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    The Gift of Grace
    The Gift of Grace
    The Gift of Grace
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    The Gift of Grace

    By J A Russell

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    With the coming of Vatican ll in the early 1960s, many Catholics experienced a renewal and deepening of faith. For me this led also to a joyful experience of Gods healing power, bringing with it an increased awareness of the work of grace within our everyday lives. Gods grace transforms us, for grace is Gods way of doing the impossible within us. This book expresses something of the way we cooperate with God to receive the power of grace already ours through a life-giving union in Jesus Christ, and reflects on how throughout our lives we are dependent upon Him for the salvation of our souls.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAuthorHouse UK
    Release dateNov 6, 2014
    ISBN9781496993045
    The Gift of Grace
    Author

    J A Russell

    With the coming of Vatican ll in the 1960s, the author, as a Catholic mother of young children, welcomed the invitation to become a catechist involved with preparation for the sacraments of first confession and holy communion. She found that the more she expressed her faith, the more her faith was strengthened. It was certainty in God’s presence in the sacraments that enabled her to continue practicing her faith in times of adversity, with constant awareness of living in the light of God’s presence on the journey back to him. It is through a deep and continuous relationship as daughter of a loving father who is here with us in every aspect of our lives—whether serving him at home in the kitchen or at the altar in church, suffering in illness, or running freely along a beach—that the author wishes to encourage the reader to also seek a personal encounter with the Holy Spirit of God, holding on to the promises Jesus gives in the gospels. As a young person, the author found a great sense of God’s omnipresence through traveling widely and attending mass in foreign countries (mass still being said in Latin), being greatly influenced by the beauty and wonder of creation. Throughout a time of suffering, it was a great comfort to her to experience this same God present in her difficulties—still loving, still guiding, and patiently leading her into a deep experience of his powerful healing and grace. The author has great devotion to the mother of God and over the years has found immense joy as a Eucharistic minister. As a Catholic, she has seen the coming together of Christians in shared services. She has love of prayer, singing, and composing sacred music and is author of several inspiring books on God’s powerful presence, having a long-held desire to share the wonder of God’s life and healing light, which remain with us throughout even the simplest of things in our everyday life.

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