A book to strengthen your marriage -- Endorsed by the Pope

"May the Lord grant this book the success it deserves!" That's what Pope John Paul IIwrote in a private letter to author Alice von Hildebrand after he received from her a copy of this remarkable book --- the book that we guarantee will make your marriage 100% better, or we'll refund your money, no questions asked. "To read By Love Refinedis to be awakened to what it truly means to love." New Oxford Review "Packed with practical wisdom." Elisabeth Elliot "Should be in the hands of every young (and not so young) bride and her husband." Fr. John A. Hardon "A garden of wisdom." BC Observer From By Love Refined, you'll learn how to grow in love as you encounter — and resolve — the unglamorous, everyday problems that threaten all marriages. You'll recover your sense of the beauty and importance of high ideals in marriage while learning practical tips to help you live up to those ideals daily. In hundreds of ways, this helpful book will show you how to start weaving love again into the tapestry of your marriage, as you grow more deeply in the joys of love. Plus, you'll learn how to deal with those irksome problems that afflict most married couples, and nurture the virtues that rekindle enduring love: • Annoying habits How to bear your spouse's (and overcome your own!) • Religious conflicts There's a gentle way to help your spouse accept your faith • Boredom Learn how love can give life to even your dullest activities • Found A technique to make the roughest times smoother • 24/7 How to keep work from growing more important than your marriage • The battle of the sexes It need not affect your marriage anymore • Intimacy Spiritual preparation can enhance it (Learn how!) • Staleness You can keep habit from harming your marriage • Reverence It could be making your marriage much happier • Conflicts There's a way to settle the worst of them in a loving manner • You want your marriage to be better • This book comes with the Pope's endorsement • And with our no-questions-asked, money-back guarantee. So there's no need for me to multiply words. Go ahead and try it. How can you go wrong? "Encouraging and readable, with vision and great wisdom." Liguorian "Weaves wisdom into ordinary married events. Will help give couples hope, trust, and sanctity." The Wanderer "Eminently readable. An ideal gift for non-Catholics as well as for Catholic friends." Nazareth Journal By Love Refined by Alice von Hildebrand 216 pgs pbk $14.95  "Charming, intelligent, gracious advice firmly rooted in the faith." Fidelity "Will help couples transform obstacles in marriage into stepping stones of love." Religious Life "Valuable for its practical insights, seasoned advice: a treasure for any home library or as a gift." Inner Horizons For a limited time, save 20% when you orderBy Love Refined along with Marriage: The Mystery of Faithful Love. (Details below.) Written by Dietrich von Hildebrand, Marriage will give you what you need to make your marriage a source of profound happiness and lasting peace: Knowledge You’ll come to understand the superiority of marriage to “living together” and other temporary unions.  Faith You’ll come to see how the sacramental marriage of Christians is the fulfillment and perfection of marriage, giving husband and wife what every spouse secretly longs for. Love You’ll discover the healing role love can play in the best — and bleakest — of marriages. Especially today, this beautiful book — which reveals the sublime vocation of Christian marriage — is a must for anyone who is eager to live worthily this great mystery of love. Marriage will show you: The one right motive for marrying — and the many wrong ones (some often accepted by Christians) The difference between the meaning of marriage and its purpose (and the dangers of confusing the two) The five ways in which married love differs from other loves Six counterfeit loves: what sometimes passes for love isn’t The key role of will in sustaining love Your unhappy marriage: it may be a clear “call” from God How difficulties and suffering can deepen your marriage — and make you and your spouse better persons How marriage reveals God’s love and presence How Christianity intensifies married love The meaning of marriage as a sacrament: its promises, its demands, and how it is a source of strength and grace. "Dietrich von Hildebrand is the 20th century Doctor of the Church." Pope Pius XII Marriage:  The Mystery of Faithful Love  by Dietrich von Hildebrand Foreword by John Cardinal O’Connor $12.95 list 116 pgs ppbk 1-800-888-9344 www.sophiainstitute.com Save 20% when you order the set! Click here to order BOTH books and enter code HLLove20 at checkout. (*Shipping not included. Not eligible for any other discount. Offer ends 5/20/12.)

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