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What Catholics Need To Know About Islam
$19.95Add to cartIt is no longer permissible to have an honest conversation about Islam. Those who warn about Islam’s threat to our way of life are dismissed as racists and xenophobes by social elites and even by many in the Catholic hierarchy.
For centuries, the Catholic Church served as a bulwark against Islamic expansion. Today the Church is an enabler of Islam, encouraging mass migration into the West and portraying Islam as a peace-loving religion that has nothing to do with terrorism.
In this highly informative, hard-hitting book, Catholic author William Kilpatrick pulls no punches in courageously confronting the threats posed by Islam. He shows how Muslim activists are employing the same tactics that led to the meteoric rise of the LGBT movement and how they have systematically infiltrated the government, media, business, schools, and even churches.
He explains how Western self-hatred and political correctness makes jihad possible, and he reveals how the media conceals and covers up for atrocities committed in the name of Islam.
In many European countries, you can be arrested for criticizing Islam. Meanwhile, desecration of churches is on the rise, police fear to enter Muslim zones, and London has become the acid-attack capital of the world. Europe is slowly capitulating to Islam, writes Kilpatrick, and the same can happen here if we don’t wake up in time.
Among the many urgent topics covered in this compelling book are:
*Why stealth jihad is more dangerous than armed jihad
*Why you should worry about virgins in paradise
*Why the rise of gender confusion has led to the rise of Islam
*Do Christians and Muslims worship the same God?
*Is the face of the migrant the face of Jesus?
*Are Islamic family values the same as Christian family values?
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7 Secrets Of Divine Mercy
$15.99Add to cartIn the Second Edition of this compelling and timely book, Flynn draws from Scripture, the teachings of the Church, and the Diary of St. Faustina to not only reveal the heart of Divine Mercy, but to offer you an invitation and a road map so that this mercy can transform your life.
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Maximilian Kolbe : The Saint Of Auschwitz
$14.95Add to cartWritten for young adults, this graphic novel tells the story of St. Maximilian Kolbe and his extraordinary life of sacrifice. From his childhood, Maximilian ardently desired to share his devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary. This desire eventually led him across the world, from Poland to Rome and from India to Japan. Like the great saints he admired, including St. Paul Miki and St. Catherine Laboure, Maximilian Kolbe was a true witness to the unfailing love of Mary and to the joy of self-sacrifice, even in the hopeless hunger bunker of Auschwitz. His courage and faith will inspire readers to entrust themselves totally to the will of God in all things.
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Family Examine
$4.00Add to cartThe Family Examine is a beautifully illustrated story book. Full color.
This short story book is actually a prayer, not a story. Based on the Ignatian Examine, The Family Examine will take our family through this powerful mediation, together. Along with prompts for the examine, each day also features the incredible art of Jen Olson, which depicts an image of the Holy Family. Therefore, the Holy Family is your real guide through this powerful exercise.
As we worked on this book, here is how I dreamt this book would be used:
A parent grabs the book and sits down on the couch. Kids snuggle in. The family makes the sign of the cross and then the parent open the book and reads the opening prayer. Now the family begins the Examine together. On the first page they pause and silently become aware that God is present. Next, the family recalls and shares one beautiful thing they experienced. Next, each person shares a way that they felt love today, and then sorrow and finally grace. Maybe not everyone will share for each topic, but together the family will recall the way God worked in their life that day.
The book concludes with a prayer for your family.
It’s simple and beautiful. And the art on each page will inspire you as you recall they way God was present in your day.
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Better Part Four Volume Set
$59.95Add to cartEvery saint and renowned spiritual director through the ages has said the same thing: if we desire to become saints, we must spend time daily in meditation. With this book, Fr. John Bartunek has created an extensive, Christ-centered resource to serve as your daily meditation companion. The Better Part offers a practical explanation of Christian meditation (along with a cheat-sheet!) as well as material to draw from during your meditations, including a Bible study on the Gospels, a survey of saints’ writings, and a handy guide to prayer.
As you learn to read, meditate upon, absorb, and apply the Gospels to your life, you’ll also find ways to personalize your times of prayer, allowing you to follow the Holy Spirit’s lead along the path of holiness. Open these pages to discover the methods of meditation that best suit you, develop your friendship with Christ, and experience the true Christian joy of a deep, fruitful life of prayer.
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Storybook Of Saints
$18.95Add to cartWritten for children five to eight years old — but a delight for all readers — My Favorite Saint Stories tells about the world’s greatest heroes: the saints.
Focusing not so much on historical details about the saints but on a few memorable events in the lives of each, it is not so much a collection of biographies as a storybook.
As such, the 40+ brief tales in it are not written to catechize children or inform them of the many details we know about the saints; rather, they are intended to awaken in children a deep admiration for those good souls — the kind of admiration children have for King Peter of Narnia or Frodo or Robin Hood; the kind of admiration that sends young children off in a flurry to find a costume; the kind that begins a relationship today that extends into tomorrow, the next day, the day after that, and ever on into heaven, with the saints in eternity.
