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Know Thyself : The Game Of Temperaments
$29.99Add to cartDiscover the secret building blocks of your personality with this fun and enlightening game that reveals players’ temperaments – the personal qualities that make them who they are!
We are all born with distinct personality traits. Some love going to parties, while others seek solitude. Some are naturally brash and assertive, while others are content to just get along.
We don’t pick and choose these character features; they’re just part of the way we’re made.
Ancient philosophers identified four basic temperaments that wise thinkers through the ages have used to understand human nature.
Now comes Know Thyself! The Game of Temperaments – the first game to help you identify, understand, and appreciate your own temperament, and those of your friends and family.
Take charge or follow the lead? Jump in feet first or analyze and contemplate? Introvert or extrovert? Focused or distractible?
All of these traits point to the temperament you were born with. Which one is yours, and how much of the others do you have?
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Drinking With The Saints (Deluxe)
$39.99Add to cartRaise Your Spirits and Toast the Saints!
It’s the full-color edition of Drinking with the Saints!
Recipe for a liturgically correct cocktail: mix Bartender’s Guide and Lives of the Saints, shake well, garnish with good cheer. Drinking with the Saints is a concoction that both sinner and saint will savor.
Michael Foley offers the faithful drinker witty and imaginative instruction on the appropriate libations for the seasons, feasts, and saints’ days of the Church year.
*A guide to wine, beer, and spirits, with more than three hundred cocktail recipes
*Lively full-color sketches of scores of saints, from the popular to the obscure
*Tips on giving the perfect toast and on mixing the perfect drink
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Let Go Of Your Fear
$15.95Add to cartGary Zimak, author of the bestselling book Give Up Worry for Lent!, explores two Gospel stories of Jesus calming storms–and his disciples–to show you how to manage the big feelings of life and recognize the difference between feeling fear and living in fear.
Zimak’s practical retelling of these familiar stories–one in which Jesus is asleep in the boat, the other when he walks across the water toward his disciples–is a gentle invitation to encounter the Lord in the midst of your own storms, to move from discouragement to courage, and away from anxiety and toward hope.
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Abide : A Pathway To Transformative Healing And Intimacy With Jesus
$17.95Add to cartIn this personal healing retreat from Heather Khym, cohost of the popular Abiding Together podcast, you are invited you to break through the barriers that prevent you from trusting and experiencing the deep love of Jesus and the utter joy that comes when we vulnerably bring our entire selves to the foot of the Cross.
Rooted in the teaching of Khym’s Vancouver-based ministry, Life Restoration, Abide shares scripture, essential Catholic teaching, and her personal healing journey to reintroduce you to God as your Divine Healer, the Restorer, and Miracle Worker. Khym offers you a compass to navigate your past as you dig into difficult memories that have disoriented your understanding of God and made you afraid to trust him. She challenges you to cast off your self-protective tendencies and to recognize your need for healing so you can be the person you were created to be.
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Set The World On Fire
$18.95Add to cartOnly four women in the two thousand-year history of the Church–Therese of Lisieux, Teresa of Avila, Catherine of Siena, and Hildegard of Bingen–have the distinction of being named Doctors of the Church because of their impact on the faith.
In Set the World on Fire, bestselling author, retreat leader, and spiritual director Vinita Hampton Wright offers a four-week personal retreat that immerses you in the dramatic lives, historical eras, and groundbreaking ideas of these formidable saints and invites you to develop the grit, humility, pragmatism, hope, joy, and vision these women possessed.
Each week of your retreat begins with weekend reading and prayer to introduce the saint and the primary topic of the chapter, followed by five days of morning and evening prayer. Much of the text comes from the saint’s own writings. Scripture, reflection questions, and suggestions for action are designed to help you engage personally with the saint and her wisdom for living your faith.
Each week offers a unique and in-depth experience of the saint and her unique gifts to the Church:
*Week one: St. Therese of Lisieux–the young Carmelite nun whose autobiography sent ripples across Christendom–will teach you to love God through her Little Way.
*Week two: St. Teresa of Avila–a Carmelite who spent years reforming her order and gave to the world a spiritual masterpiece called The Interior Castle–will instruct you in trusting your personal experience of God.
*Week three: St. Catherine of Siena–a Third-Order Dominican who poured out her life for people in need but also gave astute, sharp direction to Church leaders–will guide you to live every moment with courage through the love of truth.
*Week four: St. Hildegard of Bingen–a Benedictine abbess whose spiritual visions led to books, poetry, music, art, and early scientific discovery–will show you how to engage life with passion and creativity.
Each woman’s experience of God, understanding of spirituality, and timeless wisdom gained her the title Doctor of the Church, which indicates that through her life, research, study, and writing, she has deepened and advanced the faith.
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Afterlife : Purgatory And Heaven Explained
$18.95Add to cartFr. Dolindo Ruotolo’s Surrender Prayer brought understanding and peace to countless souls amid the turbulence of the last century. Now, in our age of incomparable uncertainty, this miracle-worker and visionary writer offers the assurance you need to resolutely face the final things: death, judgment, Heaven, and Hell.
Read these pages, and you’ll embark on the ultimate journey of discovery into what happens to the soul after death. You’ll read true stories of the dead who have communicated to loved ones from the great beyond; you’ll learn how the saints described their mystical experiences, and you’ll investigate stunning supernatural phenomena that remain unexplained by science.
Notably, Don Dolindo provides proof for the existence of Purgatory and explains what it’s like for the souls suffering there. Moreover, he describes the consequences of sin and how the souls in Purgatory are awaiting our sacrificial suffering to be released into Paradise.
Best of all, Don Dolindo offers spiritual wisdom that you can apply to your daily life and shows you how to prepare for a holy death and the glory of the world to come. He describes the remarkable mystical experience of the soul’s awe-inspiring entrance into Heaven and explains the unique power of Our Blessed Mother to help us get there. You’ll also learn:
*The most important prayers that help free the Holy Souls in Purgatory
*Why even venial sin impairs our relationship with God
*Why good works, almsgiving, and penances are powerful atonements for sin
*Why we need Our Lady’s maternity, humility, and love for souls
*Why the saints delight in interceding for us
*The sublime ecstasy and complete fulfillment that await us when we behold the Holy Trinity in Heaven -
Peace Be With You
$17.95Add to cartAt a time in which stress, depression, anxiety, and suicide are all on the rise, Peace Be with You will guide you and your loved ones on how to overcome negative thoughts, be freed – externally and internally – from sinful habits, access supernatural grace, and grow in happiness and holiness. You will learn concrete strategies for coping with emotions such as anger, sadness, doubt, worry, inferiority, and fear.
