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Davids Successors : Kingship In The Old Testament
$24.95Add to cartDavid’s Successors: Kingship in the Old Testament argues for a new reading of kingship in the Old Testament. Rather than presenting the kings as monsters-with the occasional angelic ruler-this study seeks a more nuanced version of kingship. This book considers the original concept and context of kingship before concentrating on five kings in particular: Jeroboam, Ahab, Hezekiah, Manasseh, and Josiah. Much contemporary scholarship is concerned with the reconceptualization and recontextualization of kingship that hearkens from a negative perspective on kingship, but this book will fully consider the positive and original vision of kingship. This book is ultimately rooted in a hopeful and joyful view of humanity as found in the Psalms, Sirach, and the Chronicles.
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To Prefer Nothing To Christ
$12.95Add to cartMonastic life involves a continual return to the Gospel and this exploration begins on the road to Emmaus, in the company of downhearted disciples who were astonished to discover the Lord in their midst. Inviting the reader to a renewed encounter with the Lord on the road, this book explores the Rule of Saint Benedict and illustrates how the English Benedictine Congregation is responding to Christ’s call today. It will inspire all clergy, religious and lay people who value the consecrated life.
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God Is Not Fair And Other Reasons For Gratitude
$15.99Add to cartHealing the broken and the brokenhearted. Forgiving the unforgiveable. Loving the unlovable. God s love can be astonishing even foolish, by modern standards. Author, Franciscan friar, and retreat leader Fr. Dan Horan speaks weekly to groups of various kinds on what it means to be a follower of Jesus in the twenty-first century. His insights are often counterintuitive, in the best sense of the Gospel. This collection of essays is no exception. God Is Not Fair explores what it means to faithfully live by vows counterculturally today.
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Children Of God In The World
$39.95Add to cartO’Callaghan has written much more than a textbook, since he is after nothing less than an integrated view of the whole of human existence. His book is replete with analysis of Scripture and the insights of the great-est philosophers and theologians, ancient and modern; and he is at home with the most recent literature in English, Italian, Spanish, German, and French. But readers should rejoice that what O’Callaghan here offers us is not less than a textbook. Indeed, this is a textbook in the finest tradition of the genre, profoundly instructive for teachers and students alike. At the heart of this book stands the grace by which Christ transforms human nature and history. This book belongs in every classroom and on every desk where the truth about human existence is sincerely sought by the light of reason elevated by faith.
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Wisdoms Feast : An Invitation To Feminist Interpretation Of The Scriptures
$20.99Add to cartOffers a smorgasbord of tantalizing new perspectives on familiar biblical passages
Woman Wisdom in Proverbs 9 invites any who want to learn her ways to come and eat at her table – an image for the rich and satisfying teaching that she offers. In this book Barbara Reid invites readers to this feast, drawing on women’s wisdom to offer fresh new interpretations of biblical texts in a way that promotes equal dignity and value for women and men alike.
Reid begins by presenting feminist methods of biblical interpretation and explaining why they are important, giving attention not only to gender perspectives but also to race, class, and culture as determinative factors in how one understands the biblical text. She then presents fresh, readable feminist interpretations of selected Old and New Testament texts. Each chapter concludes with discussion questions for group or personal use.
Making feminist interpretation of Scripture understandable, compelling, and usable, Wisdom’s Feast will be valuable to any readers hungry to learn from the rich insights of feminist biblical scholars.
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My Battle Against Hitler
$21.00Add to cartHow does a person become Hitler’s enemy number one? Not through espionage or violence, it turns out, but by striking fearlessly at the intellectual and spiritual roots of National Socialism.
Dietrich von Hildebrand was a German Catholic thinker and teacher who devoted the full force of his intellect to breaking the deadly spell of Nazism that ensnared so many of his beloved countrymen.
