"Were not our hearts burning within us while He spoke to us on the way and opened the Scriptures to us?" -Gospel According to St. Luke, 24:32 This book of readings is especially designed to help Catholics become rooted in daily Scripture reading and the liturgy. It includes the complete text of Mass readings and responsorial psalms for each day of the year, using the New American …

C.S. Lewis "The Abolition of Man" remains one of Lewis's most prophetic works as social relativism has been uncritically adopted by modern thought--in religion, education, and government--opening the door to the post-modern claim that people are free to create their own reality through a sheer act of the will.

Possibly the most widely read treatise on abortion in the world. Brief, clear, and thorough. Refutes all the arguments for abortion. About the author John Grady is a medical doctor who spent 15 years as a family physician, with a large obstetrical and pediatrics practice. During that time, he served as Chairman of the Department of Obstetrics and Chief of Staff at Glades General Hospital. He …

Ironically, as abortion has become more common in American life, our insight into the reality of life within the womb has grown. Advancements in ultrasound methods now show us three-dimensional images of the undeniable human features of children long before they are born. With unequivocal answers and thought-provoking discussion, this pamphlet offers support for the Church's teachings about …

Marybeth T. Hagan This provocative book tackles the abortion controversy including issues like "parental loss from a mother's perspective." The book incorporates the author's personal experience that brought her to a clear moral awareness and to a desire to share her perspective on the subject. It also responds to many popular pro-abortion arguments in a sensitively honest and compelling …

This book is a forceful presentation of the daily life and duties of a priest. It combines theological insight - heavily based on Sacred Scripture - along with experience and practical advice. Covering wide-ranging topics from effective preaching to intellectual growth, mortification, the spirit of poverty, and friendship with other priests, Father Suarez shows in practical terms how the …

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 …

One of the great Catholic philosophers of our day reflects on the way language has been abused so that, instead of being a means of communicating the truth and entering more deeply into it, and of the acquisition of wisdom, it is being used to control people and manipulate them to achieve practical ends. Reality becomes intelligible through words. Man speaks so that through naming things, what …

The acathist hymn to the Mother of God was first composed in the year 532, and is to the Byzantine Church what the Rosary and the Litanies of the Blessed Mother are to the Latin Rite. The hymn exalts the mystery of the Incarnation: the miraculous maternity and perpetual virginity of Mary cannot be admired without concurrent adoration of the condescension and wisdom of God who enclosed his …

The acathist hymn (standing hymn) to the Name of Jesus was first composed in the ninth century. Archbishop Raya's English version has been designed with harmony and balance to calm the body and free the soul to rise and soar and to praise Jesus. All those who seek a most intimate relation with the Lord, and those who are already aflame with longing to see his face, are invited to recite this …

Attain spiritual and emotional calm amid suffering, anxiety, or daily trials Celebrated Jesuit provides a detailed plan for every kind of challenge to internal peace Fr. Narciso Irala, SJ, summarized the keys to a productive spiritual life: 1. understand how to cope with, and then conquer, your own imperfections; 2. see that difficulties posed by life— sometimes by family and …

A valuable resource for all altar servers. This is a manual for Mass Servers that's sturdily bound, with full-color instructions, glossary, calendar, and a wealth of other useful information.

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Frank J. Sheed, one of the most distinguished and popular Catholic writers of the twentieth century, is known as a champion of the faith. The Action of the Holy Spirit, the Lord and Giver of Life , a new edition of his original book, is another example of Sheed's ability to shed light on the mysteries of our faith. With his keen insight, Sheed notes that action upon mankind, individually and …

Cover design, by Jariath Hayes, incorporates Rhoda opens the door to St. Peter (1934) by Wilhelmina Margaret Geddes(1887-1955), courtesy of the Ulster Museum, Belfast.

Commentary by Scott Hahn & Curtis Mitch Based on the Revised Standard Version - Catholic Edition, this fourth volume in this series leads readers through a penetrating study of the Book of Acts, using the biblical text itself and the Church's own guidelines for understanding the Bible. Ample notes accompany each page, providing fresh insights by renowned Bible teachers Scott Hahn and …

Stpe Three in the Great Adventure - Continue on the journey with this 20-week study of Acts of the Apostles and the story of the earliest days of the Church.  This study completes The Great Adventure foundation series by showing how Christ's work continues through you and me in the Church today.  Here's where you "find yourself in the Story" that you learned the Bible …

John Henry Cardinal Newman This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to reproduce this title even though it may possibly have occasional imperfections such as missing and blurred pages, missing text, poor pictures, markings, dark backgrounds and other …

This 10-page card contains the text of the Ordinary Rite of Communion of the Sick and may be used by the minister or the sick as a guide to the rite.

St. John Eudes One of the most prolific ascetical writers of the seventeenth century, St. John Eudes was a reservoir of holy wisdom and fervor.  Perhaps no book of our author better exemplifies his profoundly incarnational dactrine than The Admirable Heart of Mary.  Eudes reveals to his disciples this most pure and maternal of all hearts in its corporal and spiritual pulsations, …