The renowned missionary and psychologist Fr. Narciso Irala explains the secret to finding the “emotional fullness to immunize us against many psychosomatic illnesses” and, significantly, emphasizes the critical role of faith in psychology. A rich tool for counselors, teachers, and directors, this treasure of a book is ideal for anyone seeking the path to true happiness, tools to living a virtuous life, and ways to achieve better health.
Reprinted over 65 times, Peace Be with You is replete with practical tips, inspirational reflections, case studies, real-life anecdotes, useful diagrams, examples from the lives of the saints, and encouraging maxims to live by.
Best of all, it opens the door to God’s healing by helping you appreciate beauty and grow in receptivity to God’s will, even amid suffering.
You will also learn how to:
*achieve better-quality sleep and overcome insomnia
*rest and avoid exhaustion
*manage depression with natural and supernatural remedies
*practice relaxation to avoid overwork, stress-induced illness, and mental exhaustion
*become more efficient and decisive through practical exercises
*live in the present moment and develop greater mental concentration -
Beginning Well : 7 Spiritual Practices For The First Year Of Almost Anythin
$13.95Add to cartAre you starting a new job, retiring, getting married, expanding your family, or making another significant change in your life?
The first year of almost anything new can be both a blessing and a challenge. In Beginning Well, Joel Stepanek, vice president of parish services at Life Teen International, shows how being shaken out of your routine when you start something new can free you to become a better Christian. He offers seven spiritual practices to get you through transitions and help you lay a strong foundation for true happiness.
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Lifetime Of Love
$13.95Add to cartIf you ask legendary football coach Lou Holtz about his greatest accomplishment, he doesn’t talk about winning a national championship at the University of Notre Dame. Instead, he’s most proud of his fifty-nine-year marriage to Beth and raising their four successful children together.
In A Lifetime of Love, Holtz offers couples young and old practical advice on marriage and parenting gleaned from his fifty-nine year marriage. He shares stories from he and Beth’s life away from the football field that reveal the couple’s deep faith in God and commitment to each other and their children.
The Holtzes faced many challenges throughout their marriage: Lou’s coaching jobs meant he was often away from home and caused their family to move multiple times. Beth suffered a long battle with illness. Through it all their marriage–and family–remained strong because of the practical lessons they learned as they rode the ups and downs of life.
In this inspiring story, you’ll find Lou and Beth’s powerful examples for successful marriage and parenting, including:
*Find ways to connect daily.
*Make sure your children feel loved and appreciated.
*Be intentional about time together.
*Learn from each other and accommodate one another’s needs.
*Prioritize faith and prayer.The Holtzes intended to write this book together, but after Beth’s death Lou decided to celebrate his wife’s memory by completing the story of their life together. Their children–Luanne, Skip, Kevin, Elizabeth, and their spouses–also share memories of growing up in the Holtz family, adding their voices to the story of their parents’ love.
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Therese De Lisieux
$17.95Add to cartIn 1895, at the Carmel of Lisieux, sister Therese of the Child Jesus, following the order of her Prioress, her own sister Pauline, undertakes to write her life story. At first, The Little Flower was Therese Martin, a hypersensitive child, following her mother’s premature death. When she joins the Carmel order of her sister Pauline, who in many aspects replaced her mother, a strange illness takes over her and interferes with her abilities. But the miraculous smile of a Virgin Mary statue sparks off her swift recovery. But that is not all – Therese receives a second blessing on Christmas Eve, and overcomes her hypersensitivity. From then on, and in her own words, she starts “to run like a giant”, and obtains a derogation to enter the Carmel of Lisieux at the premature age of 15. She dies of tuberculosis on September 30th, 1897, leaving her burning, passionate autobiography, The Story of a Soul.
At dawn on the day she was born, Therese Martin receives from a child the promise to become a rose one day. Twenty-four years later, at the Carmel of Lisieux, she promises “to let fall a shower of roses” upon her death. Mysteriously followed by this mystical leitmotiv, Therese lets herself be consumed by love until her very last breath. According to her, to love is to give all. In a century still marked by jansenism, she rediscovers Divine Mercy and invents a spiritual childhood path, which will later make her a Doctor of the Church. After Joan of Arc, whom she deeply admired, she is the Second Patron of France.
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Devil In The Castle
$21.95Add to cartWe often think of demons appearing only in extravagant and extraordinary manifestations or working only through “bad” people. But the truth is more frightening than that. Most demonic activity takes place undetected, under the radar, and can even be hidden in our own prayer lives and in the churches where we attend Mass. Subtlety, illusion, and deceit are the preferred tactics of Satan’s army of fallen angels, and they are waging an invisible battle for souls – right now – within and around us all.
With St. Teresa of Avila’s masterpiece The Interior Castle as his guide, bestselling author Dan Burke takes you on an illuminating journey through the seven levels of spiritual progress, explaining what God is accomplishing within your soul at each stage, as well as the finely tailored demonic strategies applied to throw you off your path.
You’ll learn how the devil is as active in your prayer life as you are, and how the saints were able to counter Satan as he adapted his schemes to correspond with where they were on their spiritual journeys.
By discovering the myriad challenges St. Teresa faced and the remedies she employed to advance the spiritual progress of her soul, you’ll know precisely what to expect as you progress in your current state to your final spiritual destination. You’ll also learn:
*The marks of authentic contemplative encounter with God
*Why God uses dryness in prayer to advance the progress of our souls
*How to know if you’re still in the “Purgative Way”
*How desolation can work for the good of the soul
*Why it’s dangerous to assume that your decisions are correct if you feel at peace
*How to fight distraction in prayer
*The 11 ways to test the authenticity of charismatic gifts -
Catholic Mass : Steps To Restore The Centrality Of God In The Liturgy
$21.95Add to cartWe are going through a period of liturgical exile, explains Bishop Athanasius Schneider in this enlightening book, and the vast proliferation of modern abuses are crying out for liturgical reform. The primary source of most modern abuses, he declares, is man’s narcissistic tendency to idolize himself instead of paying homage to God.
In what is sure to be seen as one of the most impressive and authoritative books ever written on the Catholic Mass, Bishop Schneider reestablishes what Catholics have known for centuries but have largely forgotten today: that the Mass is the highest form of Christian prayer, which enables us to express with exterior worship our interior belief.
