14 Best nonfiction books like To Love and Be Loved: A Personal Portrait of Mother Teresa by Jim Towey

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To Love and Be Loved: A Personal Portrait of Mother Teresa

By: Jim Towey

4.43

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

From a trusted advisor and devoted friend of Mother Teresa comes a “powerful” ( The Washington Free…

If you liked the nonfiction plot in To Love and Be Loved: A Personal Portrait of Mother Teresa by Jim Towey , here is a list of 14 books like this:

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1. No Greater Love

By: Mother Teresa

4.36

Format: 206 pages, Hardcover

A collection of inspirational writings includes reflections on love, prayer, giving, service, pover… read more

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  • biography
  • inspirational
  • faith
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
"True love is love that causes us pain, that hurts, and yet brings us joy. That is why we must pray to God and ask Him to give us the courage to love."

-Mother Teresa, No Greater Love

"Since we cannot see Christ, we cannot express our love to Him. But we do see our neighbor, and we can do for him what we would do for Christ if He were visible."

-Mother Teresa, No Greater Love

"We have a great deal of worth in the eyes of God. I never tire of saying over and over again that God loves us. It is a wonderful thing that God Himself loves me tenderly. That is why we should have …"

-Mother Teresa, No Greater Love

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2. Shepherds Abiding (Mitford Years, #8)

By: Jan Karon

4.26

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

The eighth novel in the beloved Mitford series, by the bestselling author of At Home in Mitford and… read more

Similar categories in Jan Karon's Shepherds Abiding (Mitford Years, #8) book and Jim Towey's To Love and Be Loved: A Personal Portrait of Mother Teresa

  • inspirational
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3. A Lantern in Her Hand

By: Bess Streeter Aldrich

4.18

Format: 251 pages, Paperback

🎧Listening Length = 10 hours and 45 minutes Part of: Bison Book (4 titles) Perfect for fans of … read more

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"You have to dream things out. It keeps a kind of an ideal before you. You see it first in your mind and then you set about to try to make it like the ideal. If you want a garden,-why, I guess you've …"

-Bess Streeter Aldrich, A Lantern in Her Hand

"What makes it smell so sweet?" they wanted to know. "Because everything,--every little wild plum-blossom, every little tiny crocus and anemone and violet and every tree-bud and grass-blade is working…"

-Bess Streeter Aldrich, A Lantern in Her Hand

"Abbie would stop in her work and utter a prayer for him,—and, sent as it were from the bow of a mother's watchful care, bound by the cord of a mother's love, the little winged arrow on its flight mus…"

-Bess Streeter Aldrich, A Lantern in Her Hand

"Far into the evening they sat around the old coal burner talking and laughing, with tears not far behind the laughter - the state legislator and the banker, the artist, the singer, and the college te…"

-Bess Streeter Aldrich, A Lantern in Her Hand

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4. Catechism of the Catholic Church: Complete and Updated

By: Pope Benedict XVI , Pope John Paul II , Catholic Church , United States Conference of Catholic Bishops

4.50

Format: 846 pages, Paperback

Over 3 million copies sold!  Essential reading for Catholics of all walks of life. Here it is - th… read more

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  • faith
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
"  Man and woman were made “for each other"

-Pope Benedict XVI, Catechism of the Catholic Church: Complete and Updated

"The Liturgy itself is prayer; the confession of faith finds its proper place in the celebration of worship."

-Pope Benedict XVI, Catechism of the Catholic Church: Complete and Updated

"The Catholic wisdom of the people... provides reasons for joy and humor even in the midst of a very hard life."

-Pope Benedict XVI, Catechism of the Catholic Church: Complete and Updated

"When I am completely united to you, there will be no more sorrow or trials; entirely full of you, my life will be complete"

-Pope Benedict XVI, Catechism of the Catholic Church: Complete and Updated

5. My Life With the Saints

By: James Martin

4.03

Format: None pages, Hardcover

One of Publishers Weekly's Best Books of the Year -- Winner of a Christopher Award -- Winner of a C… read more

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6. The Secret of Nightingale Wood

By: Lucy Strange

3.75

Format: None pages,

1919.Henry has moved to the countryside with her parents and her baby sister, Piglet - all still sc… read more

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7. Interior Freedom

By: Jacques Philippe , None

4.71

Format: 134 pages, Paperback

Interior Freedom leads one to discover that even in the most difficult circumstances we possess wit… read more

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  • faith
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
"Ultimately, we can really forgive people only because Christ rose from the dead; his Resurrection is the guarantee that God can cure every wrong and every hurt."

