Mary-Margaret yearned to dedicate her life to the Lord. Jesus had another idea.
When Mary-Margaret Fischer met Jude Keller, the lighthouse keeper's son, she was studying at a convent school on a small island off Chesapeake Bay. Destined for a life as a religious sister, she nevertheless felt a pull toward Jude--gorgeous, rebellious, promiscuous Jude. But Jude, driven by demons no one really understood, disappeared into Baltimore's seamy red-light district. Mary-Margaret moved on with her life, preparing to serve God with her sisters as a teacher and artist.
Then Jude comes home--but now he's bitter, dissolute, and diseased. And Mary-Margaret receives a divine call that shakes her to the core, a call to give up her dreams for the troubled man who befriended her so long ago. For Jesus' sake, can she forsake the only life she ever wanted for a love that could literally cost her life?
My Thoughts...
Lisa Samson is one of my favourite authors and a Christy award winner. (What is a Christy Award? It is an award given annually to novels of excellence that are written from a Christian worldview.) I had already read her book “Quaker Summer” and loved it so I was ready for “The Passion of Mary-Margaret.” This book is a bit gut-wrenching for the reader as we follow Mary-Margaret through her life; first as an orphan, in love with the wild boy Jude, then as an idealistic young woman seeking to follow her vocation as a nun, and finally as a mature Christ-follower who is not afraid to obey that which God has told her to do, especially as it concerns the man that Jude has become. Mary-Margaret was an inspiration to me and hopefully will be to each of you who read about her.
-Bookworm55
-Bookworm55
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