Here are delightful stories that will spark the imagination of children, move their hearts, and inspire their souls — in a word, lead them to fall in love with the saints.
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Our Ladys Wardrobe
$16.95Add to cartOver the centuries, Our Lady has appeared at many different times and in many different places, but few realize that she almost always appears in quite diverse and dazzling styles of dress.
In these stunningly beautiful pages, best-selling children’s author Anthony DeStefano considers Mary’s distinctive raiment in the various apparitions and elucidates the message she bears in each. By means of these wise pages and their delightful images, children come to understand the main lesson of Mary’s whole life — the need to do whatever her son Jesus tells us to do.
First, children meet Our Lady in Nazareth, poor and therefore not robed in splendor. Next, they encounter her in Heaven, dwelling in an enormous mansion (as is promised by Jesus to all who live there) with an exquisitely beautiful wardrobe. DeStefano engages young readers in consideration of fifteen exterior garments of Our Lady, thereby leading young souls directly into the interior messages of her Immaculate Heart.
Here children will explore the wardrobe and messages of:
–The Blessed Virgin Mary in Nazareth
–Our Lady of Mount Carmel
–Our Lady of Perpetual Help
–Our Lady of Czestochowa
–Our Lady of Grace
–Our Lady of Lourdes
–Our Lady of Fatima
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Drinking With Your Patron Saints
$19.99Add to cartMichael Foley, author of Drinking with the Saints and Drinking with Saint Nick, presents cocktails and lively stories in honor of Patron Saints. If you are a policeman, you will want to keep St. Jude’s Day (October 28) with added joy, festivity, and appropriate libations; if you are a fireman, you will want to do the same on St. Florian’s (May 4). German? St. Boniface. Mexican? Our Lady of Guadalupe. Irish? St. Patrick, of course! With playful creativity and incredible historical knowledge, Foley presents curated cocktail recipes for Patron Saints that will add Catholic flair to any amateur mixologist’s repertoire.
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Jesus Speaks To Faustina And You
$16.95Add to cartIn her celebrated 700-page spiritual Diary, St. Faustina Kowalska (1905-1938) tells of her many visions of Jesus and her conversations with Him. For years now, best-selling and award-winning author Susan Tassone has lived in the thrall of that spiritual classic, recently drawing forth from its rich mystical depths 365 meditations.
Each meditation features Jesus’ words to Faustina, to which Tassone has added a short original reflection and a prayer to help you hear and live by Jesus’ words as if they had been spoken directly to you. From these pages, you’ll discover the mercy, love, and compassion of the Lord that’s available for you — day by day, each day of the year.
In Jesus Speaks to Faustina and You, you’ll learn:
–The amazing depths of Jesus’ infinite, unfathomable love for you
–Ways to heal your family through the mystery of God’s mercy
–How to develop stronger, deeper, more effective daily prayers
–How to increase your awareness of and response to the inspirations of the Holy Spirit
–How to overcome temptations — all of them!
–That purgatory is real, important … and a blessing
–How you can use the Divine Mercy Chaplet for all your needs, including overcoming despair, converting sinners, appeasing God’s anger, comforting the dying, and finding solace in the midst of suffering
–How to become a saint by learning from the Saint of Mercy, a woman who spent her life — day by day — learning about infinite love and the compassion of God, who is Divine Mercy
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Catholic Faith Explained
$18.95Add to cartWritten for believers and others seeking to know the faith of Catholics better, this simple, straightforward introduction presents the basics of what the Church teaches about God and explains why believing in Him is important. While conveying the true and deepest substance of the Faith, it nonetheless remains accessible even to persons who are religiously untutored. Emphasizing in particular God’s self-revelation and the meaning of human life, it addresses most of the common objections that modern men and women have to Christianity in general and to Catholicism in particular.
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Pocket Guide To Adoration
$24.95Add to cartPocket Guide to Adoration equips Catholics with the tools they need to improve the way they pray and cultivate a deeper relationship with Jesus in the Eucharist.
Drawing from the wisdom of the Church and the writings from spiritual masters like St. Teresa of Avila and Fulton Sheen, Fr. Josh Johnson has produced an evergreen resource that Catholics will want to take with them every time they go to Adoration.
This pocket guide includes:
*Stories of Eucharistic miracles
*Lectio divina prompts and reflections
*Inspiration from the saints
*Litanies and devotionals, including the*How to remain fixed on the face of Jesus during adoration.
*What to do with the distractions that will inevitably come in prayer.
*How to discern with the Holy Spirit the invitation from Jesus to rest during their time in *Eucharistic Adoration.
*How to overcome spiritual dryness.
*How to pray with the Sacred Scriptures.
*How to pray with the mysteries of the Rosary during Adoration.
*How to pray with the lives of the saints.