He describes how saints such as Padre Pio and John Vianney helped the faithful enter into a profound spiritual experience during Mass, and he explains why the Mass should serve as a means to lift our hearts to God so we can surrender to His will. You’ll come to understand why the rubrics are vital to preserving the authenticity of the liturgy, and you’ll learn why architecture, music, sacred art, and even incense are vital symbols that direct our attention to Heaven. You’ll also learn:
*How to recollect and listen to God’s Word properly
*The keys to lifting your heart and surrendering to God’s will at Mass
*Why it’s essential to celebrate the Mass ad orientem
*How following the rituals assists you in contemplating the spiritual
*Ways you can unite yourself to the sacrifice of Christ on the Cross
*The most profitable ways of spending time in thanksgiving following Holy Communion -
Food For The Soul Cycle C
$34.95Add to cartVatican II called the Bible “the support and energy of the Church,” “the pure and everlasting source of spiritual life,” and “the food of the soul.” Yet, for many Catholics, their engagement with Scripture is often limited to what they hear at Mass. In Food for the Soul (Cycle C), the third book in a riveting three-part series, celebrated philosopher Peter Kreeft invites the faithful–clergy and laity alike–to a heart-to-heart relationship with Christ the Word through the Word of the Scriptures.
Moving through the first reading, second reading, and Gospel reading for each Sunday and other major liturgical celebrations throughout the three-year lectionary cycle, Kreeft brings the Mass readings to life with his trademark blend of wit and wisdom, challenging readers to plant their souls in the rich soil of Scripture and sharpen their minds with the Sword of the Spirit. Whether you are a layperson looking for additional insight on the readings at Mass, or a priest or deacon looking for inspiration for a homily, Food for the Soul is a gift to the whole Church from one of today’s greatest Christian writers.
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Persecuted Of Pakistan
$18.95Add to cartFor 2,000 years, the persecution of Christians has taken place wherever the Church has been present – essentially, in every corner of the world. More than 260 million Christians around the globe are facing some form of persecution right now, and that number continues to climb each year.
The Persecuted is an astonishing book that tells the real-life stories of brave Christians who are suffering intimidation, oppression, and violence right now as they resolutely live out their Faith in Muslim lands. The author, Casey Chalk, shocked by what he saw as a journalist living overseas, presents with skill and sensitivity these riveting stories that he witnessed firsthand.
This global tour of Christian persecution will take you from the slums of Karachi, where Islamic extremists harass and kill beleaguered Christians, to the bustling, exotic streets of Bangkok, where Christians hide in fear while awaiting adjudication of their refugee applications. You’ll meet brave Christians who escaped Muslim persecution to make a new life in the Netherlands, and others who slipped away only to become trapped in Russia. Casey tells the stories of Christians who were tortured and, in some instances, killed in Muslim nations – and then lays out a strategic plan for rescuing as many as possible from their plight.
Chalk also addresses other fundamental issues, explaining why Islam’s radicals feel they must declare war on Christianity and why they persist in enslaving the Christians in their midst. He also explains how they have managed to get away with this appalling conduct in the face of powerful international organizations-and the Catholic Church herself-spotlighting the persecution and calling for its end.
These harrowing stories bring you face-to-face with fellow Christians enduring the ultimate test in distant lands. They will strengthen your faith and also prepare you for what may lie ahead here in the West if we fail to heed the advice given in this timely and important book.
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Cardiologist Examines Jesus
$19.95Add to cartThe Gospels might not be “good enough” for modernity, and science is certainly its god. But neither is an impediment to the one, true God. Indeed, He is using methods of the twenty-first century — His twenty-first century — to show how our Faith can be proven through Eucharistic miracles with clinical scientific precision. In this astounding book, prominent cardiologist and author Dr. Franco Serafini walks us through the extensive medical and scientific research into five Eucharistic miracles, unveiling the stunning testimonies of hematologists, oncologists, neurologists, geneticists, molecular biologists, and more who all concluded the same thing: the five Eucharistic miracles are undeniably authentic. In surprising and fascinating ways, each of these miracles relates to the others: all reveal heart muscle tissue, many reveal a heart that was experiencing extreme suffering, and some reveal a heart still enduring tissue trauma. You’ll learn how the human DNA found in Eucharistic substances was identified, what kept a revered eighth-century relic alive until the twenty-first century, and how the identical blood group recurred in the unique miracles to provide contemporary man with a thrilling statistical fortress. Best of all, you’ll be armed with the scientific data to prove not only that God is still active in the world but that He desires all of us to be in union with Him through His Most Precious Body and Blood.
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Behold The Handmaid Of The Lord
$13.95Add to cartConsidered by many to be the greatest book of Marian spirituality in one volume, True Devotion to Mary is St. Louis de Montfort’s classic statement on the spiritual way to Jesus Christ though the Blessed Virgin Mary. In Behold the Handmaid of the Lord, Marian theologian Fr. Edward Looney masterfully summarizes the central teachings of St. Louis in a ten-day personal retreat that will bless even those who have completed the full devotion.
During the course of ten days, you’ll explore ten different titles for Mary popularized by St. Louis. Each presents a distinct aspect of her motherhood and protection while illuminating the spiritual path to Jesus through Mary.
You’ll get to know Mary and become devoted to her as:
*The Queen of All Saints
*Our Lady of the Holy Trinity
*The New Eve
*The Mother of the Interior Life
*The Mother of Disciples
*The Star of the Sea
*The Queen of All Hearts
*The Mediatrix of Grace
*The Mold of God
*Our Mother and Our QueenEach day you will reflect on Mary’s role in your life and the practical implications of that connection before wrapping up with a brief closing prayer tailored to the day’s title. You’ll come away prepared to begin or renew your consecration to Mary and with a refreshed love for the Mother of Jesus.
The book includes an appendix for step-by-step consecration to Mary.
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Christmas Blossoms
$17.95Add to cartZhang Jian is a master artist of interior glass painting. He celebrated Christmas as a child before the Communist Revolution overturned his simple and beautiful world. But he never forgot the sights, smells, good cheer, and happy anticipation of that joyous season.
Familiarity with the enchantments of Christmas is a rare thing in China. Throughout his life, quiet Jian draws on this private inspiration to craft especially lovely Christmas ornaments for girls and boys across two oceans, bringing financial success to the glass works factory where he is employed.
After Midnight Mass, overcome with sacred emotion, old Jian designs and paints one last ornament with the intention of inspiring the men and women of his country to understand who they are in relation to the Christ child.
Christmas Blossoms is an impassioned and imaginative tale that explores the fascinating irony of our most cherished Christmas objects, both sacred and secular, produced by the artists and craftsmen of Communist China. In their imaginations, in the depth of their hearts, what do these artisans think of the mangers, the shepherds, Santa Claus, and Mother Mary? Of the star, the bells, the holly, and the Wise Men? Most significantly, what do they make of the Holy Child Who exists at the heart of the West?
A story for young and old, parents and children alike, this beautifully illustrated novella captures how the Christmas spirit endures and stirs hearts despite the antagonistic forces of commercialism and oppression-and it will touch your heart as well. Prepare to be swept away as you witness the precious moment when Christmas returned to China.