-Jacques Philippe, Interior Freedom

"Te doy gracias, Dios mío, por todo mi pasado; creo firmemente que, de cuanto he vivido, Tú podrás sacar un bien; no quiero tener ningún pesar y desde hoy me decido a recomenzar desde cero con exactam…"

-Jacques Philippe, Interior Freedom

"No esperamos que Dios nos haga vivir en plenitud y creamos identidad artificial: el orgullo. O, entre personas de buena voluntad, nos gustaría amar, ser generosos y entregarnos, pero nos vemos atenaz…"

-Jacques Philippe, Interior Freedom

"Para que nuestra voluntad sea fuerte y dispuesta, necesita verse alimentada por el deseo. Y ese deseo no puede ser poderoso si lo que se desea no se percibe como posible y accesible; porque, si nos r…"

-Jacques Philippe, Interior Freedom

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8. He Leadeth Me

By: Walter J. Ciszek , Daniel L. Flaherty , Walter Ciszek

4.63

Format: 202 pages, Paperback

He Leadeth Me is the deeply moving personal story of one man's spiritual odyssey and the unflagging… read more

Similar categories in Walter J. Ciszek's He Leadeth Me book and Jim Towey's To Love and Be Loved: A Personal Portrait of Mother Teresa

  • biography
  • memoir
  • faith
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
"Solo puedo describir la experiencia de conversión como una sensación de «dejarse llevar», de renunciar a todo esfuerzo o incluso a mi deseo de tomar las riendas de mi propia vida. Aunque suene demasi…"

-Walter J. Ciszek, He Leadeth Me

"La humildad significa eso: aprender a aceptar el desánimo e incluso la derrota como enviados por Dios; aprender a perseverar y seguir adelante con el corazón en paz y confiando en Dios, seguros de qu…"

-Walter J. Ciszek, He Leadeth Me

"Durante esos largos de años de soledad y sufrimiento, Dios me condujo a una comprensión de la vida y de su amor que solo quienes la han experimentado son capaces de entender. Me despojó de muchos de …"

-Walter J. Ciszek, He Leadeth Me

"Quizá Dios tenga que recordarnos con tremenda claridad que eso es exactamente lo que quería decirnos con esas palabras aparentemente tan simples del Sermón de la Montaña: «No estéis preocupados por v…"

-Walter J. Ciszek, He Leadeth Me

9. How to Eat (Mindfulness Essentials, #2)

By: Thich Nhat Hanh , Jason DeAntonis

4.20

Format: None pages, Paperback

Eating is a chance to return to the present moment. How to Eatis the second in Parallax's series of… read more

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10. Chiara Corbella Petrillo

By: Simone Troisi

4.68

Format: 161 pages, Paperback

Chiara Petrillo was seated in a wheel chair looking lovingly toward Jesus in the tabernacle. Her hu… read more

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  • biography
  • faith
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
"The heart is a land we do not know well; neither its boundaries and frontiers, nor its miseries and grandeurs."

-Simone Troisi, Chiara Corbella Petrillo

"Love completely possessed her, in the only way that one could be completely possessed by something, in the Lord."

-Simone Troisi, Chiara Corbella Petrillo

"In love one cannot be mediocre, nor can one sustain love without work. The choices in the past were not enough, and it was necessary to choose again."

-Simone Troisi, Chiara Corbella Petrillo

"Whoever thinks from a distance about his situation lives it with suffering; whoever is close to it lives it with consolation, the fruit of a true wisdom."

-Simone Troisi, Chiara Corbella Petrillo

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11. This is My Body: A Call to Eucharistic Revival

By: Robert Barron

4.35

Format: 100 pages, Kindle Edition

A recent Pew Forum survey revealed the startling statistic that 69% of Catholics do not believe in … read more

Similar categories in Robert Barron's This is My Body: A Call to Eucharistic Revival book and Jim Towey's To Love and Be Loved: A Personal Portrait of Mother Teresa

  • faith
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
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12. Sisters First: Stories from Our Wild and Wonderful Life

By: Jenna Bush Hager

4.06

Format: 257 pages, Kindle Edition

Funny and poignant personal stories and reflections from former first daughters Jenna Bush Hager an… read more

Similar categories in Jenna Bush Hager's Sisters First: Stories from Our Wild and Wonderful Life book and Jim Towey's To Love and Be Loved: A Personal Portrait of Mother Teresa

  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
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13. Beautiful Eucharist

By: Matthew Kelly

4.39

Format: 126 pages, Paperback

Nothing will transform your life quite like a personal encounter with Jesus in the Eucharist. When … read more

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  • faith
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
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14. The Queens of Animation: The Untold Story of the Women Who Transformed the World of Disney and Made Cinematic History

By: Nathalia Holt

4.18

Format: 379 pages, Hardcover

In The Queens of Animation, author Nathalia Holt recounts the stories of a group of women who have … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
"Sadness transforms comedy, tingeing its edges with emotion and thus delivering fewer laughs but more real humor."

