Bøger af Kathleen Beckman

Here is the definitive exploration of the life and spirituality of Blessed Conchita - the acclaimed mystic, saintly wife, and mother of nine children. Conchita challenges us to examine our heart to discover seeds of heroism, and invites us to love more sacrificially, do more for the care of the soul, fear not where Jesus leads, and to never underestimate Jesus, Mary, and the Holy Spirit, or their plan for good. Conchita had a small saying, "Let yourself be done and undone by Jesus". This book begins with the story of a miracle and ends with Conchita's family remembrances of spiritual warfare. The miracle story forms an arc over the entire work to point to the interventions of God in this ordinary lay woman. At the end, the account of Conchita's spiritual battles reminds us to be vigilant. Conchita knew how to make the devil flee.

Inspired by the Parable of the Ten Wise Virgins (Matt 25: 2-13), this book affirms the wealth of grace entrusted to praying women. Through poignant stories and teaching, eleven Catholic women, single, widowed, married, mothers and grandmothers, magnify the Marian vocation of living as contemplatives in action. Learn how, amidst the noise of a secular culture, the authors were formed in joy and sorrow, and discovered the transformative power of prayer. Each chapter ends with spiritual reflections: "Ponder, Practice, Pray," and "Feminine Wisdom" from women saints. Eucharist, Scripture and Mary are prominently highlighted. Here is a book that can inspire the new outpouring of the oil of prayer for healing and holiness. Kathleen Beckman: The Marian Heart Prays Johnnette Benkovic: The Transforming Power of Prayer Dr. Ronda Chervin: Prayer: Sigh of the Heart Dr. Pia De Solenni: Prayer: With Sisters in Christ Dr. Mary Healy: Prayer: God's Overflowing Grace Lisa M. Hendey: Daily Prayer with Saints Joan Lewis: Prayer: A Heart to Heart with the Lord Kathyrn Jean Lopez: Pope Benedict XVI & Women Who Pray in Love Marilyn Quirk: Prayer: A Relationship With The Living God Vicky Thorn: Prayer: My Ear to His Heart Kelly Walhquist: Just Pray Prayer: A Willed, Practiced Response to Love How Mary Prays: Scriptural Lessons Praying Against Evil: Spiritual Mothers Prayer of the Pierced Heart Prayer Partners: Mary and the Holy Spirit Deep Calls to Deep From Childish to Childlike Creating New Saints-in-the-Making Prayer Foundation: Family Of Prayer, Schedules and Priorities Authenticity in Prayer Prayer Leads to Service Intercessory Prayer: The Present Role of Women Six Fruits of Prayer

"Do we believe that Jesus can heal us and bring us back from the dead?"Pope Francis Healing, in a word, is resurrection. "He forgives all your inequities, He heals all your diseases, He redeems your life from the pit, He crowns you with steadfast love and mercy" (Ps 103:3-4). Here retreat master, Ignatian trained spiritual director and author Kathleen Beckman offers a guide for a personal or group healing retreat based on Divine Mercy in Scripture and in the lives of the Saints. Beckman skillfully helps us to see how the "rays of divine mercy" heal families, marriages, the sick, poor, suffering, friends, enemies, laity, clergy, our vocations, doubters, believers, those with diabolical suffering, sinners, saints, the unborn, the elderly, children, the Church and the whole world. Each chapter concludes with a "profile in mercy" a reflection on a saint who was a vessel of mercy including Blessed Mother Teresa, St. John Paul II, Cardinal Francis-Xavier Nguyen, Venerable Conchita Cabrera, St. Maria Goretti, St. Maximilian Kolbe, St. Gianna Molla, St. Faustina, St. Peter and the Virgin Mary. Also contained in this book are scriptural spiritual exercises for healing: From unforgiveness to forgiveness From fear to trust From anxiety to peace From shame to mercy From pride to humility From powerlessness to prayer From sin-sickness to the Eucharist From spiritual weakness to the Beatitudes From worldliness to works of mercy From spiritual warfare to Christ's victory Healing the culture through works of mercy Believers long and desperately need to encounter the living, joyful, truthful majestic face of the Father of Mercyhealer and lover of humanity. These pages lead to a healing encounter.

Demons wage war against families because families are vital to God's plan of salvation. This stark reality requires that your family members become well-trained spiritual warriors who actively secure your home and fight to keep it off-limits to demonic activity. In A Family Guide to Spiritual Warfare, Kathleen Beckman offers you potent advice from her 12 years of active participation on an exorcist's team. She shows you how to "clean up" your household by cultivating in your family a civilization of love "¬‚¬" and how to withstand the spiritual attacks that inevitably come to destroy the harmonious family life you create. Beckman reveals how you can recognize diabolical disguises in your home and offers proven means of protection found only in the Church's arsenal of spiritual weapons. You'll also learn the devil's strategies "¬‚¬" how he does not necessarily seek to possess but simply to seed your family with the venom of hatred, desolation, envy, and vice. This, she explains, is why it's so important for spouses and children to become schooled in the art of spiritual combat. It's the only way you can destroy the works of the devil and unmask the hidden evil that weaves in and out of your daily family life.