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Month: March 2020
All in Good Time and Gifts: Visible & Invisible have both received the Catholic Writers Guild Seal of Approval. According to the Catholic Writers Guild,…
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The Romance of Tristan and Iseult by M. Joseph BédierMy rating: 3 of 5 stars
This classic of romance literature, which obviously influenced subsequent classic works, had eluded me for decades. I’d only heard mention of it in recent years and came across this Hillaire Beloc translation at a low cost.
I wish I’d read this in the context of a classroom or group/club rather than independently because there is much absent in the text that would make for great discussion. Responsibility, the nature of love, honor, duty, sacrifice – these are all found within Tristan and Iseult, but not in any depth.
There’s some lip service to God and honor, but the lovers absolve themselves from any responsibility because they just can’t help themselves. They (mistakenly) drank a love potion, you see. Whoopsie.
Despite that disappointment, I found this worth reading as a seminal work, and it did mostly hold my attention.
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A large part of my days revolve around serving my family. You’d think that they’d be the beneficiaries in that equation, but I’ve been reminded lately how good these people are for me.
For a person who has the propensity to live in her head too much, they are refreshingly grounding. They are real. With real physical needs, real childish silliness, real human interactions, and delightful senses of humor.
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The #CatholicFictionChallenge took place on Instagram (and to lesser degrees on Facebook and Twitter) during February 2020. With more than 150 posts, Catholic readers and authors shared their favorite selections from 29 categories. If your to-be-read pile wasn’t teetering before, it was after!
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About the Book:
Would a God who truly loves you allow things to get this bad?
Lapsed Catholic Erin Rafferty has the life she always wanted. Or at least she did, till the moment her fiancé of five years announces he’s leaving her for another woman. Heartbroken and humiliated, a further devastating development leaves her wondering if she can ever live a normal life again.
Mark Ashcroft is a devout Catholic looking for an equally devout Catholic wife. A chance encounter with Erin leaves Mark completely captivated, yet deeply unsettled, knowing Erin is not in a place to accept him, nor is she the model Christian woman he’d hoped to start a life with.
A tentative friendship begins, and Erin finds herself questioning her long-held rejection of her faith, while Mark finds himself healing from memories of his own wounded past.
But as love grows, further tragedy in Erin’s life threatens her burgeoning faith and her hope for a future with Mark.
What follows is a difficult journey of love, surrender, trust, and faith in the ultimate knowledge that Christ is always in the midst of our sufferings.
Welcome to the March 2020 edition of An Open Book, hosted both at My Scribbler’s Heart AND CatholicMom.com! My husband recently listened to An Exorcist…
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