This is the inspiring story of Mother Benedict Duss and the famous Benedictine monastery she founded in Bethlehem, Connecticut, the Abbey of Regina Laudis, a large flourishing community of contemplative Benedictine nuns.
A woman who has learned to forgive offenses we can hardly imagine teaches us to free ourselves from the anger and resentment that chains us to those who hurt us, including our own selves. Toni Bosco lost one son to suicide and later another son and his wife to the hands of a murderer. Her life since then has been a dramatic journey to radical forgiveness and inner peace. In Radical Forgiveness she shares with us what she has learned about life's most difficult, and most healing, virtue. Radical Forgiveness is rooted in the life of Jesus, saints, and people living today. It offers us freedom from the awful, angry, unforgiving thoughts that gnaw at our consciousness, burn us, haunt us, and won't let us go until we let them go. This wise book offers freedom and peace and a leap into gratitude!
Antoinette Bosco's heart was crushed when Shadow Clark murdered her son John and his wife Nancy. In time her grief transformed into forgiveness. Toni felt that to want one more unnatural death would be wrong. "I could say that the 18-year -old who ended the lives of my children with an 8mm semiautomatic must be punished for life but I could not say, kill this killer". Toni chose mercy over vengeance, and again her life changed forever. Today she is widely known as an opponent of capital punishment in this the only modern Western nation that retains executions. In telling her dramatic journey she presents compelling arguments why the death penalty does not work and is morally wrong. She also shares unforgettable true stories form parents such as Dominick Dunne who suffered through similar experiences but also learned to choose love over fear. Choosing Mercy is timely, gut-honest, and inspiring. It may not change some people's minds but it will begin to change their hearts.
This is the inspiring story of Mother Benedict Duss and the famous Benedictine monastery she founded in Bethlehem, Connecticut, the Abbey of Regina Laudis, a large flourishing community of contemplative Benedictine nuns.
Toni has battled terror and prevailed. Her courageous pilgrimage makes a great book, a spiritual classic that might be inspiring decades or even centuries from now." --New York Newsday Antoinette Bosco is a mother and grandmother who has lived through every woman's worst nightmares: an incapacitated spouse, the suicide and murder of two of her six children, the blinding and grave illness of two others. As the blows kept coming, this devout Catholic found herself asking, God, where are you taking me? When is enough enough? Yet to meet Antoinette Bosco is to be in the presence of someone profoundly at peace with herself and her world. Her serenity and her joy in life are palpable. Now, drawing on her own suffering and the pain of the many people she has interviewed, journalist Antoinette Bosco shares with us the spiritual truths that illumined her path in the darkest days of her tribulations. No one else could have written this compelling true story of a life besieged but never broken, and of the wisdom gained by passing through such tests, coming closer to God because of them. "Finding Peace Through Pain is not just a good book by a skilled writer, but a great book by an accomplished author and spiritual guide. Let her help you to learn to smile and be strong again." --Mitch Finley Author of Everybody Has a Guardian Angel
Much of the time, when confronted with a crisis of national dimensions, businesses do exactly what we expect them to do: they look to their own survival. Occasionally, however, firms in some contexts go beyond this. Based on qualitative, country-based fieldwork in Eastern and Southern Africa, Antoinette Handley examines how African businesses can be key responders to wider social and political crises, often responding well in advance of the state. She reveals the surprising ways in which business responses can be focused, not on short-term profits, but instead on ways that assist society in resolving that crisis in the long term. Taking African businesses in Kenya, Uganda, Botswana and South Africa as case studies, this detailed exploration of the private sector response to crises, including HIV/AIDS and political violence crises, introduces the concept of relative business autonomy, exploring the conditions under which it can emerge and develop, when and how it may decline, and how it might contribute to a higher level of overall societal resilience.
One Day He Beckoned is the story of the difference that Jesus has made in journalist Antoinette's Bosco's life. It's a story of adversity and heartache most of us can only imagine. It takes us through a childhood cut short as she helped care for her younger siblings when her troubled mother could not. Through a disastrous marriage arranged by her traditional Italian father. Through life as a single mother of six children. And through the unspeakable pain of losing two children, one to suicide and one to murder.
An insightful, poignant reflection on the season of Lenta season of the Church year that mirrors the seasons in our lives. Who of us has not known losses, disappointments, or deep hurts that linger in our hearts? A great read for anyone who has struggled
Toni has battled terror and prevailed. Her courageous pilgrimage makes a great book, a spiritual classic that might be inspiring decades or even centuries from now." --New York Newsday Antoinette Bosco is a mother and grandmother who has lived through every woman's worst nightmares: an incapacitated spouse, the suicide and murder of two of her six children, the blinding and grave illness of two others. As the blows kept coming, this devout Catholic found herself asking, God, where are you taking me? When is enough enough? Yet to meet Antoinette Bosco is to be in the presence of someone profoundly at peace with herself and her world. Her serenity and her joy in life are palpable. Now, drawing on her own suffering and the pain of the many people she has interviewed, journalist Antoinette Bosco shares with us the spiritual truths that illumined her path in the darkest days of her tribulations. No one else could have written this compelling true story of a life besieged but never broken, and of the wisdom gained by passing through such tests, coming closer to God because of them. "Finding Peace Through Pain is not just a good book by a skilled writer, but a great book by an accomplished author and spiritual guide. Let her help you to learn to smile and be strong again." --Mitch Finley Author of Everybody Has a Guardian Angel
A woman who has learned to forgive offenses we can hardly imagine teaches us to free ourselves from the anger and resentment that chains us to those who hurt us, including our own selves. Toni Bosco lost one son to suicide and later another son and his wife to the hands of a murderer. Her life since then has been a dramatic journey to radical forgiveness and inner peace. In Radical Forgiveness she shares with us what she has learned about life's most difficult, and most healing, virtue. Radical Forgiveness is rooted in the life of Jesus, saints, and people living today. It offers us freedom from the awful, angry, unforgiving thoughts that gnaw at our consciousness, burn us, haunt us, and won't let us go until we let them go. This wise book offers freedom and peace and a leap into gratitude!
This well-known author and speaker offers a treasury of stories and down-to-earth reflections on the beauties of nature, the goodness of friends and family, and especially the love of God and how each are reflected in our lives everyday. Offers hope and encouragement for anyone who faces difficulties, disappointment, suffering, and loss.
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