An all-in-one compilation of instructions, meditations, and prayers from one of the great Doctors of the Church, this collection of the best of Saint Alphonsus Liguori covers all aspects of the spiritual life and focuses on one dominating theme — prayer. Perfect for modern readers, these selections from the works of the great founder of the Redemptorists form an insightful introduction to the necessity and value of prayer for the sake of salvation. Quantity
From the pious to the practical, the reflections of the Fathers of the Church cover virtually every aspect of the Christian life. Noted author Mike Aquilina has compiled their ancient axioms into a concise collection of comments designed for busy, modern readers. Pray with the poetry of St. Gregory Nazianzen. Find clear direction in the practical advice of St. Jerome. And, let your heart turn toward the heavenly Jerusalem, following the 1,000 timeless treasures in The Way of the Fathers. "A power-packed collection of the Fathers' concise, clear, and challenging statements on issues still relevant to Christians today. A helpful tool, for anyone seeking to live the authentic Gospel life as understood by the first Christians."
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Written early in this century by Rev. A. G. Sertillanges, a priest who lived in Jerusalem, this acclaimed devotional classic gives you vivid and dramatic details not included in the Gospel:
With Jesus, you'll be jostled by crowds as you enter Jerusalem, choke on the dust of the narrow streets, experience the exotic oriental smells of the city at festival time, share the Last Supper with the disciples, stare into the face of Jesus' accusers, and be there as He dies on the Cross.
Read it slowly and prayerfully. The vivid details and the gripping narrative will soon take over: you'll find yourself engaged in a personal retreat, an interior pilgrimage, and a profound meditation on the love and sufferings of Jesus on the Cross. Paperback, 252 pages, Sophia Institute Press.
In his first book for Our Sunday Visitor, noted Catholic apologist Patrick Madrid helps you: - Be absolutely certain your interpretation of Scripture is accurate - Discover how the simple sentence "I never said you stole money" can be the key to understanding the entire Bible - Answer any questions a non-Catholic might throw at you - Learn exactly what the Bible teaches about the Pope, priestly celibacy, homosexuality, abortion, salvation, and other hot topics - Obtain a working knowledge of Scripture so you can feel comfortable talking with Fundamentalists and Evangelicals - Allow the life-giving truth and power of Scripture to transform your life - Become an effective spokesman for the truth of Catholic teaching.
With comprehensive Scripture references, quotes from the great teachers of the Faith, tips on how to deflate even the most vehement arguments, as well as a list of verses typically used against Catholics with effective counterarguments, Where Is That in the Bible? is a great book of Scripture-based apologetics.
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The more than 180 fine art quality tri-tone photographs, along with spiritual counsel from Mother Teresa, will provide a lifetime of rich material for prayer and meditation. Also included and published for the first time ever, with Mother Teresa's special permission, is an appendix containing the contents of the Missionaries of Charity daily prayer book as well as a most personal and profound letter on the interior life written by Mother Teresa during Holy Week of 1993 and addressed to her entire order. Though meant originally as an instruction and appeal to those in her order, this "I Thirst" letter is certain to become a source of spiritual light and encouragement, drawing innumerable hearts and souls closer to God.
Michael Collopy is one of the preeminent portrait photographers of our time, well known for his commissioned portraits of a variety of world figures ranging from Mikhail Gorbachev and Margaret Thatcher to Frank Sinatra and Placido Domingo. A student of such luminaries as Ansel Adams and Richard Avedon, Collopy's work has been published in books, magazines, newspapers, and on record and CD covers worldwide.
Special Highlights of this Unique Volume: • 187 fine art, high quality, original tri-tone photos • Previously unpublished private prayers of the Missionaries of Charity • Mother's profound, personal "I Thirst" letter on prayer never before published • Other quotes and spiritual counsel from Mother Teresa • Beautifully crafted, 224 page coffee table hardcover • The ideal gift book as a lasting keep-sake 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
Two-volume edition with the New American Bible text from the revised Weekday Lectionary. This handy-size, perpetual Weekday Missal contains all the Weekday Masses with their options. The arrangement follows the Liturgical Year: Volume 1 is for Weekdays from Advent to Pentecost; Volume 2 is for Weekdays from Pentecost to Advent. Guide included.
