Getting more from the Mass. Does it sometimes seem that the Mass just happens while you sit there? Here’s the help you need to make the Mass an active religious experience.
How should you enter the church? How should you listen to the Scriptures? What if the homily seems boring? In a simple, easy-to-read style, this book gives you suggestions to help you “get something” out of the Mass every time.
You’ll learn how to pray at Mass, how to hear a great homily every time, and how to experience the Mass as an encounter with our Risen Lord. If you’ve ever wished the Mass were more exiting, this is the book that will make it exciting for you. Paper, 224 pages. Our Sunday Visitor Fall 2002. Quantity
This little book of prayers was written in prison. Though I was alone and seemed to have nothing at all, I had the love of faithful friends who were praying for me. And I had the love of Christ in my heart. In gratitude for that love, I wrote these prayer on scraps of paper the prison guards gave me. They are a remembrance of that time when I seemed poor, but when I was actually very rich--for love can do all things.--From backcover. Paperback, 132 pages. Pauline Books & Media Fall 2002
Edited by Jeff Cavins and Matthew Pinto, Amazing Grace for Those Who Suffer is the perfect book for friends or family members who are going through difficult challenges or who have suffered a great loss.
Because this book can provide so much confort to thos who suffer, we are providing this title at more than a 35% discount. Quantity
Write On shows young people how reflection and writing can help them confront their most troubling issues. Encouraging creativity in the use of poetry, prose, and organization, this pamphlet presents journaling as a tool with many uses. Techniques for dealing with emotions, goal setting, and self-realization are presented. The reflective process also helps the young person develop an appreciation of others and a sense sympathy toward all.
Write On will encourage your child's spiritual and emotional development while strengthening writing skills. 48 pages; Paperback Quantity
Following up on his acclaimed Redeemer in the Womb, John Saward returns to the mystery of Christ's Incarnation. He draws upon the rich traditions of the Church, as well as the writings of the great Christian mystics, to create a work that is both new and old, revolutionary and orthodox. This profoundly moving meditation will aid any contemplation on the life of Christ.
The subject of this book is the objective and divinely revealed truth of the Nativity of Christ, as proclaimed by His infallible and immaculate Bride. It is the splendor of this truth, of “Love’s noon in Nature’s night”, which for two millennia has captivated the Fathers and Schoolmen, and activated the genius of poets, painters, and musicians. Illustrated with eight color paintings. 404 pages, Ignatius Press Fall 2002. Quantity
Thomas Merton, the renowned Cistercian monk, brings us to a fresh experience of the Advent and Christmas season, where we look forward to the coming of the Messiah who will make all things new again. In a spirit of monastic simplicity, Merton reveals the humble way in which we can invite the Savior into our hearts–without all the clutter, noise, and anxiety. Everyone searching for simple spiritual joy will want to spend Advent and Christmas With Thomas Merton. 112 pages; Paperback. Fall 2002 Quantity
The latest entry in the best-selling “Essential” series is intended to help readers understand the place of the Bible in Catholic tradition, the history of how the Bible developed, a guide to its interpretation, and its use in prayer. Also included are such helpful aids as tips for preparing for the Sunday lectionary readings, Biblical prayer services for special occasions, a suggested plan for reading the Bible, a chart of New Testament parables, and a list of helps for reading the Bible. The Catechism of the Catholic Church underscores the rationale for this book. It says: “In order to reveal himself to men...God speaks to them in human words....Through all the words of Sacred Scripture, God speaks only one single Word, his one Utterance in whom he expresses himself completely." (CCC 101–102). And the encyclical Dei Verbum (The Word of God) (1965) urges the children of the Church to read the Scriptures on a frequent basis (DV 24). This new volume in the “Essential” series will provide valuable assistance to adult Catholics who wish to develop their faith life, who wish to understand the meaning of the Bible more deeply, and who wish to make the Bible an essential part of their spiritual development. 304 pages; Paperback, Fall 2002 Quantity