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Opening Credits

Building Holiness

God Calls You to Be a Saint

Ten Ways to Start (or Continue) Becoming a Saint

Self-Knowledge

Make a Plan of Life

What Is Your Soul Worth?

Improve Your Prayer Life

The Hour of Power

Four Ways to Increase Patience

Be Pure

Cultivate Gratitude

Build Up with Words

Bring the Bible into Your Life

Spiritual Warfare

Fight for the Family

A Jonah Complex

The Two Worst Things in the Universe

Root Out Envy

How to Beat Greed

Suffering for a Purpose

Forming a Healthy Conscience

Confession

Mercy

Go Set the World on Fire

Closing Credits

Fr. Ed Broom offers practical guidance to revitalize your spiritual life. He helps you identify personal "kryptonite"—hidden sins hindering divine work in your soul—and provides steps to develop a personalized plan for holiness. Through cultivating virtues like patience and purity, and engaging in practices such as lectio divina, Confession, and Eucharistic adoration, you'll transform routine devotions into powerful sources of grace, leading to deeper spiritual joy and growth.

From Humdrum to Holy

Surrender Your Will to God

Seek Perfection

Eradicate Your Bad Habits

Recognize God's Gifts

Base Your Humility on 12 Foundations

Look for the Good in Others

Trust in the Father's Tender Love

Follow Christ's Example of Humility

Empty Your Soul of Self

Treasure God Above All

Resist Pride

Submit to God's Authority

Do Not Yield to Vanity

Let Humility Increase Your Faith

School Yourself in Humility

Grow in Love of God and Neighbor

Strengthen Your Soul Through Patience

Recognize Sufferings as Opportunities for Patience

Strive to Quiet Your Soul

Let Nothing Disturb Your Soul

Draw Near to the Suffering Christ

School Yourself in Patience

Work with Cheerful Patience

Endure Suffering Patiently

Pray From Your Heart

Be Patient in Prayer

Be Cheerful

End Credits

Patience and humility are the foundation of all virtue and the surest path to peace, holiness, and lasting joy. These reflections reveal how to cultivate both virtues, even in the midst of daily struggles. With practical steps, spiritual insights, and encouragement drawn from Scripture, discover how to surrender your pride, endure trials with grace, and deepen your relationship with God through trust and self-denial.

Patience & Humility

Mrs. Rachel Lynde Is Surprised

Matthew Cuthbert Is Surprised

Marilla Cuthbert Is Surprised

Morning at Green Gables

Anne's History

Marilla Makes Up Her Mind

Anne Says Her Prayers

Anne's Bringing-up Is Begun

Mrs. Rachel Lynde Is Properly Horrified

Anne's Apology

Anne's Impressions of Sunday-school

A Solemn Vow and Promise

The Delights of Anticipation

Anne's Confession

A Tempest in the School Teapot

Diana Is Invited to Tea with Tragic Results

A New Interest in Life

Anne to the Rescue

A Concert, a Catastrophe, and a Confession

A Good Imagination Gone Wrong

A New Departure in Flavorings

Anne Is Invited Out to Tea

Anne Comes to Grief in an Affair of Honor

Miss Stacy and Her Pupils Get Up a Concert

Matthew Insists on Puffed Sleeves

The Story Club Is Formed

Vanity and Vexation of Spirit

An Unfortunate Lily Maid

An Epoch in Anne's Life

The Queen's Class Is Organized

Where the Brook and River Meet

The Pass List Is Out

The Hotel Concert

A Queen's Girl

The Winter at Queen's

The Glory and the Dream

The Reaper Whose Name Is Death

The Bend in the Road

Aging siblings Matthew and Marilla Cuthbert, who run a tidy farm on Canada's Prince Edward Island, decide to adopt an orphan boy to help with the work. Instead, a mistake sends them Anne Shirley: a skinny, red-haired, irrepressibly talkative eleven-year-old with a runaway imagination and a gift for finding wonder, and trouble, everywhere she looks. Shy Matthew is instantly charmed; practical Marilla is far less sure what to do with her. Montgomery's beloved 1908 novel opens as this unexpected girl arrives at Green Gables, ready to turn two quiet, orderly lives, and the whole of sleepy Avonlea, joyfully upside down.

Anne of Green Gables

In this engaging novel of conversion and discipleship, a young man named Austin is drawn from comfort into a demanding journey toward holiness under the guidance of wise and challenging mentors. Through vivid adventure and thoughtful dialogue, the story unfolds a twelve-part path to union with God that mirrors the classic purgative, illuminative, and unitive stages of the spiritual life. Drawing from the wisdom of Benedictine, Carmelite, and other spiritual traditions, it explores healing from weakness, perseverance in virtue, the centrality of Confession, and surrender to God’s will. Accessible yet rich in depth, this imaginative tale invites readers to embrace their own pilgrimage toward sanctity.

The Way of the Wilderness Warrior | eBook

Introduction

Mystic Warrior Perpetua

A Young Teen Battles for a Soul

Spiritual Motherhood

Holy Quester Joan of Arc

Knight and Feeble Maid

The Power of the Eucharist

Mary and Joseph

Together for Heaven

If It Is God's Will

Spiritual Friendship

Our Story

Old Testament Types for Our Mother

The Heart of the Matter

Humility, Receptivity, and Trust

Who Are You?

Back Matter

Christ calls every woman to stand with Him in the battle for souls. These inspiring stories reveal how courageous spiritual heroines—from Old Testament figures like Judith and Esther to saints such as Clare, Monica, Faustina, and Joan of Arc—used bold tactics to fight evil and win hearts for Christ. Learn their spiritual strategies and discover how you, too, can grow holy and become a warrior for souls alongside the Virgin Mary and the saints in the greatest battle of our age.

Holy Handmaids of the Lord

Dedication

Opening Psalm

Disclaimer

Foreword

Preface

Original Trauma

The Wounded Heart

The Inmost Self

Opening Our Eyes

The Evil I Do Not Want

The Unending Melody

The Closed Heart

Spiritual Confidants

The Inner Kingdom

The Fearful Heart

Unburdening

Inner Harmony

Epilogue

Appendices

Acknowledgments

About the Author

Dr. Gerry Crete integrates advanced trauma-based therapy with Christian traditions to guide readers toward inner healing. Through real-life stories, psychological insights, and scriptural reflections, he presents a "parts work" approach to address anxiety and past wounds. The book includes three litanies—of the Closed, Wounded, and Fearful Heart—designed to connect one's inner self with God's love and mercy, fostering a deeper relationship with God and personal restoration.

Litanies of the Heart

Fr. Mike connects today's reading from Songs to the teachings of St. John Paul's Theology of the Body. He also points out how helpful it is to track the timelines of the kings of Israel and Judah as we read from Kings and Chronicles simultaneously. The readings are 1 Kings 15-16, 2 Chronicles 16-17, and Song of Solomon 4.

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