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Spiritual Warfare And The Discernment Of Spirits
$14.95Add to cartSatan is always at work breeding sadness and anxiety while providing obstacles that prevent souls from making spiritual progress. In this concise yet powerful book, author Dan Burke presents the venerable, time-tested wisdom of Catholic mystics to help you understand the influence of the Enemy on your mind and heart, and the tactics you need to combat him.
With St. Ignatius as his guide, Burke presents here an indispensable, authoritative manual for engaging in daily battle with the Adversary-combat that is both inevitable and winnable. Burke will help you recognize the ebbs and flows of consolation and desolation, and distinguish between the voices of God and of Satan. Best of all, you’ll come to see the spiritual life not as a science to be learned, but as an intuitive art to be practiced as you move with increasing success from habitual sin to sanctity.
The battle for our souls is unavoidable. The saints won theirs by learning how to be spiritual warriors and by recognizing that we become stronger through battle and grow weaker from avoidance. With this book as your guide, you’ll grow in strength and contentment as you learn:
*How to take captive every negative thought and make it obedient to Christ
*St. Ignatius’s revelations exposing how the Devil seeks to influence us
*The Paradigm of Ascent and the Five Steps to Sanctity
*The three ways you can discern “Good Spirits” from “Bad Spirits”
*The three principal causes of desolation-and what you must do when it afflicts your soul
*Proven methods for moving away from sin and toward self-giving love of God and neighbor. -
Lord Teach Us To Pray
$18.95Add to cartFrom Roman Catholic Archbishop Fulton Sheen’s vast body of work, Catholic evangelist Al Smith has here gathered many of Sheen’s finest writings, focusing on six major themes presented in classical Sheen style, both deep and succinct: the Our Father, the Mass, the Holy Hour, Thoughts for Meditation, the Stations of the Cross, and Prayers of Meditation and Petition.Together, these readings constitute a journey of prayer, a mini retreat that carries you through the central events in Christ’s life: His Passion, His Death, His Resurrection, His sending of the Holy Spirit, and His coming again in glory.
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Devil Is Afraid Of Me
$17.95Add to cart“We can do nothing against you because you are too protected!”
So declared a frustrated host of devils to Father Gabriele Amorth, the priest exorcist in Rome who spent thirty years battling the Devil and his minions by performing more than sixty thousand exorcisms. All the while, he deftly used modern media to awaken our disbelieving modern culture – and even the Church – to the reality of the Devil and his nefarious actions at all times and everywhere.
In these eye-opening pages, angelologist Father Marcello Stanzione tells the fascinating story of Father Amorth and his life as an exorcist. You’ll learn of his daily schedule and how he managed to perform dozens of exorcisms each week. You’ll find out what his exorcism room looked like, and how various devils responded to his bold practice. Best of all, you’ll read Father Amorth’s own startling explanations of many truths about the Devil that our culture has forgotten – and about the canny methods the Deceiver has adopted in recent years to corrupt believers and unbelievers alike. Among the many questions Father Amorth answers here are:
-How can we recognize the action of the Evil One?
-Can a person in the afterlife enter spiritually into a living person?
-Which prayers of liberation are the most successful?
-What are the four methods a demon uses to enter souls?
-Can demons hide from an exorcist?
-What are the six characteristics of evil spells?
-Are all instances of clairvoyance managed by demons?
-Is an exorcist infallible in his judgment and his ministry?
-Why is there no longer any possibility of salvation for the fallen angels?
-What are the arms of combat that each of us must use to do battle with evil?
-And many more surprising facts about the Evil One and how to resist him.“We can do nothing against you because you are too protected!” cried the devils that Father Amorth battled. Let Father Amorth teach you in these pages how you, too, can be protected!
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Love God Love Me Love You
$9.95Add to cartYou must love the Lord Your God with all your heart, all your soul, all your strength, and all your mind… and love your neighbor as yourself. Luke 10:27. In Love God, Love Me, Love You, young readers meet Saint Martin de Porres, a very special saint who lived to serve others. He leaves them with a simple gift to remember the “greatest commandment” found in Luke’s gospel.
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You Do Not Need To Worry
$9.95Add to cartWhen following her heart meant leaving home to live among fellow Christians, Saint Kateri Tekakwitha needed to trust. The journey was long and full of obstacles. But the voice in her heart was the voice of God, and He never lets us down. In You Do Not Need to Worry, young readers meet Saint Kateri Tekakwitha in a lesson inspired by the Gospel (Matthew 6).
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Jesus Answers Every Prayer
$9.95Add to cartBlessed Justo Takayama Ukon was a Japanese nobleman and samurai warrior. He listened closely to the concerns of those he led and to the wishes of those he followed. He especially listened to Jesus. In Jesus Answers Every Prayer, young readers meet Blessed Justo Takayama Ukon and learn the most important part of prayer: listening.
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Im Joyful In The Mountains
$9.95Add to cartBlessed Pier Giorgio Frassati used to tell his friends how much he loved to feel “that pure joy which can only be felt in the mountains.” He loved that there was a place he could go for peace and time with God. In I’m Joyful in the Mountains, young readers will meet this amazing young man and feel encouraged to connect with God through experiences that bring joy!
