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In a moving dramatic conclusion to his four New York Times bestselling Mother Angelica books Raymond Arroyo completes the saga of this singular nun with his most intimate book yet

For more than a decade the beloved wise cracking nun who founded EWTN the worlds largest religious media empire was confined to her cell at Our Lady of the Angels Monastery in Hanceville Alabama Though Mother Angelica is still seen and heard by millions each week in reruns on seven continents the private drama within her monastery her personal supernatural encounters and the prolonged suffering she endured has remained hidden Until now

Revealed for the first time is the personal request Mother made of Godwhich sheds light on her long silence Here are Mother Angelicas spiritual battles in her cellincluding encounters with the deviland the unrevealed episodes of hilarity and inspiration From playing possum to avoid undesirable visitors to her room to undertaking a secret trip to the far East to blessing her nuns as they leave her care to create new monasteries Mother Angelicas spunky spirit shines through the narrative

Mother Angelica Her Grand Silence the touching climactic coda to the Mother Angelica canon also offers readers the personal testimonies of people around the world who were spiritually transformed by Mother during her long public absence And for the first time the author writes movingly of his personal relationship with Motherthe highs and the lows