-Nathalia Holt, The Queens of Animation: The Untold Story of the Women Who Transformed the World of Disney and Made Cinematic History

"It doesn't matter whether one's limbs are wooden or flesh; it is not out bodies that make us human but the way we treat one another."

-Nathalia Holt, The Queens of Animation: The Untold Story of the Women Who Transformed the World of Disney and Made Cinematic History

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15. Win the Day: 7 Daily Habits to Help You Stress Less & Accomplish More

By: Mark Batterson

4.20

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

The New York Times bestselling author of Chase the Lion reveals seven powerful habits that can help… read more

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  • faith
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
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16. Wake Up With Purpose!: What I’ve Learned in My First Hundred Years

By: Jean Dolores Schmidt

4.18

Format: 222 pages, Hardcover

Known to millions as simply "Sister Jean," the Loyola Chicago matriarch and college basketball icon… read more

Similar categories in Jean Dolores Schmidt's Wake Up With Purpose!: What I’ve Learned in My First Hundred Years book and Jim Towey's To Love and Be Loved: A Personal Portrait of Mother Teresa

  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
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17. Crossing the Line: A Fearless Team of Brothers and the Sport That Changed Their Lives Forever

By: Kareem Rosser

4.59

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A memoir of defying the odds from Kareem Rosser, captain of the first all-black squad to win the Na… read more

Similar categories in Kareem Rosser's Crossing the Line: A Fearless Team of Brothers and the Sport That Changed Their Lives Forever book and Jim Towey's To Love and Be Loved: A Personal Portrait of Mother Teresa

  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
"I would have done just about anything to be part of this new world we had stumbled into. Maybe I didn't have the words for it yet, but I instinctually knew that the barn was safer, better , than home…"

-Kareem Rosser, Crossing the Line: A Fearless Team of Brothers and the Sport That Changed Their Lives Forever

"Sometimes I liked to forget about the fact that Cholo was not really my horse. Sometimes I liked to imagine that he would be the first of my string of ponies. That someday I would ride him as I made …"

-Kareem Rosser, Crossing the Line: A Fearless Team of Brothers and the Sport That Changed Their Lives Forever

"Maybe he didn't realize it then, but David saved my life. He brought me to the horses, he showed me a world I never knew existed. He was the first person to lift me onto a pony. The first person to l…"

-Kareem Rosser, Crossing the Line: A Fearless Team of Brothers and the Sport That Changed Their Lives Forever

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18. Maria: A Novel of Maria von Trapp

By: Michelle Moran

4.30

Format: 310 pages, Paperback

Maria von Trapp. You know the name and the iconic songs, but do you know her real story? This dram… read more

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19. Our Lady of Hot Messes: Getting Real with God in Dive Bars and Confessionals

By: Leticia Ochoa Adams

4.04

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

Leticia Ochoa Adams met Jesus in a dive bar when she was eighteen years old. She didn’t actually me… read more

Similar categories in Leticia Ochoa Adams's Our Lady of Hot Messes: Getting Real with God in Dive Bars and Confessionals book and Jim Towey's To Love and Be Loved: A Personal Portrait of Mother Teresa

  • faith
  • religion
  • memoir
  • spirituality
Cover of How to Smile (Mindfulness Essentials Book 10) by Thich Nhat Hanh

20. How to Smile (Mindfulness Essentials Book 10)

By: Thich Nhat Hanh

4.14

Format: 127 pages, Kindle Edition

The latest book in the bestselling How To simple, refreshing meditations of Zen Master Thich Nhat … read more

Similar categories in Thich Nhat Hanh's How to Smile (Mindfulness Essentials Book 10) book and Jim Towey's To Love and Be Loved: A Personal Portrait of Mother Teresa

  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
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21. To Love and Be Loved: A Personal Portrait of Mother Teresa

By: Jim Towey

4.43

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

From a trusted advisor and devoted friend of Mother Teresa comes a “powerful” ( The Washington Free… read more

Similar categories in Jim Towey's To Love and Be Loved: A Personal Portrait of Mother Teresa book and Jim Towey's To Love and Be Loved: A Personal Portrait of Mother Teresa

  • biography
  • memoir
  • inspirational
  • faith
  • biography memoir
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality

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4.50

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Interior Freedom

Jacques Philippe , None

4.71

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He Leadeth Me

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