The Kiss of Jesus Blog Tour Day # 10!

October 24, 2015 - Donna-Marie Cooper O'Boyle

Today’s blog tour stops at the Patheos blog, Season’s of Grace with Kathy Schiffer.

In her post titled, Hope for the Suffering: Donna-Marie Cooper O’Boyle Inspires in Candid Memoir, Kathy writes:

I remember the first time I saw Donna-Marie Cooper O’Boyle on EWTN. She seemed so delicate, so mild-mannered, so firm in her Catholic faith. Later I met Donna-Marie at a meeting of the Catholic Writers Guild, and her image as a strong faith leader and an inspirational speaker was reinforced in my mind.

Her writing is truly inspirational–reading her books, one can’t help but resolve to be holier. When, in December 2012, I participated in the blog tour for Donna-Marie’s book Rooted in Love: Our Calling As Catholic Women, I wrote:

“Donna-Marie brings to her writing a softness, a peaceful witness born of time spent in prayer.”

Such grace-filled encouragement must, I thought, be born in a childhood of devotion, a youthful hunger for Christ, and a model family life.

That’s why I was shocked–really, SHOCKED!–to read the earthy revelations about her earlier life in Donna-Marie’s deeply moving memoir, The Kiss of Jesus.

[You can read the full review here.]

The Kiss of Jesus Blog Tour Day # 9!

October 23, 2015 - Donna-Marie Cooper O'Boyle

Today’s Blog tour stop is at Peace Garden Passage.

Rozane writes:

“I am finding it more and more difficult these days to carve out adequate time for indulging in my longtime passion of reading. But Donna-Marie Cooper O’Boyle’s memoir, “The Kiss of Jesus,” had me blissfully rediscovering the delights of sneaking a flashlight and book under the covers each night, and staying up to the wee hours, quietly turning pages while my husband snored nearby.

For when you have a jewel that shimmers in your hands, the thought of it collecting dust becomes quickly dismantled, and “where there’s a will there’s a way” makes room.

It doesn’t hurt that Donna-Marie is a personal friend, and that memoir happens to be my favorite genre. Through that friendship, I knew this book was percolating a while before it came to light. In fact, Donna-Marie and I met in person for the first time, after a years-long online friendship, at a conference where she was set about the task of setting her memoir in motion…”

Meeting up with Roxane at the Catholic Marketing Network

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My reflection on praying the Hail Mary

October 23, 2015 - Donna-Marie Cooper O'Boyle

Sarah Reinhard has a new book out. It’s quite lovely–a perfect size to carry with us or set on our night table. Sarah has gathered some folks together to share reflections word by word on the Hail Mary prayer. From the publisher’s description on the back cover, we read:

Most Catholics can recite the Hail Mary from memory but haven’t actually reflected on the meaning of the prayer. Blogger and author Sarah Reinhard invited forty of the most popular Catholic voices–including Lisa M. Hendey, Donna-Marie Cooper O’Boyle, Lisa Mladinich, and Brandon Vogt–to write a brief reflection on each word of the Hail Mary…

Over at “Catholic Mom,” Sarah Reinhard writes:

“The book inspired by the blog series, Word by Word: Slowing Down with the Hail Mary, is now available and today, Donna-Marie graciously agreed to join me to talk about the Hail Mary, her word in the book, and her tips for us as we try to slooooooooow down in our prayer.”

And she asks me a few questions:

Donna-Marie, what’s your relationship with the Hail Mary as a prayer? How does it help you grow closer to Mary and, through her, Jesus?

I have always loved the Hail Mary prayer since I was a little girl. It was taught to me by my mother and often prayed in my presence by my mother and grandmother when they prayed the Rosary.

I believe that the Hail Mary prayer helps me to grow closer to Mary and, through her, to Jesus. It is a wonderful meditative prayer which reminds us of Mary’s role in our salvation and which asks Her to pray for us which will ultimately bring us closer to her Son Jesus.

Your reflection was on the word SINNERS. Tell us a bit about what this word means to you in the context of the Hail Mary.

We are all sinners. We are all in need of prayer to be able to reach Heaven one day. We must pray for our own souls and in the Hail Mary prayer, we also pray to Mother Mary asking Her to pray for us too. It really is an awesome privilege to receive and benefit from prayers from the Mother of God! It would be beneficial to pause and ponder that fact alone.

