Abbey Press: 125 books

God is a mystery and, although our attempts to define or explain God always fall short, we can describe our experiences of God. In What Is God Like?: A Book about God . . . Just for Me!, author Cynthia Geisen introduces children to a way of getting to know God that helps them understand all the ways...

One of the most important gifts we can offer a child is passing along to them the values that will help them form their own sense of what is important—a sense of what REALLY matters. In What Really Matters? A Kid’s Guide to What’s Really Important in Life, author John Mark Falkenhain, O.S.B.,...

We are all aging. We can view this situation as fraught with danger and decline, or as full of promise and possibility, claims the author.

In the enchanting style of the best-selling Elf-help Series, this wonderful little book suggests that all peace must begin within the individual heart and demonstrates how we can nurture peace within and take a peaceful stance toward the world.

Has illness, loss, or emotional pain worn you down? If so, this affordable and uplifting attitude-adjuster is just the book to bolster your spirits and help you smile in the face of life’s inevitable rough spots.

Whether juggling career and family, or tackling the feat of being a stay-at-home mom, mothers have a strenuous job. The endearing elves on these pages offer busy moms affirmation, inspiration, and nurturing advice on how to care for themselves as they care for their families. For every mom who’s...

For those who have trouble letting go, for those who struggle to reconcile themselves to life’s brokeness, here is a delightful, inspiring, liberating guide to spiritual and psychological wellness and serenity!

Divorce isn’t easy on anyone, least of all children. When Mom and Dad Divorce helps gently guide children through this painful passage.

Inevitably divorce is difficult for children. There is no way around this. But even the very youngest children need a way to understand and make sense of how their family is changing. Author Emily Menendez-Aponte offers a starting point to begin explaining divorce to your child. She helps explain...

Feelings of envy and jealousy can slowly degrade or erode relationships, doing lasting damage to those we care about and, more importantly, to our own spirits and sense of self-worth.

Although each person’s needs and style of grieving is unique, there are universal themes that can help all of us. The invitation offered in this new Elf-help book reaches across individual ways of grieving to help you move toward healing. The wisdom of author Lisa Irish will help you cultivate a...

In this book, Deacon Eddie Ensley explores ways that permanent deacons can enrich their prayer and ministry through “lectio divina,” a renewed appreciation for the “Liturgy of the Hours,” and entering into a fuller sense of “diakonia.” The stories and insights in this book are truly tools for faith enrichment and “becoming one with God” in prayer and ministry.

Boer War Lyrics MOST of the verses in this little volume were conceived and written, if not quite finished, at the time of Cronje’s surrender at Paardeberg.  A certain doubt, however, as to any message of theirs, though modestly set off by a belief in their polemic and literary...