Ask the Author: Connie Rossini
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Connie Rossini
You can send me one and I'll read it, but I can't promise a review. I don't have any daughters, so I usually read books about boys these days! If I really like it, I may review it and recommend it to others. But please understand that I always have more requests for reviews, etc, than I can fulfill. You can message me on Facebook for my home address.
Connie Rossini
Hi, Betty. The two books of mine that could work well would be Trusting God with St. Therese, and The Contemplative Rosary. The former has a lot of my life story, along with stories from the life of St. Therese, and how we both had challenges regarding trusting God. Many of the stories are related to my family (parents, siblings, husband, kids), so I think older women could relate to it. It also has questions at the end of each chapter that you could use with a group. I give a 20% discount when you buy directly from me, and I can sign them for you. So let me know if you are interested. This book has 4.8 stars on Amazon and has hit the best-seller list of Catholic books several times.
Connie Rossini
Inspiration is a complex thing. Sometimes just a word or a thought will set my mind rolling and I will compose the first draft of whole chapters. Other times, I just know I need to get a project done, so I sit at the keyboard and start typing something that might be totally dry and will probably be deleted later. After a few sentences, the "inspiration" kicks in, and I can begin writing from the heart.
Connie Rossini
1) Dan Burke proposed this project. At first, my desire was to make St. Teresa's teaching on vocal prayer more widely known. But as I began to read Rosarium Virginus Mariae (which I believe I had done when it was first released), I wanted also to share this most beautiful document with the world.
2) We started in the summer of 2015, so the whole project took a little over two years. However, much of that time was waiting for the publisher to respond to inquiries and drafts, etc. And we changed publishers after our original publisher was acquired by another company. The actual writing and re-writing was very spread out, but I would say took 4 to 6 weeks on my part, with another couple of weeks finding the right art work.
3) The idea of the clausal addition comes from Blessed Paul VI originally. The clauses we used were pretty obvious ones. Most of them were the same as in the original New Guide to the Rosary issued by the National Catholic Register in 2003.
2) We started in the summer of 2015, so the whole project took a little over two years. However, much of that time was waiting for the publisher to respond to inquiries and drafts, etc. And we changed publishers after our original publisher was acquired by another company. The actual writing and re-writing was very spread out, but I would say took 4 to 6 weeks on my part, with another couple of weeks finding the right art work.
3) The idea of the clausal addition comes from Blessed Paul VI originally. The clauses we used were pretty obvious ones. Most of them were the same as in the original New Guide to the Rosary issued by the National Catholic Register in 2003.
Connie Rossini
Great question, Jocelyn! Yes, the format of the Rosary is a means, not an end. So if you feel the desire to linger on a mystery and you are praying on your own, do so. If you linger on one mystery for half an hour and never "finish," that's fine. And if during that time God grants you contemplation, you should not feel scrupulous about finishing the Rosary. Just as when He grants contemplation during mental prayer, you do not have to go back to your meditation unless the contemplation was brief and you have not prayed as long as you usually do (which, if you are that advanced, should be half an hour minimum, in my opinion).
Connie Rossini
The Contemplative Rosary is an updated and expanded version of The National Catholic Register's Guide to the Rosary issued in 2003. Dan Burke wanted to make it available to a new audience and asked me to write about St. Teresa of Avila's teaching on vocal prayer.
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