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Restore: A Guided Lent Journal for Prayer and Meditation
Follow the Lord into the depths of your heart this Lent and you will never be the same.
Take a healing journey with Sr. Miriam James Heidland, SOLT, as she helps you turn away from what wounds you and toward God who heals you and makes you whole.
In this beautiful guided journal for prayer and meditation, Sr. Miriam invites you to meet the tenderness of God’s mercy, the power of his love, and the restoration of your heart and life as you practice prayer, fasting, and almsgiving.
Restore features stunning original art by Valerie Delgado of Pax.Valerie along with daily meditations on a passage from scripture, reflection questions, guided prayer, and space for journaling and notetaking.
Throughout Lent, you’ll move through four different phases of healing, focusing on traditional Lenten
Prayer is the means of healing our relationship with God.Fasting disciplines us in healing our relationship with ourselves.Almsgiving leads us to healing our relationships with others.Sacrifice shows us the path to heaven and union with God.If you enter into Lent with Christ, your heart will see more clearly, be pierced more easily, love more strongly, and serve more passionately. Jesus will be etched into the crevasses of your being.
Restore is perfect for both individual and group use. Free companion videos and a downloadable leader’s guide are available at avemariapress.com.
Take a healing journey with Sr. Miriam James Heidland, SOLT, as she helps you turn away from what wounds you and toward God who heals you and makes you whole.
In this beautiful guided journal for prayer and meditation, Sr. Miriam invites you to meet the tenderness of God’s mercy, the power of his love, and the restoration of your heart and life as you practice prayer, fasting, and almsgiving.
Restore features stunning original art by Valerie Delgado of Pax.Valerie along with daily meditations on a passage from scripture, reflection questions, guided prayer, and space for journaling and notetaking.
Throughout Lent, you’ll move through four different phases of healing, focusing on traditional Lenten
Prayer is the means of healing our relationship with God.Fasting disciplines us in healing our relationship with ourselves.Almsgiving leads us to healing our relationships with others.Sacrifice shows us the path to heaven and union with God.If you enter into Lent with Christ, your heart will see more clearly, be pierced more easily, love more strongly, and serve more passionately. Jesus will be etched into the crevasses of your being.
Restore is perfect for both individual and group use. Free companion videos and a downloadable leader’s guide are available at avemariapress.com.
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Published February 11, 2022
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April 18, 2022
Phenomenal. I'm glad I was working with a therapist as I went through this journey. It touched some really deep, raw places in my heart, but I really feel like I'm on the road to healing. It left me better than I was when I started it. I'm so grateful for having done it, even though it was hard ❤️
April 17, 2022
What a journey!
This was the most fruitful Lenten journey I’ve ever made. Through Sister Miriam’s reflections God shed light in very dark and damaged parts of my heart and healed them. He restored me.
This was the most fruitful Lenten journey I’ve ever made. Through Sister Miriam’s reflections God shed light in very dark and damaged parts of my heart and healed them. He restored me.
April 16, 2022
I love Sister Miriam James! If you do this Lenten Journal, check in with Ave Maria Press and watch Sister's short weekly videos each weekend in Lent, they add a beautiful dimension. Our book club selected this to read and do on our own but to meet every other week and discuss it. We all got so much out of "Restore: A Guided Lent Journal for Prayer and Mediation."
"God is sovereign. All time, every moment of our lives, belong to him. Nothing is outside the grasp of God. It is by his glorious wounds that he heals us, guards us, and protects us. And it is the light of Christ that dispels the darkness of our hearts and minds. And may it always be so."
I highly recommend this beautiful Lenten journal and prayer time!
"God is sovereign. All time, every moment of our lives, belong to him. Nothing is outside the grasp of God. It is by his glorious wounds that he heals us, guards us, and protects us. And it is the light of Christ that dispels the darkness of our hearts and minds. And may it always be so."
I highly recommend this beautiful Lenten journal and prayer time!
April 17, 2022
Reading this book was a great way to open your heart for Easter!
April 18, 2022
One of the best Lenten books in a long time.
April 17, 2022
This book was an excellent resource for my Lenten journey. The reflections and questions led me deep into many area I had not though of in a long time. Very thankful for this book and Sr. Miriam.
April 20, 2022
This book was excellent and so so beautiful. It was a deep dive into woundedness, forgiveness, identity, redemption and so much more. Highly recommend this as a Lenten journey.
March 31, 2024
Out of all the Catholic books I’ve read, I have probably grown and changed the most reading this book (besides the Bible, of course). Her writing is both wonderfully comforting and inspiring. At the beginning she said that Lent is a time of healing and using this journal, it was definitely a time of healing for me. She helped to break down past hurts and heal from them. My word for the year is forgiveness and this Lent has been a time of forgiveness for me. Thank you for writing this book! Thank you God for this gift!
April 18, 2022
This is possibly the most powerful lenten devotional I've ever read. I wasn’t sure a "healing -focused" book was for me. Sr. Miriam thoughtfully leads the reader through some tough questions. Some days were very difficult, but I really did uncover some tender spots. I received such an affirmation as Easter approached, I could tell God was healing me. I loved the scriptural and liturgical tie-ins to each day and the conversational style.
March 25, 2023
I used this as one of my additional prayers/ meditation for Lent 2023. I took it to Adoration and prayed that God would reveal to me virtue I needed to work on , wounds of the past that may still need healing. This is a book but also a prayer journal with pages to respond in writing with reflections. Its interesting to read/ pray through it and see my journey/ revelations. I did not stick with one a day. If i felt so moved and had the time i just kept going.
