"A harrowing, utterly candid account of a couple struggling with the bondage of addiction, as well as a biopsy of a Church and a nation. The author teaches us numerous ways to personally resist the devil and grow in love and peace, showing how dying to ourselves each day is essential to our birth into eternal life. This phenomenal story should be read by every shepherd of souls--indeed by all those who seek to follow Jesus wholeheartedly." -- Michael D. O'Brien , Author, Father Elijah: An Apocalypse "Many books speak to me. This one moved me. A gripping story of redemption meant not for paper, but for your soul. This book is going to help save a lot of people.

Nobody tells a story like Kevin Wells--nobody." -- Matthew Leonard , Founder, Science of Sainthood "From the very first line of The Hermit , Kevin plunges readers into a story that will linger for years. Readers are immersed in a supernatural embrace that is unforgettable.' -- Dan Burke , President, Avila Institute for Spiritual Formation "A modern tale of pain, redemption, and gospel yeast, set in the shadow of the devastation that COVID wrought. It illustrates the tremendous power that a little leaven of faith yields when a priest of Jesus Christ mixes it in." -- Bishop Joseph Strickland "Wells powerfully weaves together his own family's beautiful true story of two state-of-life sacraments: Matrimony and Holy Orders. Two sacred, intertwined spiritual battles unveil the fullness of what Love requires: the mystery of redemptive suffering." -- Leila Miller , author, Made This Way and Impossible Marriages Redeemed "Many books explain how the spiritual life is pursued in priesthood or religious life, but very few show how it is pursued in married life.

This is the best that I have ever read." -- David Torkington , Author, How to Pray and Wisdom from the Christian Mystics "Profound and beautiful storytelling. Wells testifies to God's activity in his own family and in the world--full of wounds and brokenness, but overpoured with the healing mercy of the Divine Physician." -- Eric Sammons , Editor in Chief, Crisis Magazine.