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Josephs Donkey
$16.95Add to cartJoseph’s Donkey is the heartwarming tale of a noble donkey purchased by St. Joseph shortly before his marriage to the Blessed Virgin Mary. The trusted creature helps Joseph in his carpentry business by hauling wood and stones, but he also plays a key role in all the major events recorded in the Infancy Narratives in the Gospels: he carries Mary to Bethlehem, where she gives birth to Jesus; he takes the Holy Family to Egypt to escape the evil king Herod; and he shuttles the family to Jerusalem, where the twelve-year-old Jesus gets “lost” in the Temple and is then found again.
This rich and beautifully illustrated book will be a source of stirring entertainment for children, who will fall in love with the strong, dignified, humble, hardworking donkey. But more importantly, Joseph’s Donkey will introduce children in a potent way to the mysterious and wonderful character of St. Joseph himself. For the donkey in this story is a mirror image of the honorable head of the Holy Family. Thus, in coming to know and cherish the donkey, children will come to appreciate and grow close to Jesus’ foster father – the person whom God the Father chose above all others to watch over, guide, and protect His only begotten Son.
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Beggar And Bluebird
$16.95Add to cartThe Beggar in the Bluebird is a charming story of a little bird whose flight southward for the winter keeps getting delayed because of the strange requests of a local street beggar. This inspirational children’s story demonstrates that great love and self-giving are always rewarded-though not in ways we can predict. It introduces children to the concept of the corporeal and spiritual works of mercy. Finally the book holds a big surprise for children at the end, which will remind adults of a famous scripture quote from Hebrews 13:2 about angels.
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Biblical Walk Through The Mass
$14.99Add to cartAs Catholics, the Catholic Mass is the center of our Faith. We celebrate it every day. We know all the responses. We know all the gestures. But do we know what it all means?
In A Biblical Walk Through the Mass, Dr. Edward Sri takes us on a unique tour of the liturgy. Based on the revised translation of the Mass, this book explores the biblical roots of the words and gestures we experience in the liturgy and explains their profound significance. This intriguing look at the Catholic Mass is sure to renew your faith and deepen your devotion to the Eucharist.
This book is used as the text for A Biblical Walk Through the Mass Study Program, but it may also be purchased separately.
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Mother Angelicas Guide To The Spiritual Life
$17.95Add to cartMother Angelica, the celebrated founder of EWTN Global Catholic Network, dedicated her life to directing the gaze of her audience to Heaven. This volume assembles her most profound and timeless advice on how you can grow in holiness and achieve your ultimate purpose – to spend eternity in Heaven with Jesus.
In her typical entertaining but uncompromising style, Mother Angelica reminds you that salvation is won at a great price. You’ll learn why following Christ is often so difficult, and you’ll discover the simple ways you can begin even now to make progress in the most vexing areas of your life.
Mother Angelica will inspire you to enter willingly and confidently into the battle for virtue while she offers time-tested methods for overcoming your fears and anxieties. She’ll identify the many common flaws and obstacles to spiritual growth and share with you the strategies the saints employed to conquer their temptations. You’ll also learn:
*How to conquer nervousness, self-doubt, and timidity
*How to deal with tension involving a loved one
*Why not all anger is intrinsically wrong
*Ways you can avoid dwelling on past missteps
*Why we all have genuine identifiable weaknesses
*Techniques for profiting from criticism – and for avoiding situations that bring it about
*How to know if someone is bringing out your best or least favorable qualities
*Why uncertainty is different from doubt
*How hang-ups over past mistakes can thwart future growth
*The four essential duties of all parents
*How to evaluate your spiritual growth with humility and objectivity
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False Mercy : Recent Heresies Distorting Catholic Truth
$19.95Add to cartFor most of his teaching life, Dr. Christopher Malloy has been correcting common, often widely accepted falsehoods, misunderstandings, and half-truths spread inside the confines of the Catholic world. Distinguishing between what Catholics must believe to be saved, what they can accept as unsettled, and what they must reject, he makes clear that both Catholic tradition and Sacred Scripture are under continuous assault. Therefore, it’s imperative to develop in yourself the traditional habits of mind.
In this brilliant exposition of doctrine, rivaling those of Chesterton and Belloc, Dr. Malloy uses a rich variety of Catholic documents and catechisms to explain specific modern heresies, how they cropped up, and the actual Church teachings they seek to undermine. In the process, he shows:
*How Catholic teaching has been indirectly undermined and eroded by modernists
*How to hone your defenses against any opponent ? no matter how officially “Catholic” ? who denies, distorts or dilutes Catholic teaching
*How to identify real development of doctrine so that smooth-talking theologians can’t so easily palm off heresy as “development”
*Why the heresy of “doctrinal evolutionism” is the key to understanding the current Church crisis
*Why Hell is not just an empty threat, as some modern heretics suggest
*How you can respond to the leading intellectual wolves without getting lost in the weeds
*Why the Church has been hemorrhaging believers for decades
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Christmas Light
$16.95Add to cartCold, cranky, and restless one winter’s night, the young daughter of a Bethlehem innkeeper is bothered to wakefulness by the crowded, comfortless condition of her family’s sleeping loft. Recalling the young couple staying in the stable out back, she arises to bring them some fire for warmth. There she approaches the newborn Babe asleep in the manger and has an encounter that changes her mood and alters her life forever.
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Stained Glass Rosary
$12.99Add to cartA Stained Glass Rosary cleverly pairs a modern and sleek design with the richness of traditional sacred art to transform how you pray the Rosary. Increase prayerful focus and deepen your meditation as you become immersed in the 20 mysteries of the Rosary through stained glass masterpieces from the 13th – 17th centuries.
With limited distractions and containing just enough content without being overwhelming, A Stained Glass Rosary is designed to be used while praying. Each turn of a page reveals a mystery of the Rosary with its corresponding full-page stained glass art, spiritual fruit, and a Printed Bead Tracker. Simply move your thumb down the page of beads to keep your place, allowing the colors of the tracker to pull you into the scene of the stained glass.
While designed for adults, A Painted Rosary is suitable for older children as well. It is perfect for those learning to pray the Rosary, those who want to pray on the go, and especially for those who desire to enter more deeply into the mysteries of the Rosary and the life of Christ.
