Author-to-Author

In this episode of Author to Author, Dr. Cynthia Toolin-Wilson interviews Br. Carmel Duca, MC, on his book Redeemed by Beauty: The Life of Brother Andrew (February 22, 2023)

Redeemed by Beauty is, in Brother Andrew’s own words, the story of “an unfaithful man used by God.” It is the biography of Ian Travers-Ball who felt called to share his life with the poor. After joining the Jesuit order, as an ordained priest in India, he moved on to co-found – together with Mother Teresa of Calcutta – the Missionaries of Charity Brothers.

This book follows Andrew on this path from gambler to troubadour to sannyasi. It is the human struggle for wholeness and holiness through helplessness, powerlessness, fragility and woundedness. Andrew’s hallmark and uniqueness would be his closeness to and identification with the hidden and suffering people. It is the inner journey of a soul in need of redemption. Together with God, Our Lady and the Church, the poor were the main agents of grace in Brother Andrew’s life. Andrew – always the mystic – could experience beauty amidst the suffering and the misery of the poor, and in the ordinariness of his own life.

Redeemed by Beauty: The Life of Brother Andrew by Carmel Duca | En Route Books and Media

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In this episode of Author to Author, Dr. Cynthia Toolin-Wilson interviews Dr. David Keys on his book Exploring the Belief in the Real Presence (Second Edition).

When an evangelical minister asked him why one would believe that Jesus is present — body, blood, soul, and divinity — in communion, Dr. Keys began an intensive study into the ancient Christian belief of what is now often termed the Real Presence of Jesus in the Eucharist. This book is a result of that quest and presents the scriptural, historical, and even miraculous basis for such a belief.

Exploring the Belief in the Real Presence | En Route Books and Media


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In this episode of Author to Author, Dr. Cynthia Toolin-Wilson interviews Fr. Vincent Salamoni, MSA, talks about his book The Sea Lord's Bookshelf.

This book is a catalyst, of a beginning voyage. Here it is a short one, yet a long interesting one. It starts a new genre / category / oeuvre. It is a prototype book. These are commentaries of special nautical books about virtues. The collection includes previews of past and future voyages. In words, it develops a nautical spirituality.

The Sea Lord’s Bookshelf by Vincent Salamoni, M.S.A. | En Route Books and Media

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In this episode of Author to Author, Dr. Cynthia Toolin-Wilson interviews Fr. Eugen Nkardzedze on his book Keep the Basket away from the Casket (February 14, 2023)

Keep the Basket away from the Casket not only poses a challenge to the acquisition and use of money in the Church, but it also offers a solution with God’s preference of mercy over sacrifice (Hos 6:6). In so doing, Fr. Nkardzedze provides practical lessons that teach the Church to pray when raising money, rather than to raise money when praying. He presents charity as the antidote to the love of money that forms the root of all evil. These seven indictments against the collection of Mass offerings in church provide a theology of money with radical solutions that call for the courage to reject ill-timed alms, donations, collections, and contributions. The Church’s mission, after all, is not to save money, but souls. If we administer the sacraments properly to the people, that is, place the food of salvation within their reach and fulfill our spiritual obligation, Fr. Nkardzedze demonstrates, God will provide for our material needs without our having to leverage the sacraments to obtain them.

Keep the Basket away from the Casket: Seven Indictments against the Collection of Mass offerings in Church | En Route Books and Media

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In this episode of Author to Author, Dr. Cynthia Toolin-Wilson interviews Francis Etheredge on his book Lord, Do You Mean Me? A father-Catechist! (February 14, 2023)

Reflecting on the reality of childhood, Francis Etheredge explores what is entailed in being a parent who wants to take up the vocation, as widely and as specifically as possible, of helping to found the lives of children on the truth: both discoverable and divinely revealed. Just as life itself is richly diverse, so are the chapters of this book; and, while there can always be more, let what is here at least be a beginning of God’s continuous work of creating and educating us all in all that belongs to us as human beings; and, at the same time, helping us to see that nothing is wasted, even the wasting of our talents and time can, in the end, be recycled by the Lord as evidence of His help in our lives. So, while the face of life and the family is often scarred, and deeply, let the love of God deliver us from sin, slavery and death and bring that abundant light of the resurrection to all who need it!

