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Blessed Sacrament, The Fr. Faber inspires here a reverential awe and love for God's greatest work, the compendium of all miracles, and Queen of the Sacraments. Affirms that the Blessed Sacrament is the picture of God, the Magnet of souls and the very life of the Church. Includes great insights into the Theology of Transubstantiation (a doctrine often denied today), and describes Our Lord's 5 Eucharistic Sufferings and the reparation we should make.
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Catechism of Mental Prayer Clearly explains what mental prayer or "meditation" is and how to do it. This little book succeeds effortlessly where larger ones fail. Takes the beginner step-by-step through the 3 basic aspects. Mental prayer is for all--so is this book. |
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Divine Intimacy The beloved Carmelite classic on how to reach intimate union with God through prayer. About 3 pages per day. Covers the whole spiritual life. Based on the traditional liturgical calendar. Shows how to join prayer and action and put the Catholic doctrine on the spiritual life into practice daily. Gives a refreshingly Catholic view of life. |
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Divine Office, The: How To Say It Devoutly, How To Make It A Pleasure This manual is useful for anyone who recites the Divine Office, and provides instructions and meditations on how to say the Breviary devoutly and attentively, thus obtaining the great graces that result. |
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Doctor at Calvary, A The Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ as described by a surgeon. |
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Dolorous Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ, The Read the transcript of a series of visions by a great mystic and stigmatic. Full of fascinating details concerning every aspect of the Passion, the Last Supper, the Descent into Hell, Our Lady and the Apostles. The people, places and cultural background surrounding these momentous events, are captured in detail, many of them verified by recent scholarship. |
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Eternal Babe, The A very special selection of 25 Christmas “Nativity” poems from various 20th Century poets originally published in 1927. Only one who is Catholic in heart and in eye and in mind can combine the beauty of the Nativity scene with the significance of the birth of Christ. A most precious gift for anyone. |
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Following of Christ This is now believed to be the original masterpiece of which The Imitation is a later, edited edition, with additions. Many believe Groote's original book is even better than The Imitation. A great masterpiece in its own right: brief one-sentence gems of spiritual wisdom; conveys the true Christian outlook--that "we have not here a lasting city" (Heb. 13:14), but must prepare for the one to come. |
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Foot of the Cross, The Describes Our Lady's Seven Sorrows, relating them to our own spiritual life. Tells why God permitted her sorrows, and describes the immensity of them, including their characteristics. Gives a detailed examination of each sorrow culminating in the crucifixion and burial of Our Lord. |
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Greatest Stories Ever Told, The The Parables of Christ have never been equaled. They illustrate the doctrines of Christ in a manner at once natural and vivid, not only to His hearers, but also to all men and nations for all ages to come, being based as they are on man’s essentially unchangable nature and everlasting harmony between the visible and invisible world. |
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I Believe In God This classic work by the great French poet and writer, Paul Claudel, is a soaring meditation on the profound Christian truths of the Apostle's Creed. Claudel, a deeply spiritual Catholic poet who meditated at length on what the Church taught him, is filled with ecstasy and wonder as he celebrates his faith, his hope and his love. |
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I Wait For You Jesus' own powerful words from The Way of Divine Love showing His displeasure over mankind's neglect of His love, especially of His Eucharistic Presence. |
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Imitation of Christ After the Bible, The Imitation is the all-time favorite book of Catholics for over 500 years. And this translation of Bishop Challoner, who revised the Douay-Rheims Bible in the 1740's, is the most beautiful and edifying we know of. Speaks to the soul of every Christian, reminding him of the shortness of time, the length of eternity and the brevity of earthly joy vs. the eternity of happiness with God. |
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Incarnation, Birth & Infancy of Jesus Christ, The Every facet of the early life of Jesus. Consoling lessons about His childhood and His love for us; how He suffered for us from the moment of His conception. Absolutely sublime reading for Advent. |
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Liturgical Year, The Dom Guéranger's classic in 15 volumes
Commentary on the Church's Sacred Liturgy
Daily prayers and meditations |
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Liturgical Year, The Deluxe version of Dom Guéranger's classic in 15 volumes
Commentary on the Church's Sacred Liturgy
Daily prayers and meditations |
