Launching a new blog and Catholic Saints Prayer Book coming soon!

On this third Sunday of Lent, I am launching a new blog, "Moments of Inspiration With Your Favorite Saints." The title is very similar to the subtitle of my new book, Catholic Saints Prayer Book: Moments of Inspiration From Your Favorite Saints. I hope that this blog space will be a place to visit to be inspired WITH the Saints. The Saints offer us timeless wisdom and inspiration and are our intercessors in Heaven. It is my hope as well, that we will be reminded here that we all have a call to holiness - a call to become a Saint! Mother Teresa, whom I had the great privilege of knowing constantly professed that "Holiness is not a luxury of a few, but a duty for us all."

My new book, Catholic Saints Prayer Book will be released in March and I am busy getting ready for its launch. Some book signing and speaking events have been set up and you can learn more about them by visiting here.

If you are interested in reviewing my book, please contact me at DMCooperOBoyle(at)aol(dot)com. If you are interested in purchasing a signed copy of this book, you may visit my author's store here.

Additionally, I am running a contest to win this book which you can find out about by visiting my Embracing Motherhood blog here.

Below are two reviews just in...

Catholic Saints Prayer Book
by Donna-Marie Cooper O’Boyle
Our Sunday Visitor, 80 pages

The Church’s hagiography has inspired whole libraries of books, the best of which paint a distinctive portrait of one or more of our beloved spiritual mothers and fathers. We love to hear and tell these stories over and over, for these stories provide our only real connection in this life with our spiritual forebears, our only opportunity to know them as we would like.

The Catholic Saints Prayer Book reminds us of another important reason to ruminate on the lives of the saints. This reason is perhaps best summed up in the words of Blessed Mother Teresa of Calcutta, the spiritual mother of the author of this charming little book: “The Church of God needs saints today. This imposes a great responsibility on us. We must become holy not because we want to feel holy, but because Christ must be able to live His life fully in us” (p.10).

Each of the thirty-two saints contained in this book remind us that the pathway to holiness is not easily traversed. It is a way of suffering. Of grief. Of struggle against our basest impulses. In the words of St. Ignatius of Loyola, “There is no better wood to kindle the fire of holy love than the wood of the cross.”

Above all, it is a way of prayer. And for this, the Catholic Saints Prayer Book provides a simple yet eloquent resource for those who want to grow closer to our heavenly family. Each chapter includes a list of patronages, brief biography, and closing prayer to lead you gently yet deeply into that “blessed communion, fellowship divine.” Delicate illustrations are scattered throughout, making this a wonderful gift for birthdays, Mother’s Day … or simply for your own prayer corner.

Heidi Hess Saxton
Editor, “Canticle” Magazine
Author, Behold Your Mother: Mary Stories and Reflections from a Catholic Convert

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In a time of profound confusion and chaos, the books of Donna-Marie Cooper O'Boyle provide meaning, inspiration and direction for all those who are seeking the truth in these troubled times. The Second Vatican Council reminded the Church that we are all called to holiness. This book will help us attain our goal.

Fr. James Farfaglia, Pastor
St. Helena of the True Cross of Jesus Catholic Church
Corpus Christi, Texas