A Lively Discussion …

I recently came across my conversation with the wonderful folks at the Busted Halo Radio Show in NYC. On air, we discussed two of my books. By Dawn’s Early Light: Prayers and Meditations for Catholic Military Wives, as well as Catholic Wisdom for a Mother’s Heart.

I disclosed the reasons why it was important to me to write a book of prayers for the heroic military women (wives, sisters, mothers, aunts, daughters, cousins, friends, and any woman associated with the military). We also discussed Catholic women, Catholic mothers, and their amazing vocation, and so much more.

I hope you enjoy our conversation. Just click here to listen at your convenience. Let me know your thoughts in the comment section below … God bless you!

Radio appearance on the Busted Halo show, discussing two of my books.
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EWTN’s Bookmark about 2 of my Fatima books

On this 103rd anniversary of the great Miracle of the Sun at Fatima, I’d like to share the following YouTube video of my interview with Doug Keck for EWTN’s Bookmark television show. In it we discussed my two Fatima books and Our Lady of Fatima’s message.

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The Shepherd Who Didn’t Run

My friend and fellow author Maria Ruiz Scaperlanda just released a book The Shepherd Who Didn’t Run: Fr. Stanley Rother, Martyr from Oklahoma.

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I have endorsed this fine book. This is what I said:

In this edifying and inspiring biography of Father Stanley Rother, priest, missionary, and martyr, the author draws us into the small town of Okarche, Oklahoma and the village of Santiago Atillan and unfolds one man’s faithful journey. She illustrates how God raises the faithful to the ranks of sanctity and how every small loving act of service deeply impacts lives. A must read.

I am including an excerpt. But, first here is a little about Maria:

In the past 30 years, María has been published broadly in the U.S., including the New York Times, Our Sunday Visitor, St. Anthony Messenger, Columbia, and other national and diocesan publications.

Maria’s work as a Catholic journalist has taken her on international assignments in Central America and the Caribbean, the Middle East, and throughout Europe. But perhaps her favorite assignment was covering Pope John Paul II’s historic visit to her native country, Cuba.

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Her primary life-time assignment, however, has been as wife to Michael for 34 years, mother to four grown children—and now “Bella” to six beautiful grandchildren!

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“How a 46-year-old priest from a small German farming community in Oklahoma came to live and die in the remote, ancient village of Santiago Atitlán, Guatemala, is a story full of wonder and God’s Providence.

When Pope John XXIII requested in the early 1960s that North Americans send missionaries to South and Central America, the Oklahoma Church responded.

In 1964, the then-Diocese of Oklahoma City and Tulsa took over the care of the church of Santiago Atitlán, the earliest parish in the Diocese of Sololá dating back to the 16th century. But no resident priest had served the indigenous Tz’utujil community of Santiago Atitlán for almost a century…

From the onset, that first Oklahoma missionary team understood that the Tz’utujil are an agricultural people who retain much of their ancient Mayan culture and pride. This was a perfect fit for Father Stanley Francis Rother, a farming boy from the western Oklahoma town of Okarche.

When he arrived at Santiago Atitlán in 1968, Father Stanley instantly fell in love with the volatile and stunning land of volcanoes and earthquakes, but above all, with its people. His Tz’utujil Indian parishioners called him “Padre Apla’s,” which translates “Francis” or “Francisco” in the native Tz’utujil language…

Once Guatemala’s civil war found its way to the peaceful villages surrounding beautiful Lake Atitlán, many people, like Father Stanley’s own catechists, began to disappear regularly.

Father Stanley’s response was to show his people the way of love and peace with his life. He walked the roads looking for the bodies of the dead to bring them home for a proper burial, and he fed the widows and orphans of those killed or “disappeared.”

Yet it was living these works of mercy that put Father Stanley on a death list.

“In his final Christmas letter to Oklahoma Catholics published in two diocesan newspapers in 1980, Father Stanley concluded, ‘The shepherd cannot run at the first sign of danger. Pray for us that we may be a sign of the love of Christ for our people, that our presence among them will fortify them to endure these sufferings in preparation for the coming of the Kingdom’.”

Servant of God Father Stanley Rother was shot to death in the rectory of his parish church on July 28, 1981. His cause for sainthood is currently under review.

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This past June (2015) a panel of nine theologians handed a majority vote affirming that Fr. Stanley Rother’s death was in odium fidei, or in hatred of the faith. And now a panel of 15 cardinals and archbishops must approve the martyrdom cause. This is where we are today, waiting on this vote.

To learn more about this excellent book visit the author Maria Scaperlanda here.

Check out Our Sunday Visitor here.

Extended book sale for Christmas shopping!

Take advantage of this EXTENDED sale on a variety of my book titles on special! Scroll down to see amazing savings. Get your Christmas shopping done early! By the way, there is more information about each book on the “Book” page of this website.

The NEW ANGELS FOR KIDS is 20% off! It makes a wonderful Christmas present for children and adults alike.

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Angels for Kids

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The NEW The Miraculous Medal: Stories, Prayers, and Devotions is 20% off! It makes a wonderful and inspiring Christmas present.

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Embracing Motherhood is 20% off! Don’t let the cover fool you–this book discusses all ages and stages of raising kids today. It makes a wonderful Christmas present for any Mom or GrandMom, or Mom-to-be!

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GRACE CAFE: SERVING UP RECIPES FOR FAITHFUL MOTHERING only $8.00 per book! That is a $7.00 savings per book! Wonderful Christmas gift for a Mom, GrandMom, or Mom-to-be!

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MOTHER TERESA AND ME: TEN YEARS OF FRIENDSHIP (First Edition) Great inspirational gift for Christmas gift giving!

Mother Teresa and Me: Ten years of Friendship

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CATHOLIC SAINTS PRAYER BOOK (Hard cover edition) Where else but here can you get a book of this quality (sturdy hard cover and beautiful illustrations inside and information and inspiration about 32 saints) for only $5.00? Excellent for anyone on your Christmas list–child, adult, man, or woman. I have gifted this book to many a child and many an adult.

Catholic Saints Prayer Book

Inspiration and wisdom from 32 popular saints! Prayers, bios, patronages, and quotes

 

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