Wednesday, September 12, 2012

Joseph Karl Publishing Steps Out Onto the Battlefield to Defend Human Life

Valuing and defending human life is a vital part of everyone's personal apostolate. 

"God, the Creator of Life, is pro-life.  Are you?"  ~ True Love Leads To Life
Work continues on the third book in the award-winning God Moments Series, the powerful pro-life compilation God Moments III:  True Love Leads To Life.   The manuscript is being cleaned up and will be sent out very soon to Erin Howarth at DDM Publications for professional copy editing.

From the back cover of the book:

    Step right on to the battlefield during the most colossal humanitarian disaster in the history of mankind.  The personal stories in God Moments III:  True Love Leads To Life take you straight to the heart of the right-to-life controversy and provide the opportunity to share real life and death situations as they were seen through the eyes of God, children, and the men and women on both sides of the abortion debate.
This third book in the award-winning God Moments Series integrates Catholic Church teaching on the sanctity of life to cultivate an unconditional respect for the great dignity of the human person, and to encourage you to trust in God’s judgment and reverence His most perfect timing.

     True love leads to life, and so many other wonderful things!  Do not wait to get involved in the pro-life movement; God has prepared a very special place just for you within it.

The manuscript will return to JKP several more times for review to ensure that it is as good as it can be before it heads to print and into your hands.  


Work continues with award-winning graphic designer Roseann Nieman, Father Luigi Gabris, and photographer Tim Fuller on the front and back covers.  The book will be available November 2012 in print from Joseph Karl Publishing and Amazon.com, and in electronic book format on Amazon Kindle.


An excerpt from the book:

Introduction
Custom Made By Christ

Michele Bondi Bottesi

      Imagine you had an ancestor who lived at the time of Christ, that your forebear was a neighbor of the Holy Family, and he had commissioned St. Joseph to make a table.  St. Joseph gave the job to Jesus, who created an exceptionally handcrafted, unique table of the highest quality materials. Jesus made the table with the greatest care, and poured tremendous love into His work because He valued the owner. That table was truly a masterpiece of exceptional quality. 

     Imagine that His holy Mother had brushed the table with her mantel many times when she walked into the workshop to bring a cool drink and a meal to her humble and hardworking Son. As a caring mother would, she also placed great value on the care that was poured into its creation for the sake of the owner.

     Now imagine that the very same table was passed down through the years, and at one point it was given to you. Just think about the significance of having such a priceless treasure in your home!

   What would you do with an item of such incalculable worth?  Would you reject it, give it away, try to sell it, or get rid of it?  Would you accept the table from the one who gave it to you?  Would you value it, perhaps have it appraised? How would you treat it? 

   Would you be proud of the table, and welcome family, friends, and perhaps even strangers into your home to see something so priceless? Maybe after seeing you regard it so highly, others would value the table just as much.  Or, would value the table even more than you.
   
     Actually, you do have something in your home that was exceptionally well handcrafted by God, is totally unique, and was made with the greatest care and tremendous love, out of the highest quality materials.  That which you possess is also valued greatly by His most loving mother!

     In fact, every home has an item of such great significance, and God has placed immeasurable value on His creation. We must, too.  

     YOU were created by God, and He loves and values you beyond measure. Likewise, everyone you know and everyone you do not know were also created by God, and He loves and values them beyond measure, too.  

       Step right on to the battlefield during the most colossal humanitarian disaster in the history of mankind.  The personal stories in God Moments III:  True Love Leads To Life take you straight to the heart of the right-to-life controversy and provide the opportunity to share real life and death situations as they were seen through the eyes of God, children, and the men and women on both sides of the abortion debate.  
    
     The third book in the award-winning God Moments Series integrates Catholic Church teaching on the sanctity of life to cultivate an unconditional respect for the great dignity of the human person, and to encourage you to trust in God’s judgment and reverence His most perfect timing. 

     True love leads to life, and so many other wonderful things!  Do not wait to get involved in the pro-life movement; God has prepared a very special place just for you within it.

     “God has allowed the plague of abortion, I hope you will believe me, because of our sins, and don’t change the phenomenal adjective, because of OUR sins, yours and mine.”  ~ Father John A. Hardon, S.J., Sermon on Abortion


Joseph Karl Publishing continues producing pro-life images for its Catholicism 101 series, fulfilling its mission to defend human life and dignity, foster your ongoing Catholic faith formation, educate, inspire, and lead precious, immortal souls to Christ:


 JKP continues to create new pro-life images which are posted on blogs, social networking sites, and photo galleries, and they continue to be shared by people around the world.

 
 


 Joseph Karl Publishing and True Love Leads To Life continue to create images that encourage Americans to vote in imitation of Christ in November by voting pro-life.  A Catholic vote is ALWAYS a pro-life vote!


 

Apostolate Films continues work on True Love Leads To Life's
first short video in defense of human life and dignity.
It has the music, it has Father John A. Hardon, S.J.,
and images are currently being chosen and cropped
as text blocks are added
and voiceovers are recorded.










Have you accepted your pro-life summons yet?  

Do not wait to get involved in the pro-life movement.
God has reserved a very special place for you within it.

God is at work in you!

"Help that kills isn't help at all."  ~ True Love Leads To Life