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King Of The Shattered Glass
$19.95Add to cartSusan Joy Bellavance’s captivating story about an orphan, Marguerite, who worked in the King’s kitchen . . . now in hardcover.
When Marguerite repeatedly breaks the King’s precious glass, those around her tell her to bury the glass and hide the evidence. But Marguerite knows what she must do–she brings the broken shards to the King, explains what happened, and says she is sorry.
This beautifully illustrated story is a tale of courage, honesty, and bravery. More than that, what Marguerite receives from the King is what we all experience when we go to the Lord in Confession . . . His loving mercy!
Now in a NEW hardcover edition, exclusively from TAN Books.
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Weapons Of War
$17.95Add to cartEverybody’s favorite Catholic outer-space delivery pilots return for their greatest adventure yet in Weapons of War!
Fresh from saving the solar system while being introduced to God and his Church in The Truth Is Out There and defeating a lunar megalomaniac determined to rewrite salvation history in The Big Picture, Brendan and Erc land in a magnificent domed city on Mars-for what is supposed to be a simple shuttle job.
But soon they find themselves caught up in a sinister assault on faith and freedom.
Will Mars be lost to the Enemy?
Brendan and Erc’s only hope for the fight is in the power of God’s sacramental gifts.
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Overcoming Spiritual Discouragement
$14.95Add to cartWith warmth, understanding, and pastoral skill, Fr. Timothy Gallagher provides here a hopeful invitation to all who struggle to overcome the greatest obstacle of all in the spiritual life discouragement.
Our enemy actively exploits our vulnerabilities, shrewdly leading us time and again into an overwhelming sense of disturbance. But Fr. Gallagher pulls the curtain back on the wiles of the devil, offering gentle reflections that are remarkably effective in lightening the burdens of your day-to-day spiritual life.
You ll learn practical ways to find peace amid your spiritual struggles, and patience in the face of even the most intense trials. Best of all, you ll learn how to profit spiritually from the afflictions that beset you.
Each reflection in these pages begins with a quotation by Venerable Bruno Lanteri, the holy founder of the Oblates of the Virgin Mary, whose wisdom has guided the uncommonly insightful spirituality of Fr. Gallagher. In these pages, you will learn:
*What to do when you have reached the point of despair
*How to evade sadness, melancholy, and temptation
*Ways you can be joyful even when you do not feel mirth
*How to leave the sins, weaknesses, and failures of your past to God s mercy
*How to recognize the enemy, even when he presents himself under the appearance of good
*How to recognize the enemy, even when he presents himself under the appearance of good
*What is holy presumption, why you want it, and how to get it
*The five benefits you ll derive from regular Confession
*How each part of the Mass corresponds to an affection of the heart
*Proven techniques for waging warfare against negative moodsThere is no shame in spiritual desolation. Fr. Gallagher reminds us that the greatest of saints suffered from this affliction. The key is to learn how to draw closer to God in life s darkest moments.
Overcoming Spiritual Discouragement is a call to hope . . . a call to solace in time of suffering . . . and a call to stand tall in times of affliction. Read this book, and you ll learn how to enter into the sublime peace and joy that our Lord promises.
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Seed Who Was Afraid To Be Planted
$16.95Add to cartThere once was a seed
Who lived in a drawer
In a room of a mansion
By a beautiful shore…So begins this lovely retelling of the parable of the grain of wheat for children ages 3 and up.
The Seed who Was Afraid to be Planted introduces children to a tiny seed content to remain in his safe, cozy drawer with the other seeds. Suddenly, a day comes when the gardener who lives in the mansion takes the seed from his drawer and plants him in the ground. Faced with his biggest fear, the seed undergoes a miraculous experience that changes his life forever.
Beautifully illustrated and written in simple but delightful verse, The Seed who was Afraid to be Planted reminds us all that no matter how small or scared we may be, God has great plans for us-plans even more wonderful than we can imagine.
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Rosary Booklet
$10.00Add to cartDive deeper into your daily Rosary with the help of this Rosary Booklet.
The booklet is designed to help those just beginning to pray the Rosary, as well as those that have been to devoted to the Rosary for years. An introduction includes an explanation of how and why to pray the Rosary, as well words for all of the prayers for the Rosary.
From there, the book is organized by the mysteries of the Rosary. All of the following are included for each of the 20 mysteries of the Rosary.
*Custom art, created specifically for this booklet.
*Scripture Verses for the mystery
*A virtue to reflect on, pertaining to that mystery.
*A reflection to help you really “step into” the mystery of the Rosary
*A prayer to conclude each mystery.The booklet is small enough (4.5″x 6″) to fit into your purse and offers enough to reflect on for years to come.
And finally, the Rosary Booklet is priced as low as possible to ensure that everyone has access to it. Please, consider using this little booklet to grow closer to Our Blessed Mother.
