Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger Are liturgy and prayer important in an age of political crisis and technological manipulation of human life?  Yes, declares Joseph Ratzinger, now Pope Benedict XVI.  Genuine worship of God involves the sacred liturgy and prayer.  Only if man authentically worships God will true human dignity be protected, and the principles and the power to resolve the …

Fr. Thomas Dubay, S.M. While everyone is delighted by beauty, and the more alive among us are positively fascinated by it, few are explicitly aware that we can recognize truth by its beauty and simplicity. Dubay explores the reasons why all of the most eminent physicists of the twentieth century agree that beauty is the primary standard for scientific truth. Likewise, the best of contemporary …

St. Bernard of Clairvaux Translated and with a foreword by G.R. Evans Born in Fontaines-lès-Dijon in 1090, Bernard had become, by his twenty-fifth birthday, the abbot of a Cistercian monastery which he had founded in the valley of Clairvaux near Aube, France, some four years earlier. There in those isolated and rugged surroundings he became the spokesman for a revival of monastic life in an …

A one-of-a-kind anthology of the most significant and timeless writings of the Catholic Church from the first through the twentieth centuries. The Heart of Catholicism: Essential Writings of the Church from St. Paul to John Paul II is a font of inspiration and information for all Christians. Presented in historical order, the entries contain information about the authors as well as excerpts …

This timely document was written to lay out the theological nature of sexuality and the educational rights and responsibilities for the young concerning sex and sexuality. The book also includes the Charter of the Rights of the Family issued by the Holy See in 1983. The document is divided into the following sections: Introduction I. Some Fundamental Principles II. Responsibility in Putting …

Catholic And Christian - An Explanation Of Commonly Misunderstood Catholic Beliefs Alan Schreck "You're a Catholic. What do you believe?" You're on the spot. Someone wants you to explain some aspect of Catholic belief. Do you REALLY think the pope is infallible? Why do Catholics pray to Mary? Where do sacraments come from? What do you think of the Bible? Are you saved? You wish some …

Cardinal John Henry Newman John Henry Newman, the most seminal of modern Catholic theologians, is often called "the Father of the Second Vatican Council," the teachings of which he anticipated in so many ways, especially in his ecclesiology, with its emphasis on the role of the laity, but also in his theory of the development doctrine, his ecumenism, and his concern for the renewal of …

Daughter Zion Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger Daughter Zion explores the biblical witness to the Church's Marian dogmas?Mary’s role as Mother of God, her virginity, the Immaculate Conception, and her Assumption into heaven. Cardinal Ratzinger examines how these beliefs are linked to the Church’s faith in Jesus Christ. Far from competing with the truth about Christ, the Church’s Marian beliefs …

Absolutely fascinating true story of God's mercy to sinners. An egregious sinner, Keriolet (1602-1660) was arrogant, wicked, confrontational, proud and haughty. He would go out of his way to start quarells and was a notorious seducer of well-born women. And yet God's mercy was upon him. Escaping death when shot at point-blank range, he was at last brought to his knees when he went to the church …

About The Holy Spirit by Francisca Javiera del Valle First published in Spanish in 1932, this 10-day devotion to the Holy Spirit has attracted many readers to a deeper appreciation and veneration of the "Great Unknown". The author was a poor dressmaker who, in spite of her very limited education, testified to an extraordinary understanding of the power and gifts of the Holy Spirit …

Catherine of Siena (1347-1380), mystic and Doctor of the Church, wrote The Dialogue , her crown9780809122332 ing spiritual work for "the instruction and encouragement of all those whose spiritual welfare was her concern."

Protestants call it idolatry and modernists see it as quaint superstition, but in these lucid pages written over a century ago, Catholic author Orestes Brownson demonstrates that veneration of Mary and the saints is not merely permissible; it's essential for every Christian who yearns to worship God in spirit and in truth. Worship comes from the Anglo-Saxon word weorthscipe which means …

Bonaventure Perquin All through history, God has revealed himself constantly as possessing those qualities which are generally associated with fatherhood.  In these homilies now available again after a 10-year absence, Bonaventure Perquin illustrates how God as a father leads his people toward himself by his wondrous deeds and gifts. The attributes of God's fatherhood, as well as the …

Jeff Cavins Noted Catholic media host, author, and Bible teacher Jeff Cavins explores the reasons why many Catholics do not understand and appreciate the Holy Eucharist - and why some have even left the Church, saying that they weren't "being fed."  In these pages, you will learn: What Catholics who have left the Church mean when they say they weren't "being fed". Why Jesus invites us …

Hans Urs von Balthasar From Luther to Kierkegaard, from Heidegger to Sartre, the theme of anguish has dominated both philosophy and spiritual theology. In our "societies of depression" where individuals confront their own loneliness, this theme has recently regained its intensity. In these dense and luminous pages, he is not content merely to show how much this feeling is profoundly inscribed …

This series of talks from the Pope's general audiences makes an ideal companion to the Catechism of the Catholic Church . Within these pages you'll find the Pope's own explanations of the Creed. In this first of three volumes which deal with the Trinity, the Pope reflects on the mystery of God the Father. John Paul II presents the mystery of God in a fresh, modern perspective that can …

St. Francis de Sales St. Jane de Chantal Offered here in fresh translation are the letters of spiritual direction of two seventeenth century mystical writers, Francis de Sales and Jane de Chantal. These letters show us the daily attempts of laity, clergy, cloistered religious, bishops, and obscure windows to live in the authentic spirit of Jesus, and will speak not only to the historian of the …

Pope John Paul II And The Luminous Mysteries Of The Rosary Jerome M. Vereb, C.P. In one volume, this insightful work offers the historical context within which to understand the Rosary as well as provides the scriptural and spiritual meaning of the Luminous Mysteries, or Mysteries of Light, added to the Rosary by Pope John Paul II at the beginning of the twenty-fifth year of his pontificate. …

The Little Book of the Holy Spirit by Fr. Bede Jarrett, O.P. CHRIST SAID THAT THE HOLY SPIRIT DWELLS WITHIN EACH OF US - loving us, sanctifying us, protecting us from sin, and leading us in the ways of virtue and prayer. In these pages, Fr. Bede Jarrett helps you penetrate this great mystery of God's presence in our hearts. He explains the ineffable dignity that this presence gives you, no …

Considered by many to be Chesterton's greatest masterpiece of all his writings, this is his whole view of world history as informed by the Incarnation. Beginning with the origin of man and the various religious attitudes throughout history, Chesterton shows how the fulfillment of all of man's desires takes place in the person of Christ and in Christ's Church. Chesterton propounds the thesis …