Real Life with Mary Book Club: Week 3

Our Book Club selection for May 2025: Real Life with Mary by Kelsey Gillespy. Watch the Week 3 video!

Our May 2025 Book Club selection is a book honoring the Blessed Virgin Mary! Kelsey Gillespy, in her new book, Real Life with Mary: Growing in Virtue to Magnify the Lord, encourages moms to grow in friendship with Mary and learn from her how to walk the daily path to holiness.

This week, Kelsey discusses chapters on compassion, perseverance, and determined cooperation with God — and what we can learn from Mary's response to the challenges she faced as we face our own challenges as mothers.

Watch our Week 3 episode right here!

What's the book about?

Grow in virtue and friendship with Mary through the chaos of life with these spirited, down-to-earth reflections by Kelsey Gillespy, author of In the Trenches (our Book Club selection from Winter 2024). In this witty and profound guide to Christian discipleship for women, Gillespy contemplates the virtues of Mary and proposes practical and powerful ways to magnify the Lord — by folding laundry, raising kids, or training for elite athletics. Formatted for personal reflection or group discussion, Real Life with Mary features short chapters, discussion questions, and prayers.

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Where can I get a copy of this book?

Pauline Books & Media, the publisher, is offering a generous discount on Real Life with Mary: use coupon code RealLifeBC at checkout to receive 20% off the cover price of this book! This offer expires June 21, 2025.

Order your copy of our Book Club selection

Real Life with Mary would make a great gift for women in any stage of motherhood!

Thank you for participating in our Book Club!

We'll be announcing details about our Summer 2025 Book Club soon. Stay tuned to our social media or sign up for Book Club emails to be among the first to know about our summer book selection.

It's free to participate in our Book Club, and we hope you'll consider joining us and inviting a friend to join as well!