Journey into His Heart
How the Holy Spirit Led Me into the Catholic Church
by Barbara Heil
Growing up without any kind of faith life, Barbara Heil had a life-transforming experience at sixteen years of age, when she encountered an outpouring of Jesus’ love. As a result, she began to attend a Spirit-filled Protestant Church and later became a missionary, an evangelist, and eventually a pastor, bringing others to the Lord. Her fascinating journey from brokenness to healing took Barbara to more than fifty nations, where she shared the gospel and witnessed what only God can do as He moves in people’s lives.
Not believing that Catholics were even Christian, Barbara took a class to learn how to lead them to Christ. Many years later, someone handed her a book that sparked a hunger to learn about the saints and Doctors of the Church, who she learned, to her astonishment, were all Catholic with faith lives centered on the Eucharist!
Through Barbara’s personal encounter with Jesus’ Real Presence in the Eucharist, you will learn what spoke to her heart most intensely and fanned the flame of His love in her life. You will also discover:
- The shocking secret Barbara never knew about herself and was amazed to find out
- How the “Man in the Sky” tenderly awaits and comforts you, especially in your darkest hour
- The healing graces God longs to unleash upon you when you open your heart to Him
- The intimate gift of God’s ever-present love that can be found only in the Catholic Church
- How obedience to our Heavenly Father’s will brings true freedom and blessings
This story of a soul wrestling with what she thought she knew about the Catholic Church, only to learn what the Church actually teaches, and then taking the steps needed to enter the Church’s embrace is exhilarating and not to be missed.
Endorsements
“Barbara Heil’s beautiful spiritual memoir, Journey into His Heart, is an inspiring witness to the fullness of life that comes from a radical obedience to Christ and His Holy Spirit. I count myself among the many whose lives have been touched by her choice to follow the Spirit’s promptings into the Catholic Church. May Barbara’s witness to the Lord’s calling to her heart touch your heart and encourage you!”
Bishop Scott Bullock
“Barbara Heil has written a powerful book on how Christ led her into the Catholic Church. Her journey, led by the Holy Spirit, is an inspiration to all of us! This book is a must-read for anyone who desires to be an evangelist!”
Deacon Steve Greco
“Barbara’s story demonstrates the amazing fruitfulness of a life laid down in radical obedience to the Lord. This book is an invitation for Catholics to discover the simplicity of the gospel and the fire of the Holy Spirit and for all Christians to discover the riches of the fullness of truth in the Catholic Church.”
Dr. Mary Healy, Professor of Sacred Scripture, Sacred Heart Major Seminary, Detroit; Member, Pontifical Biblical Commission
“This is the amazing—and enjoyable—story of one woman’s journey from a difficult childhood, through conversion to Christ and major involvement in Pentecostal mission work, into the Catholic Church. I know Barbara and have heard her teach and preach many times, and I’m grateful that she is now sharing her story with all of us.”
Dr. Ralph Martin, S.T.D., Director of Graduate Programs in the New Evangelization, Sacred Heart Major Seminary, Detroit
“As personal as it is engaging, Journey into His Heart is the moving story of how a Pentecostal missionary became Catholic. May all readers be inspired by Barbara’s radical obedience to Jesus and the kinds of blessings He grants in response to such obedience.”
Fr. Mathias Thelen, Cofounder and President, Encounter Ministries
“Through her tenacity and deep hunger, joined with wisdom, Barbara has reached a place of satisfying understanding. You can too!”
From the Foreword by Jeff Cavins
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