Spiritual Reflections on the Sunday Gospels, Cycle B
A superb homily preparation tool, this innovative approach to the Gospels of the Sundays of the B Cycle offers a series of short meditations. Utilizing an innovative way to interpret Sacred Scripture, this second volume in the To Praise, To Bless, To Preach series shows how Jesus lives in the Word of God and how the Word of God enables each of us to reach our fullest potential in life.
It is also a wellspring of insight for our personal journey to the happiness and holiness for which we have been created. Through prayerful contemplation of the Gospels, Peter John Cameron, O.P., empowers each of us to apply Jesus' teachings to our daily life.
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The words of Jesus of Nazareth continue to amaze, confound and inspire listeners as they did two thousand years ago. They resonate down the centuries, poetic in their simplicity, challenging in their meaning, uncompromising in their authority. Whether Jesus was describing the kingdom of Heaven, stripping away worn-out conventions or defining love and forgiveness, he chose direct, down-to-earth language for the new age he heralded, clothing his stories in imagery from the everyday world.
Here, retold in the words of the Revised Standard Version Bible, are some of the most memorable sayings of Jesus recorded in the Gospels of his disciples Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. They range from frank, compassionate advice to devastating reprimands; from new interpretations of ancient law to chilling prophecies; from the parables of the Good Samaritan and the Vineyard to the two great prose poems from his Sermon on the Mount ? the Lord?s Prayer and the Beatitudes. Illuminating Jesus? words are over 40 paintings by celebrated artists such as Raphael, Masaccio, Piero della Francesca, Caravaggio, Fra Angelico, Poussin and Millet. In this beautiful hardcover keepsake with a silk ribbon marker, the words and paintings combine to create a treasury that will appeal not only to Christian but to everyone searching for spiritual truth. Hardcover 77 pages, Ignatius Press, Spring 2002. Quantity
The popular author and professor, Peter Kreeft, tackles the most controversial issue of our times in his always unique and compassionate style. He presents approaches to the abortion issue from a logical, psychological and dialogical explanation of the pro-life position. Kreeft hopes that clear reason, rather than force, will help convince people of the truth of abortion and the need to protect innocent human life. He presents the objective logical arguments against abortion, the subjective, personal motives of the pro-life movement, and how these two factors influence the dialog between the two sides of the abortion issue. Sewn Softcover 101 pages, Ignatius Press Spring 2002. Quantity
Journalist,novelist, and convert from Anglicanism, H.W. Crocker III. tells the story of heroic and adventurous events of church history. Triumph reads like a historical novel making it easy to read and more entertaining for those who find history somewhat boring. Paperback 512 pages, Three Rivers Press Sept. 2003.
A great book for instructing people in the Faith - whether converts or those whose education in the Faith has not been complete, or who just want a review. Once we read it, we had to agree! This book is at once complete and thorough, but also easy to read and very intelligible. Here is a book you can confidently give to friends and relatives inquiring about what the Church teaches and know it is excellent and will not be dry, long-winded or over their heads.
Originally published in 1951, the book covers the nature of God, the nature of man, the meaning of life, the nature of religion, the sources of Faith, the necessity of prayer, the duty of belief, the consequences of sin, the Commandments of God, the Holy Trinity, belief in Christ, the Redemption, the nature of the Church, the supremacy of the Pope, his infallibility, the Commandments of the Church, the Mystical Body of Christ, the Sacraments, the Mass, the priesthood, devotion to Mary and the Saints, what happens after death, the devotional life of a Catholic, etc.
This Is the Faith covers everything the convert or inquirer needs to know about the Catholic faith, and does so with a thoroughness that is at once completely satisfying, but never trying. Moreover, its approach is always dignified, reverent and commanding of respect. The result is that the reader will garner a true picture of the reasonableness, thoroughness and beauty of the Catholic religion that - with grace - will all but guarantee the assent of his will if he approaches the book with honesty and integrity. This book belongs in every Catholic home. It is unparalleled as a review, as a catch-up course for the poorly informed, or as an introduction to the truth of the Catholic Faith for converts. TAN Books Summer 2002
Mary's rich story can be shared through the scriptural stories, cultural traditions, popular devotions, and prayers children will find in this book. 24 pages. our Sunday Visitor. Quantity
The other books in this series have delighted children and their parents and teachers. Now we add the all-important subject of prayer. Even preschoolers can and should learn to pray, and with the help of the authors, they'll look forward to praying every day. Bright, cheerful illustrations, charming stories, and fun things to do are all included. Paper, 26 pages. Our Sunday Visitor. Quantity
A glorious coffee-table book of 45 paintings of various scenes in Middle-earth throughout Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit. These painting are from nine different artists world-wide that include famous painters of Tolkien’s landscapes like Alan Lee, John Howe, Michael Hague, Ted Nasmith and Roger Garland, as well as Inger Edelfeldt, Tony Galuidi, Robert Goldsmith and Carol Phenix. Each painting is accompanied by a page of text taken from the Tolkien work that inspired it. This beautiful volume makes Middle-earth come alive! A must for Tolkien fans. 150 pages, Ignatius Press Fall 2002 Quantity
The Fathers of the Church have been a vital source of wisdom and inspiration for countless saints, popes, peasants, and converts throughout the history of the Church. In this powerful one-volume library, Father Willis presents more than 250 selected doctrinal topics in an exhaustive selection of writings from the major sources of the Fathers. He lets the Fathers speak for themselves on a wide variety of spiritual themes. 521 pages, soft cover. Ignatius Press Fall 2002 Quantity
Testimony of the Cross is a moving photographic and textual reflection on the mystery of the Cross. The text is written by Pope John Paul II for the Via Crucis (The Way of the Cross) journey which he made to the Colosseum in Rome, Italy, on Good Friday, April 21, 2000.
