Victory over Death: Foretastes of Eternity in Prayer

By Ronda Chervin

This beautiful little book is meant for all of us — because no one can escape the mystery of death. To nourish trust in God and overcome our fears, the author teaches us to immerse ourselves in God’s great love, a love which has gone to the greatest lengths to open the doors to the Kingdom.
 
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TESTIMONIALS

“In Victory over Death, Dr. Ronda Chervin poignantly addresses physical and spiritual truths one faces as death, even from a distance, approaches each of us.  We encounter physical changes in body and soulful longings in spirit.  Dr. Chervin provides insight and thoughtful exercises which focus on ‘experiences of disillusionment, contemplation of God’s invisible beauty, and immersion in God’s great love.’  By the final chapter, Dr. Chervin has beautifully paved the way with spiritual steppingstones for us to walk as we embrace God’s perfect love that casts out fear.” – Wendy Forest, author ofCurrents of Water: A Widow’s Walk with Jesus and Mary

“Reading this book has opened a whole new way of life for me. The author’s comparison between divine and human love has made the sacraments, dogma, prayer, and love of neighbor — to name only a few of the topics treated — gift of himself to us. His sacraments are loving embraces. Our loving response to his love transforms us into true Christians. I only wish I had been handed this book when I was preparing for Baptism.” – an anonymous young student of Ronda Chervin’s at Loyola University, 1972

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Ronda Chervin, PhD, is a professor of philosophy, widow, grandmother, and great grandmother. She has taught at Loyola Marymount University, St. John’s Seminary of Los Angeles, Franciscan University of Steubenville, Our Lady of Corpus Christi, and Holy Apostles College and Seminary. She is the author of numerous books about Catholic living and presents on EWTN and Catholic Radio. Most well-known of her books are The Way of Love, Treasury of Women Saints, Avoiding Bitterness in Suffering: How our Heroes in Faith Found Peace amid Sorrow, and, most recently, with co-author Albert Hughes: Escaping Anxiety on the Road to Spiritual Joy. 

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