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Encounters With Angels
$18.95Add to cartDiscreet but ever faithful, the angels play a vital role in God’s plan for our lives. Created as spiritual beings who mediate between us and God, angels serve as our constant companions, advisers, and protectors, watching over us while standing before God’s throne in Heaven. In this powerful new book, Odile Haumonte carefully combines the writings of Scripture, Tradition, and the testimony of saints who met angels face-to-face to unveil for you the breathtaking facts behind these heroic heavenly beings. Because they are living reflections of the Holy Face they contemplate, angels draw us into the mysteries of Heaven. Haumonte shows you how to identify the subtle signs–not the overtly miraculous, but consequential details–of angelic presences in the here and now. You’ll learn where angels are fully present in the Mass and liturgy, and the role they play in your personal prayers. You’ll even discover how angels help us to nurture our children’s desire for God and how they lead us into a profound desire to please Jesus. Take in these pages and you’ll soon find yourself on an electrifying spiritual journey that opens your eyes to the role angels are playing in the specific choices you make, and how you can more effectively place yourself under their protection. You’ll also learn: W The nine classes of angels–what they are and why they matter W The role angels play at the time of our death W How angels, who know the Word of God perfectly, help us to discover and understand it W Why angels are unable to access your thoughts W Why the fallen angels have no chance of redemption W How angels can assist you in times of temptation W How they are present in intimate family occasions and gatherings of groups that pray.
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Painted Rosary
$12.99Add to cartA Painted Rosary cleverly pairs a modern and sleek design with the richness of traditional sacred art to transform how you pray the Rosary. Increase prayerful focus and deepen your meditation as you become immersed in the 20 mysteries of the Rosary through paintings from the 11th – 17th centuries. With limited distractions and containing just enough content without being overwhelming, A Painted Rosary is designed to be used while praying.
Each turn of a page reveals a mystery of the Rosary with its corresponding full-page painting, spiritual fruit, and a Printed Bead Tracker. Simply move your thumb down the page of beads to keep your place, allowing the colors of the tracker to pull you into the scene of the painting.
While designed for adults, A Painted Rosary is suitable for older children as well. It is perfect for those learning to pray the Rosary, those who want to pray on the go, and especially for those who desire to enter more deeply into the mysteries of the Rosary and the life of Christ.
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My Catholic Keepsake Memory Book Sacred Heart Cover
$19.99Add to cartLet’s make Catholic memories!
“My Catholic Keepsake” is a modern memory book / scrapbook designed just for Catholic parents. Use this book to record your child’s developmental AND faith-based milestones from birth to age 18. From baby’s first step and first time going to Mass, all the way to Confirmation and Senior Year, “My Catholic Keepsake” helps you document so many important moments. Thoughtfully designed for busy Catholic families, this book contains just enough without being overwhelming. Capture memories little by little over the years and you’ll end up with the perfect graduation gift for your child as they head onward, armed with reminders of the importance of their faith!
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Great Adventure Kids Bible Coloring Book
$7.99Add to cartThis 10” x 13” Bible Story Coloring Book includes almost fifty pages of illustrated Bible stories designed to help teach children the story of salvation history in chronological order.
Each of the twelve periods of Bible history features:
*four coloring pages,
*A brief summary of the time period or Bible story, and
*A key Bible quote that accompanies each pictureThis is a fun way for children to interact with the Bible while building their understanding of the overall story of the Bible in a historical context.
Age: 6 and up
Format: Coloring Book
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Prayer : The Great Means Of Salvation And Perfection
$15.95Add to cartProclaimed a Doctor of the Church and justly revered for his efforts and achievements as a pastor and bishop, St. Alphonsus offers here one of the most powerful and accessible primers on the art of prayer ever written.
The graces necessary for salvation cannot be obtained from God except by prayer, explains the legendary eighteenth-century saint and scholar. Indeed, the damned have been lost precisely through their failure to pray, and all the blessed have been saved by their perseverance in prayer.
Unbeknownst to many, mental prayer is the only weapon sufficient to overcome every assault of the devil. Prayer is a port where we are safe in every storm, and a treasure that provides us with every good. It is only through the reflection and meditation of mental prayer that we come to know eternal truth, identify the hidden sins that keep us from salvation, and gain the inspiration of holy thoughts, desires, and resolutions.
With St. Alphonsus’s wise and holy advice, you’ll learn not only how to master the art of mental prayer, but also:
*How to becomes docile and tender to the influence of grace
*Why God permits you to be assaulted by your enemies
*Why the grace of salvation is not a single grace but a chain of graces linked with that of final perseverance
*The key to developing confidence in your prayers
*The three reasons God delays granting you perseverance
*How prayer overcomes worries about being saved
*How souls in Purgatory can serve as spiritual aides for you
*The critical differences between mental prayer and devotional prayer
*Key prayers Alphonsus himself offered and his specific recommended daily aspirations
*What the ancient Church Fathers determined was the single most useful prayer exercise
*The ideal place, time, duration, and posture for prayer
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$19.99Add to cartLet’s make Catholic memories!
“My Catholic Keepsake” is a modern memory book / scrapbook designed just for Catholic parents. Use this book to record your child’s developmental AND faith-based milestones from birth to age 18. From baby’s first step and first time going to Mass, all the way to Confirmation and Senior Year, “My Catholic Keepsake” helps you document so many important moments. Thoughtfully designed for busy Catholic families, this book contains just enough without being overwhelming. Capture memories little by little over the years and you’ll end up with the perfect graduation gift for your child as they head onward, armed with reminders of the importance of their faith!
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Millennial In Paradise
$17.95Add to cartIn each generation, heroes of the Faith, whom the Church recognizes as saints, emerge. There are many characteristics that they have in common, but none thus far have used cell phones, played PlayStation video games, or searched for information on Google.
That is about to change.
A young “computer geek” named Carlo Acutis, who created a website cataloguing every reported Eucharistic miracle in the world and died of leukemia a year later at age fifteen, was beatified in November 2019, after a healing miracle in Brazil was attributed to his intercession. Since the beatification ceremony one year later, solemn crowds have been filing past the exposed relics of the blessed youth in Assisi’s Church of Santa Maria Maggiore.
Carlo is a sign of contradiction in the modern world who serves as a heroic model for today’s young people-a teenager who programmed computers and enjoyed films and comics yet lived as an authentic and sincere disciple of Christ. In these pages, you’ll discover how he embraced the Faith as a boy and developed the virtues necessary to live a Christ-centered life in a secular society, how he overcame the vices that plagued him, and how he gracefully dealt with heartaches he could not divulge even to his parents.
