text: I read this book and identified with Maura as a Queens Irish Catholic but could only marvel at Maura as a missionary in Nicaragua and El Salvador.  What courage she and the other missionaries exhibited in their living out the Church's preferential option for the poor.  It really highlighted for me that we have hidden saints among us who do the hard work for us of building the kingdom here on earth.  Maura elevates the word sacrifice from giving up something during Lent to giving up one's life for one's friends.  It continues to disturb my conscience.  Deo gratias.