Patricia M. O'Neil
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Playing Hurt
- My Journey from Despair to Hope
- By: John Saunders, John U. Bacon
- Narrated by: Dion Graham
- Length: 8 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 76
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 69
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Story5 out of 5 stars 69
In Playing Hurt, a leading figure in the sports world - the quintessential "man's man" who seems to have it all - confesses his constant battle with depression. John Saunders welcomes listeners into the heart of his desperate struggle through insights into the root causes of depression and explanations of modern medical and homeopathic treatments.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A Story That Can Save Lives!
- By Mike on 02-16-18
- Playing Hurt
- My Journey from Despair to Hope
- By: John Saunders, John U. Bacon
- Narrated by: Dion Graham
A worthwhile read!
Reviewed: 06-28-18
Very interesting autobiography. John led a full life in his 60 years. I admire his honesty and courage in sharing the details of that life in an effort to help others.
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Mother Teresa: Come Be My Light
- The Private Writings of the 'Saint of Calcutta'
- By: Brian Kolodiejchuk M.C.
- Narrated by: Sherry Kennedy Brownrigg, Paul Smith, Greg Friedman O.F.M., and others
- Length: 12 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 379
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 328
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 330
This book includes correspondence (and context for understanding it) from Mother Teresa's early years in religious life and throughout her years as founder of a new religious community. This correspondence reveals Mother Teresa's struggles, doubts and her sense of abandonment by God. These revelations can encourage and strengthen us as she reveals her abiding faith despite darkness and trials.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Amazing book, narration didn't feel right
- By Mike Lewis on 05-21-14
- Mother Teresa: Come Be My Light
- The Private Writings of the 'Saint of Calcutta'
- By: Brian Kolodiejchuk M.C.
- Narrated by: Sherry Kennedy Brownrigg, Paul Smith, Greg Friedman O.F.M., Bill Tonnis, Kim Wessendarp
Wonderfully insightful and inspirational book!
Reviewed: 06-15-18
Mother Teresa is a remarkable woman who lived solely for Jesus despite spending the last 50 years of her life in spiritual darkness. This book is an honest telling of the state of Mother’s interior life throughout those 50 years. You will acquire much spiritual benefit from knowing the mind and heart of this simple saint. The narration of the book is exceptional.
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Death Comes for the Archbishop
- By: Willa Cather
- Narrated by: David Ackroyd
- Length: 7 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,129
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 992
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 991
In 1851, Father Jean Marie Latour comes to serve as the Apostolic Vicar to New Mexico. What he finds is a vast territory of red hills and tortuous arroyos, American by law but Mexican and Indian in custom and belief. In the almost forty years that follow, Latour spreads his faith in the only way he knows—gently, all the while contending with an unforgiving landscape, derelict and sometimes openly rebellious priests, and his own loneliness. Out of these events, Cather gives us an indelible vision of life unfolding in a place where time itself seems suspended.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A beautiful story, perfectly read
- By Eugene on 01-25-17
- Death Comes for the Archbishop
- By: Willa Cather
- Narrated by: David Ackroyd
Delightful!
Reviewed: 06-01-18
Willa Cather is a master storyteller. I so much appreciated her wonderful descriptive recounting of the story and her fine character development. The narrator is excellent. Glad I chose this audiobook!
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To Change the Church
- By: Ross Douthat
- Narrated by: Jonathan Todd Ross
- Length: 8 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 120
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 106
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 103
Born Jorge Mario Bergoglio in 1936, today Pope Francis is the 266th pope of the Roman Catholic Church. Pope Francis' stewardship of the church, while perceived as a revelation by many, has provoked division throughout the world. "If a conclave were to be held today," one Roman source told The New Yorker, "Francis would be lucky to get 10 votes." In To Change the Church, Douthat explains why the particular debate Francis has opened - over communion for the divorced and the remarried - is so dangerous.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Fine Book, Risible Narration
- By Superfluous Man on 04-01-18
- To Change the Church
- By: Ross Douthat
- Narrated by: Jonathan Todd Ross
Fascinating!
Reviewed: 05-28-18
Ross Douthat’s analysis of the papacy under Pope Francis is extremely well balanced and informative. He exhibits a good grasp of Church history. The book is honest, insightful and well written. I thoroughly enjoyed it!