When he developed leukemia, he offered his suffering both for Pope Benedict XVI and for the Catholic Church, saying: “I offer all the suffering I will have to undergo for the Lord, for the Pope, and the Church.” In this surprising and inspiring book, you’ll also learn:
*How Carlo became holy, in only a few short years
*The young man’s unusual loneliness and how he dealt with it
*His strategy for resisting peer pressure
*How he had fun without losing control and learned to resist gluttony
*How he interacted with teen girls who became his friends
*Why his explanations about the Mass are used in today’s catechism classes in Italy
*How he dealt with friends who were sexually promiscuous and what he told them
*How he responded to the shocking news that he was dying (which happened two weeks later)
*His remarkable Eucharistic Miracles Exhibition-made possible by his computer skills-that is now touring churches all over Europe
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Saints Like Me Great Asian Catholics
$11.00Add to cartSaints Like Me: Great Asian Catholics
Join us as we celebrate some incredible Catholics from Asia! This study board book was created so that you and your children might fully understand that God has called us all to be saints. We worked hard to bring you their stories and their faces as you meditate on your own call to holiness.
Many of the individuals included in this book have been promoted to the level of saint, while others are on the way to sainthood. Regardless, all the people included are remarkable examples of the transforming love of Jesus Christ in real life.
Great Asian Catholics includes an original, colorful portrait of each person as well as a short biography. Each biography is concluded with a phrase to help children connect more fully with the saint and an invitation to be like them.
It is our hope that through this simple book you can make some more friends in heaven and grow in your own desire to be a saint.
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Saints Like Me Great Black Catholics
$11.00Add to cartGreat Black Catholics is a beautiful board book that features incredible Black Catholics from all over the world, including those that have been named Venerable, Blessed and Saint. Each saint is depicted through a realistic and beautiful custom portrait. Along with that, we have included simple text about each saint, a map showing where the lived and powerful words allowing all readers to understand how they can be like this Great Black Catholic.
We put this book together for one reason: NO KID SHOULD GROW UP THINKING THAT SAINTS DON’T LOOK LIKE THEM. No matter what we look like, we are called to be saints. Also, when we arrive in heaven we will be greeted by a multitude of saints that represent every type and color of person!
That is what this book celebrates. It is our hope that all children, no matter their race or culture or life experience, can see this book and be reminded that we are all called to saints.
Praise be to Jesus Christ!
The following Black Catholics are featured in this book:
1. St Felicity
2. St. Moses the Black
3. St. Martin de Pores
4. Venerable Henriette DeLille
5. Blessed Victorie Rasoamanarivo
6. Venerable Augustus Tolton
7. St. Charles Lwanga
8. St. Josephine Bakhita
9. Blessed Benedict Daswa
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Catholic Guide To Miracles
$18.95Add to cartIn this fascinating, eye-opening book, Adam Blai offers a uniquely comprehensive, careful, and thoughtful exploration of miracles, the Church’s process of approving them, and the telltale signs of demonic counterfeits.
As a certified consultant for exorcists in the Diocese of Pittsburgh and an auxiliary member of the International Association of Exorcists, Blai has spent decades studying and experiencing the supernatural. His confidence in the supernatural is based not only on his faith, but on his extensive experiences and observations. Now he shares in extraordinary detail what he has learned about miracles and their meaning for Catholics today.
You’ll come to understand why Christ allows miracles to occur in our day and savor a stunning variety of stories of healings, apparitions, Eucharistic miracles, modern-day stigmata, heavenly near-death experiences, angelic apparitions, and other amazing events. You’ll find out how miracles are validated by the Church and why we should believe them. You’ll learn the ranks that St. Thomas Aquinas applies to miracles and how science and modern medicine should increase our belief in miracles. You’ll also discover:
*The history of miracles in the Old and New Testaments
*True stories of miraculous healings in our time
*How miracles prove the true apparitions of Mary
*The facts and fictions surrounding levitation
*How to identify false faith healers
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Saint Joseph : Watch Over My Family
$14.99Add to cartTo accomplish his great redemptive plan of love for humanity, God chose Mary, wholly pure, to be Jesus’ mother. And he chose Joseph, a just man, to be the guardian of Mary and Jesus.
To celebrate the 150th anniversary of the declaration of Saint Joseph as Patron of the Universal Church, Pope Francis proclaimed a special Year of Saint Joseph. It began on December 8, 2020 and will last till December 8, 2021.
With this delightful, inspiring and beautifully illustrated book, children will learn about and grow closer to Saint Joseph. They will also learn to ask for the powerful intercession and protection of this discreet and humble man, who always put Jesus and Mary first while placing himself at their service.
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Contagious Faith : Why The Church Must Spread Hope, Not Fear, In A Pandemic
$19.95Add to cartEven by the most unrestrained estimates, the Covid pandemic never approached the lethality of the Spanish flu of 1918. Yet the effect that our fears, amplified by the mass media, had on society were infinitely more debilitating.
In times such as these, our Christian faith has always offered hope and strength. But this past year was different. The reservoir of Christian belief was drained to dangerously low levels, and many Christians succumbed to the epidemic of fear.
In this clear-eyed book about the real Covid crisis, Philip Lawler dissects how Church leaders and the faithful responded to this health emergency. He explains the devastating effects on society when Church leaders tell their people not to attend Sunday Mass, and when they ban Confession, marriages, and baptisms. He tackles the dangerous consequences of treating schoolchildren like lepers and explores the ethics of vaccines and the plight of parish priests caught in the middle.Best of all, Lawler reveals how faithful Catholics responded to major crises in previous centuries and calls on today’s Christians to display the same courageous faith that once offered hope to a fearful world – one that radiates inner peace, confidence, and hope in times such as these.
Epidemics may come, wars may rage, and governments may teeter and fall, but when our eyes remain fixed on the Lord, we will know serenity and draw souls to Christ. Our hope and courage will be contagious, and our society will be saved from the death spiral into fear, hatred, and despair that we are witnessing.
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All You Holy Women Pray For Us
$16.95Add to cartAll You Holy Women is the perfect introduction for little ones looking to learn about some of the holiest saints in the Catholic Faith. With this sturdy board book, your child will come to know about St. Joan of Arc, St. Mother Teresa, St. Kateri and more through fun rhymes and adorable illustrations. The saints provide a wonderful example for all of us to live by, so start your children off right by teaching them about these extraordinary and holy women who devoted their life to Christ.
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Libertys Lions : The Catholic Revolutionaries Who Established America
$19.95Add to cartWithout Catholics, there would have been no Revolution – and no America.
This is the fascinating story of Catholic heroes who, despite discrimination and persecution, saw the promise of America and sought to fight for its independence.
Some of these Catholic heroes were Americans, like the three Carroll brothersmof Maryland who included Charles, the longest-lived signer of the Declaration of Independence, John, America’s first bishop, and John Barry, one of the founders of the U.S. Navy.
Other heroes were foreign-born: Frenchmen like legendary generals the Marquis de Lafayette and the Comte de Rochambeau, as well as Polish soldiers such as Casimir Pulaski, the founder of the U.S. Calvary, and the daring Thaddeus Kosciuszko. All were inspired by their Catholic faith to join the Revolution and its call for human freedom and dignity.