His story might well have been lost to us were it not for this memoir he penned in the last decades of his life at the request of his wife, Alice von Hildebrand. In My Battle Against Hitler, covering the years from 1921 to 1938, von Hildebrand tells of the scorn and ridicule he endured for sounding the alarm when many still viewed Hitler as a positive and inevitable force. He expresses the sorrow of having to leave behind his home, friends, and family in Germany to conduct his fight against the Nazis from Austria. He recounts how he defiantly challenged Nazism in the public square, prompting the German ambassador in Vienna to describe him to Hitler as “the architect of the intellectual resistance in Austria.” And in the midst of all the danger he faced, he conveys his unwavering trust in God, even during his harrowing escape from Vienna and his desperate flight across Europe, with the Nazis always just one step behind.
Dietrich von Hildebrand belongs to the very earliest anti-Nazi resistance. His public statements led the Nazis to blacklist him already in 1921, long before the horrors of the Third Reich and more than twenty-three years before the famous assassination attempt on Hitler in July 1944. His battle would culminate in the countless articles he published in Vienna, a selection of which are featured in this volume.
“It is an immense privilege,” writes editor John Henry Crosby, founder of the Hildebrand Project, “to present to the world the shining witness of one man who risked everything to follow his conscience and stand in defiance of tyranny.”
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Befriending Our Desires
$21.95Add to cartDesire is at the heart of what it is to be human. The power of desire, while embodied and sensuous, is God-given and the key to all human spirituality. Humanity is blessed with a deep longing that is infinite in extent and can only ultimately be satisfied in God. Befriending Our Desires portrays the intimate connection between desire and the spiritual journey. Drawing on Hebrew and Christian Scriptures, Christian spiritual classics (with some reference to Buddhist spirituality), poetry, and other literature, plus personal and pastoral experience, Philip Sheldrake explores the role of desire in relation to God, prayer, sexuality, making choices, and responding to change.
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Our Beloved Brother Paul
$19.95Add to cartThe St. Paul Center for Biblical Theology and Dr. Scott Hahn present the eleventh annual edition of Letter & Spirit with the theme “Our Beloved Brother Paul.” The articles, while academic in nature, are easily accessible to the average reader and can be read with great profit, both spiritually and in coming to learn the truths of the Catholic faith more deeply.
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Italian Catholic Divorce
$19.98Add to cartThis book is a collection of short stories of travel, adventure, and growing up as an Italian Catholic. The author tells stories of her great grandparents that came to America, and how it was literally murder getting out of Sicily. Coming from being poor peasants in Italy, America promised to provide the family with the opportunities to become wealthy aristocrats, even if one had to bootleg whiskey to do it. Shocked by the faith-shaking realization that nuns were actually human beings underneath all that garb, she was still hopeful that the pope would be coming to dinner after she purchased the best china available. With some Italian traditions that just wouldn’t die and too many relatives that did, Annette relates stories of their lives and deaths with wit and humor.
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Heaven Starts Now
$13.95Add to cartPublisher Marketing: Michigan pastor Fr. John Riccardo helps us dive into the Scriptures so that we can apply them to our daily lives. In his inspiring and incisive way, Fr. Riccardo addresses the obstacles we all face in becoming mature disciples. How do we learn to forgive? How do we combat fear and understand suffering? How do we worship the Lord, love others as Christ loves us, and fully surrender our lives to God? If you’ve enjoyed Fr. Riccardo’s gifts of teaching and preaching through his broadcasts and podcasts, this book is for you!
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Padre Pio : A Personal Portrait
$18.99Add to cartHe who believes in miracles has already obtained one.
A faith so powerful that he bore the stigmata. Prayer so intense that he appeared to believers all over the world. Padre Pio is one of the most intriguing and otherworldly saints of the twentieth century, but this biography has been out of print in English for more than forty years until now.
“Padre Pio,” written just a few years after his death, brings the saint s words and works to a new audience eager to learn of his mysticism and miracles.” -
Practice Of Catholic Theology
$29.95Add to cartThere is no other book I know of quite like this one. The Practice of Catholic Theology is a how-to guide for doing theology. It is a model of astringent clarity, an education in how to make distinctions. In showing to what the Catholic theologian is bound, Paul Griffiths also shows in what way the Catholic theologian is free. The distinction between dogmatic and speculative theology, for example, allows Griffiths to make some startling proposals in disagreement with the majority tradition, such as his argument that the ability to do good theology is independent of the moral vir-tues of the theologian. There is no better invitation to the art and science of theology.
