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Update

January 19, 2024

Dear Everyone,

I wanted to thank you for your continued support. I am finishing the new book I’m working on and hoping to share it with you later this year.

Lent begins early this year, on February 14th. I am organizing a Lenten Readalong of “The Way of a Pilgrim.” This book is one of my favourites and it’s mentioned in “Gabriel’s Redemption.” “The Way of a Pilgrim” is a nineteenth century work of Russian Orthodox spirituality, in which a pilgrim learns how to pray. This is a gentle story, as we accompany the unnamed pilgrim through Russia, but it is profoundly inspirational. There is more than one edition of it, but I’m using this one, which is translated by RM French, and has a foreword by Huston Smith. I have the paperback, but you can easily use the Kindle edition.

I am proposing that we read the first chapter during the first week of Lent. I’ll be posting weekly reflections here and inviting you to read along with me and share your comments.

Peace be with all of you and thank you for reading,

SR.

www.sylvainreynard.com

Happy New Year

January 2, 2024

Happy New Year, Everyone.

“Gabriel’s Inferno” (ebook) is on sale for $1.99 US, for a limited time, across platforms (Barnes and Noble, Amazon, iBooks, etc). This is a sale sponsored by my US publisher, Berkley. You can find the ebook here.

I hope that 2024 is filled with light and goodness. Peace be with you and peace be with the world.

Thank you for reading,

www.sylvainreynard.com

Advent Readalong – Merry Christmas

December 26, 2023

Dear Everyone,

I hope you had a very Merry Christmas, if you celebrate. Yesterday, I read the “Feliz Navidad” reading from Henri Nouwen’s book, and I also read Day 1 from the Twelve Days of Christmas readings. Today, I’ll continue with Day 2.

Fr. Nouwen has a unique way of both challenging and encouraging. He emphasizes community and friendship, but also humility and service. Humility is a virtue that’s absent largely from my culture and from much of history. And yet, it contributes something so important to our own spiritual discipline and to the communities we inhabit.

Fr. Nouwen also emphasized how communities are always populated with those who confound or trouble us. He also writes how a community is a place that takes us in. This latter point really struck me. So often I think of community as a place we create for others, but really, community is the place where we are welcomed, despite our own shortcomings. I am grateful for this reading community.

I welcome your comments and Advent and Christmas reflections. Have a blessed Twelve Days of Christmas,

www.sylvainreynard.com

“Gabriel’s Redemption” Part 3 Debuts

December 14, 2023

Dear Everyone,

I’m so pleased to announce the debut of “Gabriel’s Redemption” part 3 only on Passionflix. This is the final instalment of “Gabriel’s Redemption,” and coincides with the ten year anniversary of its publication.

I am so grateful to Tosca Musk, Giulio Berruti, Melanie Zanetti, and the entire cast and crew. I’m also grateful to Redd Carter for writing a beautiful new song for the film.

You can subscribe to Passionflix using code GRED3 and receive a discounted subscription for $3.99 US/month for the first three months. This code is valid now and until December 31st. When you use the code, I earn a small commission at no extra cost to you.

Advent is the season of hope. I am hopeful for the future and looking forward to where my journey will take me next. I hope you will join me.

Thank you for reading and thank you for watching,

SR.

www.sylvainreynard.com

Happy Birthday, “Gabriel’s Redemption”

December 13, 2023

Dear Everyone,

Today marks the tenth anniversary of the publication of “Gabriel’s Redemption.” I am so grateful to my publisher, Berkley/Penguin Random House, and to my editor, Cindy Hwang, who worked with me on the book. I’m also very grateful to Nina Bocci, my publicist and friend, who read and commented on an early draft, along with Kris Babe and Jennifer D. Thank you all.

Thank you, readers, for embarking on this journey with me. I’m so pleased with the Passionflix adaptations of The Gabriel Series. The third and final instalment of “Gabriel’s Redemption” debuts only on Passionflix tomorrow, December 14th. In fact, Redd Carter has written a new song for the film, “New Kind of Love,” which is available on iTunes.

In celebration of the ten year anniversary, I am hosting a giveaway of two signed paperbacks of “Gabriel’s Redemption.” The giveaway is posted to my Instagram and my Facebook author page. You can comment on those posts in order to enter. Open internationally. Good Luck!

Thank you for reading and for watching, and cheers to the next ten years and beyond,

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