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An easy to understand language, this text describes how anyone, of any age or background, may consecrate their heart to Jesus, through Mary, using the celebrated method of St Louis de Montfort. Progressing through four successive themes over 33 days, and by way of daily scripture, guidance from St Louis's writings, sayings from the saints, reflections, resolutions and prayer, we are led to personal conversion and consecration of our heart and will to those of Jesus through his mother Mary.

In Journey to Freedom, John Pridmore explores why so many of us sense there is something missing from our lives and why feelings of fulfilment and happiness are so short lived.

Brought up in the East End of London, son of a policeman, John was already dabbling in crime by his early teens, ending up in a young offenders institute and then a borstal. He'd left home at 15, and the only occupation he knew was theft. He landed a job doing security at concerts for stars such as Simply Red, Queen, and Bruce Springsteen, and was lured deeper into the world of drugs and crime. By his 20s, he was well-acquainted with the capitals criminal underworld.

John Pridmore searched for happiness in money, power, drugs, and sex and found none. Pridmore was a vicious gangster of London's East End, mixing with some of the capital's most violent criminals. Following a dramatic life-changing experience, he left it all behind. In Gangster's Guide to God, Pridmore talks compellingly about the reality of the criminal underworld and the journey to his new life, sharing the remarkable stories of many of those he has met along the way. He provides a radical, honest, and inspiring take on what it means to be a Christian in the 21st century.