Testimony of the Cross includes illustrations for each station of the Cross, and prayers and meditations written by the Holy Father – an expression of his own spirituality as it is related to the Cross, to Faith, to Life, and to Love. In addition, 40 beautiful color photographs provide an exquisite retrospective of the Holy Father’s Pontificate.
This book is ideal for personal reflection and inspiration, and makes a wonderful gift. A keepsake that will be treasured for years, Testimony of the Cross is of the highest production quality and is compiled and printed by the Libreria Editrice Vaticana in Rome, Italy. Ligouri Publications, 80 pages; Paperback.
After an extensive and informative introduction covering Teresa's childhood, her life as a nun, and her work as a foundress, Kieran Kavanaugh presents a valuable selection of writings from the Spanish mystic's works, illustrating her interior experience and remarkable teaching on prayer. Paperback, 160 pages, New City Press March 2003
Here are 33 chapters about the greatest minds and greatest Saints the Catholic Church has ever produced. Written in a down-to-earth style, The 33 Doctors of the Church is a book that will be loved and appreciated by everyone. This monumental study could easily become 33 small books. But here it is in one compelling volume! Includes St. Athanasius, the defender of the doctrine of Christ's divinity, who was banished 5 times from his diocese for fidelity to Catholic teaching. In a moment of weakness, Pope Liberius even signed his condemnation! Imprimatur, 715 pgs, paperback. Quantity
All Catholics should go through three “conversions” in their spiritual life—but many do not, and thus remain spiritually stunted all their lives. In this compact book the famous Thomist Fr. Garrigou-LaGrange, who was perhaps the greatest theologian of the 20th century, sets forth the classic Catholic traditions on the spiritual life as the full flowering of Sanctifying Grace in the soul. He explains the three stages of the spiritual life—the Purgative Way, the Illuminative Way, and the Unitive Way—showing the transitions or conversions from one period to another. Basing his teaching on Scripture, the Fathers, St. Thomas Aquinas, St. John of the Cross and St. Catherine of Siena, he explains the three conversions in the lives of the Apostles, the analogous transitions in our physical development, the role of the infused contemplation, and the characteristics of the three stages, stating that “the fruits of the third conversion are the same as those of Pentecost.” In the process, he shows how the Protestant notion of the spiritual life is radically corrupted by the Lutheran theory of justification or conversion. In all Three Conversions of the Spiritual Life provides a magnificent doctrinal map of the spiritual life and a great foundation for understanding the Catholic traditions of ascetical and mystical theology—as well as the central purpose of our life on earth.
Let adventure stories and a variety of activities introduce your primary-grade children to the lives and works of more than a dozen of the Catholic Church’s “all stars”: its greatest saints.
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Completing mazes, connecting the dots, finding and telling, and figuring out match-up puzzles (and more!), all add up to one single reason Teach Me About Saints is so effective: it’s fun! Better still, those mazes, dots, and other challenges make the learning memorable.
And the follow-up questions after each story make it easy for a teacher or parent to talk to a child about that particular saint. Paper, 24 pages. Our Sunday Visitor Fall 2003 Quantity
His central thesis is that the positive movement for reform, and the negative movements of rebellion against the Church’s authority, grew up intertwined in the years preceding Vatican II, and that it was only in the period following the Council that the division between the two became clearer. His analysis introduces a host of persons and movements whose legacies endure.
Philip Trower’s accessible style of writing and his attention to detail offer the reader a clear understanding of where the Church has come from in its recent past. Turmoil and Truth is essential reading for all who wish to understand the present and future direction of the Catholic Church. Paperback, 210 pages, Ignatius Press Fall 2003 Quantity
Mary has much to teach us about her son, and the rosary is the devotion by which hearts can be opened to her teaching. Offering reflections based on Scripture on each of the twenty mysteries—the newest, the Mysteries of Light, are included—of this ancient prayer, Father M. Basil Pennington brings to those who pray the rosary a deeper experience of the mysteries and their many treasures. For those new to the rosary, this book includes the rosary prayers, step-by-step instructions on how to pray the rosary, and insight into the historical time and place of each mystery.