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Italian Catholic Divorce
$13.99Add to cartThis book is a collection of short stories of travel, adventure, and growing up as an Italian Catholic. The author tells stories of her great grandparents that came to America, and how it was literally murder getting out of Sicily. Coming from being poor peasants in Italy, America promised to provide the family with the opportunities to become wealthy aristocrats, even if one had to bootleg whiskey to do it. Shocked by the faith-shaking realization that nuns were actually human beings underneath all that garb, she was still hopeful that the pope would be coming to dinner after she purchased the best china available. With some Italian traditions that just wouldn’t die and too many relatives that did, Annette relates stories of their lives and deaths with wit and humor.
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Saint Teresa Of Calcutta
$15.99Add to cartThis stirring new biography tells the story of a woman who changed the world by tending to the most vulnerable. St. Teresa of Calcutta delves into the conviction behind her ministry: that both the physical and the spiritual must be addressed for humans to live as God intends. With humanizing insights into Teresa s personal struggles, St. Teresa of Calcutta is an inspiring reminder that even the holiest among us must work to find a path and that God s love follows us even into the most challenging of circumstances.”
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I Burned For Your Peace
$18.95Add to cartPopular author and philosopher Peter Kreeft delves into one of the most beloved Christian classics of all time–Augustine’s Confessions. He collects key passages and offers incisive commentary, making Confessions accessible to any reader who is both intellectually curious and spiritually hungry.
The Confessions is a dramatic personal narrative of a soul choosing between eternal life and death, an exploration of the timeless questions great minds have been asking for millennia, and a prayer of praise and thanksgiving to God. I Burned for Your Peace is not a scholarly work but an unpacking of the riches found in Augustine’s text. It is existential, personal, and devotional, as well as warm, witty, and thought-provoking. With Kreeft to guide them, readers of the Confessions can overhear and understand the intimate conversation between a towering intellect and the God whose peace he at last humbly accepts.
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Autumn Meditations
$11.99Add to cartThe third in a series of four seasonal meditations books, Autumn Meditations explores religious topics in the context of modern-day living. The 12 reflections in this book follow the calendar season, rather than the liturgical season, with one reflection written for each week of the calendar year. Reflection questions will be provided for each week, to take the reader even deeper so they can apply the reading to their own life.
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I Want You To Be On The God Of Love
$30.00Add to cartUniversity Of Notre Dame Press
In his two previous books translated into English, Patience with God and Night of the Confessor, best-selling Czech author and theologian Toma Halik focused on the relationship between faith and hope. Now, in I Want You to Be, Halik examines the connection between faith and love, meditating on a statement attributed to St. Augustine amo, volo ut sis, I love you: I want you to be and its importance for contemporary Christian practice. Halik suggests that because God is not an object, love for him must be expressed through love of human beings. He calls for Christians to avoid isolating themselves from secular modernity and recommends instead that they embrace an active and loving engagement with nonbelievers through acts of servitude. At the same time, Halik critiques the drive for mere material success and suggests that love must become more than a private virtue in contemporary society. I Want You to Be considers the future of Western society, with its strong division between Christian and secular traditions, and recommends that Christians think of themselves as partners with nonbelievers.” -
Who Does He Say You Are
$18.99Add to cartShortly after the death of her brother, Lazarus, Martha offers this confident response to Jesus’ gentle challenge, echoing the confession of Peter: “Yes, Lord, I have believed that you are the Christ, the Son of God come into the world” (Jn 11:26-27). Her response to this question would change the course of her life–of all their lives. And to the extent that we echo her confession, it transforms us as well.
In Who Does He Say You Are, Catholic missionary and speaker Colleen C. Mitchell captures the confessions of twelve more women from the Gospels, and shows how their stories answer this crucial question of identity: “Who does He say you are?” Holding up Mary as the ultimate example of intimate, transforming union, Mitchell weaves together moving anecdotes of her own search for identity as a Catholic woman–along with twelve accounts of women in Scripture–that are at once fresh yet familiar. Questions at the end of each chapter can easily be adapted for group study, or used for private journaling or reflection.
