Here are some reactions thus far to my memoir The Kiss of Jesus:
First of all, I thought this one was very sweet. This woman is having trouble putting the book down so she is reading it on the treadmill.
Some serious and heartfelt responses follow. After reading my book, one woman shares…
“Thank you for writing your latest book. I don’t feel so alone now. Please pray for my husband who decided on his own to admit himself to our local hospital’s behavioral health department. I pray he gets the hope he needs and perhaps our marriage will last as it should. I’m so afraid. I don’t want my children to suffer the consequences of any of this. Please pray for us…This book has really become a turning point for me. It came when I needed it most.”
Another…
After listening to my interview on ‘Kresta in the Afternoon” with Al Kresta about my memoir, The Kiss of Jesus, a woman told me, “Thank you for sharing. I was blown away by your testimony. I will be getting your book!” She said she wanted me to know, “just hearing you touched my heart and gave me hope.”
Another person said: “I was blessed by your book. I was especially blessed by the tenacity of your faith in your circumstances. So many situations that you described, I don’t know if I would have pressed in like you did. I just want you to know that I was moved by your relationship with God and how you let Him hold you up through all of your struggles.”
I am immensely thankful to God who seems to be powerfully working through the testimony of my book.
Dear Donna-Marie, your memoir has indeed been an emotional roller coaster for me. I can so identify with many things that happened to you, because they also happened to me. I had no idea why I was so overwhelming drawn to you as soon as I saw you on EWTN. I believe it was the Holy Spirit directing me to pay attention, learn and to eventually for us to become friends. I have cried with you on this journey and laughed as well. But most of all, my heart has ached, rejoiced and gained a deeper level of peace and joy. You have inspired me in so many ways, I don’t think I will ever be able to explain how much this side of heaven. I pray one day we can meet in person so I can give you a real hug and kiss your cheek, and probably cry at the goodness of our great God!!! I pray you always feel the breath of God on your cheek, the peace of God in your heart, the joy in your spirit and the unfathomable richness of our faith in your mind. I love and miss you lots, and am sending hugs to you from PA to CT.
Dear Fran, your message warms my heart. You are such a sweet woman. Thank you so much for sharing your thoughts. God is so amazing, isn’t He? I am so glad that “The Kiss of Jesus” has inspired you. I am so thankful to God that you have “rejoiced and gained a deeper level of peace and joy.” I hope that one day we will meet too. You never know! Maybe I’ll be speaking in your area at some point. Let’s hope and pray. Sending hugs and prayers from CT to Pa. May God bless you and keep you. God love you!