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Priests We Need To Save The Church
$17.95Add to cartIn The Priests We Need To Save the Church, Kevin Wells lays out a blueprint of priestly heroism, calling for today’s shepherds to take the narrow path of self-denial once tread by St. John Vianney, the priest-saint of old, and his own uncle, beloved Monsignor Thomas Wells, who, before his shocking murder, led more than a dozen men to the priesthood and affected the lives of thousands.
It is the day-to-day witness of the sacrificial parish priest that will rescue a Catholic Church in seemingly terminal disarray. Exploring the astounding impact that his Uncle Tommy – thought by many to be a martyr for the Faith – had on so many souls, Wells shows how only the sacrificial and steady work of the parish priest can steer the Church aright, forming it into the holy, fruitful institution Christ intended two thousand years ago.
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Abandonment To God
$17.95Add to cart“I will teach you how you must navigate the stormy seas of the world with the trust and the love of a child who knows that his Father cherishes him and will never abandon him to danger.”
So wrote St. Therese, the Little Flower whose weakness and frailty nevertheless led her to become one of the great lilies in the garden of God.
Few have known the depths of suffering as did Therese, yet even fewer have possessed the deep peace that filled her soul. Now Fr. Jol Guibert, himself steeped in the richness of the interior life, reveals Therese’s secret of serenity: total abandonment to God.
Far from a terrifying surrender to the unknown, this abandonment is rather a total acceptance of the providential love of God, who directs our hearts even in the darkest nights of our lives, without letting us so much as stumble.
Join Therese on this gentle road to sanctity, and turn over your fears, great and small, to the Lord.
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Habits For A Healthy Marriage
$17.95Add to cartDrawing on his experience of forty years as a psychiatrist, Dr. Richard Fitzgibbons presents twelve habits that can foster healing and growth in Catholic marriages. This books helps couples to identify and resolve the major emotional conflicts that weaken their relationships and hurt their marriages.
Habits for a Healthy Marriage is unique because it draws on the field of positive psychology, which focuses on growth in virtues. Each chapter names a common marital problem along with a particular virtue that can help couples to overcome that problem. It shows that the road to healing is paved with forgiveness, not only between spouses but also within their families of origin. Along the way the author incorporates the luminous writing of Saint John Paul II on marriage and the timeless wisdom of the Catholic Church.
Whether you are newly engaged, recently married, or married for many years, the conflict-resolving strategies described in this book-the habits of a healthy marriage-can help you to protect your relationship from the emotional storms that often lead to quarrelling and mistrust, and sometimes to separation and divorce.
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How To Pray Like Mary
$19.95Add to cartListen-and Respond-Like Mary at the Annunciation
Mary has been called the “mother of listening.” She didn’t just hear the Word; she pondered it in light of her own relationships and circumstances and then let it transform her.
Sonja Corbitt is a best-selling author and one of the most dynamic and compelling new voices in the Church today. After years of Bible study, she recognized that the “mother of listening” was providing a model of prayer that has the power to revolutionize your life of prayer.
Starting with Mary’s response to the Annunciation, Sonja will show you how to pray with Scripture under the guidance of the Blessed Mother. You will learn a powerful practice for daily prayer as Mary models it: L-listen, O-observe, V-verbalize, E-entrust. Sonja draws from vivid biblical texts to show you the key to loving Scripture and deepening your relationship with God.
In How to Pray Like Mary you will:
*Develop a daily habit of life-changing prayer
*Understand Mary as the mother of the Church and a model for individual Christians … and why this is so important.
*Rediscover the power in the early Church’s method of Scripture-based prayer.
*Discover how to hear the voice of God in Scripture, and so that reading Scripture becomes a joyful encounter with the one who loves you.
* Find peace and direction every day as you turn to God’s Word and discover him working in your heart and your life.
*Most importantly: You will know how to respond to God when you do hear him, just like the Blessed Mother! -
Common Sense Catholicism
$18.95Add to cartThis work analyzes how the three key elements of a democratic society–freedom, equality, and fraternity–have been misconstrued by intellectuals and policy makers who do not respect the limitations of the human condition. Their lack of common sense has resulted in social and cultural problems rather than solutions to them. By contrast, the social teachings of the Catholic Church mesh nicely with the demands of human nature, and as such they offer the right remedy to our cultural crisis.
Freedom defined as radical individualism has eclipsed the understanding that real rights are tethered to responsibilities. Equality defined as radical egalitarianism yields little in the way of equality and much in the way of state-sponsored social discord. And fraternity without the foundation of familial bonds and religious communities leaves people isolated and disoriented.
Catholic teaching offers much wisdom to remedy our insufficient understanding of the elements needed for a free and flourishing society. Its common sense is greatly needed to help modern Americans rediscover the true meaning of their highest ideals.
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Saints Chronicles Collection 4
$14.95Add to cartThe Saints Chronicles bring vividly to life the stories of the courageous Christians from the earliest days of Christianity to modern times. All four collections of this Graphic Novel Series are packed with engaging texts and draamtic images that captivate and inspire readers of all ages.
