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title: "The Grace of Yes: Eight Virtues for Generous Living"
description: "Deanna Bartalini calls The Grace of Yes \"an opportunity to look at your life\" and consider how your Yes matters."
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# The Grace of Yes: Eight Virtues for Generous Living
Nov 20, 2014 9:30:39 AM | by [Deanna Bartalini](https://www.catholicmom.com/articles/author/deanna-bartalini)
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In a time when so many people are so busy and overwhelmed by the tasks of their daily lives; at a time when there is an abundance of articles written on how to say No, Lisa M. Hendey has written a book about* [The Grace of Yes: Eight Virtues for Generous Living](http://www.amazon.com/o/ASIN/159471472X/catholicmom)*. And throughout the eight chapters, she shows us why our Yes brings us grace.
Lisa writes in a clear and engaging manner, sharing herself so well that I almost felt I was having coffee with her. She is funny and refreshingly honest about herself and her Yeses. She treats other people’s stories of difficult Yeses with the reverence and dignity they deserved.
I laughed and cried and saw myself many times over in this book. My two favorite chapters are "The Grace of Creativity" and "The Grace of Vulnerability."
[*The Grace of Yes*](http://www.amazon.com/o/ASIN/159471472X/catholicmom) would be a great book for a book club. Each chapter includes a *To Ponder *section with questions to think about and prayer to close the chapter.
You will not be disappointed in this book. Reading it is an opportunity to look at your life, especially in light of the words of St. Francis, “it is in giving that we receive.” Lisa challenges us to live out the Gospel in our daily life, saying “Yes” to God and the people and situations he puts in our path. Give yourself a gift and say Yes to [*The Grace of Yes*](http://www.amazon.com/o/ASIN/159471472X/catholicmom).
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***Copyright 2014, Copyright 2014, Deanna Bartalini***
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#### About the Author
### [Deanna Bartalini](https://www.catholicmom.com/articles/author/deanna-bartalini)
Deanna G. Bartalini, M.Ed., M.P.A. is a certified spiritual director, retreat leader, speaker, and writer with decades of experience serving the Church. She is the founder of [LiveNotLukewarm.com](https://LiveNotLukewarm.com), works on the retreat team at Our Lady of Florida Passionist Spiritual Center, and is an Unbound prayer minister. Deanna writes from her experiences of over 40 years of marriage, children and grandchildren.
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