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Books by Penelope S. Hession
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Who is this mysterious Mary? No one seems to know. When Carole claims her inheritance and her grandmother's house, she spends much of her time looking for this elusive friend of her grandmother.
When the Lord Jesus Christ returns to rule, what will you be doing? How will you respond? An assortment of lives is affected when a dark, dank fog-cloud slowly shrouds the country. How each person responds to the devastating fog-cloud depends upon each individual's faith.
A must story of an older widow and widower, moral and faithful to their beliefs, finding a new relationship with each other and with God. A recently retired military career officer, the man finds himself at odds with his faith experience and with the woman. She, also retired, exhibits the needs and desires of a woman in love and the conflicts of their differing Christian faith prospective. Can such a sensuous and passionate new love, like a teens first love, blossom into a mature life companionship? Diverse life experiences act as the catalyst to fuel their relationship and sometimes result in deep soul searching and conflict.
Book #1 of a 5-book series about the life of a priest, Father Jon Mark. As a young college student, Jon Mark decides to enter a seminary after graduation from the university. In seeking to serve God as Jesus would do, Father Jon Mark becomes profoundly and compassionately involved in the lives of those with whom he comes into contact .
Book #2 of Father Jon Series continues as Father Jon Mark, after suffering a shattered thigh-bone, becomes a chaplain in the hospital during his extended recovery. A young woman with both legs damaged in an auto accident, an elderly nun who wants to go 'home' to die, and a world famous operatic tenor team together to raise funds for the hospital in spite of their individual illnesses.
Book #3 of Father Jon Series continues as Father is assigned to a small tourist town parish. He is sent to relieve an elderly priest of a small church devoted to Our Lady of Perpetual Peace. As is usual with Father Jon, life in the small parish takes interesting twists and turns as joys and tragedies are daily life events. These events continue to test and mature the young priest as he steadfastly walks in his faith.
Book #4 of Father Jon Series continues with Father Jon Mark, as the pastor of Our Lady of Perpetual Peace, often discovering his weakness in the problems that confront him as a priest. Life, death, marriage, forgiveness are all part of his daily life. Father Jon continues to grow spiritually as well as emotionally through these events, never forgetting the compassionate love of his Lord. Although he is content with his status, he longs for that something "more" in service of the Lord.
Book #5 of Father Jon Series continues Father Jon Mark's life's journey of ministry to others. Father Jon is constantly challenged with the problems he meets and with the deep feelings he has about his own life. The opportunity to serve the Third World countries beckons Jon. He responds gladly when given the chance to do that “something more.” Father Jon gets the opportunity to visit many third world missions as the Vatican sends him on a fact-finding tour, followed by several brief assignments where someone in authority thought he was the best fit for the job. The authority invested in him at the last of these assignments astonishes Father Jon.
A tale of a part Indian teen dealing with the sudden murder of the "meth'" producer he lives with. Fearing that others will think he killed the man, the teen runs for his life. Set in the Appalachian Mountains of NC, Jeep uses his native knowledge to hide as he runs. The local sheriff applies the same kind of knowledge in his attempt to locate Jeep before Carter's killers do.
When Anne, a travel reporter, goes to Willow, it is for the purpose of collecting ideas from a small southern town for a novel she plans to write. Instead, she finds people who fascinate her and a man who falls in love with her. Willow is a sleepy town, especially on Wednesdays, which seems to be the day when most events happen that summer and fall.
Elizabeth Wilton, a recently widowed community college teacher and grandmother, decides to take leave from her employment. She travels back to the town where she used to visit her grandparents to revisit the memories of her childhood. The deep secret she carries hidden within her is revealed when a freak accident opens her secret to the local doctor, who seeks a way for her to heal both physically and emotionally. Elizabeth, not a cooperative patient, is fighting to keep her secret locked up inside her. Several persons become involved as she slowly responds to the gentle but firm nudging of God. Everyone, it seems, has some hidden secret that they are carrying around in their own lives.
Lars, a Protestant widower pastor, and Leah, a widowed church member, find new love. There are many surprises as God disciples and leads them into their new life together.
Constance is a headstrong, rebellious child. Her father made himself King over his elder brother but did not rule. He preferred pleasure and games and ignored the Princess. Daniel, his elder brother, even with a bounty on his head, returns after finding Constance playing in the woods, hiding from those who were sent to find her. While he openly holds Constance as hostage, he demands justice. Thus, begins a long relationship between the young Princess and her uncle as he disciplines and teaches her righteousness and obedience in preparation for when she will inherit the crown and be the ruling monarch.
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