Danielle Bean

Writer and Speaker

Coming Very Soon … My New Book!

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You're Worth It FC

I am excited to share with you the cover of my newest book, due out (very!) soon from Beacon Publishing.

I just got the final cover last week, and I have to say: I love it. I think the color is perfect, and I really love that there is not an image beyond the type on the cover. I think cover images can sometimes be confusing or limiting or distracting from the message of the book, and this is one book I want to be sure every reader experiences in the way God wants her to.

I say HER because this is a book written just for women. I am really eager to share it with you because its subject is so close to my heart.

You’re Worth It! is a book to encourage every woman to develop a close relationship with Jesus. Every woman wants to be loved, and this book shares about the soul-satisfying, life-changing kind of love we can only get from Jesus. I explore seven themes, based on Jesus’ real-life interactions with real women in the Gospels, and share what we can learn from them about God’s unique love for women.

Stay tuned here for more details about You’re Worth It!

I place my trust in Thee

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If it weren’t for 4:00 am, I might have only a superficial relationship with Jesus.

When I find myself awake at 4:00 am, though, I take a deep a breath and wait for the anxiety to begin. Though I am not generally an anxious person, at that hour, anxiety never does disappoint. It rushes to fill the silence inside my head. It says things like:

“That deadline! How are you ever going to meet that deadline?”

“Those children! How will you ever feed, clothe, educate, entertain, and transport those children while protecting their precious souls?”

“That paycheck! How will it ever be enough to provide for your needs?”

“This life! How are you not a miserable failure at everything … EVERYTHING!?”

And other helpful things …

I know these are lies and distractions, but I never feel more helpless and alone in the face of lies and distractions than I do at 4:00 am. Even with my beloved husband fast asleep beside me.

So that’s when I get real close to Jesus. Over and over again, I pray, Sacred Heart of Jesus, I place my trust in Thee. Sacred Heart of Jesus, I place my trust in Thee. Sacred Heart of Jesus, I place my trust in Thee.

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I give voice to trust until I feel it.

I don’t lie awake every night, but I have come to appreciate these pockets of prayer whenever God sees fit to wake me for them.

Teach me to see you, to feel you, and to know you in the peace and stillness of this night. Touch my heart and show me where you lie patiently waiting for me — beneath the noise and chaos, in every moment of every day. Amen.

Finding Forgiveness

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How could I have not heard this song before today? I felt the need to share it here because it has such a powerfully beautiful message. We all need a tough shove toward forgiveness sometimes, even when it seems like an impossible unfair thing to have to do. God knows that. But it’s because He loves us that He tells us to forgive anyway.

Shoot.

Please Pray With Me

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Today we received the sad news of the death of my sister’s mother-in-law, Marlene Froula (addressed in this post over 5 years ago) and the death of my parents’ pastor, Fr. Martin Kelly of St. Patrick’s Parish in Nashua, NH.

Please join me in praying for the repose of the souls of these faithful servants of God.

Eternal rest, grant unto them, O Lord,
and let perpetual light shine upon them.
May they rest in peace.
Amen.

Gabby’s Special Day

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Anima Christi
Soul of Christ, sanctify me
Body of Christ, save me
Blood of Christ, inebriate me
Water from the side of Christ, wash me
Passion of Christ, strengthen me
O good Jesus, hear me
Within Thy wounds hide me
Suffer me not to be separated from Thee
From the malicious enemy defend me
In the hour of my death call me
And bid me come unto Thee
That I may praise Thee with Thy saints
and with Thy angels
Forever and ever
Amen

Get Clean

by Filed Under: Faith, video

A stunning video, illustrating the power of confession, made by students at John Paul the Great Catholic University, as an entry in the i-confess.com contest sponsored by the Archdiocese of New York.

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