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Remembering God's Mercy: Redeem the Past and Free Yourself from Painful Memories
Remembering God’s Mercy is a perfect resource for personal spiritual growth during the Jubilee Year of Mercy.
In the first book to explore how memories impact and are affected by faith, bestselling author Dawn Eden offers a guide to the process she used to heal the pain of her past. Through her own story, as well as the examples of St. Ignatius of Loyola, St. Peter Faber, and Pope Francis, she shows how the mercy of God, who holds all of events of our life in his own memory, can bring you healing and inner peace.
Dawn Eden’s My Peace I Give You helped thousands find peace after abuse and established her as the leading Catholic authority on recovering from traumatic stress. In Remembering God’s Mercy , Eden—who suffered childhood sexual abuse that left her with PTSD—describes how she was inspired by the example of Pope Francis, St. Ignatius, and St. Peter Faber, all of whom suffered from their own painful experiences and followed a similar path to healing.
Pope Francis has spoken openly about how a life-threatening bout of pneumonia affected his relationship with God, saying that recognizing and accepting the power of memories to color perceptions is essential to seeing God in all things and experiencing inner peace. The pope was influenced by the examples of Ignatius and Faber. Ignatius suffered the loss of his mother at a young age and was sent by his father to live with another family. He also fought as a mercenary soldier as a young man and experienced the trauma of war and physical pain. Faber, a student of Ignatius and among the early members of the Society of Jesus, suffered from bouts of depression and anxiety for years. He wrote in his diary how he applied Ignatius’s spiritual practices in a way that enabled him to rise above his mental suffering to grow closer with God.
Through the wisdom of these three Jesuits, Eden developed an Ignatian model of
* Acknowledge your memories.
* Accept that they change the way you see God, your fate, and other people.
* Allow God to transform your memories by coloring the past and present with his story of salvation.
Eden examines how Jesus’ wounds can bring healing to your own hurt through prayer, Mass, the Sacraments (particularly confession), and the life of the Church. In each chapter, she will engage you with specific steps to take using the most famous Ignatian prayer, the Suscipe —Latin for “receive”—to transform your past traumas into an offering to God that is united with Jesus’ own self-offering.
In the first book to explore how memories impact and are affected by faith, bestselling author Dawn Eden offers a guide to the process she used to heal the pain of her past. Through her own story, as well as the examples of St. Ignatius of Loyola, St. Peter Faber, and Pope Francis, she shows how the mercy of God, who holds all of events of our life in his own memory, can bring you healing and inner peace.
Dawn Eden’s My Peace I Give You helped thousands find peace after abuse and established her as the leading Catholic authority on recovering from traumatic stress. In Remembering God’s Mercy , Eden—who suffered childhood sexual abuse that left her with PTSD—describes how she was inspired by the example of Pope Francis, St. Ignatius, and St. Peter Faber, all of whom suffered from their own painful experiences and followed a similar path to healing.
Pope Francis has spoken openly about how a life-threatening bout of pneumonia affected his relationship with God, saying that recognizing and accepting the power of memories to color perceptions is essential to seeing God in all things and experiencing inner peace. The pope was influenced by the examples of Ignatius and Faber. Ignatius suffered the loss of his mother at a young age and was sent by his father to live with another family. He also fought as a mercenary soldier as a young man and experienced the trauma of war and physical pain. Faber, a student of Ignatius and among the early members of the Society of Jesus, suffered from bouts of depression and anxiety for years. He wrote in his diary how he applied Ignatius’s spiritual practices in a way that enabled him to rise above his mental suffering to grow closer with God.
Through the wisdom of these three Jesuits, Eden developed an Ignatian model of
* Acknowledge your memories.
* Accept that they change the way you see God, your fate, and other people.
* Allow God to transform your memories by coloring the past and present with his story of salvation.
Eden examines how Jesus’ wounds can bring healing to your own hurt through prayer, Mass, the Sacraments (particularly confession), and the life of the Church. In each chapter, she will engage you with specific steps to take using the most famous Ignatian prayer, the Suscipe —Latin for “receive”—to transform your past traumas into an offering to God that is united with Jesus’ own self-offering.
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First published February 26, 2016
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March 24, 2016
There’s at least one person in everyone’s life, more than one if you’re fortunate. Being around that person often makes you feel better, braver, and more peaceful After a conversation with the person, you feel loved and cared for.
This may date me, but to me the concept is most fully expressed in the 1990s Rich Mullins song, “Let Mercy Lead.” The refrain includes the line:
“Let mercy lead
let love be the strength in your legs
and in every footprint that you take there’ll be a drop of grace.”
This quality doesn’t mean the person is always perfect, or you always have that experience with him or her. But it does mean that in many interactions, the person is a conduit of grace.
Sometimes the one who “leads with mercy” is a family member, or a dear friend. Sometimes, the person is one we know only as an acquaintance, or only meet on one occasion.
Sometimes, that person can be an author. One such authors is Dawn Eden, who writes from such a place of peace and spiritual depth that nearly everything she writes contains a “drop of grace.”
Her latest book, "Remembering God’s Mercy: Redeem the Past and Free Yourself from Painful Memories," is an excellent example of this gift. As Eden writes in the preface: “I wrote this book to share the good news that Jesus Christ heals our memories.”
Read the rest of my review here: http://readingcatholic.com/let-mercy-...
This may date me, but to me the concept is most fully expressed in the 1990s Rich Mullins song, “Let Mercy Lead.” The refrain includes the line:
“Let mercy lead
let love be the strength in your legs
and in every footprint that you take there’ll be a drop of grace.”
This quality doesn’t mean the person is always perfect, or you always have that experience with him or her. But it does mean that in many interactions, the person is a conduit of grace.
Sometimes the one who “leads with mercy” is a family member, or a dear friend. Sometimes, the person is one we know only as an acquaintance, or only meet on one occasion.
Sometimes, that person can be an author. One such authors is Dawn Eden, who writes from such a place of peace and spiritual depth that nearly everything she writes contains a “drop of grace.”
Her latest book, "Remembering God’s Mercy: Redeem the Past and Free Yourself from Painful Memories," is an excellent example of this gift. As Eden writes in the preface: “I wrote this book to share the good news that Jesus Christ heals our memories.”
Read the rest of my review here: http://readingcatholic.com/let-mercy-...
April 26, 2016
This definitely makes Eden's thoughts on healing memories through Christ more accessible to people who aren't recovering from trauma. I liked her stories (although I would have preferred more). There are way more quotations here than in any other book. Recommended for people seeking healing beyond what medicine can offer.
Full review at ATX Catholic: http://atxcatholic.com/index.php/2016...
Full review at ATX Catholic: http://atxcatholic.com/index.php/2016...
May 2, 2018
I don't think this book was bad but it wasn't for me. The author goes through the Ignatian Spirital Exercises and how they helped her but I didn't really find it helpful or a method to follow unless I did the Spiritual Exercises on my own.
This book will be useful for some. It wasn't useful to me but don't let that influence you.
This book will be useful for some. It wasn't useful to me but don't let that influence you.
July 16, 2016
If you have ever had trouble forgiving people from your past this book provides a way of praying which will finalize forgiveness and help you achieve it. I am the author of "Heal Your Memories, Change Your Life" and 'The Ultimate Guide To Healing Your Past". Remembering God's Mercy will help you use prayer and receiving God's love as an ultimate way to heal your past.
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