In this fourth collection, you’ll dive into the life of Christianity’s boldest heroes of the Faith, including: Saint Wilibrord, Saint Margaret of Scotland, Saint Stanislaus, Saint Rose of Lima, and Saint Dominic.
The stirring adventures of these brave Christian souls remind us that God has in mindfor each of us a unique mission, worthy of all our imagination and all our daring.
Appealing to readers of all ages, these four Graphic Novels will enhance literacy and promote content retention while introducing Catholic saints in a form that can be enjoyed again and gain.
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How Christianity Saved Civilization
$18.95Add to cartIn these pages, scholars Mike Aquilina and Jim Papandrea take us back in time to show what the world looked like without Christianity. You’ll see many similarities to our time, including the glorifi cation of humiliation and violence, the dehumanization of the weak, and the killing of their young.
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Sacraments In Action
$12.99Add to cartThe Saints Chronicles bring vividly to life the beauty of our Catholic Faith. All four collections of this Graphic Novel Series are packed with engaging texts and dramatic images that captivate and inspire readers of all ages.
In this fifth collection, you’ll follow Hannah and Andy as they learn about theSacraments of Initiation ???????”???????????????” Baptism, Confirmation, and First Holy Communion.
Appealing to readers of all ages, these four Graphic Novels will enhance literacy and promote content retention while introducing Catholic saints in a form that can be enjoyed again and again.
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Saints Chronicles Collection 3
$14.95Add to cartThe Saints Chroniclesbring vividly to life the stories of courageous Christians from the earliest days of Christianity to modern times. All four collections of this Graphic Novel are packed with engaging texts and dramatic images that captivate and inspire readers of all ages.
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Saints Chronicles Collection 2
$14.95Add to cartThis graphic novel series for young adults brings vividly to life the stories of courageous Christians from the earliest days of Christianity to modern times. Each volume is packed with engaging texts and dramatic images depicting the stirring missions of these brave Christian souls.
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Saints Chronicles Collection 1
$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 four volumes of this Graphic Novel Series are packed with engaging texts and dramatic images that captivate and inspire readers of all ages.
In this first volume, you’ll dive into the life of Christianity’s boldest heroes of the Faith, including:
St. Patrick, a young boy captured by Irish pirates and made a slave, only to escape and later return to convert all of pagan Ireland to Christianity.
St. Jerome Emiliani, the bold soldier who became a Christian while imprisoned in a dark dungeon, escaping to join the priesthood and lead a life in service to the poor and suffering.
St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, the wealthy New York widow who made vows of poverty and chastity, creating the very first Catholic schools in the United States and becoming America’s first saint.
St. Henry Morse, the Catholic convert who became a priest and bravely spread the Faith in Protestant England, only to be arrested and martyred for being Catholic.
St. Joan of Arc, the thirteen-year-old-girl who God called to rally a demoralized army and lead the Catholic French to an overwhelming defeat of the English.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 four Graphic Novels will enhance literacy and promote content retention while introducing Catholic saints in a form that can be enjoyed again and again.
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C S Lewis Little Book Of Wisdom
$16.95Add to cartNovelist, poet, critic, lay theologian, and best-selling author of the ‘Narnia’ series, C. S. Lewis’ works have become timeless classics for adults and children around the world.
Here in one concise volume is the essence of his thought on subjects ranging from love and faith to ethics and morality and myth and literature that will throw open the windows of the soul and provide readers with bite-sized nuggets of wisdom and inspiration from one of the best-loved writers of the 20th century.
This lovely little gift book will provide sustenance, wisdom, and hope for both believers and seekers. And, most importantly, it will provide an entry point for those unfamiliar with Lewis that will make them want to explore his fiction and nonfiction works.
Selections from C.S. Lewis’ Little Book of Wisdom:
“If God had granted all the silly prayers I’ve made in my life, where should I be now?”“Surely arrested development consists not in refusing to lose old things, but in failing to add new things…”
“Do not dare not to dare.”
“We are mirrors whose brightness is wholly derived from the sun that shines upon us.”
“I didn’t go to religion to make me happy. I always knew a bottle of Port would do that. If you want a religion to make you feel really comfortable, I certainly don’t recommend Christianity.”
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Gospel Of Luke (Reprinted)
$26.99Add to cartIn this addition to the successful Catholic Commentary on Sacred Scripture series, Fr. Pablo Gadenz examines the Gospel of Luke from within the living tradition of the Church for pastoral ministers, lay readers, and students alike. Gadenz explains the biblical text clearly and concisely in light of recent scholarship and pays particular attention to the themes, theology, and Old Testament background of Luke’s Gospel. Sidebars explain the biblical background and offer theological insights from Church fathers, saints, and popes, and reflection and application sections offer suggestions for daily Christian living.
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Rejoice Advent Meditations With Mary Journal
$13.95Add to cartYou don’t change your life for an idea. You change your life for a person.