In his introduction called Welcome, Father Pennington includes some of the Pope’s “concise reflections” on the mysteries as well as nuggets of the “rich spiritual theology” of the rosary found in the Holy Father’s pastoral letter Rosarium Virginis Mariae. In 20 Mysteries of the Rosary, Pennington has combined and revised two previously published works, The Fifteen Mysteries: In Image and Word (Our Sunday Visitor, 1993) and Praying by Hand: Rediscovering the Rosary as a Way of Prayer (HarperSanFrancisco, 1991). This revision will help all who pray the rosary to mine the treasures these mysteries contain. 192 pages; Paperback. Ligouri Publications Fall 2003
A Time to Heal is a much-needed resource for special ministers of the Eucharist who take the body of Christ to the sick and homebound. This collection of Eucharist services follows the Church Year from Advent through Christmas to Lent, Eastertide and Pentecost, with provisions for solemnities and selected feasts. It provides a variety of self-contained services, including such special themes as thanksgiving and hope and special services for those unable to receive the Eucharist. Eucharistic ministers will find this book an invaluable aid to creating a dignified and reverent environment for the administration of the Eucharist outside the Mass. Although specifically designed to be used by ministers of the Eucharist, A Time to Heal is also a useful resource for hospital and nursing home chaplains, staff members, and visitors. A separate index of petitions and prayers for the sick is included for this purpose.
The author writes: "The primary purpose of this publication is to improve the relationship of the sick person to God, and to draw on the infinite supply of love and comfort that is always available from him to anyone wanting to receive it, and to refresh the communicant's spirit at a time when the body is waning. 288 pages; Paperback, Ligouri Publications Spring 2004.
Deals with the pain and the accident that almost took Fr. Groeschel's life as well as evil and the scandal in the Church. Softcover, 128 pages. Our Sunday Visitor Summer 2004. Quantity
Saints have over the years inspired many tales that go beyond what we know about them. These pious fictions are delightful and can even be instructive. For the lovely legends of the saints that have come down to us reflect not only the holiness but also the gaiety of the saints. These Irish legends are in that tradition. Patrick, Brigid, Columcille — “the three brightest jewels in Ireland’s crown” — are here, and Canice, Finbarr, Cormac, Finnian, Brendan, Gall, and others.
Here’s the moving story of what happened when Patrick baptized the daughters of the King of Connaught and the shocking tale of the spike that pierced Aengus, the courageous Prince of Munster, just as Patrick baptized him.You’ll read about the spilled jar of milk that led Adamnan to become the Abbot of Iona; how Colman’s alarm clocks (a mouse and a rooster) took turns waking him; and a dozen or so other charming tales.
Alice Curtayne brings to these legends of Irish saints a rich grasp and a deep love of the Catholic faith of her native Ireland. She has unerringly chosen stories which will appeal to readers young and old and she tells them with the poetry and feeling that mark the work of every true Irish storyteller. 176 pages paperback Sophia Institute Press, Fall 2004.
"Beyond all particular questions, the real problem lies in the question about truth. Can truth be recognized? Or, is the question about truth simply inappropriate in the realm of religion and belief? But what meaning does belief then have, what positive meaning does religion have, if it cannot be connected with truth?" Josep Cardinal Ratzinger 280 pages Paperback Ignatius Press Spring 2005. Quantity
Long before his election to the papacy as Pope Benedict XVI, Joseph Ratzinger was a professor of theology, having taught at the universities of Freising, Bonn, Münster, Tübingen, and Regensburg. He first achieved international notice through his contributions to the work of the Second Vatican Council (1962-1965). His appointment as prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith gave him a different kind of prominence—as the principal doctrinal guardian of the Roman Curia. From reform to conservation: Is this change of role a volte-face in theological direction, or is it, rather, the pursuit of the “extreme center” by changing means? What is the significance of Ratzinger’s thought and its development over time for the future of the church? This important and illuminating book gets to the very heart of these crucial questions by focusing on Ratzinger’s status as one of the preeminent Catholic theologians of the 20th century. Aidan Nichols provides a full-scale investigation of his theology as it develops from the 1950s onward. The book presents a chronological account of the development of Ratzinger’s writing which reflects a wide range of historical and theoretical interests such as: Augustine’s ecclesiology, early Franciscanism and the idea of salvation history, Christian brotherhood, the unfolding of the Second Vatican Council the Apostle’s Creed, explorations of the concept of the Church, preaching, liturgy and Church music, eschatology, the foundations of dogmatic and moral theology, and the problem of pluralism. The Thought of Pope Benedict XVI is a comprehensive introduction to a major theologian in his own right, quite apart from his significance in the politics of the Church. For those attempting to chart the future of the Catholic faith as it struggles with the role of religion in war, women’s reproductive rights, inter-religious dialogue, homosexuality, the roles of bishops and theologians, and international human rights issues, Nichol’s work is indispensable as both a compass and an oracle. Paperback 352 Pages Fall 2005
Children from ages 9 to 15 will enjoy the exciting story of the man who wrote the masterful Summa Theologica, the advisor to popes who refused ecclesiastical honor, the simple friar who shook the medieval world with his intellect. Quantity
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