In Stories of Grace, you will find thirty-one days of Jesus' stories carefully collected for you. Along the way, we've provided meditation essays, journaling prompts, space for your notes and drawings, beautiful calligraphy pages, and prayers we will pray with you. Do you have eyes to see and ears to hear Our Lord's stories of grace? Jesus chose to share the greatest truths of the faith in parables, mysteries that He revealed to those who came close enough to understand. Won't you spend some time listening carefully and hearing His grace? This is the second in the Take Up & Read series, after Consider the Lilies. Each volume can be used on its own and is not dependent on another. Elizabeth Foss is a wife, mother of nine, and grandmother. She's happy curled up with a good book or tinkering with a turn of phrase. She's the author of widely acclaimed devotionals Consider the Lilies, By the Manger in the Morning, and Put on Love. Her books Real Learning and Small Steps for Catholic Moms (with Danielle Bean) are favorites on women's bookshelves. Elizabeth has been writing and publishing on women's issues for over 25 years and her words of encouragement have reached the hearts of women all over the world. For this volume, Elizabeth was joined by the authors and artists of the Take Up and Read Writer's Collective to give readers a rich tapestry of devotional essays and art.