Here are two books with the power to change the very way you think about Christ's Passion: The classic What Jesus Saw from the Cross andAwakening a wonderfully inventive novel for teens and adults alike.
Your Private Retreat to Calvary
Written early in this century by Rev. A. G. Sertillanges, a priest who lived in Jerusalem, this acclaimed devotional classic gives you vivid and dramatic details that transport you like no other of account Jesus' final days. As The Passion of the Christ did cinematically, What Jesus Saw from the Cross, will intensify your love of Jesus by burning the events of His Passion into your memory and imagination.
You'll be jostled by crowds as you enter Jerusalem, share the Last Supper with the disciples, stare into the face of Jesus' accusers, and be there as He dies on the Cross looking at the faces in the crowd below, finding there the malice of enemies, the dismay of friends, and the indifference of so many others.
Read it slowly and prayerfully. Let the gripping narrative take over. You will be brought on a personal retreat and an interior pilgrimage that will change you forever.
"This book is like a visit to the Holy Land . . . 2,000 years ago!"
Rev. Benedict Groeschel
"Beautiful, devotional, and insightful."
John Cardinal O'Connor
"I am happy to recommend
What Jesus Saw from the Cross.
In it, we enter into the Heart of Jesus during His Passion and discover how precious we are to Him."
Blessed Mother Teresa
of Calcutta
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What Jesus Saw from the Cross
by Fr. A.G. Sertillanges
252 pgs pbk $18.95
Suppose Dorothy were a modern Catholic teen.
Kept home Easter weekend from a skiing trip with non-Catholic friends, fourteen year old Ronnie argues with her mom, then falls sick.
Feverish, she wakes some hours later.
Not in America.
Not in Oz.
But in Jerusalem, the day before Jesus will celebrate the Last Supper.
And it's Jesus Himself whose touch has just awakened her.
So begins Awakening, a riveting tale that takes the Easter story teens think they know and drops them into the reality of His final three days.
Fast paced and unlike any other Lenten reading you or your children have read before, Ronnie's physical awakening to the events of Easter leads her to a spiritual awakening as well, one that confronts the religious doubts and secular assumptions so many have, even those who believe.
"A fast-paced novel packed with truth, tension, and a touch of romance."
Denver Catholic Register
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Awakening
by Claudia Cangilla McAdam
160 pgs pbk $14.95
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