Yet despite the prohibitions on Catholic worship, the forced loyalty oaths, and “Pope’s Night” demonstrations, George Washington played a pivotal role in allowing these Catholic contributors to shine during an era of intolerance.
For all who are passionate about the Catholic Faith and the American experiment, Dan LeRoy’s Liberty’s Lions is a book you won’t be able to put down.
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Under Siege : No Finer Time To Be A Faithful Catholic
$21.95Add to cartDecades as a Christian leader – most notably at the U.N. as president of the Center for Family & Human Rights – have earned writer Austin Ruse, once a Washington liberal with little faith, his share of defeats and triumphs. Perhaps most valuably, he has intuited keen tactical insights from his confrontations with the dark side of human nature. You come away from this groundbreaking book with the sense that Ruse knows the enemy better than the enemy knows himself.
Ruse carefully examines how the anti-Christian forces gained power over every elite institution in America. He exposes their most deviant plans for the future. He then issues his authoritative call to arms, brilliantly arguing that there is no finer time to be a faithful Catholic. God Himself called each of us to live in this time and place, to contribute to the renewal society and the Church, and to vanquish the enemies of civilization.
Ruse argues that each of us is called specifically to this battle and he provides a roadmap for fighting the major challenges American Christians now face. He identifies the vulnerabilities of the Leftists who appear so dominant today, and he pinpoints Catholicism’s most potent sources of resistance.
More than anything, Ruse argues that, as dark as these days seem to be, future generations will look upon this generation with envy that they could not have been here with us in these dangerous times when everything seems so lost.
Ruse lays it all out in these simple, balanced pages. The best days could be ahead for us, but only if we accept – and stick to – this plan to rebuild Christendom.
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Pocket Guide To The Sacrament Of Reconciliation
$24.95Add to cartThe Pocket Guide to the Sacrament of Reconciliation is a beautiful, prayerful book by Fr. Mike Schmitz and Fr. Josh Johnson which helps Catholics enter in to the Sacrament of Reconciliation more deeply.
In this small but powerful book, Fr. Mike and Fr. Josh explain:
*How to make an excellent examination of conscience
*How to identify the root cause of sins you find yourself confessing over and over again
*What to do if you don’t feel sorry for your sins
*What to do if you can’t think of anything to say
*What do to if you are afraid to confess a particular sinThis book includes an examination of conscience and the text of the Act of Contrition.
Its small size, page-holding ribbon, and durable Alpha Cowhide cover make it perfect to bring with you every time you go to the Sacrament of Reconciliation!
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Thief Who Stole Heaven
$18.95Add to cartThe Holy Family is set upon by roadside thieves when Jesus is a boy. The leader of the gang is the Bad Thief; among them is a young Dismas, the Good Thief. Remembering his own mother and family, Dismas is moved with compassion and persuades the leader to let them go. While on the cross many years later, Dismas is caught in the entrancing gaze of Mother Mary from down below, and suddenly realizes that the man next to him was the captivating boy from that fateful day long ago. He asks Jesus for forgiveness. Knowing exactly who he is, Jesus forgives him and assures him of Paradise that very day.
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Tolkiens Modern Reading
$29.95Add to cartTolkien’s Modern Reading addresses the claim that Tolkien “read very little modern fiction, and took no serious notice of it.” This claim, made by one of his first biographers, has led to the widely accepted view that Tolkien was dismissive of modern culture, and that The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings are fundamentally medieval and nostalgic in their inspiration. In fact, as Holly Ordway demonstrates in this major corrective, Tolkien enjoyed a broad range of contemporary works, engaged with them in detail and depth, and even named specific titles as sources for and influences upon his creation of Middle-earth. Drawing on meticulous archival research, Ordway shows how Tolkien appreciated authors as diverse as James Joyce and Beatrix Potter, Rider Haggard and Edith Nesbit, William Morris and Kenneth Grahame. She surveys the work of figures such as S.R. Crockett and J.H. Shorthouse, who are forgotten now but made a significant impression on Tolkien. He even read Americans like Longfellow and Sinclair Lewis, assimilating what he read in characteristically complex ways, both as positive example and as influence-by-opposition. Tolkien’s Modern Reading not only enables a clearer understanding of Tolkien’s epic, it also illuminates his views on topics such as technology, women, empire, and race. For Tolkien’s genius was not simply backward-looking: it was intimately connected with the literature of his own time and concerned with the issues and crises of modernity. Ordway’s ground-breaking study reveals that Tolkien brought to the workings of his fantastic imagination a deep knowledge of both the facts and the fictions of the modern world.
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Biblical Way Of Praying The Mass
$15.95Add to cartWe love the Mass. We know it to be, as Vatican II teaches, the “source and center” of our Christian life. But we also wish we prayed it more fully, more from the heart, that we benefitted more from it, that it blessed our day more deeply. At times, its prayers, hymns, readings, even the Consecration and Communion, seem, more than we wish, to pass us by without touching our hearts in the way we desire. Two hundred years ago, a dedicated priest, Venerable Bruno Lanteri, shaped a biblical way of praying the Mass that transforms presence at Mass into a true prayer of the heart. For each part of the Mass, Venerable Bruno chooses a biblical person and invites us to live that part of the Mass with his or her sentiments. In this book, Father Gallagher shares this rich approach to praying the Mass. Chapter by chapter, he explores each biblical figure and how his or her heart reveals a way to pray the corresponding part of the Mass. Each chapter includes spiritual exercises that prepare the reader to pray that part of the Mass. Images from classic Catholic art provide a visual accompaniment to these exercises of prayer. This book help you pray the Mass from your heart-and no greater gift can be given in the spiritual life.
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Our Ladys Picture Book
$16.95Add to cartIn this charming book, DeStefano introduces Catholic children to well-known images of the Blessed Virgin Mary by giving children a peek into her own personal “picture book.” Over the centuries, Our Lady has been the subject of thousands of works of art that depict her as an advocate of sinners, a protector from harm, and a powerful intercessor with her Son. Our Lady’s Picture Book highlights Mary’s unique role in salvation history by explaining some of her most famous titles of honor, including: Our Lady of Sorrows, Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Our Lady of Loreto, Our Lady of the Assumption, Our Lady, Star of the Sea, Our Lady of the Rosary, Our Lady, Mother of Mercy, Our Lady, Queen of Peace, and the Immaculate Heart of Mary. When children read this book, they will not only be captivated by its exquisite images, but will also learn to ask Our Lady to intercede for them with Jesus at all times and in all circumstances. Indeed, Our Lady’s Picture Book is actually a beautiful, book-length prayer to the Mother of God. Together with Our Lady’s Wardrobe, it will give children a magnificent yet simple introduction to the main purpose of Mary’s life-to love and serve Jesus Christ and to lead others to do the same.