April 9, 2023
This is the first Lent where I truly feel changed, where I feel diffrent. I think that is because I finally took it seriously and reflected on what Christ did for us. I am also finally confirmed in my faith.
This book really taught me to look inside my heart and even though sometimes I struggle to answer the questions I did what I could to answer them truthfully. It is such a compelling and helpful book to take you on the journey of Lent. I'm sure in years to come I'll use this one again.
This book really taught me to look inside my heart and even though sometimes I struggle to answer the questions I did what I could to answer them truthfully. It is such a compelling and helpful book to take you on the journey of Lent. I'm sure in years to come I'll use this one again.
April 19, 2022
Helpful
This was part of my Lenten walk with Jesus and Our Lady. It has been helpful in general, and has aided me in looking through a couple doors in my heart with them; with honesty and the tenderness and gentle, life-giving love that God breathes. Thanks for this. It has been a blessing of a journey. I am different now than I was when we began.
This was part of my Lenten walk with Jesus and Our Lady. It has been helpful in general, and has aided me in looking through a couple doors in my heart with them; with honesty and the tenderness and gentle, life-giving love that God breathes. Thanks for this. It has been a blessing of a journey. I am different now than I was when we began.
April 19, 2022
Sr. Miriam and The Abiding Together ladies guided me through meditation and prayers with the help of this book. The journaling part is so worth it because it allowed me to look deeper inside my heart, examining places of hurt and fear. Best companion to the best journey of this 2022 Lenten season.
April 25, 2022
A perfect way to deepen the lent experience
I really enjoyed this Lenten companion. Sister has a beautiful way of expressing challenging ideas. She offers easy to apply ideas that help bring the reader into a deeper connection to the season and God as well. I plan to use again next Lent.
I really enjoyed this Lenten companion. Sister has a beautiful way of expressing challenging ideas. She offers easy to apply ideas that help bring the reader into a deeper connection to the season and God as well. I plan to use again next Lent.
April 25, 2022
Superb guide to self-reflection by Miriam James Heidland. Excellent work to help an individual consider where they are in life, where they want to be, and how to forgive those who may have wronged them in the past. Very helpful in preparing me for Easter 2022 after all we have gone through with the pandemic and all the related issues.
April 21, 2025
Great companion for your Lenten journey…
I loved every part of this book and the weekly introduction videos on the publisher website. The journaling exercise kept me on track and I experienced Lent more deeply than in past years. I highly recommend this for everyone. Sister Miriam is such a blessing.
I loved every part of this book and the weekly introduction videos on the publisher website. The journaling exercise kept me on track and I experienced Lent more deeply than in past years. I highly recommend this for everyone. Sister Miriam is such a blessing.
April 23, 2025
This lenten study is by far the most impactful, thought provoking, faith enriching book that I have ever experienced. It helped me to create a deeper, more authentic relationship with Jesus. And more than that it truly changes you if you are ready to approach your faith in a more honest, life changing way!!
April 10, 2023
Wow
Everyone should read this. I pray and hope Sister Miriam writes many more books. She understands the human heart more than most.
I will re-read this devotional for many Lenten seasons to come.
Everyone should read this. I pray and hope Sister Miriam writes many more books. She understands the human heart more than most.
I will re-read this devotional for many Lenten seasons to come.
April 2, 2024
This was an awesome Lenten reflection journal. A great and healing Lent! Sister Miriam’s voice shines through. Much of the material she pulls from her experience with the JPII Institute’s Healing the Whole Person. While a couple of days felt a little disjointed, I cannot think of a better way to do Lent. I might do it again next year.
June 14, 2025
1000000000/10!!!!
This is the only follow along journal you ever need! Really makes you grow your connection with Jesus and be true and vulnerable!!! The questions and prompts have you open your heart and souls!! Giving you daily Bible versus abs prayers!!!! ❤️
This is the only follow along journal you ever need! Really makes you grow your connection with Jesus and be true and vulnerable!!! The questions and prompts have you open your heart and souls!! Giving you daily Bible versus abs prayers!!!! ❤️
April 17, 2022
A beautiful & thought provoking Lenten study. I felt like this year I just scratched the surface, so I will do it again next Lenten. TY Sr. Mariam, for gently guiding us along.
April 18, 2022
Great devotional!
This was a great Lenten devotional. It helped me focus on the reason for the Lenten season and brought many graces of healing and forgiveness
This was a great Lenten devotional. It helped me focus on the reason for the Lenten season and brought many graces of healing and forgiveness
April 18, 2022
Wonderful Lenten Guide Book.
Sr Miriam will guide all who pick up this book, if they let her, through a rich and powerful Lenten experience.
Sr Miriam will guide all who pick up this book, if they let her, through a rich and powerful Lenten experience.
April 18, 2022
This was a great Lenten study with lots of good daily journal prompts that help foster relationship with Christ through prayer, fasting, and almsgiving.
April 18, 2022
Enjoyed this Lenten devotional- Sr Miriam is such a gift! Even more enjoyed the videos that accompanied the book
April 23, 2022
excellent stud
Sr. Miriam is a true wonder to me. Please watch the videos that go along with this book. She brought me new insights into old scriptures.
Sr. Miriam is a true wonder to me. Please watch the videos that go along with this book. She brought me new insights into old scriptures.
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May 4, 2022
This is a great book to read for Lent. Be aware that it will cause you to change.
July 11, 2022
Hurt so good.
April 8, 2023
Restore is a gentle devotional to guide you through the 40 days of Lent. I would definitely do this again, and I will check out Sr. Miriam's devotional, Beloved for Advent this year for sure!
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