In the Hail Mary prayer, we ask the Blessed Mother to pray for us now for our daily needs within the nitty gritty details of our lives. As well, and equally as important, we pray to Mother Mary requesting that she pray for us at the hour of our death. We need Her to lead us to Heaven.

What’s your top tip for slowing down as you pray the Hail Mary…or any prayer, for that matter?

My top tip for slowing down to pray is to strive to put myself in the presence of God and offer Him my full heart in love and respect. I could easily race through my prayers, but where will that get me? Would I be truly praying? Is that being respectful to God?

I believe that we need to pause often to pray and also to carve out time for heartfelt prayers, no matter how busy we think we are so that we can be in continual conversation with our Creator. Some of our prayers might be very brief as we tend to the needs of those to whom we are responsible. But, we can certainly offer our hearts in those busy moments and strive to schedule other times to meet Our Lord in prayer.

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Donna-Marie has a new book out herself, The Kiss of Jesus: How Mother Teresa and the Saints Helped Me to Discover the Beauty of the Cross, which is touring the blogosphere right now.

[BY THE WAY, MY REFLECTION WHICH APPEARS IN THIS BOOK IS DIFFERENT AND LONGER THAN WHAT APPEARS HERE IN THIS SHORT INTERVIEW]

[See more here at Catholic Mom]

Visiting with “Live Hour” on Archangel Radio

October 22, 2015 - Donna-Marie Cooper O'Boyle

I recently spoke with the hosts on the “Live Hour” on Archangel Radio sharing about my life and my memoir The Kiss of Jesus. You can listen here at your leisure. I hope that you enjoy it.

Sharing about The Kiss of Jesus at Spirit Mornings

October 22, 2015 - Donna-Marie Cooper O'Boyle

In case you didn’t get a chance to tune in to my visit on Spirit Mornings radio you can check it out here when you have about 20 minutes of time.

Chatting with John Harper on Morning Air!

October 22, 2015 - Donna-Marie Cooper O'Boyle

I recently visited with John Harper on “Morning Air” on Relevant Radio. In case you didn’t have a chance to tune in initially you can listen here at your leisure. In my memoir The Kiss of Jesus I have revealed a lot of crazy stuff and I share things that I haven’t revealed before. This is the first time I tell of these things in this interview on Morning Air.

In the radio interview (and my memoir), I spoke about the many challenges, crosses, and deep joy in my life. I shared about the saints and dear Mother Teresa in my life. We also spoke about courtship, marriage, and family in this interview. I hope that you enjoy it.

The Kiss of Jesus Blog Tour Day # 8!

October 22, 2015 - Donna-Marie Cooper O'Boyle

Today’s blog tour is hosted by the Practicing Catholic who writes:

“I’ve scaled back on participating in book reviews and blog tours, primarily because I want to safeguard my holy leisure reading time for whatever the current book is for Well-Read Mom. But when I received the request to participate in the blog tour for The Kiss of Jesus by Donna-Marie Cooper O’Boyle, my intuition told me to give the book a good look before declining participation.
30 seconds into the book, on the first page of the preface I read,

… I had been a single mother to five children for many years …”

Now you may know Donna-Marie Cooper O’Boyle as I do, strictly from her public persona. She’s that lovely woman with the soothing voice who has two first names and two last names and is frequently heard and seen on Catholic media. You know, the woman who knew Blessed Mother Teresa personally and wrote about their relationship in the book Mother Teresa and Me: Ten Years of Friendship.

She was a single mother to five children?! I had no clue…”

[Read the full blog post here]

God’s “wrong number”?

October 21, 2015 - Donna-Marie Cooper O'Boyle

This is not Suzanne. It’s a photo of two women I know and I think it’s a sweet photo. 🙂

I am very thankful that God keeps my life so interesting. Recently, a week or so ago I received a most interesting phone call. As I headed towards the ringing phone, the answering machine came on and I heard a woman’s shaky voice leaving a message. I quickly picked up the call and learned from the woman that it was a “wrong number.” So, I tried to explain how she might find the right number after she told me who she was trying to reach. I also told her that I would pray for her because she also disclosed the reason she needed to reach her son at his work.

