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A Heart on Fire: Catholic Witness and the Next America by Charles J. Chaput

marisas1985's review

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5.0

I enjoyed reading this book. It opened my eyes to issues I had already recognized but not necessarily acknowledged. I have felt over the last year the pull to start attending church again and my biggest apprehension has now been revealed to me. I was scared about what SOCIETY would think of me walking into church alone after all these years away. This book came at exactly the right time. It helped me to see that I should quit making up worldly excuses to avoid the God I live for and love.

This book is not a story, it is essentially an essay as to what is going on in this world, especially the United States as far as religion, Catholicism and how quickly it is leaving modern day living and offers reasons as to why this is happening. I definitely will recommend this book to those who are strong in their faith, struggling with faith and to those who arenā€™t even sure there is such thing as faith. I will also recommend this book to a priest I know as well as a reverend so that they have the opportunity to experience this profound explanation regarding why we are where we are. At 33 pages including a brief look into ā€œRender Unto Caesarā€, it was a quick and eye opening read. I believe that anyone can benefit from this because it talks about religion/faith now all the way back to when the constitution was written and regardless of whether you are a priest or pastor or an atheist there are points in it for each of us. I strongly recommend this book. I have already added to my Good Reads account. I will be adding my review to several other places as well as my personal blog.

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