This Advent, don’t get caught up in the busyness. Don’t get lost in the anxiety of preparing for a day. Joyfully anticipate the coming of the person of Jesus through an encounter with his Most Blessed Mother. Imagine having an Advent that is more peaceful, more joyful, and more meaningful than ever before.
The Rejoice! Advent Meditations with Mary, Journal not only lets you walk beside Mary during the first Advent, but also lets you get to know her in a way you haven’t before. Rejoice! offers more than insights and information about Mary’s life it offers an opportunity for you to encounter Mary in the quiet of your heart.
Each day, in a few short pages, Fr. Toups provides you with aids to help guide your prayer:
*A word – Focus on a single word each day to draw out the details of who Our Lady is.*A reflection – Learn more about Mary, the culture in which she was raised, and the world in which she lived.
*A Psalm – Each day, you’re given a Psalm to pray (just as Mary herself would have prayed) to help you enter into prayer.
*A reading – In reading Scripture, you find the Word of God, bringing you closer to Mary, who carried the Word in her body.
*A prompt – Space is provided each day to journal. Record how the Lord is speaking to you this Advent.
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How Catholic Art Saved The Faith
$18.95Add to cartMore than 500 years after the Reformation, Elizabeth Lev shows how the Catholic Church responded to this turbulent age by finding an artistic voice to proclaim Truth through beauty. Exploring the works of Bernini, Caravaggio, Michelangelo and countless other Counter-Reformation artists, Dr. Lev shows how Catholic art in the 16th and 17th centuries was designed to confront challenges raised by the Reformation with soothing and persuasive voice of art.
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Doors In The Walls Of The World
$15.95Add to cart“There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy.”- Hamlet
After William Shakespeare’s Horatio sees the ghost of Hamlet’s father, and scarcely believes his own eyes, Hamlet tells him that there is more to reality than he can know or imagine, including ghosts.
Hamlet’s statement suggests that the walls of the material world, which we perceive with our senses and analyze with our intellects, have doors that open into the More beyond them. Philosopher Peter Kreeft explains in this book that the More includes “The Absolute Good, Platonic Forms, God, gods, angels, spirits, ghosts, souls, Brahman, Rta (the Hindu ontological basis for cosmological karma), Nirvana, Tao, ‘the will of Heaven’, The Meaning of It All, Something that deserves a capital letter.”
With razor-sharp reasoning and irrepressible joy, Kreeft helps us to find the doors in the walls of the world. Drawing on history, physical science, psychology, religion, philosophy, literature, and art, he invites us to welcome what lies on the other side so that we can begin living the life of Heaven in the here and now.
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Poor Old Liberal Arts
$16.95Add to cartIn this engaging memoir that covers fifty years of a lifetime spent in education as student, teacher, dean, and college president, the author presents a theme of profound importance for society in general, and for the future of education in particular – the loss of the liberal arts in our time, and how to regain them.
When young Robert Gannon was a college freshman in the early twentieth century, it was unthinkable that there would ever be a time when Greek and Latin would not be an essential part of the college curriculum. But over the next several decades, in a world radically altered by two world wars, he saw the liberal arts retreat before the New Materialism.
With wit and charm Gannon recounts along the way colorful episodes and amusing experiences of his many years involved with education and the liberal arts. He reflects on the great impact for good that the liberal arts have had in forming generations of students, and why their loss is such a tragedy. His trenchant remarks on the state of modern education in America and its future prospects make The Poor Old Liberal Arts a spirited, enjoyable and insightful work.
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I Went To Mass
$16.95Add to cartFavorite images from the Mass fill the pages of this beautiful book, helping children learn, label, and love what they see in their own church. With the book’s upbeat cadence, whimsical rhyme, and adorable illustrations, children will delight right along with the little boy at all there is to see at Mass.
I Went to Mass is sure to become a classic for Catholic children everywhere!
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Ball And The Cross
$22.95Add to cartWhen two men decide to fight for their respective beliefs, they discover to their astonishment that an unbelieving world won’t let them, and they find themselves partners and fugitives from the law in this steampunk satire. Penned by G.K. Chesterton in 1909, this whimsical and biting novel eerily foreshadows a world in which “tolerance” is the only god and all those who believe ideas are worth dying for are forced to stand together to defend freedom of speech and belief.
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His Angels At Our Side
$18.95Add to cartMeet the mighty spirits sent by God to enlighten and guide us, defend us from harm, and lead us on the path to eternal life. Learn how angels are invisibly present at every moment of your life, and how they can pray with you and for you, amplifying your praise by reflecting it directly to God face-to-face
Angels do not form a separate universe – they are an integral part of our own world sent forth for the sake of our salvation. They are pure spirits who communicate to us God’s grace, His goodness, and His truth.