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Champions Of The Rosary
$16.95Add to cartChampions of the Rosary, the latest book by bestselling author Fr. Donald Calloway, which tells the powerful story about the history of the rosary and the champions of this devotion! The rosary is a spiritual sword, containing the saving mysteries of the God-Man. It has the power to conquer sin, defeat evil, and bring about peace. Champions of the Rosary presents a complete history of this spiritual weapon, 26 of its greatest heroes, detailed accounts of its victories, 26 color images of the rosary in art, as well as endorsements from the Master General of the Dominicans, 10 Dominican bishops, and 20 other bishops from around the world!
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My Heart Will Triumph
$19.95Add to cartIn 1981, Mirjana Soldo was 16 years old when she encountered a mysterious woman near the village of Medjugorje, ex-Yugoslavia. Identifying herself as the Virgin Mary, the woman entrusted Mirjana with messages for the world and prophecies about the future. After 35 years of apparitions, Mirjana reveals her life story in My Heart Will Triumph.
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Monastic Sermons
$39.95Add to cartIn addition to his eighty-six Sermons on the Song of Songs and the Sermons on the Liturgical Year, in which he follows the calendar from Advent through autumn, Bernard of Clairvaux composed these ‘sermons on various subjects’. His choice and handling of subject matter provides insights into Bernard the abbot more than to Bernard the public figure and renown preacher.
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Word On The Street Year A
$19.95Add to cartIn The Word on the Street, John Martens brings the Bible to where people live, in the church, at home, at work, and in the broader world. This collection of articles, which includes Scripture readings for Sundays of the liturgical year, offers readers a way in which the Bible can speak to them in light of their lives today.
John Martens is known for his contributions to The Word, a popular column in America magazine. The Word on the Street is the first book (Year A) in a three-volume series that presents scriptural, liturgical, and preaching commentary for Sundays throughout the year.
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1 Love : A Pastoral Guide To The Order Of Celebrating Matrimony
$14.95Add to cartThe publication of the second edition of the Order of Celebrating Matrimony provides new liturgical and pastoral opportunities for presiders and parishes. In One Love, Fr. Paul Turner-one of the most reliable experts in Catholic liturgy today-provides sound guidance and instruction on the rite. Among the many important and practical topics he covers are:
*uses for the expanded introduction
*the engagement ceremony
*the location for the wedding
*the revised words for the questions, consent, and reception of consent
*the customs of the arras, the lazo, and the veil
*other wedding customs
*and moreOne Love promises to be the go-to liturgical resource on Catholic weddings for years to come.
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Season Of Little Sacraments
$14.95Add to cartThe lament swells every December, as perennial as the jingle of Salvation Army bells: we’ve lost the “reason for the season” in the secular trappings of Christmas preparation. For those aspiring to a reverent Advent but caught up in twenty-first-century to-do lists, A Season of Little Sacraments offers a fresh perspective on the secular-sacred December divide.
Susan Swetnam invites readers along on an ordinary woman’s day-by-day walk through Advent, demonstrating that the very “distractions” accused of taking Christ out of Christmas can become “little sacraments”-occasions for grace to break through and faith to deepen-if approached with mindful reflection. For readers who want to experience a truly sacred Advent without fleeing completely from contemporary society, A Season of Little Sacraments will be a welcome source of nourishment and delight.
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Welcoming Other Religions
$15.95Add to cartThe Benedictine monk Pierre-Francois de Bethune has dedicated his life to following the lead of the great pioneers of interreligious dialogue at the level of spiritual experience. Having practiced zazen and “Way of tea” assiduously for decades, he now leads readers along the path of spiritual hospitality, describing how welcoming other religions transformed him and brought him to rediscover the Gospel. In this volume, he evokes the spiritual journeys of some of the pioneers of interreligious dialogue, among them, Thomas Merton, Henri Le Saux, Raimon Panikkar, and Christian de Cherge and the monks of Tibhirine. In doing so, he proposes that their commitment to dialogue, hospitality, and welcoming the other corresponds to what the Gospel requires of the followers of Jesus.”