She asked me my name and I asked for hers. Her name is Suzanne and she is 88-years-old. She was sincerely interested in sharing her life with me–a complete stranger who she called by “accident.” In that moment I decided to pause from what I was doing to take the time to listen to this serendipitous caller. Suzanne zig-zagged me way back to her family’s ancestry and then lead me back to her life now. She chattered on. I could tell that she had so much more to tell me and I didn’t know where I could possibly insert a suggestion that I thought might help us both because she was thoroughly enjoying talking with me.

Since it was obvious that Suzanne was very interested in continuing a conversation with me, I decided to ask her if she’d like me to call her back to talk some more sometime. So, when she paused briefly from her artful sharing, I ventured to quickly ask her my question. She was so delighted about the idea. A half hour later (yes, a half hour!) we parted company on the phone with my promise to pray for her and her situation and I also promised that I’d give her a call soon.

I’ll tell ya–that woman has lived an extraordinary life. I learned a lot about it in that half hour. I told her that I am confident that God gave us a gift of our chat this morning. With my promise of an upcoming phone call, she said, “I’ll be right here, Honey.”

Perhaps it wasn’t a wrong number after all. Maybe–just maybe–it was a phone call arranged by God to bring two complete strangers together. Just maybe I was meant to take that time to be kind to a stranger, to offer my gift of time even though I was quite busy that day and could have let the answering machine answer the phone or could have been brief with the caller.

How many shut-ins and lonely people are forever waiting for a phone call or for a visit from someone–even a short one? They hope that maybe they’ll hear from a loved one today. Or, possibly even a stranger.

Opportunities for grace unfold when we pause, ponder, and listen to God’s gentle whispers to our soul. We can become such a beautiful spark of joy in someone’s life if we would only take the time to reach out to connect with them, visit with them, or give them some of our time when they reach out to us. Our simple loving gestures can make all of the difference in the world!

Who can you reach out to today or some time very soon? I know who I am going to call–Suzanne!

The Kiss of Jesus Blog Tour Day # 7!

October 21, 2015 - Donna-Marie Cooper O'Boyle

The Kiss of Jesus Blog Tour # 7

Author and blogger Kevin Lowry writes:

Holy people are made, not born.

Such is the case with a woman I am privileged to count as a friend, Donna-Marie Cooper O’Boyle. I first met Donna-Marie when I was but a lowly, first-time author with absolutely no idea how to promote my new book Faith at Work. Donna-Marie’s gracious intercession and encouragement during this time period was, and has been ever since, a tremendous witness of Christian charity in action. She’s the real deal.

Well, this real deal has a new book out, The Kiss of Jesus: How Mother Teresa and the Saints Helped Me to Discover the Beauty of the Cross. If you’ve ever had a cross to carry in your life (and who hasn’t?) this book will help put your struggles into perspective – and give you hope.

You see, back in 2011 when we first met, what I perceived in Donna-Marie was a…

[See more here].

The Kiss of Jesus Blog Tour Day # 6!

October 20, 2015 - Donna-Marie Cooper O'Boyle

Today is The Kiss of Jesus Blog Tour Day # 6

Maria Scaperlanda writes…

Although I am still in Jordan—and will continue to write posts from our Catholic Bloggers Press Tour, I didn’t want to miss the opportunity to tell you about a special new book, The Kiss of Jesus: How Mother Teresa and the Saints Helped Me to Discover the Beauty of the Cross, by Donna-Marie Cooper O’Boyle.

Donna-Marie needs little introduction. She is a prolific author, a well-known inspirational speaker, a popular radio and TV personality, and a respected Catholic personality.

Although we have never met in person, I have been blessed for years to call Donna-Marie not only a colleague, but also my friend!

I am honored and grateful to be part of Donna-Marie’s Blog Tour in celebration of her latest book’s release, The Kiss of Jesus.

Question: Donna-Marie, can you tell me your favorite Scripture? [You can see the interview here]

The Kiss of Jesus Blog Tour Day # 5!

October 19, 2015 - Donna-Marie Cooper O'Boyle

It’s blog tour stop # 5 and we are at the Catholic Blogger’s place today. Pete Socks has interviewed me and we see the beginning here:

PETE: Your memoir The Kiss of Jesus is a deeply personal volume. Was it difficult to write such personal details?

