Honey from the Rock: Sixteen Jews Find the Sweetness of Christ

By: Schoeman, Roy H.

Book Overview

Roy Schoeman, a Jewish convert to Catholicism, and best-selling author of Salvation Is From The Jews, once again shows the clear links between Judaism and Catholicism in these inspiring stories of sixteen Jews who became "fulfilled Jews", as Schoeman says, through their spiritual journeys to the Catholic Church.

The sixteen people whose stories are told here are a variety of Jews, including some who came from secularized, liberal or even atheistic backgrounds, while others came from Orthodox Judaism. Some were well trained Jews, others unschooled in Judaism; some rich and wildly successful, others down and out. But their common link was they all had a profound longing for God that gave them no peace until they found God Himself in the Catholic Church.

Some of these converts are famous people like Edith Stein, Alphonse Ratisbonne, Karl Stern, and Rabbi Zolli, while others are less well known, but all have powerful stories of life-changing spiritual transformations.

Roy Schoeman's work, Honey from the Rock illuminates the essential link between the Jewish faith and Catholicism through the lives of those who were born into the Jewish faith and have come to know the fulfillment of their faith in Christ and His Catholic Church. I recommend Honey from the Rock to anyone who desires to understand the revealed faith of the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, which is fulfilled in Jesus Christ and His Mystical Body, the Church. Honey from the Rock illustrates in a most concrete way the truth expounded so well by Roy Schoeman in his earlier work, Salvation is from the Jews, which I also wholeheartedly recommend.
�Raymond L. Burke, Archbishop of Saint Louis

This book is far more than just another collection of conversion stories. It is a spiritual pathway with each story creating a stepping stone to transformation. These life changing encounters will deepen your faith and provide insights into the riches of the Catholic Church. It is filled with Jewish wit and wisdom and climaxes in the radical transformation of conversion. I highly recommend this book to all who wish to grow deeper and learn about the Faith from a Jewish point of view. You won't be disappointed!
�Brother Bob Fishman - B.S.C.D.

Roy Schoeman has given us all a great gift in showing us the mysterious and wonderful ways in which Y'shua, the Messianic Son of David, and His Mother Miryam continue to speak deeply to the longing hearts of that people to whom, more than all others, we Gentiles owe an incalculable debt.
�Mark Shea, Senior Content Editor, CatholicExchange.com

God's covenant with Israel was neither revoked nor abolished. It was fulfilled in Jesus Christ, and Honey from the Rock is powerful proof of that fulfillment. Israel's prayer and piety, vocation and sacrifice - all are transformed as they are restored. All find their completion in the lives we encounter here. Pope Pius XI put it well when he said that Spiritually we are Semites. May all Catholics be enriched by this movement of the Spirit, because for us it's a movement homeward
�Scott Hahn, author, Rome Sweet Home

This is a gripping book sketching powerfully the Jewish metaphysical restlessness that nothing can satisfy until they taste Honey from the Divine Rock and recognize in Christ the King of the Jews and the Roman Catholic church as fulfillment of Judaism. This book is a constellation made up of sixteen sons and daughters of Israel for whom overwhelming talents, wordly success, money, pleasure brought nothing but despair. Each one of them had its own path; but what is striking is the role played by the Holy Virgin and the holy hunger for the Eucharist in some of the most amazing conversions. This book will bring joy to its readers and rekindle their hope in the power of God's grace at a time when the ship of Holy Church is battered by the waves of secularism, relativism, infideli

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1586171151
• ISBN13: 9781586171155
• Release Date: April 2007
• Publisher: Ignatius Press
• Length: 300 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.2" x 8.0"

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Beautiful

This is a beautiful compelation of conversion stories. It shows the incredible ways God can work if we are open to his gifts. These unlikely stories testify to what our Lord said "Seek and you shall find; knock and the door will be opened".

Fascinating book!

These stories are dramatic accounts of sixteen individuals' conversion experiences. Each person's journey was fascinating, and the writers make many interesting observations along the way. Marilyn Prever's story included a lot of humor, which I found delightful to read. A highly recommended book.

The Sweetness of the Lord

The Spirit blows where It will in a myriad of ways. When we say "Yes" to Him our life changes. We'll never be the same. That's what happened to the 16 people whose stories are told in this book. There's nothing as exciting as the Lord entering your life. How could there be?? It happened to me over 30 years ago. It's also exciting to read how He's done it with others. It warms my heart. Great stories. Ordered 5 copies so far. Wonderful gifts.

Highly Recommended

If you need a shot in the arm for a flagging faith life I think this book will be just what you need. Even if you don't, these stories will have you glorifying God for His Grace and the hunger that He satisfied for these who came to Christ despite much opposition. I am a convert and I love conversion stories. But as another reviewer said, these are really different. Some of the authors are better than others at expressing in writing their journey but all will rejoice your heart.

Conversion stories with a difference

I've read quite a number of accounts of conversions to Rome, mostly involving Protestants or the occasional New Ager, but these conversion stories stand apart from all the rest. The difference is not simply that these converts are Jews, but that their Jewishness seems to bring with it an added degree of mysticality. So many of these biographies and autobiographies involve episodes in which the other world becomes momentarily visible, and it seems to me that this is not the ordinary convert's experience. The autobiographical accounts are related with a self-deprecating humour (a Jewish trait?) that adds enormously to the pleasure of reading. I couldn't put the book down, but I had to pause to think long and hard at the end of each chapter.