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Acts of Contrition

Author : Victoria Waddle

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Page : 209 pages

File Size : 38,39 MB

Release : 2021-03-15

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ISBN : 9781735698403

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The women in Acts of Contrition face society's devaluation, from parents, from elders, from all who assume authority over them. They battle oppressions as simple as gender stereotyping, as complex as prerequisites to friendship or love. Some can look back and laugh, some find luck in their escape from harm, some engineer their own good fortune, all the while riding a wave of dark humor. What all the characters come to understand is that silence places them at greater risk than speaking out. They progress toward freedom through the telling of their stories.



Act of Contrition

Author : Jeffrey G. Sobosan

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Page : 132 pages

File Size : 19,32 MB

Release : 1979

Category : Religion

ISBN : 9780877931881

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Act of Contrition

Author : Janice Holt Giles

Publisher : University Press of Kentucky

Page : 266 pages

File Size : 18,32 MB

Release : 2014-10-17

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 0813157781

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Act of Contrition focuses on the intimate relationship between Regina, a widow, and Michael, a young doctor whose wife left him for another man. Having found happiness in one another, they desire nothing more than to be together. Yet in the eyes of the Catholic Church, Michael is not free to divorce his wife and marry Regina. In an emotional climax Regina must decide if she loves Michael enough to give him up or if she'll force him to choose between her and God. By modern standards, Giles's love scenes are tasteful, and the general atmosphere of ecumenism within today's Catholic Church renders moot many of the tensions in the novel. Yet in 1957 Giles's agent and publisher feared the work would cause "irreparable harm" to her reputation. As late as 1972 Giles was revising in the hopes of seeing the novel published. Finally her wish is fulfilled. Janice Holt Giles (1905-1979), author of nineteen books, lived and wrote near Knifley, Kentucky, for thirty-four years. Her biography is Janice Holt Giles: A Writer's Life.



Acts of Contrition

Author : Kirsten Beyer

Publisher : Simon and Schuster

Page : 400 pages

File Size : 22,61 MB

Release : 2014-09-30

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 1476765553

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An original novel set in the universe of Star Trek: Voyager—and the sequel to the New York Times bestseller Protectors! Admiral Kathryn Janeway has now taken command of the Full Circle Fleet. Her first mission: return to the Delta Quadrant and open diplomatic relations with the Confederacy of the Worlds of the First Quadrant, a civilization whose power rivals that of the Federation. Captain Chakotay knows that his choices could derail the potential alliance. While grateful to the Confederacy Interstellar Fleet for rescuing the Federation starships from an alien armada, Voyager’s captain cannot forget the horrors upon which the Confederacy was founded. More troubling, it appears that several of Voyager’s old adversaries have formed a separate and unlikely pact that is determined to bring down the Confederacy at all costs. Sins of the past haunt the crew members of the Full Circle Fleet as they attempt to chart a course for the future. Will they learn much too late that some sins can never be forgiven…or forgotten? ™, ®, & © 2014 CBS Studios, Inc. STAR TREK and related marks are trademarks of CBS Studios, Inc. All Rights Reserved.



Help, Thanks, Wow

Author : Anne Lamott

Publisher : Penguin

Page : 114 pages

File Size : 34,27 MB

Release : 2012-11-13

Category : Religion

ISBN : 1101607734

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A New York Times bestseller from the author of Dusk, Night Dawn, Hallelujah Anyway, Bird by Bird, and Almost Everything. Author Anne Lamott writes about the three simple prayers essential to coming through tough times, difficult days and the hardships of daily life. Readers of all ages have followed and cherished Anne Lamott’s funny and perceptive writing about her own faith through decades of trial and error. And in her new book, Help, Thanks, Wow, she has coalesced everything she knows about prayer to these fundamentals. It is these three prayers – asking for assistance from a higher power, appreciating what we have that is good, and feeling awe at the world around us – that can get us through the day and can show us the way forward. In Help, Thanks, Wow, Lamott recounts how she came to these insights, explains what they mean to her and how they have helped, and explores how others have embraced these same ideas. Insightful and honest as only Anne Lamott can be, Help, Thanks, Wow is the everyday faith book that new Lamott readers will love and longtime Lamott fans will treasure.



United States Catholic Catechism for Adults

Author : Catholic Church. United States Conference of Catholic Bishops

Publisher : USCCB Publishing

Page : 668 pages

File Size : 34,38 MB

Release : 2006

Category : History

ISBN : 9781574554502

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 540-542) and indexes.



Love and Care for the Marginalized

Author : Anne DeSantis

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Page : 0 pages

File Size : 14,15 MB

Release : 2021-05-14

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ISBN : 9781733319980

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Love and Care for the Marginalized is a 40-day meditational for Catholics based on reflections from popes, saints, religious leaders, movie quotes, and others on how God speaks to each of us about the importance of outreaching to those who have been hurt, rejected, and marginalized. Whether you are on the giving or receiving end in terms of marginalization, we have all experienced the world's treatment of those who are uncared for and unloved. Each meditation includes a quote, reflection, a prayer, and a call to action. The book is based on the command of Christ in the Biblical book of Matthew 25 where Jesus talks about the importance of loving and caring for those in greatest need and acting on their behalf. This book will help the reader to reflect upon the importance of making a difference for those who are alone, rejected and forgotten. The book was born out of much reflection, thought and most of all, prayer.



The Hitwoman’s Act of Contrition

Author : JB Lynn

Publisher : Jennifer Baum

Page : 179 pages

File Size : 28,72 MB

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Category : Fiction

ISBN :

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Imagine a high-strung, comfort loving hitwoman at a rustic spiritual retreat. Things are finally looking up for Maggie Lee. Her almost-lover Patrick is taking steps (albeit deadly ones) to insure they’ll have a future together, her niece Katie is about to be released from the hospital, her sister Marlene has stopped turning tricks and started tossing pizzas, and Maggie has a chance to land a new (legal) job. If only God would stop hounding her to apologize to her mother, Maggie would be pretty close to content with her life. When Maggie agrees to take out a new target, using a spiritual retreat as her cover story, she ends up with a spoon (long story), an odd, selectively mute roommate, and a chance to save a life. As Maggie struggles to balance all the important people in her life and deliver on the deadly contract, she begins to believe that God may be right about the act of contrition he’s demanded…but will she live long enough to do it?



A Simple Prayer Book

Author : Catholic Truth Society

Publisher :

Page : 114 pages

File Size : 14,57 MB

Release : 2004-01-01

Category : Prayer books

ISBN : 9781860822599

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The best prayerbook available, fully revised expanded and updated



Pocket Guide to the Sacrament of Reconciliation

Author : Josh Johnson

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Page : 0 pages

File Size : 19,54 MB

Release : 2021-02-04

Category : Religion

ISBN : 9781950784554

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The Pocket Guide to the Sacrament of Reconciliation is a beautiful, prayerful book by Fr. Mike Schmitz and Fr. Josh Johnson which helps Catholics enter in to the Sacrament of Reconciliation more deeply.