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Hebrews
$25.99Add to cartWell-respected New Testament scholar and popular speaker Mary Healy unpacks the letter to the Hebrews, making its difficult and puzzling passages accessible to pastoral ministers, lay readers, and students. Her commentary shows how Hebrews reveals the meaning of Christ’s death in light of the Old Testament figures, rites, and sacrifices that foreshadowed it. Healy explains that Hebrews, when fully understood, transforms our understanding of who God is, what he has done for us, and how we are to live as Christians today.
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Travels Of Reverend Olafur Egilsson
$24.95Add to cartFurnishes a unique account of the attack by North African pirates on Ice-land in 1627. Sailing for over 3,000 miles, they abducted around 400 peo-ple, among whom was the author who subsequently wrote a description of the whole episode. Beautifully translated and accompanied by a helpful apparatus, this book tells a story of adventure, suffering, and final return.
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DOCAT : Catholic Social Teaching For Youth
$19.95Add to cartThe newest title in the internationally best-selling YOUCAT series for youth and young adults, DOCAT is an outstanding social justice resource for today s young people.
Catholic Social Teaching has been called by some the Church s best-kept secret . DOCAT is revealing the secret to young people around the world with the Church s beautiful social teachings.
Lavishly illustrated, DOCAT helps young people to know and to live Catholic Social Teaching. It s an inspiring, practical follow up to YOUCAT, the hugely popular Youth Catechism, based on the Catechism of the Catholic Church. Drawing on Scripture, YOUCAT, the Catechism, and the Compendium of Catholic Social Teaching, DOCAT shows young people how to work toward building a civilization of love .
Special Features include: Popular Q & A YOUCAT style, tackles tough questions about social justice and related issues Illustrated with lots of full-color photos of young people and other images Inspirational and insightful quotes, including comments from St. John Paul II, Mother Teresa, Pope Francis, Pope Benedict and other saints Written with help from church leaders, business leaders, social activists, and young people Guides young people in conscience formation and Catholic action on social and political issues
A superb book for high school classes, for regular faith-formation, for youth ministry and for young adult discussion.
Pope Benedict XVI to youth about the YOUCAT project: “Study this Catechism with passion and perseverance. Make a sacrifice of your time for it! Study it in the quiet of your room; read it with a friend; form study groups and networks; share with each other on the Internet. By all means continue to talk with each other about your faith.””
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Navigating The Tiber
$16.95Add to cartIn Navigating The Tiber, Devin Rose ( author of Protestant’s Dilemma) draws from his own experience as a convert and shows you how to help your friends and family members make the “crossing” to Rome by journeying with them, offering the information, arguments, and most of all the prayerful support they’ll need to reach their spiritual home.
Not only does he equip you with the knowledge you’ll need to answer their questions and challenges, he shows you how to deal with the common aspects of a convert’s journey, including:-The best subjects to talk about and avoid plus the right order to put them in
-The five biggest non-doctrinal problems that keep Protestants out of the Church
-What to do when their anti-Catholic friends pressure them
-Adapting your efforts to their particular Protestant tradition
-The importance of continual prayer and friendship, whether they convert or not
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Banes Eyes
$19.95Add to cartAn Unseen Books Title
In three months, the citizens of the EuroGov will decide whether or not to abolish Sorting, the grim annual harvesting of “imperfect” teenagers for their organs. If they vote the wrong way, then Margo and everyone she cares about will die. While her beloved Bane struggles to cope with the loss of his eyes, the lives of millions of young people and Believers are at stake as Margo embarks on increasingly risky media missions out of the Vatican. Every step she takes is steeped with political consequences. But threats soon loom from the most unexpected quarters, compromising even the security of the Vatican State, and with the vote hanging in the balance, the media battle threatens to turn into real war. Bane is desperate to join Margo in the fight, but how can he without his eyes?
