By Vicki Burbach

The Lost Art of Sacrifice leaves behind the soft sentimentalism that many today wrongly associate with Christianity, calling readers to remember and to embrace Christ's unambiguous challenge in Matthew 16: If any man would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. For whoever would save his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.

In these powerful pages, author Vicki Burbach contrasts as Jesus did our selfish worldly culture with the way Christians are called to live, illuminating the essential role that sacrifice must play in every worthy human life. Not content with explaining the importance of sacrifice and singing its praises, Burbach ends each chapter with practical, down-to-earth suggestions to help readers cultivate the art of sacrifice in their lives, so that each may find a way to follow Christ as He commands us.

Best of all, she shows that not only is it critical that we each undertake ever more sacrifices, large and small, as we go about our daily lives but that doing so is the path to joy: great joy today and immeasurably greater joy hereafter.

• Binding: Paperback
  Pages: 225

As a wife and busy mother of six children, Vicki Burbach relishes the calm inspiration of spiritual reading amidst the roller coaster of life. A passionate convert to the Faith, Vicki is an avid reader who moderates an international book club at SpiritualDirection.com. She feels blessed to journey with thousands of like-minded pilgrims through some of the greatest Catholic books ever written. Her writing has been featured online at National Catholic Register, Big Pulpit, and Catholic Exchange. You can also find her at PelicansBreast.com.