Lord, do you mean me? A father-Catechist? | En Route Books and Media

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In this episode of Author to Author, Dr. Cynthia Toolin-Wilson interviews Rick Clements on his book The Book of Love: Brief Meditations (February 13, 2023)

The Book of Love: Brief Meditations contains eighty-five brief, accessible, easily readable reflections on various aspects of love, including the following:

• the essence of divine love as the selfless gift of self, given and received, as revealed by Jesus Christ
• the various types of love, including God’s love for us and our love for God, self-love, marital love, parental love, friendship, love of one’s neighbor, and love of one’s “enemies”
• the four key elements of genuine love
• suggestions for living out those four key elements in one’s daily life
• discerning and fulfilling one’s unique mission of love in the world

We human beings are all homo viator: people on a journey. We are all on a journey ad Amorem, a journey toward Love. Drawing upon some profound insights regarding love from a variety of thinkers, including Hans Urs von Balthasar, Josef Pieper, Thomas Aquinas, Pope John Paul II, Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, and C. S. Lewis, Clements skillfully guides readers of The Book of Love a little farther along the path toward Love.

The Book of Love: Brief Meditations | En Route Books and Media

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In this episode of Author to Author, Joni J. Seith talks about her book Pain of Grace on WCAT Radio's Author to Author Walking her readers through her conversion from a culturally Jewish background to Catholicism, Joni J. Seith relates her struggle to live with a chronic, painful, and progressive debilitating genetic condition called Ehlers Danlos Syndrome. Written with candor, in an upbeat and uplifting humorous style, Pain of Grace: Living and Suffering with Dignity escorts the reader on an amazing journey of faith as shown in Joni’s dizzying, remarkable life. Her story gives unforgettable testimony of God’s love in suffering to a world in great need of this truth, providing hope to many who question life’s purpose. This heartfelt and honest memoir is for all those struggling with depression, despair, and chronic pain–and for all who need to be reminded of life’s true meaning.

https://enroutebooksandmedia.com/painofgrace/

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In this episode of Author to Author, Dr. Cynthia Toolin-Wilson interviews Kiki Latimer on her book Seeing God's Face: A Catholic American Woman in India (February 8, 2023)

My mother taught me at a young age the old adage that: life isn’t fair. But we were living, growing up, in a country, the United States of America, that was founded on the idea of justice for all, fairness. In October 2004, my dear friend Vijaya Luxmi invited my sister Heidi Donohue, my best friend Maria Shaver, and me to join her on a 3-week trip to India. What follows are the 12 Letters that I wrote, via email, to family and many friends during that journey, and 7 of my journal entries that were composed, here and there, between the letters. These entries share the experience of my heart forced wide open to a better understanding of my mother’s teaching on life’s not being fair, but still indescribably beautiful. We are called to respond to both the injustice and the beauty. It is my hope now that this memoir will do the same for you, dear reader, to the degree that grace allows one’s experiences to touch the lives of others, through the written word.

Seeing God’s Face: A Catholic American Woman in India | En Route Books and Media

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In this episode of Author to Author, Dr. Cynthia Toolin-Wilson interviews Fr. Lawrence Tucker, SOLT, on his book Masters of Interior Space (February 3, 2023)

Is it possible that the real threat to Man’s future is not energy, climate change, or a host of other potential calamities we hear about on a daily basis? Could it be that the greatest danger Man faces is his own lack of spiritual insight and development? Ride along with three college students and a university professor as they fulfill a special mission given them by God to address this very question. Hold on to your camel for the adventure of a lifetime with the… Masters of Interior Space.

https://enroutebooksandmedia.com/mastersofinteriorspace/


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In this episode of Author to Author, Dr. Cynthia Toolin-Wilson interviews Dr. Ronda Chervin on her new book Charles Rich: Give Me Your Heart--Preparing for Eternal Life

Charles Rich: Give Me Your Heart–Preparing for Eternal Life Ed. by Ronda Chervin How about a book for the elderly by a sage who was still making disciples in his nineties? Who was this Charles Rich, anyhow? One of the most fascinating Hebrew-Catholics of all times was Charles Rich (1889-1998). Born in Hungary in a Jewish village similar to the one in Fiddler on the Roof, Charles was noticed by the rabbis as an extraordinarily religious boy. He loved to stay in the forests to pray alone. His father joined one of the many waves of Jews who went to America to seek better opportunities. After establishing himself in New York City, he sent for the family. This was the beginning of a very dark time for Charlie. He found it impossible to be close to God in the teeming city and among the strict legalistic rabbis he had to study with. Eventually he lost his faith. He worked as a waiter by night and spent 8 hours a day at the 42nd St. public library searching world literature, philosophy and religious writings searching for the God he had lost. Eventually Charles fell into despair and tried to commit suicide. Three times he tried; three times he failed, being rescued the last minute. Feeling even more of a failure, one day he went into a Catholic Church. Jesus spoke to him directly from a painting telling him that He was God and to trust in him. Instructed by the Jesuits, Charlie became a Catholic and then a lay contemplative, spending hours and hours of the day rapt in prayer. Catholics seeking a deeper prayer life were attracted to him, especially Jewish converts such as myself. Quite a number of books of his thoughts and meditations have been published.

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