Description
Here is the fascinating life and compelling spirituality of María Concepción Cabrera de Armida (1862-1937), now Blessed Conchita, presented for the first time by an American author. This saintly Mexican wife and mother of nine children experienced a "mystical life...comparable to that of St. Teresa of Ávila," according to Cardinal Raniero Cantalamessa, preacher of the Papal Household.
Author Kathleen Beckman shows how Blessed Conchita -- who founded a religious community for women and one for men and published forty-six books and sixty-six diary volumes -- modeled the heroic fortitude you need to live out your vocation. Her heroic life experience and mystical writings show how to dispose yourself for deep conversion and transformation in Christ.
Stirring excerpts from Blessed Conchita's writings reveal her great love and her profound spiritual insights for priests, religious, and married people alike. Passages describing Jesus' personal and prophetic words to Blessed Conch
Author: Kathleen Beckman
Publisher: Sophia Institute Press
Published: 03/21/2023
Pages: 320
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.95lbs
Size: 8.10h x 5.70w x 1.40d
ISBN13: 9781644136348
ISBN10: 1644136341
BISAC Categories:
- Religion | Christian Living | Spiritual Growth
About the Author
Kathleen Beckman, L.H.S., is president and co-founder of the Foundation of Prayer for Priests (www.foundationforpriests.org), a global apostolate of spiritual adoption and intercessory prayer for priests. Beckman has served the Church for twenty-five years as an international evangelist, Ignatian retreat director and author. A graduate of Rome's Regina Apostolorum University course, "Liberation from Evil Spirits", she was on faculty at the Pope Leo XIII Institute. Presently she is the administrator of deliverance and exorcism ministry in her diocese and member of the exorcist team. Often featured on Catholic TV and Radio, she is the author of several books, including Praying for Priests, God's Healing Mercy, When Women Pray, and A Family Guide to Spiritual Warfare.