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Lives of the Saints (1-volume, abridged) Butler's Lives of the Saints is the most revered Catholic book after the Bible, the Missal and The Imitation of Christ. A Saint or two for each day of the calendar. Great for a daily meditation; each life is followed by a "lesson" from the life to help us apply the virtues of the Saint to ourselves. Great for the entire family. |
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Marian Devotional, A This beautiful little book is perfect for your prayer times, for eucharistic adoration, and for anytime you can take a moment to recall the really important things in life. Each brief chapter brings you to a new realization of the power, the love, and the holiness of Mary — and each one concludes with a prayer to our Lady that will bring freshness and vigor to your devotion to her. |
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Meditation Prayer on Mary Immaculate One of Padre Pio's few writings, plus a brief sketch of his life. Numerous pictures of this saintly stigmatist. Though brief, it can be read over and over with benefit since it is both a meditation on the meaning of Mary and a prayer. |
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Meditations for Lent St. Thomas provides 63 Scripture-based Lenten meditations, one for each day from Septuagesima Sunday through Holy Saturday. Averaging two pages in length, these sermons are perfect for silent meditation at any time. |
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2010 Traditional Catholic CalendarWall calendar for 2009 based on the traditional Catholic liturgical feasts. Beautifully printed with a unique picture each month, easy to read, and with none of the changes to the calendar forced in by the modernist in the 1950s and 60s. The perfect calendar for every Catholic home.
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 Blood-Red Crescent, TheWhen Pope Pius V calls for the creation of a Holy League of men and ships to face down the Moslem armada, Guido vows to join the fight: for his family, for his city, for his Faith. And although his father tells him he’s too young for war, soon he’s caught up in a whirlwind of knights and nobles, bloody battles and arduous journeys.
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 How to Tell Stories to ChildrenLet Sara Cone Bryant, beloved chidren's author from the early 20th century, teach you how to recapture the pleasures of that simpler age by introducing your family to the joys of stories told, which, she demonstrates, are more delightful to children --- and better for them --- even than stories read aloud.
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 Islam at the GatesHistorian Diane Moczar pulls back the curtain on one of the most important acts in the drama of Muslim aggression against the West: the 500-year-long siege of Europe by the Ottoman Turks, with their eventual repulsion and final defeat.
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 Meet MaryMeet Mary, from Marian expert Mark Miravall, tells you everything the Bible says about the Blessed Mother, what the early Christians believed, and all of the Church’s key Marian teachings these past 2,000 years. Soon, you’ll turn to Mary with your cares and joys; in sorrows you’ll experience her gentle embrace. You’ll also become a better disciple of Jesus, for the Son commands us to imitate him in all things — including perfect love of his mother.
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 One Man, One WomanFrom global conferences to tiny parish gatherings, pro-family advocate Dale O’Leary has traveled the world defending marriage against radical activists intent on rewriting its age-old definition. Now, in One Man, One Woman, the first book of its kind written for Catholics, O’Leary shares her knowledge and experience of every facet of the gay-marriage debate.
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 One-Minute Apologist, TheRenowned Catholic apologist Dave Armstrong (author of A Biblical Defense of Catholicism and The Catholic Verses) has assembled over sixty of the claims and arguments that Protestants (of all stripes) most frequently level against the Church. As a convert, Armstrong responds in terms Protestants can understand and appreciate.
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 Saints for SinnersChrist came not to call saints but to make them — often out of weak, stupid, and sinful men. That’s why the saints are not only models of holiness for us to imitate; they’re reminders that God’s grace can outshine every human flaw. As Alban Goodier’s classic Saints for Sinners shows us, even the greatest saints had to battle the same stubborn vices, temptations of the flesh, and bouts of spiritual dryness that afflict you and me today.
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 The Tripods AttackNovel about a young G.K. Chesterton, with his friends H.G. Wells, Fr. Brown, and the mysterious Doctor, as they struggle to save the world. This is the first volume of a delightfully inventive fiction series for teens to adults that re-imagines the famous Catholic author Chesterton as a young man living in an alternate Edwardian age of steam-driven wonders.
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 What Is The Bible?Some people look at the Bible and see a collection of stories that teach us how to live good and happy lives. Others regard it more as a historical record of the Jewish and Christian peoples. Still others prefer to stress that Scripture is nothing less than the voice of God revealed to mankind. In this classic work you will discover that the Bible is all of these things, and more.
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