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Forgiving is no easy task: in fact, it may be the most difficult endeavor one can undertake. St. Josemaría Escrivá, the founder of Opus Dei, said, “I didn’t need to learn how to forgive, because God has taught me how to love.” Still, even this saint struggled with the trying task of forgiving. This collection of anecdotes from his life explores his experiences in offering and accepting forgiveness. Life as a priest in the midst of the violent Spanish Civil War offered St. Josemaría countless opportunities to practice forgiveness.

In his new audiobook, Andreas Englisch recounts the gripping story of the conclave following the death of Pope Francis and traces the path of Leo XIV, the first American to hold the papal office. To do so, he meets companions, close collaborators, family members and people from the places where...

Mary Slessor left the mills of Scotland to carry the Gospel into one of the most feared and dangerous regions of West Africa. Armed with little more than fierce courage, unwavering faith, and deep compassion, she walked alone into tribal territories where violence, superstition, and fear ruled...

Mohammed Mussa was born in a rural part of northeast Ethiopia dominated by Muslims. He found fulfillment in his early years shepherding farm animals, but even as he grew and was instructed in the ways of Islam, he was traumatized by a violent father who dominated him, his mother, and siblings. As his childhood wore on, he began to wrestle with questions some might think were too weighty for a child: Does God really exist? And if he does, is he as stern and cruel as our religion leads us to believe? Can we truly know Him? Should we even try?

Before the wilderness. Before the burning bush. Before Pharaoh and the sea. He was a Hebrew child drawn out of the Nile and raised in the house of the oppressor. Born of Israel, preserved by Egypt, Moses grows up divided between two worlds: the mother-house that first marked him with the name of Yahweh, and the palace that clothes him in privilege, order, and power. He is taught the wisdom of Egypt, yet never fully belongs to it. He is bound by blood to the afflicted, yet cannot return to them without shame.

Roy Wilhelm is described by his biographers within these pages as quiet and gentle, but iron-willed. Relative to some of his contemporaries in the early Bahá'í community of North America, his is a life perhaps less explored and examined so far by historians. This may be in part because many of the services he rendered were of a behind-the-scenes or administrative nature.

In The Monk's Mindset, former Buddhist monk and renowned Peloton instructor Sam Yo shares the transformative lessons that helped him move from chaos to clarity. Drawing on his monastic training, meditation practice, and experiences as a performer and coach, he reveals how anyone can weave...

In this stirringly honest autobiography, Fr. Ó Madagáin shares his story of how he felt called to serve God and others through the priesthood. He describes his experiences at Medjugorje and Lourdes and how he was moved by the extraordinary sacrifices of individuals both there and in Rome, where he completed his theological education.

In Widening Circles, well-known eco-philosopher, Buddhist scholar, and deep ecology activist/teacher Joanna Macy recounts her adventures of mind and spirit in the key social movements of her time. Macy’s autobiography reads like a novel as she relates her multi-faceted life experiences and reflects on how her marriage and family life enriched her service to the world.

Drawing on George Washington's writings and those of his closest confidants, Lillback argues that his deep Christian faith informed his values, thinking, and behavior that went on to shape history...

From childhood hospital beds to a stroke at thirty-two, she faced pain, loss, and transformation yet chose to rise. Breath of Grace is her powerful story of Breath of Grace is her powerful story of faith, resilience, and healing through God, therapy, and yoga. This memoir offers hope to anyone navigating illness, trauma, or unexpected change. It reminds us that as long as we still have reminds us that as long as we still have breath, there is still grace and the strength to keep going

Las primeras palabras del papa León XIV para el mundo revelan los ejes de su liderazgo. «Quisiera quisiera que este saludo de paz entrara en sus corazones, llegara a sus familias, a todas las personas, dondequiera que estén, a todos los pueblos, a toda la tierra. ¡La paz esté con ustedes!»...

Not knowing why or from where, Frykholm felt called by this ancient woman's story. Thus begins the story of her decades-long search to uncover the truth about the woman who, by her own devices, figured out how to acquire what she most wanted—and when she did, discovered that it wasn't enough. With a scholar's eye and a mystic's heart, Frykholm offers a look at an elusive and dynamic figure from history while offering insights into our own inner—and potentially rewilded—lives.

What if the strength you spent your whole life proving isn't the strength you actually need? SOFT is a raw faith-forward memoir about a woman shaped by two worlds slow-rooted Mississippi and sharp-edged New York who learns that true resilience isn't hardness but holy softness: the courage to surrender, the wisdom to listen, and the power to love without armor.

Why Am I, Me, explores the mystery of why each of us is uniquely created and why life itself is such a precious gift. Through personal struggles, spiritual searching, and moments of darkness, Peter Karl’s heartfelt journey reveals the enduring mercy of God—even when we turn away from Him. After years of hardship and soul searching the author came to the profound realization: The Eucharist is truly the body and blood of Jesus Christ and is the spiritual foundation of our existence.

A fresh look at a complex pope with a simple agenda: radically reforming the Catholic Church. Jorge Mario Bergoglio is the consummate disruptor, disrupting archaic modes of church governance, disrupting our collective spiritual complacency in the face of new challenges to our human flourishing...

From the bestselling author of Hillbilly Elegy – an intimate account of why Vice President JD Vance strayed from the Christianity of his youth and what led him back to faith. Communion is a spiritual exploration of what it means to be a Christian in all the seasons of life JD Vance has...

What happens when a man chases the spotlight and finds God waiting in the wings? Choice Servants and Saints is the extraordinary true story of Nick Farone: a trained operatic tenor who performed at the New York City Opera, sang in Broadway and Off-Broadway productions, worked nightclubs in the Catskills, and rubbed shoulders with the Boston mafia only to walk away from it all when God gave him a far greater calling.

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A KIRKUS EARPHONES AWARD WINNER Narrated by the Vice President himself—an intimate account of why the bestselling author of Hillbilly Elegy JD Vance strayed from the Christianity of his youth and what led him back to faith. Communion is a spiritual exploration of...

The soul-stirring intersectional biography of the most famous Islamic woman scholar working today, from the two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist author of If the Oceans Were Ink and Home, Land, Security. “A testament to what it means to labor for justice from inside a faith tradition—to love it...