DONNA-MARIE COOPER O’BOYLE: Some parts of it were difficult to write because I needed to revisit some very dark and painful episodes in my life.

PETE: Your life has been filled with many highs and many lows. By telling readers about these what do you hope they take away from this book?

DONNA-MARIE COOPER O’BOYLE: I hope and pray that my readers will feel a sense of hope for their own lives after reading my book. I believe that so many people suffer from deep wounds for all kinds of reasons. As well, they struggle and suffer due to strenuous life circumstances. They can sometimes feel all alone in their suffering and many times don’t know where to turn for help. I am praying that my book will help them and even heal their wounds, by God’s grace. I pray it will inspire them to want to grow in holiness as we are all called by God to do. [See the rest here.]

The Kiss of Jesus Blog Tour Day # 4!

October 18, 2015 - Donna-Marie Cooper O'Boyle

Day # 4 along “The Kiss of Jesus” blog tour!

After months of anticipating The Kiss of Jesus: How Mother Teresa and the Saints Helped Me to Discover the Beauty of the Cross, I read it from cover-to-cover in the span of a single day. This isn’t unheard of for me when it comes to books that are engrossing, well-written, and/or particularly inspiring. Since The Kiss of Jesus is all of the above, I stopped reading it only to eat and go to an interview.

I expected to be impressed by the caliber of the writing, and I was. I figured I’d be surprised by some of the trials Donna-Marie has faced, but I was actually floored by the amount of suffering she endured. The most miraculous and inspiring part is that she always remained trusting of God and a persistent prayer warrior.

Donna-Marie Cooper O’Boyle has long been in the eye of the public as the author of many best-selling Catholic books, a popular speaker, as well as the host of EWTN’s “Everyday Blessings for Catholic Moms” and “Catholic Mom’s Café.”

My first time meeting was at the Catholic Writers’ Conference in August 2009. She was one of the presenters. Two of Donna-Marie’s books that I have read, reviewed, and loved since our meeting in 2009 are Mother Teresa and Me: Ten Years of Friendship and A Catholic Woman’s Book of Prayers. I highly recommend both of them!

Donna-Marie uses social media incredibly…[see the rest here].

The Kiss of Jesus Interview with Karen Edmisten

October 17, 2015 - Donna-Marie Cooper O'Boyle

Day # 3 of The Kiss of Jesus blog tour!

Catholic author and blogger Karen Edmisten has recently interviewed me about the writing of The Kiss of Jesus.

She began: It’s an honor to be a part of Ignatius Press’s blog tour for Donna-Marie’s latest book!

The Kiss of Jesus: How Mother Teresa and the Saints Helped Me to Discover the Beauty of the Cross is a beautiful memoir of suffering, faith, courage, and hope.

Some of Donna’s past work has offered peeks into the challenges she’s faced in life but in The Kiss of Jesus we find the entire, compelling tale. Donna-Marie’s story is an illustration of the powerful truth that God’s grace bursts through all barriers, that He can and will transform every suffering, no matter how bleak our lives feel in times of great trial, into redemptive beauty.

In a brief interview, I asked Donna-Marie to share a little more about the process of writing her memoir…

You can find it here.

“I don’t feel so alone now.”

October 17, 2015 - Donna-Marie Cooper O'Boyle

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.

My visit with Wendy Wiese on ON CALL

October 16, 2015 - Donna-Marie Cooper O'Boyle

Here’s my radio interview with Wendy Wiese on her radio show ON CALL on Relevant Radio.

Click here to listen. Enjoy!

The Kiss of Jesus Blog Tour Line Up

October 16, 2015 - Donna-Marie Cooper O'Boyle

Here’s the line up for The Kiss of Jesus blog tour. Scroll down the left column to click and read all of the reviews and posts. To learn more you can visit here.

The Kiss of Jesus

Blog Tour Schedule

Thursday
October 15:Pete Socks
The Catholic Book Blogger

Friday
October 16:Pete Socks
The Catholic Book Blogger
Giveaway!

Saturday
October 17:Karen Edmisten

Sunday
October 18:Trisha Potter
Prints of Grace

Monday
October 19:Pete Socks
T he Catholic Book Blogger
Q&A!

