{"product_id":"amata-means-beloved-9780595300242","title":"Amata Means Beloved","description":"When Sister Maria Amata--the former Emily Barone--enters newly-established Mater Christi Monastery, she is eager to become a spouse of Christ--to give all she is and has to God. However, Sister Maria Amata finds that living in the monastery with the other nuns radically confronts her understanding of the life itself and her own motives. Why did she really enter the monastery? To give herself completely to God? Or is she instead running from facing her inability to forgive the man who murdered her brother? \u003cp\u003eThe possibility of acquiring a long-desired bell for the monastery catapults Sister Maria Amata into a crisis. The novice mistress, Sister Maria Bernadette, challenges the young novice by appointing her as the bell ringer for the Angelus each day. She must choose to live in the ways of freedom and love if her gift to God at first profession is to be truly one of total surrender. She can no longer hold onto her anger and lack of forgiveness. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCan Sister Maria Amata overcome her fear of ringing the bell? More importantly, will she open her heart to God's grace and forgive? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e iUniverse\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/30\/2003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780595300242\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 124\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.32lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.06h x 6.02w x 0.36d","brand":"Sister Mary Catharine Perry O. P.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41394376868021,"sku":"9780595300242","price":9.31,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_e2da6823-3a32-4127-8eea-5e2b7172242e.jpg?v=1638294876","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/amata-means-beloved-9780595300242","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}