Available in 2 volume set for $45.00 or order individual volumes for $22.50.
Volume I covers Advent to Pentecost. Volume II covers Pentecost to Advent. Each volume is 1344 pages, 4 1/4 X 6 1/4 inches, black bonded leather with zipper close. May be ordered separately. Set or Single Volume? 2 Volume set $61.90 Volume 1 $30.95(920_23) Volume 2 $30.95(921_23) Quantity
Each volume is 1344 pages, 4 1/4 X 6 1/4 inches, black bonded leather with zipper close.
May be ordered separately. Set or Single Volume?
Woman of Grace is an insightful and intimate Bible study written to help married women to grow in holiness in their day-to-day living. Drawing from her life experiences, Michaelann Martin offers ways that will help women improve their prayer lives, communicate with their family, and find fulfillment in their vocation. Each chapter includes questions that mine the rich teaching of Scripture and the Church to help women apply those principles in their own lives. Those who seek to grow in holiness as wives and mothers will benefit greatly from this study. Emmaus Road Publishing. 149 pages, softcover.
It's rare that someone comes along who can capture the essence of Christmas in a story, in a poem. Jeanne Conte is just such a person. Her collection of inspirational short stories and poems does just that. The beauty and joy found in the Christmas season come to life through the eyes of her imagination. A treasure to read and to share. With seasonal illustrations throughout.
Sample Stories and Poems: A Wonderful Christmas The Crimson Christmas Ribbon The Legend of the Holly Little Jesus Stranded in a Snowstorm A Birthday Party for Jesus The Little Shepherd Silent, Still Night
Paperback, 160 pages
This book explores in depth six Gospel scenes so as to discover in these the essential elements of Christian discipleship. It describes the basic requirements for receiving the Word of God effectively in our hearts: namely, that we "become wet clay in God's hands", so that God can impress upon us any form he chooses. It also contemplates the vital position of the Mother of the Lord in the life of his disciples. Softcover 148 pages. Ignatius Press Spring 2003. Quantity
This is a practical book, for it has a foolproof game plan that, if followed well, will cut short dramatically our time of purgation in the next life. But, it is much more than that. This magnificent analysis of suffering, as to its cause, its value, and its ultimate effect (i.e., conformity to Christ, the Man of Sorrows) will give us more strength to bear not only our own cross, but to willingly share in the suffering Jesus endured for all men by accepting, as joyful victims, crosses vicariously borne for sinners within our own family, for our wayward friends, for the crimes of our nation, and for those dear to us who are languishing in Purgatory. Softcover 96 pages. Loretto Publications Spring 2003.
The Holy Father's intent during this spectacular series of events he personally baptised as "World Youth Day" was to help people better understand and integrate their faith in their daily lives. With the help of expert photographers, skilled writers, and creative designers we have captured for you the fervour and joy with which "people of the Beautitudes" are called to live. May this souvenir album become for you a family album - an intimate record of your origins as children of God, and a constant reminder of your status as brothers and sisters in Jesus Christ. 160 pages, Twenty Third Publications, Spring 2003
This powerful and timely book, written by a former Fundamentalist, is a thorough critique of the popular Fundamentalist notion of the “Rapture”—the belief that Christians will be removed from earth prior to a time of Tribulation and the Second Coming. It examines the theological, historical, and Biblical basis for premillennial dispensationalism, the belief system based around the Rapture, and popularized in the best-selling Left Behind books and taught by Bible prophecy writers Tim LaHaye, Hal Lindsey, Jack Van Impe, and many others.
Written for both the lay person and the serious student, this book combines an engaging, popular approach with detailed footnotes and exhaustive research. Beginning with the big picture, it focuses first on key concepts such as eschatology, the Parousia, and the relationship between the Kingdom and the Church. It then examines the Book of Revelation, providing insights into the nature and purpose of that difficult, final book of the Bible. Another chapter looks at the concept of the millennium and how it has been understood by various Christians over the centuries. Olson then shows how Left Behind creator LaHaye’s many works on Bible prophecy are filled with attacks on Catholicism, and often rely on sensationalism, shaky scholarship, and subjective interpretations of Scripture.