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Come Drink Deep Of Living Waters
$19.95Add to cartWe live in a time of bridging that invites us to learn, and then to accept with utmost respect, that what has provided us with a certain wisdom and security for several thousand years of movement around our star is today ebbing away and has, in fact, done so for at least a century or more. A time of bridging involves allowing for this realization and, with serenity, courage, and trust, seeking the footprints revealing who has walked among us unobserved all this time. Today this realization is lighting up with ever greater brilliance and being recognized and acknowledged with ever more urgency due to our scientific discoveries and spiritual insights. In this new book, with the wisdom of years, Barbara Fiand explores what time of bridging offers in new insights, and how we can understand our Christian faith in this new time.
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Daily Devotions For Die Hard Fans Notre Dame Fighting Irish
$19.99Add to cartExtra Point Publishers
Daily Devotions for Die-Hard Fans: Notre Dame Fighting Irish combines the great passion of the Notre Dame fan with the grand passion of the fan of Christ in one set of devotions. The result is a book that is fun while it provides a time of reflection about God and your faith. Notre Dame’s most successful sports program had its genesis in an automobile accident. What safety Pat Terrell did has been voted the most memorable play in Irish football history. Each fall, Notre Dame stays true to a promise made decades ago. Notre Dame’s football players once refused to play in a bowl game. Head coach Randy Waldrum predicted exactly how his soccer team would win the 2010 national title. These stories and more are recounted here. Also appearing are Digger Phelps, Joe Montana, Knute Rockne, DeShone Kizer, Manti Te’o, Austin Carr, and many others. Their stories along with legendary games, improbable victories, and historical events are told with a twist: They are all tied to God’s story. -
Deacons Ministry Of The Liturgy
$19.95Add to cartThe Deacon’s Ministry of the Liturgy offers a concise and accessible introduction to the liturgical aspects of the ministry of the diaconate. The book covers not only the practical side of liturgical ministry-what the deacon does in various liturgical celebrations-but also roots of that ministry in Scripture and tradition, as well as reflecting on the role of the liturgy in the spiritual life of the deacon. The Deacon’s Ministry series explores the three fundamental diaconal ministries identified in the teaching of Vatican II: those of the liturgy, of the word, and of charity to the people of God (Lumen Gentium 29). This series, written by three highly regarded permanent deacons, offers a rich combination of theology, spirituality, and practical and effective guidance. Deacons and those in diaconal formation, their families, the bishops and priests they work with, and the people they serve will welcome it.
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Heart For Evangelizing
$16.95Add to cart“The gift of Baptism is the gift of relationship.” As Joseph Hollcraft reflects in A Heart for Evangelizing, it is this relationship which orders our hearts, minds, and actions toward eternal union with a loving heavenly Father. Hollcraft offers reflections on holiness and evangelization-the cornerstones of the Christian vocation-and applies these themes to nearly every aspect of life. Personal, theological, and spiritual formation are ardently encouraged in A Heart for Evangelizing.
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Camino Al Cielo – (Spanish)
$16.95Add to cartCada hora del dia estas formando habitos que formaran tu caracter y determinaran donde
pasaras la eternidad. Cuando tu vida en esta tierra termine, va a ser demasiado tarde
para cambiar tu destino. En medio de tantos pendientes freneticos, agendas apretadas e
innumerables interrupciones de cada dia, este libro te dara los “apps” seguros, divinamente instituidos para que te conviertas en el hombre que Dios quiere que seas. !Usalos! Tu familia cuenta con que lo hagas. -
Summer Meditations
$11.99Add to cartThe second in a series of four seasonal meditations books, Summer Meditations explores religious topics in the context of modern-day living. The 12 reflections in this book follow the calendar season, rather than the liturgical season, with one reflection written for each week of the calendar year. Reflection questions will be provided for each week, to take the reader even deeper so they can apply the reading to their own life.
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Panorama Of The Bible Old Testament
$19.95Add to cartWhile every character, story, and book of Scripture is significant in itself, stepping back for a broad, panoramic view of the entire Bible helps us to take in and understand God’s single, unified plan for human history. In this first of a two-part panorama of the Bible, noted Scripture scholar Stephen Binz shows us how all of the Bible’s many parts fit together in a grand and awesome narrative. With a clear vision of this sweeping unity, we can then understand far better our own place within the storyline and our own personal role within the mission of God.
