{"id":2012,"date":"2015-03-10T14:21:05","date_gmt":"2015-03-10T14:21:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.donnacooperoboyle.com\/blog\/?p=2012"},"modified":"2015-03-10T14:21:05","modified_gmt":"2015-03-10T14:21:05","slug":"mere-conversion-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.donnacooperoboyle.com\/blog\/2015\/03\/10\/mere-conversion-story\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;No mere conversion story&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An endorsement from Al Kresta for my upcoming memoir, <strong><em>The Kiss of Jesus: How Mother Teresa and the Saints Helped Me to Discover the Beauty of the Cross<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.donnacooperoboyle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/THE-KISS-OF-JESUS-cover.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2110 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.donnacooperoboyle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/THE-KISS-OF-JESUS-cover-206x300.jpg\" alt=\"THE KISS OF JESUS - cover\" width=\"206\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.donnacooperoboyle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/THE-KISS-OF-JESUS-cover-206x300.jpg 206w, https:\/\/www.donnacooperoboyle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/THE-KISS-OF-JESUS-cover-706x1024.jpg 706w, https:\/\/www.donnacooperoboyle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/THE-KISS-OF-JESUS-cover.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 206px) 100vw, 206px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The things we carry with us, the stories that make us who we are usually remain hidden from the watching world. Until now, that has been true of Donna-Marie Cooper O\u2019Boyle who, for years, I\u2019ve known as a writer of rare luminous simplicity and maternal sensitivity whose spirituality bears the mark of her encounters with Mother Teresa. But I was unprepared for the shocking assaults, penetrating injuries, wounds of betrayal, shame of poverty and neglect that alternately enraged and grieved me as I read her memoir. These dark episodes form a devilish veil that can only be pierced by the sword of Christ\u2019s severe mercy. This is no mere conversion story. The power of His grace far exceeds God\u2019s momentary acceptance of a sinner. Here grace is an active, personal force molding, shaping, nurturing, and transforming her. Transformed for love and service. She is led into moving evangelistic encounters with family, strangers and neighbors. So please, don\u2019t deprive yourself of the tough, relentless grace that fills this book. Take up and read. Share in the dispensation of grace Donna-Marie has received and you will learn love and peace in the midst of tribulation.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>~<b>Al Kresta,\u00a0<\/b>President, CEO Ave Maria Communications Host, Kresta in the Afternoon<\/p>\n<p>You can pre-order <strong><em>The Kiss of Jesus<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.donnacooperoboyle.com\/blog\/kiss-jesus\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An endorsement from Al Kresta for my upcoming memoir, The Kiss of Jesus: How Mother Teresa and the Saints Helped Me to Discover the Beauty of the Cross. &#8220;The things we carry with us, the stories that make us who &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.donnacooperoboyle.com\/blog\/2015\/03\/10\/mere-conversion-story\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":2110,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[90,9,6,19,83,70],"class_list":["post-2012","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","tag-al-kresta","tag-catholic","tag-donna-marie-cooper-oboyle","tag-mother-teresa","tag-saints","tag-the-kiss-of-jesus"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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