The four signs of a dynamic Catholic

Forgiveness will unleash a power in your life that is underrated and often ignored. It is underrated mainly because it is underused. We fail to capture the power of forgiveness because we are afraid of it, because we have grown comfortable in our familiar wounds, or because we are sinfully stubborn. But the power is there waiting for us. The lesson is simple: Give forgiveness and you will unleash a flood of grace on yourself and on those around you. When you clench your fists and grit your teeth in anger toward someone, you have no room in your heart for God to place His hand in yours. Replace your clenched fist with an open hand and watch as God fills your soul to overflowing. This little book, and the twelve real-life stories in it, will help you capture the power of forgiveness in your life. Because everybody needs to forgive somebody.

Forgiveness Is Key brings God’s uncompromising demand for forgiveness into clear and convicting focus. How can we be forgiven if we do not forgive? Unforgiveness has eternal consequences.

Weaving her own experiences with Church teaching, Scripture, scenes from films, real-life examples, and the witness of the saints, author Angèle Regnier, co-founder of Catholic Christian Outreach, shares practical, relatable, and humorous lessons about forgiveness, reconciliation, and mercy. Also included are questions for personal reflection at the end of each chapter. After reading this book, Angèle helps readers:

• Understand the freedom found in forgiveness
• Learn how to forgive, even when it seems impossible
• Gain practical advice on how to repent and seek reconciliation, even when it is not welcomed

It is impossible to read Forgiveness Is Key and remain unaffected. Through its pages, God will draw you into his mercy and greater freedom.

This illuminating examination of the Gospels reveals how the questions Jesus asks of his followers lead the way to a deeper understanding of the meaning of life and the mystery of God.

The Gospels are filled with stories, parables, miracles, commandments, and dramatic incidents that trace Jesus’ life and recount his teachings. A close reading of the Gospels reveals, however, that they are also filled with questions. As John Dear points out in this remarkable book, Jesus, like any great teacher and rabbi, “has a question for everyone he meets, for every occasion, for every experience, for every potential disciple.” Dear uses these questions as a starting point, an invitation to readers to discover the lessons they contain by searching their own hearts and minds for answers.

Throughout The Questions of Jesus, Dear interweaves insights from ethical and religious teachers ranging from Buddha to Gandhi to Martin Luther King, Jr. Using recent events as powerful and poignant examples, he shows why a renewed commitment to Jesus’ message of nonviolence, compassion, justice, and peace is essential to healing a world torn by violence and war.

This book is your next step toward a greater sense of purpose. Discover the 4 habits that will animate every area of your life.