Tuesday
October 20:

Maria Scaperlanda
Day by Day with Maria

Wednesday
October 21:

Kevin Lowry
Grateful Convert

Thursday
October 22:Joel & Lisa Schmidt

The Practicing Catholic

Friday
October 23:Roxane Salonen
Peace Garden Passage

Saturday
October 24:Kathy Schiffer
Seasons of Grace

Sunday
October 25:Elizabeth Tomlin
Military Council of Catholic Women

Monday
October 26:Lisa Hendey
Catholic Mom

Tuesday
October 27:Patti Armstrong

Wednesday
October 28:Lisa Mladinich
Water into Wine

Thursday
October 29:Jean Heimann
Catholic Fire

Friday
October 30:Sarah Reinhard
Snoring Scholar

The Kiss of Jesus blog tour just kicked off! Follow along and join in on all of the fun!

Donna-Marie Cooper O’Boyle is a Catholic author, a radio and television host, and an inspirational speaker known and admired from coast to coast. Yet with all of her public exposure, she has revealed very little about her personal history, that is, until now. When she discovered that sharing her struggles gives encouragement to others, she was persuaded to write this story of her life.

Praise for The Kiss of Jesus!

“This candid and poignant account pierces the heart and leaves the reader changed.”
— Johnnette Benkovic, Founder, Women of Grace®

“A courageous, sometimes stunningly personal memoir. Donna-Marie reminds us that everyone gets a turn on the via Dolorosa.”
— Elizabeth Scalia, The Anchoress at Patheos.com

“Allows us to enter into her heart, and accompany her on a remarkable spiritual journey.”
— Brian Patrick, Anchor, EWTN News Nightly

“This extraordinary story will bring hope to all who are suffering.”
— Dan Burke, Executive Director, National Catholic Register

“A gripping spiritual adventure telling of God’s faithfulness in times of terror and abuse.”
— Mark Shea, Author, By What Authority

“Runs the gamut of virtue and vice, flesh and spirit, demonic and holy. Her extraordinary life gives hope to all.”
— Jim Pinto, Co-Host of EWTN’s @ Home with Jim and Joy

“This book knocked my socks off! I never expected that such a sweet, joyful, and soft-spoken woman lived such a perilous life.”
— Gail Buckley, President, Catholic Scripture Study International

“If you have ever doubted that God draws straight with crooked lines, you simply have to read Donna-Marie’s story!”
— Marcellino D’Ambrosio, Ph.D., Author, When the Church Was Young

“For anyone who wishes to move beyond anger and resentment, this book is an answer to prayer.”
— Mike Aquilina, Author, The Fathers of the Church

“An inspiring roller coaster story about a life devoted to Jesus and his Church that encourages us to make courageous choices in life.”

— Randy Hain, Author, Journey to Heaven

TO LEARN MORE VISIT HERE.

St. Joseph, “Jesus in disguise” and Andrew

October 15, 2015 - Donna-Marie Cooper O'Boyle

I was so happy to come upon this image of St. Joseph in a unlikely location recently. It is prominently stationed at the front entrance-way of a secular cafe in downtown Northampton, Ma. I had visited this cafe in years past and had been delighted to see St. Joseph standing there, as well as other Catholic art hanging all over the walls downstairs in the restaurant part.

But this time, passing through Northampton was a quick stop to go to Mass and then the use of a rest room before heading back to Connecticut. I had forgotten about this place. As cafe after cafe was closing down for the night that Sunday, I asked a waitress where I could find a rest room. She suggested this place. My husband and I looked for a few minutes and finally found it tucked away at the end of a row of shops. Lo and behold, there was St. Joseph too! He is a saint I greatly admire and turn to often–my hero, actually. I instantly recalled my earlier visit there and how happy I was to come upon him and the other images. When exiting, I snapped a quick photo while heading back up the stairs.

If you look to the right in this photo you might be able to glimpse an image of a man who was sitting outside on the sidewalk. While I exited the building, he said “hello” to me and I said “hello” and immediately remembered that I had a couple of blessed medals in my right pocket. I reached into my pocket to take out a blessed St. Benedict medal (with a full exorcism blessing on it). I gave it to him and explained that it was a powerfully blessed medal. He was very thankful to receive it and drew it in close to his heart. I then pulled out a Blessed Miraculous Medal and gave it to him too after touching it to the one that I wear that Mother Teresa gave me. I pointed to the Blessed Mother on the medal and told him that Mother Mary would take care of him. I asked his name and told him mine. I told Andrew I’d pray for him and asked him to pray for me. He said he was so touched that he was crying. I told him that God loves him. He gently grabbed up my hand and kissed it. He then told me that he’s been living on the street for ten years and is concerned because winter is coming.