Olson, a former dispensationalist who now edits Envoy magazine, also presents a history of apocalyptic belief and theology, beginning with the Early Church Fathers and including the Montanists, St. Augustine, Joachim of Fiore, the Protestant Reformers, and the American Puritans. He shows how John Nelson Darby, an ex-Anglican priest, developed the premillennial dispensationalist system, which hinges on the Rapture, in the 1830s and how Darby relied upon faulty assumptions about Jesus Christ, the Church, and the Bible.
The second part of the book, A Catholic Critique of Dispensationalism, focuses on three important topics: the relationship between Israel, the Church, and the Kingdom; the interpretation of Scripture; and the nature of the Rapture event. Filled with a wealth of information drawn from both Protestant and Catholic sources, this section provides a complete rebuttal to the premillennial dispensationalist system and the “left behind” theology. The book concludes with a reflection on the Catholic understanding of the end times, salvation history, and the final judgement. Glossaries of key persons and terms are also included. Ignatius Press, Spring 2003, 394 pages softcover. Quantity
This book presents useful parallels between the spiritual teachings of Saint Alphonsus de Liguori (1696-1787), Doctor of Prayer, and the ministry of spiritual direction in the Church of the third millennium. In drawing out these parallels, With Open Heart looks not to Alphonsus’s teaching on spiritual direction itself but to his teaching on prayer. The author seeks to move the Redemptorist tradition forward so that it will speak to and meet the spiritual needs of today’s believing community in more practical and relevant ways. The author argues that the dynamics involved in Alphonsus’s simple and practical way of conversing familiarly with God can be extended to the direction process itself and form the basis of an updated Alphonsian approach to the ministry of spiritual direction.
A series of reflection questions at the end of each chapter helps the reader judge what relevance this adaptation of Alphonsus’s spiritual doctrine to current practices in spiritual direction might have for his or her own practice of the ministry.
With Open Heart is meant to serve as a practical resource for those interested in firmly rooting the practice of spiritual direction in the teachings of Alphonsus. 128 pages; Paperback, Ligouri Publications Fall 2003.
Walking the Way of the Corss alongside Pope John Paul II, as he meditates upon the great mystery of our redemption, we experience the profound reality that beyond the darkness of every Calvary rests the radiant dawn of Easter joy and hope for all time. Paperback, 112 pages, Pauline Books & Media February 2004.
In this exciting new book Thomas Nash refutes the common charge that the Mass is “unbiblical” in a resoundingly biblical fashion. From the Garden of Eden to Christ's Ascension, the biblical roots of the Mass go much deeper than the Last Supper and Christ's Passion. Old Testament sacrifices like Abel’s, Abraham’s and the Passover all prefigure and are fulfilled by Christ's Sacrifice, which is made present in the Sacrifice of the Mass. What began on the Cross culminated in everlasting glory when Jesus entered “once for all” into the heavenly holy of holies, as the Letter to the Hebrews provides.
In a time when the Catholic Church is under attack from within and without, Worthy is the Lamb reminds the faithful that the Mass is, as Vatican II affirms, “the source and summit of the whole Christian life.” This book will transform your understanding of and participation in the Mass. Ignatius Press Summer 2004, 250 pages softcover. Quantity
Hatred, murder, terrorism, and war spring from the sins of men. But why does God let innocent children suffer from the effects of these evils? Why does He let earthquakes devastate cities, despair drive souls to suicide, and cancer kill humans and animals?
You and I would prevent these evils if we could. Why doesn’t God?
If He’s good — as our Faith claims — why doesn’t He stay the hand of those about to do evil? Why doesn’t He keep little ones from violence and death? Indeed, how could He have allowed evil to enter the universe in the first place?
In these pages, Benedictine author Dom Bruno Webb brings you face-to-face with evil. Without fudging or flinching, he answers these hard questions and more. In this slim volume, he gives the most convincing explanation of the mystery of evil that’s available today.
You’ll finally come to understand the source of the appalling violence and savagery that lies close to the heart of nature; you’ll discover why the insensate Earth and its inhabitants all groan in pain; you’ll see why, even before they were conceived, Adam’s offspring fell with him, and why God stood by, permitting all this to happen.
