Books of Comfort

We began the Books of Comfort Program after Hurricane Katrina in order to send books to those who were displaced by the Hurricane and needed a word of comfort--a word of the God of comfort. Donors gave over $10,000 in order to send these books down into the Gulf Region. We have begun to receive letters of gratitude from the recipients of these books: kids in schools which were wiped out and who now had story books and coloring books to give them some sense of the Good Shepherd's care for them, sisters who are counselling people who have lost everything but who are finding some light in books such as Surviving Depression, and God is Here When Bad Things Happen.

Our Founder told us that there is a certain anonymity to our apostolate. Behind the scenes we write and print, sing and record, create radio programs and make web sites, which then are able to reach people that we may never see ourselves, but who found God's love because of our mission. He often told us that we would know only very little of the good that we do on this earth, but when we arrive in heaven, then so many will come up to us to thank us for the book that we wrote, or the recommendation we made in our Pauline Center, or the music we arranged and recorded--all channels of God's grace and mercy in their lives.

We hold all the people who have suffered so much from Katrina and Rita and all the other national disasters of this year in our hearts. All we can do is believe--believe that God is present and will somehow bring good from all the pain and suffering of this year. We can only believe and praise him.