Life-Giving Wounds

A Catholic Guide to Healing for Adult Children of Divorce or Separation

By: Daniel Meola, Bethany Meola

Narrated by: Victoria Sanborn

Over half of the people in the United States will experience the splitting up of their parents, statistics say. Yet no matter how "normal" divorce becomes, it always inflicts a profound wound on families—not only the parents, but the children, whether young or grown. The children of divorce are fractured on the level of their very being: heart, mind, and soul. If left untended, this break could pain them for the rest of their lives, tingeing their relationships, their faith, and their capacity for joy.

Life-Giving Wounds offers a path to recovery for adult children of divorce and separation, and a thorough reference for those who love and care for them. Daniel and Bethany Meola draw from their personal experience, theological formation, and academic research—as well as from their work of accompanying hundreds of men and women from broken homes—to provide a compassionate, spiritually rich, and psychologically sound guidebook following the footsteps of the only true healer: Jesus Christ.

Listeners of Life-Giving Wounds learn to recognize the many ruptures caused by divorce and, more crucially, to find new life by grieving, praying, hoping, loving, forgiving, trusting, and committing to one's vocation. In the Resurrection, God turns suffering into something infinitely beautiful: redemption. This is where we find healing that lasts. Our wounds may remain with us—as Christ's did with him—but they can, like his, begin to givelife.

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Beautiful and healing!

Wonderful job on this beautiful and much needed healing ministry! Many AOD’s will find healing, comfort and peace with this book.

This book gave WORDS to my PAIN.

I first came across the Life Giving Wounds ministry through a News article on the topic of Adult Children of Divorce (ACOD). I knew immediately I needed to look into it! Being involved in this ministry has given me a vocabulary to speak about and articulate my pain and more importantly to receive the healing that Christ desires and wills. The wounds that are painful and drain the life out of us, can with Christ wounds, become life-giving and even fruitful, If you are an ACOD, please give this book a chance. I'd also like to encourage you to attend a in-person Life Giving Wounds Retreat. Healing is rarely given alone. Healing comes in communion with others. I invite you to visit the Life Giving Wounds website-- www.lifegivingwounds.org