Religion/Spirituality

With such a shortage of good resources for Catholic men, Fuel is a welcome resource for new or existing men's faith groups. It provides clear meeting formats and meaningful insights for Catholic lay men to grow in their faith, share fellowship in Christ, and learn to apply their faith to family, work, and the community...

Real Stories of God in Our Lives These rich stories present convincing evidence of God's active presence in our lives. Whether you're a cradle Catholic or a convert, solid in the Faith or wavering, these true stories will deepen your belief and stimulate your hope and trust in God. This superb assortment of stories includes those of: -Denise, who miraculously speaks the Romanian language upon meeting the birth mother of the girl she is adopting. ("Speaking from the Heart") Bobbie, who from the sadness of an annual cemetery visit, is startled into laughter by a sudden beyond-the-grave practical joke.("Graveyard Spirits") -Clarence, whose mother was moved to pray fervently at the moment his ship was torpedoed in the pacific-although news of the attack didn't reach her until months later.("When Your Ship Goes Down") -Kristen, who, having rejected God and the Catholic Faith after a tragedy, sees an impossible miracle in something that her daughter sees as ordinary.("Did You See That Boy?")..

My life is very little. "i can't walk; i can't sit up straight; i can't feed myself. If you and I meet, the first thing you'll notice will be my body crumpled in a wheelchair. Once I could at least sit up, but now my weak neck is bent over and my spine is bent so much that my head falls heavily upon my left shoulder and my hunched back." So writes Christina Chase, the twenty-first century Therese of Lisieux whose "Littleness" is humbler even than that of the Little Flower, but whose spiritual power is, by every discernible measure, of comparable intensity. Crippled though she is, Christina's fearful disabilities have led her not into anger, bitterness, or despair, but rather into a profound and exceptional encounter with God's love itself - an encounter that you, too, can experience through the gentle allure of Christina's witness. Locked now for decades within her own fragile, helpless body, Christina has been graced with extraordinary insights into the similar helplessness of Je..