My Big Book News!

The time has come! 

My Sacred Heart book, a Eucharistic devotional for the Nine First Fridays, has gone to the printer! But wait, there's more! Pre-orders are now up and running! 

Come to Me: Living the Nine First Fridays includes:

Background (biblical and historical) of the Sacred Heart devotion.

Explanation of the connection between the Sacred Heart and the Mass (and Adoration).

An ordered sequence of themes for nine consecutive First Fridays, with a reflection, witness story (saint or model of the virtue being considered) and Scripture-based Holy Hour guide.

Treasury of prayers.

If you thought about making the Nine First Fridays, but it seemed too mechanical or rote, this book, pairing each Friday with a virtue or quality of our heart as we draw closer to Jesus, is for you.

If you don't even know what the "Nine First Fridays" refers to, this book, with its fully developed history and explanation of the devotion, is for you.

If your knowledge of the "Sacred Heart" is limited to tattoo images of a pierced, thorn-entwined heart, this book, with its biblical presentation of the Heart of Jesus, is for you.

I am traveling this month (retreat and concert prep) and don't have a computer with me, so I am limited to what I can type on a phone right now,  but as soon as I can, I will give you a sampling of the table of contents so you will know just how much got put behind that cover. 

But I hope that even before then, you will have already ordered your own copy and are getting the link out to friends, family, and especially to people who already offer Eucharistic Adoration, because the Holy Hour guides alone will be a real help for their prayer.

And now for this Friday's Sacred Heart quote:

"The entire devotion to the Heart of Jesus in its every manifestation is profoundly Eucharistic: it is expressed in religious practices which stir the faithful to live in harmony with Christ, ‘meek and humble of heart’ (Mt 11:29), and it is intensified in adoration." 

Pope St. John Paul II (1999)