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  <title><![CDATA[I Believe in Love: A Personal Retreat Based on the Teaching of St. Therese of Lisieux]]></title>
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  <default_description>This spiritual classic has long been beloved by Catholics for its wondrous distillation of the teaching of St. Th&#233;r&#232;se of Lisieux into a reader-friendly set of meditations. It's perfect as a personal retreat when you have only a few moments to spare each day - and for spiritual reading anytime and anywhere.   &lt;P&gt;Fr. Jean C. J. d'Elb&#233;e, a French priest deeply imbued with  St. Th&#233;r&#232;se's spirit, brings you St. Th&#233;r&#232;se's teachings on God's love and the confidence in Him that it should inspire in your soul; humility, peace, and fraternal charity; the apostolate; the Cross; and what it means truly to abandon yourself to Divine Providence.  &lt;P&gt;I Believe in Love has helped countless souls embark on the way to the Father. It will help you focus on Him throughout each day, rest in Him amid your troubles, and live joyfully with Him at every moment!</default_description>
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  <read_at>Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2002</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I am currently re-reading this book ... I can never get too far away from it - it is such an important illustration of LIVING THE GOSPEL. I can't say enough about this book; broken into retreat segments and area's to work on. Like an onion, each re-read reveals a deeper layer; one under the other. S...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/17588122">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Tue Nov 03 18:23:25 -0800 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book is truly inspiring - a must read!]]></body>
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  <read_at>Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[This books brings you through a very interesting journey of your relationship with Christ. It is insightful, practical, very interesting on certain topics like abandonement, God's Mercy and Love. It is terribly easy to read and very applicable to everyday life. Defintely worth a read and as it says,...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/50201517">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[My favorite all time spiritual book. It transformed St.Therese from a sweet saint for young girls to a power house of strength and courage.  I was expecting at the time that I read it first and it so inspired me that I included Therese in the baby's name.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[The most life changing book ever read. Spirtual books, especially those which journey through a personal retreat, are often times too scary to pick up merely because they are feared uncomprehendable. This book is anything but. it is extremely easy to read, very inspirational, and an amazing and love...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/25545538">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[So fantastic...one of my favorite books.  It sat on my shelf for over a year, then picked it up just at the right time.  It's one of those books you can just randomly open up and digest goodness.  Changed my view of love and life.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[My favorite book of all time!!! If you haven't read it, you should...you won't regret it, it changed the way I thought about love.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Reading this book made me happy. What more can I say?]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[read and re-read this one, it is just great.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[A must read.  A spiritual classic.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Great book to read on a retreat.<br/>]]></body>
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