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Seminary Formation : Recent History Current Circumstances New Directions
$24.95Add to cartThe past thirty years have witnessed tremendous societal and ecclesial changes that continue to inform ministry education in the 21st century. In Seminary Formation, Katarina Schuth, OSF, examines the many aspects of theologate-level schools including their structures and missions, organization and leadership, student enrollment, backgrounds of both seminarians and lay students, and the evolution and development of degree programs, including human and spiritual, intellectual and pastoral formation. An exploration of the changes in seminaries and schools of theology, with statistical analysis, from 1985 to the present, Seminary Formation anticipates the challenges ahead and considers new directions for the future.
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Christs Descent Into Hell
$23.99Add to cartPope John Paul II and Joseph Ratzinger (now Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI) both held Hans Urs von Balthasar in high regard. Many assume that their praise of Balthasar implies approval of his theology of Holy Saturday, but this book by Lyra Pitstick shows that conclusion to be far from accurate.
Pitstick looks at what John Paul II, Joseph Ratzinger, and Hans Urs von Balthasar have said regarding the creedal affirmation that Christ descended into hell, and she shows that there are radical differences in their conclusions. She then addresses some important questions that follow from these differences: If they disagree, who is right? If John Paul II and Benedict XVI have lauded someone with whom they disagreed, are there implications for papal infallibility? Finally, whose theology best expresses the Catholic doctrine of Christ s descent into hell and how can we know?
This careful, concise exploration of what three of the twentieth century s most famous Catholic theologians had to say about Christ s descent into hell provides an accessible take on a difficult point of theological debate.
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Blessings And Prayers For Married Couples
$14.99Add to cartHere is the perfect resource for encouraging married couples to engage in the spiritual discipline of daily prayer as a means of affirming the blessings and intimacy of their relationship.
The seven sections of the wedding vows serve as the framework upon which hang the enduring values that need to be renewed through the decades with scripture, reflections, and questions.
This inspiring book provides an aid to couples for continuing to find praying together a natural act for a lifetime of love. It will make a thoughtful gift, whether for newlyweds, couples celebrating their anniversaries, or Marriage Encounter participants.
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5 Years In Heaven
$18.00Add to cartWhat is heaven on earth? The answer lies in this true story of one young man’s journey to find hope and purpose with the help of an unlikely teacher–a compassionate and wise old nun, whom the world had long-forgotten.
By the time Harvard-educated John Schlimm turned 31 years old, he had worked with some of the biggest superstars in Nashville and served under the most powerful people in the White House. But something was missing. His life had come to a standstill, lost in a whirl of questions about belonging, faith, rejection, and purpose. He soon decides to return to his small-town roots in search of a new beginning.
Returning home, John meets 87-year-old Sister Augustine, the beguiling self-taught artist-in-residence at the ceramic shop on the sprawling grounds of the local 150-year-old convent. John is instantly bowled over by Sister’s quiet grace and vision. Before long, his weekly visits to Sister’s shop become a master’s class in the meaning of life, love, humility, and second chances. As she directed him on the road to self-discovery and salvation, John returned the favor by putting Sister Augustine on the front page of newspapers and showing his friend that her life still had one very important and unexpected final chapter yet to go.
In “Five Years in Heaven,” John shares the wisdom, humor, grace, and inspiration he experienced during his hundreds of visits with Sister Augustine. “Five Years in Heaven” reminds us that we can find love and joy in the most unlikely of places, and that the building blocks of peace and happiness are always within our reach.
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Systematic Theology : A Roman Catholic Approach
$29.95Add to cartSystematic theology seeks to understand and render more intelligible the central doctrines of faith and to show how they are related to each other. It tries to demonstrate how these doctrines are rooted in Scripture and develop in the history of the church; most important, it strives to more adequately express and sometimes reinterpret the church s doctrinal tradition, always in the interest of better communicating the mystery of salvation and bringing it into a dialogue with culture. The present text is intended to be concise and accessible, an introduction that explores basic themes in Catholic systematic theology from a biblical, historical, and contemporary perspective, always aware of today s theological pluralism.”