In these pages, Fr. Horgan unveils the surprising role of the angels in our lives – and what you must do to gain their help. You’ll learn how to imitate the angels in prayer and how they offer you the enlightenment and the encouragement God so desperately wants to give you. By praying with the angels, you will be strengthened for what lies ahead, better able to discern and do the Lord’s will in all your actions. You’ll also learn:
*Why the Church teaches that the angels were created at the time of creation
*The responsibilities of the angels at every Mass
*The key difference between spirits and angels
*Seven habits you must develop to grow closer to God through His angels
*The difference between Archangel Gabriel’s apparitions to Mary and Zechariah
*How St. Joseph can expose you to the inspirations of the angels
*The difference in the way humans and angels think
*How you can imitate the warrior nature of the angels
*The three ways you must respond to your angel’s guardianship
*The five roles that every angel takes in their service for the Lord
*The surprising ways in which angelic warfare is carried out -
Walls Are Talking
$16.95Add to cartThis book narrates the harrowing and life-changing experiences of former abortion clinic workers, including those of the author, who once directed abortion services at a large Planned Parenthood clinic in Texas. These individuals, whose names have been changed to protect their identities, left their jobs in the abortion industry after experiencing a change of heart. They have come forward with their stories, not for fame or notoriety, but to shed light on the reality of abortion. They want their stories to change the lives of others for the better.
These stories are difficult to read, because an abortion is an act of violence, harming not only the obvious victim–the unborn child– but also the mother, the father, the doctor, and everyone else involved. But these stories also offer hope, for they show that anyone, no matter what part the person has played in an abortion, can start anew, can make amends for past mistakes. They demonstrate that the first step on that journey is telling the truth, as these courageous individuals do in these pages.
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3 Secrets To Holiness In Marriage
$16.95Add to cartDan DeMatte, former star of the A&E reality series God or the Girl, and his wife, Amber, unlock the keys to marital happiness and saintly holiness by guiding you on a thirty-three-day, at-home study for couples that will not only strengthen your marriage but also reenergize your relationship with God and improve your entire family’s walk with Jesus. The retreat will help you incorporate the virtues of poverty, chastity, and obedience into your marriage so you can become the spouse, parent, and Catholic you’ve always wanted to be.
The ultimate goal for the Christian life is heaven, but what path should a couple take to get there?
The DeMattes, who have worked together in youth and family ministry for more than fifteen years, believe it’s holiness-living as Jesus did.
Giving and receiving love and living for the sake of others-especially your spouse and children-will help you achieve holiness, the DeMattes say. You can even find holiness in the everyday tasks of marriage and family life such as doing the dishes, changing diapers, and cleaning up messes.
In The Three Secrets to Holiness in Marriage, the DeMattes walk you through a thirty-three -day retreat that culminates in consecrating your marriage to Christ. They will help you achieve perfect love for each other, your family, and God by incorporating the virtues of poverty, chastity, and obedience into your life. This retreat will help you fall deeper in love with Christ, your spouse and children, and the world God calls you to serve.
Each chapter includes discussion questions and a prayer for couples.
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Mindful Catholic : Finding God One Moment At A Time
$24.95Add to cartA Wellspring Title
2018 Catholic Writer’s Guild Award Winner!
Whether we are carrying out routine life behaviors, trying to pray, or conversing with others, the way our minds work significantly impacts how well we function. But many times we may feel like our mind has a mind of its own.
*You fall into bed exhausted at the end of the day, craving a good night’s sleep, only to have your mind race in a million directions.
*Prayer is an exercise in futility, full of distractions and wandering thoughts.
*In the midst of a conversation, you suddenly realize you haven’t heard a word the other person has said.
*You arrive at a destination with no recollection of how you got there.
These all-too-common occurrences are examples of how our minds can seem to be completely out of our control. We end up merely going through the motions day after day, feeling anxious and preoccupied. But it doesn’t have to be that way.
Dr. Greg Bottaro explains how mindfulness can help us become aware of the present moment and accept it. Catholic mindfulness is a way to practically trust God more in our lives. Instead of separating faith from day-to-day life, mindfulness helps bridge the gap so we can feel the sense of safety and peace God intends us to have.
Following the simple exercises in this book, you’ll discover how mindfulness can help you be more present to everything in your life from a trip to the grocery store or relaxing with friends to listening more attentively to a homily or meditating on the mysteries of the Rosary.
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Before I Was Me
$16.95Add to cartBefore I was me,
when I was still with God,
I asked Him, “Who will I become?”
“Oh, my little one,” He replied,
“I have great plans for you!
I have chosen you to be
a very important person whom I will always love.”
Thus begins a charming odyssey of self-discovery, as, in conversation with God, the child imagines himself as:
. . . an ASTRONAUT going off to work each morning in a rocket, stopping halfway to Mars for milk and cookies . . .
. . . a BAKER baking yummy treats everyone wants . . .
. . . a FARMER growing food for hungry people of all nations around the world . . .
. . . a DOCTOR healing giraffes and rabbits, and, yes, people, too . . .
. . . a TEACHER helping boys and bears and gophers and girls become the best they can be (while giving hugs to the downcast!) . . .
. . . a PARENT making the lives of children happy and safe; and finally . . .
. . . a CHILD! . . . important simply for who he isand WHOM GOD WILL ALWAYS LOVE!
