will learn about this Franciscan saint but even more important, you learn about your own spiritual life.

Whether you have made a pilgrimage to the Holy Land or have always wanted to walk where Jesus walked, this book offers a rich experience of the many sites associated with Gospel events. Monsignor Vincenzo Peroni takes pilgrims on an unforgettable tour of the most important sites in the Holy Land through beautiful guided meditations, probing questions, and sensitive prayerful reflections. Each chapter also contains Scripture texts that set the scene.

Without purpose everything becomes unbearable. Purpose provides hope. We are creatively designed for an eternal purpose. Our lives are built around our employment that is based on a desired income. Perhaps we should consider our deployment (purpose) instead of employment and our outcome (eternity) rather than our income. Life on planet Earth is a very brief period in our eternity. Should we base our entire existence on our “in-time” experience without consideration of our eternity?

Every day, we encounter different types of people in the world. How to Analyze People: Understanding Personality Types, Body Language, and Human Psychology contains specific guidelines on how to connect with others and read people’s behaviors and expressions.

Jerusa Phoenix hungers for blood, but her ghost won’t let her feed. Starved and powerful, she’s forced to choose between chasing after flesh-feasting savages or going behind enemy lines to save her imprisoned friend. After a ruthless battle to protect some innocent humans, she encounters three vampire women who make her a deadly proposition.

Imagine being a 14-year-old boy who takes a classmate on a bike ride one spring evening. In the days to follow, the classmate is found dead, and you stand accused of rape and murder. There's no direct physical evidence tying you to the crime, but that doesn't matter. In a lightning-fast trial, you are convicted and sentenced to death. As far as the press and public are concerned, you are guilty and deserve to die. Such was the fate of Steven Truscott, living with his family on an army base in small-town Ontario in 1959.

This wonderful introduction to the life and teachings of St. Francis offers daily inspiration and a dose of “peace and good” - a phrase often associated with Francis and his followers. Each month celebrates a Franciscan theme - such as peace, conversion, prayer, Mary, charity, and service to the poor. For each day, you will find a quote from Francis’ teachings, a suggestion for living as Francis did, and a challenge for growing in faith and practice.

Born a child of the streets, Ryan Cantril learned early on to fight for his keep, and sometimes just to keep what he earned. Now in his thirties, the self-proclaimed king of the sucker punch, fights to keep the cash he rightfully stole from a powerful crime syndicate - and if he's lucky, his life.

In Maddison's last visit to the ancient city, she encountered a man. More surprising was what he lacked on his face.... He wore no mask. A hundred years since the Great Disaster and he not only lived beyond infancy, but he breathed the air. No one breathed free air anymore at the risk of dying cancerous and crazed. Nothing of value is free — not the water, not the land, not the food...and certainly not the air.