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Doors Of Mercy
$27.95Add to cartWe are living in an extraordinary time: A Time of Mercy.
But what is mercy? What does it mean to be living in a Time of Mercy? How can we receive God s Mercy? And how should we respond?
In Doors of Mercy, authors Fr. Jeffrey Kirby and Brian Kennelly answer these important questions. They act as your tour guides on a whirlwind tour of salvation history, from Adam and Eve to the coming of the Savior, and into the present day with the beautiful story of St. Faustina and the Divine Mercy message and devotion.
You ll discover the intricate stitching of a divine rescue plan that would not be stopped by anything. Across countless generations the Lord s mercy acted as the lifeblood of this rescue plan, so that neither our own weakness, nor the devil himself, could thwart it. He would deliver us a Savior and a King of Mercy no matter what it took, one who would bring His Kingdom to the ends of the earth, and who would smash the very gates of hell.
Inside you ll discover:
*How the rebellion of Adam and Eve in the Garden affects our relationships with each other, with God, and with the world around us
*Why God chose a rainbow as the sign of the covenant with Noah
*The purpose behind Abram s name being changed to Abraham
*How the plagues in the time of Moses were not random but had symbolic meaning
*How David s Kingdom serves as a template, or blueprint, for the Church
*The hidden meaning behind some of Jesus s well known parables and why the Eucharist is the sign of the new and eternal covenant
*How the Church and her saints have spread mercy throughout the centuries, with short biographies of Sts. Vincent, Camillus, Margaret Mary, Maria Goretti and more
*The history behind St. Faustina s visions of Jesus and the spreading of the Divine Mercy message and devotion
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Ultimate Catholic Quiz
$14.95Add to cartThis book offers a fun and challenging way to see how well you know Catholic teachings, practices, and history. Karl Keating, best-selling author and founder of Catholic Answers, presents a multiple-choice quiz with 100 questions about a wide variety of subjects connected with Catholicism.
Each of the 100 intriguing questions gives five possible answers. Only one of the answers is completely correct. The book is laid out in an easy-to-read format with the question and five possible answers on one page, and the analysis of each of the five answers, noting the correct one, on the next page. The questions, and the possible answers, are written with thought, precision, and sometimes a little humor to make for engaging reading.
The quiz does not pretend to be comprehensive, but the questions cover multiple areas-doctrines, morals, and customs, as well as historical events and personalities- and should provide your mind and soul with a good workout. This book will be useful for individual or group study.
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Prayers And Heavenly Promises
$18.95Add to cartNow in Premium UltraSoft! This unique book of powerful prayers and devotions, compiled by Joan Carroll Cruz, includes wonderful promises made by Our Lord or Our Lady, most of which were revealed to famous Saints, including: St. Faustina, St. Gertrude, and St. Catherine Laboure. Author Joan Carroll Cruz has carefully selected and compiled devotions to Our Lady, the Infant Jesus, Precious Blood, Sacred Heart, Divine Mercy, St. Michael, and more in one place so that your daily prayer can be more powerful and more fruitful than ever before.
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Live Like Francis
$21.99Add to cartWhether you are a professed Franciscan or someone just beginning to seek a spiritual understanding of Francis and Clare of Assisi, “Live Like Francis” will give you the tools you need to live the Gospelthe primary goal of all Franciscans. Through a process of prayer, reflection, study texts, questions and connections to Scripture, Live Like Francis will help you answer the Gospel s call: simplicity, peace, gratitude, service, and a life in balance with all of God s creatures.”
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Childs Treasure Rosary Coloring Book
$6.26Add to cartA Caritas Press Title
A great way for little ones to stay focused while your family prays the Rosary. Hand-drawn artwork and rosary reflections by children, for children. This is a companion book to A Child’s Treasure: Rosary Meditations for Children, also from Caritas Press.