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Meditations After Holy Communion
$14.95Add to cartAfter you receive Holy Communion at Mass, what do you do? In the book Meditations After Holy Communion, Fr. Edward Looney will help you to pray in those intimate moments with the Lord Jesus through meditative reflections. Use the guided meditations when you return to the pew, in a few moments of quiet after Mass, or pray with your family on the drive home from Church. Inspired by the work of Fr. Daniel Lord, SJ, Fr. Looney seeks to renew the practice of Eucharistic prayer and reflection and teaches a method of prayer for the occasion. He will guide you through each Sunday of the year with meditations relevant to the current liturgical season, whether it is Advent, Christmas, Lent, Easter, or Ordinary Time. This book will reinforce your belief in the real presence and teach you how to ponder and pray to our Eucharistic Lord.
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Aquinas On The Four Last Things
$17.95Add to cartWe think of an end as something that comes last, which is certainly the case with the Four Last Things – Death, Judgment, Heaven, and Hell. They certainly do come last, at the end of our lives and at the end of the world. The Church’s great “Angelic Doctor,” St. Thomas Aquinas, reminds us that proper actions are determined by their ends, their ultimate goals or final endpoints. In this sense, an end is an organizing and motivating principle. Becoming increasingly mindful of the death, judgment, and heaven or hell that await us all at the end, should provide for us a new beginning, a beginning of good choices, choices that abhor and reject sin while helping us grown in virtue and closeness to Christ during our brief time on earth. Indeed, there is absolutely nothing of greater importance to each and every one of us than how and where we will spend eternity, enrapt in the unspeakable bliss of the beatific vision of God in heaven, or suffering unspeakable torments within the depths of hell. In these pages, under the guidance of the Angelic Doctor, the hundreds of Scriptural passages and writings of earlier Church Fathers he pulls from, and with current teachings from the Catechism of the Catholic Church, we will ask – and answer – questions like these, and dozens more:
* Where is purgatory in the Bible?
* Why should we pray for the dead and to the saints?
* What four special gifts will perfect our glorified bodies in heaven?
* How could eternal punishment for sins committed in our brief time on earth be just? -
This Present Paradise
$15.95Add to cartDecades before Vatican II called for the sanctification of the laity, St. Elizabeth of the Trinity prophetically claimed that holiness is not exclusively the domain of priests and nuns but is truly for everyone.
God created the human soul to be a special channel of His grace on earth and to serve as a unique image of His love. Few saints have spoken to hearts as acutely as St. Elizabeth of the Trinity, who has helped even the busiest, weariest, and most distracted of us create an inner chamber within our souls where we can rest in God s peace and love.
In this tender yet powerful book, author Claire Dwyer takes you on a spiritual journey with this little-known but fast-ascending saint. She shows you how to overcome aridity in prayer and discover ways to bring peace to familial relationships. You will learn how to identify and fulfill the specific mission God has for you and how to draw courage and meaning from the inevitable sufferings you will face.
Best of all, you will learn how to encounter and live in union with God, which opens up a sanctuary of peace within your soul.
The purpose of your life is not something to discover in the remote future. You can begin to live your ultimate end union with the Trinity right now in the secret center of your heart, where the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit already dwell. St. Elizabeth of the Trinity has revealed the way. Read this book, and you will see with new eyes that your eternal destiny is already living within you, in this present paradise.
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Inside The Cloistered Life
$17.95Add to cartThis gem of a book is essential reading for anyone interested in knowing the hidden details of life in Carmel — “the powerhouse of prayer.” Sr. Marie, a young novice, addressed this revealing series of letters to her parents and family about her life in the Carmelite convent. Her letters provide a treasure trove of timeless information about the lives of these spiritual warriors from the moment they rise early in the morning to their praise of God at the end of each rich, joy-filled day working for His glory and souls.
In her letters, Sr. Marie answers all of her family’s questions in an endearing, conversational way and explains all aspects of her new life as a Carmelite nun. Her profound reflections and the down-to-earth, often humorous stories she tells will enable you to taste the Carmelites’ life-giving vocation and discover how you can imitate their devotion in your own daily life. As you journey on this “retreat,” you will also learn about:
*Adventures in the lives of the Sisters
*Fascinating customs that will enrich your Faith
*Awe-inspiring celebrations for Christmas, Easter, and every season
*The history behind devotion to the Child Jesus, the Scapular, and the Carmelite Order
*Sacred traditions, prayers, and maxims to live by
*Types of sacrifices Carmelites offer for souls in the worldA diocesan priest described the Sisters as “priests’ silent partners in saving souls — silent partners in the eyes of the world but atomic blasts at the foot of God’s throne.” Through their secret sacrifices and love, you will see how the Sisters of Carmel aid in the redemption of the world. Above all, you will be motivated to more intentionally pray and work for souls in the hidden, ordinary tasks of your own life.
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Imitation Of Mary
$17.95Add to cartOur Lord is constantly pouring out graces upon mankind, yet only a few those closest to His heart know how to receive them. Sadly, countless graces are left unclaimed (likely many by you!) and are thus never allowed to further God s will on earth.
How different our lives would be if we accessed God s grace more intentionally!Thankfully, God in His compassion gave us a perfect model for disposing ourselves to His graces and responding to them: the Blessed Virgin Mary.
In The Imitation of Mary, Fr. Quan Tran shows you how to imitate the twelve essential qualities of Mary in order to unleash a torrent of graces in your life. He explains that, like any gift, grace must be received, opened, and used. As you learn how, you ll begin to acquire the temperaments, dispositions, and qualities that are most pleasing to God and you ll serve as a channel of God s grace for others.
You ll also learn:
*The three major obstacles to living a life of faith
*What to do if you experience a crisis of faith
*The four levels of happiness and how to acquire them
*How it s possible for you to merit an increase in graces
*Seven ways you can cultivate a rich devotion to Our Lady
*The difference between sanctifying grace and actual grace
*The four effects that grace will have on your soul -
Saints Chronicles Collection 5
$14.95Add to cartThe Saints Chronicles bring vividly to life the stories of courageous Christians from the earliest days of Christianity to modern times. All five volumes of this popular graphic novel series are packed with engaging texts and dramatic images that captivate readers of all ages and inspire them to appreciate and live out more fully their participation in the Mystical Body of Christ.
The stirring adventures of these brave Christian souls remind us that God has in mind for each of us a unique mission worthy of all our imagination and all our daring.
Appealing to readers of all ages, these graphic novels will educate, enlighten, entertain, and inspire while illuminating the path of holiness and solidifying in your children a decidedly Catholic worldview.