Was God helpless? Indifferent? Outgunned? In these wise pages, Dom Bruno Webb shows that evil never defeats God.
On the contrary, He uses suffering to destroy the very sin which gives birth to evil. Here you’ll come to understand why, despite the evil that wracks the Earth and all the beings on it, God nonetheless assured Dame Julian of Norwich that “all shall be well, and all shall be well, and all manner of things shall be well.”
Here’s the book that answers, once and for all, the question of why God permits evil. It will enlighten and console all the suffering and sorrowful souls who are puzzled and troubled by the evil that suffuses our universe.
Better: it explains how to transform suffering into deeds that God will use to ensure that finally and indeed, “all shall be well, and all shall be well, and all manner of things shall be well.” In other words, these pages are not only an explanation of evil; they’re a remedy for it, a remedy you can begin using today. 176 pages paperback Sophia Institute Press, Fall 2004.
Surveys indicate that as many as 50 percent of the population have felt the presence of a loved one who has died. Catholics, especially, have a strong belief in the communion of saints, and this collection of gentle stories will be a comforting reminder that at death, life is not ended but merely changed.
Matthew Bunson brings his deep knowledge and understanding of Catholic history and Faith to this biography of our new Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI. Here's your chance to learn more about this remarkable man in an easily readable, yet meticulously researched book. In these pages you'll read about his early life in Germany, his growth and influence in the Church as bishop and cardinal, and his election as our 265th pope. Included is a chronology of the life of Pope Benedict XVI and the dynamic world history through which he lived and worked. Quantity
Included in the dramatic story of Pope John Paul II are fresh translations of his poetry; detailed personal anecdotes of the Pope as a young man, priest, and friend, sketched by those who knew him best; and in-depth interviews with Catholic leaders throughout the world. A magisterial biography, Witness to Hope is an extraordinary testimony to the man and his accomplishments, and a papal biography unlike any other. Illustrated
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"The purpose of this book is to help you personalize the stories in the Gospels. We personalize a Gospel story by entering into its conflict, experiencing its energy and emotion, and letting it absorb us. When we connect with the story at this experiential level, it reveals something of our deepest longings and our ultimate hopes.…Personalizing the stories of the Gospels invites us into the Jesus experience, calls us to a deeper understanding of our identity in God and urges us to live out that identity in our everyday lives."—from the Introduction
Flowing out of author Timothy D. Fallon's lifelong spiritual journey, What Jesus Said and Why It Matters Now incorporates insights gained from his experiences in church ministry, the business world and family life as husband, stepparent and grandparent.
Fallon uses a wide range of contemporary examples—everything from MAD Magazine and Washington Post articles to Saving Private Ryan and Steve Martin's Shopgirl film—to help readers experience how God touches us in our own lives.
With seven Gospel accounts, What Jesus Said and Why It Matters Now demonstrates a method readers can apply to make each story a vital part of their lives. Fallon says three fundamental questions lie at the heart of personalizing the Gospels: What's the experience of this story? How does this story touch me? How does this story call me to live? Spring 2006
Author: Madonna Sophia Compton Paperback, 1.42" H x 9.2" L x 6.02" W , 531 pages. Quantity
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This calendar is meant for all private and public school teachers, parish catechists, pastors--anyone who wants to grow in their understanding of teaching as a sacred gift. Each day has a different inspirational quote from the Scriptures and a second inspirational quote from one of the following sources: *Saint John Baptist de La Salle, patron saint of teachers *a teaching document by Catholic Church leaders *a saint or religious leader *a contemporary educational leader *Pope John Paul II
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If you're looking for a book that reaffirms the belief that God loves us absolutely and unconditionally, this is a book you'll truly enjoy. Readers are welcomed into a thoughtful, contemporary discussion in a pastoral manner without pretense. The author explains how feelings of frustration, loneliness, and even dissatisfaction are really our true self holding out for something more while being guided by God's desire for our complete and total happiness.
Why God Loves Us…No Matter What explores the concept of God's unconditional love in terms everyone can understand. This book will be worthy of conversation at home or among small faith sharing groups! This book can be an important guidepost along anyone's spiritual journey. Ligouri Publications Fall 2007, paperback 144 pages.
