{"product_id":"may-crowning-mass-and-merton-elizabeth-m-kelly-9780829420258","title":"May Crowning, Mass, and Merton: 50 Reasons I Love Being Catholic","description":"\u003cp\u003e Thirty-something Liz Kelly is successful writer, a jazz singer, and an assistant to the president of Harvard Univeristy. She is also a devout Catholic who loves her faith and is eager to share its beauties with others. \"Mine is not an extraordinary faith,\" she writes, \"so much as a faith growing, a little messy, a little rough and subversive around the edges. But the litany of reasons to love being Catholic is extraordinary.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKelly offers her personal list of reasons to love being Catholic--from May Crownings to daily Mass, to Pope John Paul II and kneelers in chruch. With wit and great affection, she describes the holy people and places, beloved traditions, and joyful practices that constitute the vast, rich panoply of Catholic life well lived. She shows how the Catholic Church is a great storehouse of spritual gifts that are offered to each believer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMay Crowning, Mass, and Merton\u003c\/i\u003e is an exuberant and lively look at a fully-alive faith and a young woman who embodies the hopes and promises of today's spiritual seekers. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Elizabeth M. Kelly\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0829420258\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780829420258\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Loyola Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/01\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 270\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.80h x 6.38w x 0.81d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/28\/2005 pg. 47","brand":"Elizabeth M. Kelly","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44410414956799,"sku":"9780829420258","price":13.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e3c3ff4d-b9cf-449c-87cd-3bd12feabe3a.jpg?v=1697536135","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/may-crowning-mass-and-merton-elizabeth-m-kelly-9780829420258","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}