Breakfast with the Pope
Author: Susan Vigilante
Published By: Richard Vigilante Books
Date Published: November 17, 2010
Genre: Christian Non-fiction, Memoirs
Pages: 256
Recommended Age: Adults
Rating: B/4
"A Christian Eat Pray Love" inside flap
I borrowed this book from the library
Summary:
Susan Vigilante is a Catholic wife who is also a
struggling writer and is trying to get pregnant. Being one of the few Catholic women who follow
the Church’s laws, she refuses to get pregnant in vitro or any other medically enhanced
way. She seeks the promise of God’s love
through personal relationships with the people in her life and takes a pilgrimage
to Rome, where she happens to find herself having breakfast with Pope John Paul II.
My Thoughts:
I enjoyed reading Susan Vigilante’s book. My heart went out her. I understood her desire for wanting a baby as
I want kids of my own some day. What I
didn’t understand was why she wouldn’t allow doctors help her and husband? Being a Christian myself and part of the large
percentage of Christian women who do not let the Church dictate what I do with
my body, I would have sought all the medical help I could. I believe God gave the doctors the knowledge
for us to use and I will use it for all it’s worth.
I also didn’t like how her friends turned on her when she
decided to write a book about her journey.
The book didn’t show them in a bad light until they demanded she did not
write the book. I found that it to be
selfish of them to tell Vigilante not to share her memoirs...and un-Christian.
But besides that, I loved reading her story and the path she
took in finding the peace in herself she sought. I gave Breakfast with the Pope four stars and
a grade of B because it was well written and easy to read. If you like memoirs like Eat, Pray and Love I
recommend Breakfast with the Pope.
Parents:
Language: Clean language
Adult Content: None
Violence: None
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