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To Light a Fire on the Earth
- Proclaiming the Gospel in a Secular Age
- By: Bishop Robert Barron, John L. Allen Jr. - contributor
- Narrated by: Adam Verner
- Length: 8 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 457
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 405
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 405
In this compelling new book - drawn from conversations with and narrated by award-winning Vatican journalist John L. Allen Jr. - Barron, founder of Word on Fire Catholic Ministries, proclaims in vivid language the goodness and truth of the Catholic tradition. Through Barron's smart, practical, artistic, and theological observations - as well as through personal anecdotes about everything from engaging atheists on YouTube to his days as a young die-hard baseball fan from Chicago - To Light a Fire on the Earth covers prodigious ground.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Not by Bishop Barron
- By M. Waters on 05-22-18
- To Light a Fire on the Earth
- Proclaiming the Gospel in a Secular Age
- By: Bishop Robert Barron, John L. Allen Jr. - contributor
- Narrated by: Adam Verner
Provides much hope for the future of Catholicism
Reviewed: 05-04-18
Excellent piece of work that allows the reader to get into the mind of one of the most influential Catholic leaders. Bishop Baron takes an honest look at the state of Catholicism and religion in general in today’s world,and he lays out a bold strategy to represent the faith in a post-Christian age. This book is wonderfully narrated.
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Jesus and the Jewish Roots of the Eucharist
- Unlocking the Secrets of the Last Supper
- By: Brant Pitre, Scott Hahn - foreword
- Narrated by: David Cochran Heath
- Length: 6 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 852
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 765
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Story5 out of 5 stars 757
In recent years, Christians everywhere are rediscovering the Jewish roots of their faith. Every year at Easter time, many believers now celebrate Passover meals (known as Seders) seeking to understand exactly what happened at Jesus' final Passover, the night before he was crucified. Jesus and the Jewish Roots of the Eucharist shines fresh light on the Last Supper by looking at it through Jewish eyes.
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5 out of 5 stars
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I am a Protestant trying to learn more about the significance of the Eucharist and I feel that my eyes have been opened up ..
- By Kim Lank on 03-08-18
- Jesus and the Jewish Roots of the Eucharist
- Unlocking the Secrets of the Last Supper
- By: Brant Pitre, Scott Hahn - foreword
- Narrated by: David Cochran Heath
Absolutely awesome!
Reviewed: 02-26-18
I loved this book! It reveals so many connections between Judaism and Christianity. I found myself going back several times to let the author’s insights sink in. This is not a book you race through. The extra time I chose to spend with the reading was so worth it. Also, the narrator did an excellent job. I would recommend this book to anyone who wants to know more about faith, whether out of idle curiosity or more serious reflection.
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Scalia Speaks
- Reflections on Law, Faith, and Life Well Lived
- By: Antonin Scalia, Christopher J. Scalia - editor, Edward Whelan - editor, and others
- Narrated by: Christopher J. Scalia
- Length: 14 hrs
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 494
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 433
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 425
This definitive collection of beloved Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia's finest speeches covers topics as varied as the law, faith, virtue, pastimes, and his heroes and friends. Featuring a foreword by longtime friend Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and an intimate introduction by his youngest son, this volume includes dozens of speeches, some deeply personal, that have never before been published. Christopher J. Scalia and the justice's former law clerk Edward Whelan selected the speeches.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Engrossing
- By Jean on 10-20-17
- Scalia Speaks
- Reflections on Law, Faith, and Life Well Lived
- By: Antonin Scalia, Christopher J. Scalia - editor, Edward Whelan - editor, Ruth Bader Ginsburg - foreword
- Narrated by: Christopher J. Scalia
Very enjoyable book
Reviewed: 11-15-17
I especially liked listening to the many antidotes scattered throughout the book. Scalia’s reflections give a keen insight into the man’s character.
While there is something in the book for everyone, I suspect that many will find the middle segment dealing with his reflections on the law to be a bit long and dry. It would have been best, I think, to have broken up this segment. That is why I did not give it 5 stars.
Overall though, I’m glad I decided on listening to this book.
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Lessons in Hope
- My Unexpected Life with St. John Paul II
- By: George Weigel
- Narrated by: Jim Meskimen
- Length: 12 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 109
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 100
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Story5 out of 5 stars 102
In Lessons in Hope, George Weigel tells the story of his unique friendship with St. John Paul II. As Weigel learns the pope "from inside", he also offers a firsthand account of the tumult of post-Vatican II Catholicism and the Cold War's endgame, introducing listeners to the heroes who brought down European communism. Later, he shows us the aging pope grappling with the post-9/11 world order and teaching new lessons in dignity through his own suffering.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Review of Lesson’s in Hope
- By Anonymous User on 11-26-17
- Lessons in Hope
- My Unexpected Life with St. John Paul II
- By: George Weigel
- Narrated by: Jim Meskimen
Great read!
Reviewed: 11-04-17
Insightful and well written piece of work about a great statesman, written by one who knew him intimately. Very engaging!
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