Please pray for Andrew, who is someone Mother Teresa would call “Jesus in the distressing disguise of the poorest of the poor.” I am praying for Andrew and hope I might see him again when passing through that area. I’ll be sure to get him a hot meal and offer him some warm clothes.

There are many people out there who are living in dire circumstances and need our prayers and any help we can offer. We are all called to take care of God’s poor.

“The Kiss of Jesus Tour” starts TODAY at Patheos!

October 15, 2015 - Donna-Marie Cooper O'Boyle

This is Day # 1 of “The Kiss of Jesus” blog tour. Blogger Pete Socks is the host today. He said,

“Earlier this year I had the pleasure of bringing author Donna-Marie Cooper O’Boyle to my home parish for a day long retreat. Her stay lasted most of the weekend which afforded my wife and I some time to spend with Donna-Marie and her husband. Over dinner Donna-Marie dropped a few hints about her memoir that she was finishing work on. The Kiss of Jesus: How Mother Teresa and the Saints Helped Me to Discover the Beauty of the Cross has finally been released. This book is an intimate portrait of the life of Donna-Marie Marie which is at times jaw dropping, at others heart wrenching, but always a light of hope for us all.

Without going into too much detail I can say that Donna-Marie’s story is nothing short of amazing. She reveals a life that has contained both heartbreak and triumph. There were abusive relationships, false accusations, borderline poverty, and pregnancy complications. However on the flip side you read about someone touched by Mother Teresa and Father John Hardin. Two modern day Saints that play a pivotal role in Donna-Marie Marie’s life.

I really do not want to spoil the book for you so I will say this. Read……this…… memoir. Donna-Marie’s story is a…” [see the rest here]

” It will change your life as it did mine.”

October 8, 2015 - Donna-Marie Cooper O'Boyle

“Donna-Marie Cooper O’Boyle’s newest book moved me and inspired me more than any memoir I have read. I met Donna-Marie through reading all her books and watching her programs on EWTN. I learned in one of her earlier books that she had been abandoned by her first husband and raised her children as a single mother for some years. I had no idea she suffered so many crosses in her life. This soft spoken, mild mannered, loving women always inspired me to strive to become the wonderful wife and mother that she was in her domestic church. Now that I know what she had to overcome, leaves me even more inspired to never give up and to live a life of pray and joy in spite of our struggles. To me, Donna-Marie is a living saint and offers so much guidance in her own ministry to me and all who come in contact with her. As she had Mother Teresa and others in her life to guide her we have the many aspects of Donna-Marie’s ministry along with Jesus, Mother Mary and our favorite saints to guide us to get through our own crosses and receive the Kiss of Jesus. I highly recommend this book, it will change your life as it did mine. I thank Donna-Marie for writing this memoir to help us all. I know it had to be very difficult for her. God Bless You, Donna-Marie.”

[as seen on Amazon]

Chatting with Teresa Tomeo about The Kiss of Jesus!

October 6, 2015 - Donna-Marie Cooper O'Boyle

Teresa Tomeo has said in her endorsement for my memoir The Kiss of Jesus:

“In this amazing true story of faith Donna-Marie shares painful details of her past struggles as well as a very honest discussion concerning life’s many challenges. This is not so her readers will feel sorry for her but instead to show all of us that even in the most challenging of circumstances God is with us. He turns the greatest tragedies into triumphs and in Donna-Marie’s case the Lord turned her misery into a powerful ministry.”

~Teresa Tomeo, Motivational Speaker, Best Selling Author, Syndicated Catholic TalkShow Host, www.teresatomeo.com

I enjoyed being with dear friend and radio host Teresa Tomeo on EWTN’s “Catholic Connection” this morning chatting about my memoir The Kiss of Jesus. In case you weren’t able to tune in, I have the entire interview right here for you to listen when it’s convenient for you.

You can buy your autographed copy right here!