Restore: A Guided Lent Journal for Prayer and Meditation

Awarded third place for best multimedia package―seasonal issue―from the Catholic Media Association. Gregory Smith earned first runner-up for videographer/video producer of the year for his work. Restore also was awarded an honorable mention in the healing and self-help category by CMA.

Follow the Lord into the depths of your heart this Lent and you will never be the same.

Take a healing journey with Sr. Miriam James Heidland, SOLT, as she helps you turn away from what wounds you and toward God who heals you and makes you whole.

In this beautiful guided journal for prayer and meditation, Sr. Miriam invites you to meet the tenderness of God’s mercy, the power of his love, and the restoration of your heart and life as you practice prayer, fasting, and almsgiving.

Restore features stunning original art by Valerie Delgado of Pax.Valerie along with daily meditations on a passage from scripture, reflection questions, guided prayer, and space for journaling and notetaking.

Throughout Lent, you’ll move through four different phases of healing, focusing on traditional Lenten practices:

Prayer is the means of healing our relationship with God.Fasting disciplines us in healing our relationship with ourselves.Almsgiving leads us to healing our relationships with others.Sacrifice shows us the path to heaven and union with God.
 

If you enter into Lent with Christ, your heart will see more clearly, be pierced more easily, love more strongly, and serve more passionately. Jesus will be etched into the crevasses of your being.

Restore is perfect for both individual and group use. Free companion videos and a downloadable leader’s guide are available at avemariapress.com.

From the Publisher

A Lenten Invitation from Sr. Miriam James Heidland, SOLT

Lent. Some people love it, some people dread it, but all of us know that we are supposed to somehow be transformed through it all. We often give up chocolate, alcohol, or meat. We remember that we are only pilgrims on this earth and that all things pass away. And while all these things are inherently good and important, I often wonder what is being engaged at the deeper level of our hearts.

This Lent, why not try a different approach? Why not meet Christ, wherever you are, and accept his invitation to heal and love you?

The Restore Lenten journal’s combination of daily meditations, questions for reflection, journaling space, prayers, and beautiful original art is specially designed to draw you into a deeper, richer experience of Lent. Through its meditations, you will not only to walk with Jesus to Calvary but also to go with him into the desert, to receive his healing mercy, to practice forgiveness, and to meet Jesus in the Sacraments of Reconciliation and Holy Communion.

The 4 Healing Steps on the Journey to Easter

Prayer: Healing Our Relationship with God

In part 1, you’ll focus on the idea of prayer as our primary way of connecting with God and healing your relationship with him. Everything in the spiritual life begins with prayer, so too does this journal.

Fasting: Healing Our Relationship with Ourselves

Part 2 leads you to reflect on fasting as an avenue for healing your relationships with yourself and your sin. These meditations help you explore the roots of your sin and desires so that you can come to terms with your need for Jesus’s healing mercy.

Almsgiving: Healing Our Relationship with Others

In part 3, you’ll focus on how almsgiving heals your relationships with others. These meditations challenge you to reflect on how you can be a better companion to members in your family and community.

Sacrifice: Jesus Restores Us to Life

Part 4—Holy Week—is a deep exploration of where your heart stands with God and how you can walk with him to Calvary, uniting your sacrifices with his. We rise with him on Easter Sunday, experiencing the fullness of all things.

About the Author

Sr. Miriam James Heidland, SOLT, is a popular Catholic speaker, cohost of the Abiding Together podcast, and the author of the bestselling book Loved as I Am.

A former Division I athlete who had a radical conversion and joined the Society of Our Lady of the Most Holy Trinity in 1998, Heidland has shared her story on EWTN’s The Journey Home, at numerous SEEK and Steubenville conferences, and at the USCCB’s Convocation of Catholic Leaders.

In addition to speaking, Heidland has served in parish ministry and as the director of novices for her SOLT community. She also has served as an assistant to both her provincial and general superiors.

Heidland earned a master’s degree in theology from the Augustine Institute and speaks extensively on the topics of conversion, authentic love, forgiveness, and healing.

About the Illustrator

Valerie Delgado is a Catholic painter, a digital artist, and the owner of Pax.Beloved. She is the illustrator for Adore: A Guided Advent Journal for Prayer and Meditation by Fr. John Burns and ABC Get to Know the Saints with Me by Caroline Perkins. She lives in the Houston, Texas area.

Journal Your Way through Advent with Fr. John Burns

Do you want a similar approach to journeying through Advent? Adore: A Guided Advent Journal for Prayer and Meditation features the prayerful insights and meditations of Lift Up Your Heart author Fr. John Burns and the gorgeous art of Valerie Delgado. Through the pages, you will reclaim the sacred sense of longing and joyful hope at the heart of Advent, focusing on a new theme each week—vigilance, preparation, nearness, and Emmanuel—that you can relate to your own life.

Sr. Miriam James Heidland, SOLT

Valerie Delgado

Advent Prayer Journal

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Ave Maria Press
Publication date ‏ : ‎ February 11, 2022
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Print length ‏ : ‎ 224 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1646801482
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1646801480
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 12 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.43 x 0.63 x 8.5 inches
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