The Destiny of Sunshine Ranch by T.M. Gaouette

It is not a subjection of fear or a servile obedience that the Apostle demands, but a filial dependence of respect and love, and, therefore, he adds : “Husbands love your wives as Christ has loved the Church, and delivered. “But since the husband represents Christ and since the wife represents the Church,” comments Pope Leo XIII, “let there always be in him who commands and in her who obeys a heaven born love guiding both in their respective duties.” “Let women be subject to their husbands, as to the Lord because the husband is the head of the wife, as Christ is the head of the Church.” We read how the son of the venerable old man Tobias meeting his bride exhorted her to join with him in prayer, “for,” he said, “we are the children of saints and must not be joined together like heathens that know not God.” Tobias VIII.īut how sublime is the Christian ideal of marriage! “This,” says the Apostle, “is a great Sacrament but I speak in Christ and in the Church.” That is to say, it is a sacred sign, a symbol of the union between Christ and His Church: the husband represents Christ, the wife the Church. 126.Įven under the Old Dispensation the marriage bond was held in reverence. Unless the Lord build the house, they labour in vain who build it.-Ps. I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.' Philippians 4:12-13The Destiny of Sunshine Ranch has received the Catholic Writers Guild Seal of Approval.By Father Aloysius, O.F.M., The Catholic Home 'I know both how to be abased, and I know how to abound: every where and in all things I am instructed both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need. It relays the personal journeys of all the Credence foster children and their struggles to overcome past and present pain and adversity.In this novel, the confidence of the devoted is challenged, but an even deeper understanding of God and His love are revealed.

Can the Credence children help save the Ranch? Will faith keep them together? Or will Benedict's dream be shattered?The Destiny of Sunshine Ranch is a story about a family devoted to God.

Still, he fears it's all just a little too good to be true, and his sentiments are validated when he learns that they may lose Sunshine Ranch. Benedict is not into 'religion,' but Sunshine Ranch is the home he's secretly been yearning for. David and Martha Credence strive to instill love and Christian values in their family and it inspires hope in each child. What's the point? But his new foster parents and siblings are very different from what he's become used to.

When he arrives at Sunshine Ranch, he doesn't bother unpacking. 10 year old Benedict has been moved from one foster home to another, and he's hated every one.

The Destiny of Sunshine Ranch by T.M. Gaouette