Using meditations, Scripture passages, stories, and prayers, Sr. Marie Paul Curley offers a way to develop a personal relationship with God and to discover his unconditional love for us. Curley writes from her own experience, creating a guide to fostering healthy self-esteem and a sense of personal affirmation for even the busiest reader.
"Many people struggle with serious problems with self-hatred and self-rejection. Often these are genuinely deeply religious people who have turned to God and Christ because they did not know where else to go. Sister Marie Paul has taken on this challenge of self-hate, which troubles so many people. Her own well-thought and clear understanding can lead many to a relationship with Christ. She gives a meaningful answer to this question that troubles so many people." —Fr. Benedict J. Groeschel, CFR
As a Daughter of St. Paul, Marie Paul Curley, FSP, finds inspiration and joy in daily Eucharistic adoration and in the Pauline mission of communicating Christ through the media. Originally from the Boston area, she entered the Daughters of St. Paul as a teenager. Along with her formation to become a Pauline sister, she learned video production “hands-on” and has co-produced dozens of Catholic home video and cable TV productions. Sr. Marie Paul is currently missioned in Boston, MA, where she writes for the digital departments of Pauline Books & Media, and occasionally fits in a new book. (Sr. Marie Paul loves trying new things and is currently blogging a book for the first time at: http://www.coauthoryourlifewithGod.com. Her most recently published book is: Soul of Christ: Meditations on a Timeless Prayer..
Sr. Marie Paul loves writing and reading, fostering a dialogue between pop culture and faith, movies, bird-watching, tennis, and nature hikes. Her favorite fiction genre is science fiction/fantasy.
This is such a wonderful book. It touches just about any subject you can think of. It had so much great information; the reflections were my favorite (hidden in the darkness). Sister Marie touched subjects such as loss, grieving, self-doubt, helplessness, low self esteem, not being good enough, etc. I cried when I read a passage on the process of grieving. Everything she said was so true. My husband and I grieve our miscarriage differently and how God has presented himself in this time of our need is priceless. When things get tough, there is nothing the Lord can't do for us.
Here's something Sister Marie said that I love - "We will never fully understand God's mysterious plan for us, but we can trust that God can take anything life throws at us and work in it for our good and for the good of the world." Alleluia.