Monsignor Cormac Burke unfolds the "laws of happiness" as they are found and lived in Christian marriage and family life. Based on the covenant of married life, the author shows how personal happiness is achieved, deepened, matured and made permanent through the commitment of marriage. This new edition includes five new chapters: sexual identity; conjugal love and indissolubility; "family …

Created And Redeemed Study Guide Christopher West Drawing on Pope John Paul II ' s Theology of the Body, author and video host Christopher West shares God ' s original plan for marriage and sexuality and how an understanding of this plan gives profound meaning to all our lives—married, single, and consecrated celibates. The Theology of the Body has been called " one of the boldest …

Pope Pius XII Speaks to Married Couples In his time, the world knew Pope Pius XII for his sanctity, his solicitude for humanity, his unflagging efforts for genuine world peace, his remarkable gifts of Catholic diplomacy, language and letters. But there was another and strongly different side to this holy Pope who found time to address in audience scores of young newlyweds who came to seek his …

Do You Love Me? Dr. John Barger A guaranteed way to improve your marriage — immediately! Late in 1987, married couples began circulating copies of a talk that had transformed their marriages overnight. Soon they convinced us to publish it as a pamphlet. Years have passed, and that modest marriage-saving talk has helped more than 100,000 couples heal the wounds in their marriages and grow …

Patricia A Wrona Edited by Stephen Weisenbach Is God concerned about who you marry? Does God have someone in mind just for you for the vocation of marriage? Can you really know who God wants you to marry? The answer to all these questions is a joyful and resounding !!YES!!  The Exclamation: The Wise Choice of a Spouse for Catholic Marriage is a uniquely Catholic how-to guide for making …

A Conservative Book Club Main Selection Featured on BreakPoint with Chuck Colson The last thing parents should do is try to “balance” work and family. Confronting the overwhelming evidence that children suffer when their mothers leave them for the workplace, Brian Robertson asks why it has nevertheless become the norm for mothers to work. The answer, Robertson reveals, is a …

  Who am I?  How do I find true happiness and fulfillment? These are the fundamental questions in each of our lives.  It quickly becomes clear, however, that the best the world can offer are counterfeits that wound us, betray us, and leave us wanting.  Our longings for love, intimacy, and freedom are good, but the sexual revolution sold us a bill of goods that simply …

God’s Plan for a Joy-Filled Marriage is a marriage preparation supplement that offers engaged couples a more complete understanding of God’s glorious plan for marriage and human sexuality than perhaps any program available in the Church today. Based on Pope John Paul II’s Theology of the Body, this supplemental program is intended to enhance a key component of marriage …

God's Plan for a Joy-Filled Marriage - The Couple's Workbook by Christopher West   Drawing on Pope John Paul II's Theology of the Body, Author and speaker Christopher West shares God's original plan for marriage and sexuality.  This workbook is part of the God's Plan Marriage Prep program. The Theology of the Body has been called "one of the boldest reconfigurations of Catholic …

God's Plan for a Joy-Filled Marriage Workbook, Instructor's Edition by Christopher West   This Instructor's Edition of the Workbook follows along with the Student Workbook for God's Plan for a Joy-Filled Marriage .  This is essential if you are planning on leading this marriage preparation supplemental program. The Theology of the Body has been called "one of the boldest …

"In writing this book, we share with you our experiences, challenges, joys, and insights into married life. Each marriage relationship is unique because of the individuals who make up the relationship. Therefore, we know and accept that we are not perfect and do not have all the answers. Everything that works for us may not be conducive to others. At the same time, we do understand and …

DOWN-TO-EARTH APPLICATION OF POPE JOHN PAUL II'S TEACHING "Christopher West's Good News About Sex and Marriage is splendid. Aptly subtitled Answers to Your Honest Questions About Catholic Teaching, it offers readers an easily readable, down-to-earth, and stimulating account of the reasons why the Church's teaching on sex and marriage is true, and, because it is true, `good news' for …

Journey with Christopher West into the “hidden” talks of John Paul II’s Theology of the Body—only recently discovered in the archives in Rome—and find out why the Pope himself deemed them “too delicate” to be delivered in St. Peter’s Square. What is it about music?  Consider what happens when you chance upon your favorite song on the …

The Bible says, "male and female he created them." (Gen. 1:27). Expounding on the theme that marriage is an institution and a Sacrament created by God, Fr. Paul Wickens outlines the principles of Catholic marriage in a succinct yet dignified and insightful manner that will both tickle the reader's funnybone and soberly enlighten and inspire him with the reasonableness, practicality and holy …

Have you ever asked yourself... Why should I wait for marriage to have sex? How far is too far? How do I say "no"? What if we really love each other? How do I find the right spouse? How do I start over? What about safe sex? How do I know if this is love? These days, virgins may be embarrassed by their lack of "experience" while non-virgins may feel that it's too late for …

By far the most common questions about marriage. All 81 answered, simply and concisely, by an experienced priest/moral theologian. Fr. Wenceslaus Hertvik, O.F.M., answered most of the questions that troubled married couples a generation ago. A partial list of topics and questions: Rights and Duties of the Married   Eight specific, delicate questions wives and husbands have about the …

Journey of Faith is a Catholic marriage preparation book for engaged couples.  Deacon Roy Barkley points out throughout the book the need for education in this journey.  Couples are coming to the church to get help to prepare for the Sacrament of Matrimony in the spirit of inquiry and obedience to their faith.  Our society has changed.  This book's purpose is to bring a …

Kimberly Hahn Embracing God's Beautiful Design for Marriage.  Foreword by Scott Hahn.        

Drawing from his own pastoral experience as a priest and bishop before he became PopeJohn Paul II, Karol Wojtyla has produced a remarkably eloquent and resourceful defense of Catholic tradition in the sphere of family life and sexual morality. He writes in the conviction that science - biology, psychology, sociology - can provide valuable information on particular aspects of relations between …

Jorge Cardinal Medina Estevez responds to the attack by modern society on the sanctity and indissolubility of marriage with these beautiful, thought-provoking and clear essays on marriage and the family. A highly regarded author, teacher, prelate and strong defender of Catholic doctrine, Cardinal Medina Estevez presents inspiring insights on the divine plan for male and female, the family as …