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review 2015-12-29 22:41

Sacred Heart starts out with a typical teenage story, a girl worried about her younger sister, living the punk life... Questions of gender, sexuality, drugs and friendship are explored, but with an overhanging threat of violence, not even punk violence, but some sort of divine justice or ...vengeance?

The story starts out right away with a dead body and the reaction to that body sets the tone for the rest of the story. Almost like magic realism, only with murder.

As I read on though the questions kept adding and growing more urgent. Just where were we? Where were all the adults? What was going on here? Why were these kids so disaffected by death?

There were many somewhat funny awkward moments that are reminiscent of coming-of-age teenage stories, but the atmosphere of the entire work has a darkness to it that kept me on edge, waiting for the awful truth to be revealed.

I enjoyed the ending, but I can't help but want to see more, to understand more. This is the type of comic that will reward further exploration and reading and would be good for a discussion.

I will look forward to reading more from Suburbia in the future.

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review 2013-05-15 19:07

Apostolate of the Divine Heart

Marcelle Bartolo-Abela urges the world's people to take time every day to honor their creator. The text of "Thoughts for the Day: Reflections for the Soul" offers insight into Catholicism and what being a true Christian means in the author's view.

While I do not share the author's faith, I found the book easy to read and follow. Many of the meditations or reflections work to inspire a closer examination of one's purpose in life and place in the universe, no matter what religion you are.

Something I would like to see in future editions is an expansion upon each meditation. Maybe a page for the reader to write some thoughts and then upon turning the page, the author's explanation of that particular reflection in life.

The book contains many beautiful quotes, allusions, and thoughts. I believe this is a Christian-niche book that could find a wider audience if the author wrote an introduction explaining the purpose of meditation across religious bounds.

Thoughts for the Day: Reflections for the Soul - Marcelle Bartolo-Abela

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review 2013-05-15 19:05

Apostolate of the Divine Heart

In this book are many scripture based thoughts . I found comfort in being reminded of how much God loves me. I found inspiration to always try to improve on myself. And I found encouragement in the thoughts of our future in Heaven. Great book to pick up and read on a daily basis.

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video 2013-05-15 19:03

Apostolate of the Divine Heart

Preview video of the book Thoughts for the Day: Reflections for the Soul.

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review 2011-06-15 00:00

Sanctuary of the Soul: Sacred Heart Offering

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It’s hard to grasp the feeling and prose of this poetry at first if you are use to reading prose that goes very differently. This very much feels like rap and sometimes the way the sentences are broken up throw off the flow of reading. I think some of it could have been edited better.

For the most part I enjoyed reading the poems once I got the flow that I think the poems are meant to go I understood them better.

I couldn’t relate to some of the poetry as some of the poetry is about race and the trails that Aaron St. Julien as gone through but that doesn’t mean they do not have meaning to me.