The Word Among Us Press: 90 books
Winning the Battle Against Sin
Hope-Filled Lessons from the Bible
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2013
What is sin, why did it happen, and how can we overcome it? Popular EWTN host and speaker Fr. Mitch Pacwa uses his extensive knowledge of the Scriptures to take us on a tour of the Bible to help us understand sin and why we need Jesus in our lives to defeat it. By examining important biblical passages,...
Heaven Starts Now
Becoming a Saint Day by Day
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2016
Once we have encountered the Lord Jesus, how do we keep growing in Christ? How do we let the Lord mold us and make us into missionary disciples capable of spreading the gospel? Instead of just trying to get into heaven, how do we live the life of heaven now so that we can become saints?
In...
Living in the Father's Embrace
Experiencing the Love at the Heart of the Trinity
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2014
Most of us have a personal relationship with Jesus, but how well do we know God the Father? Are we able to call him “Abba,” as Jesus did? Did we have a complicated relationship with our earthly father that keeps us distant from our Father? How do we look at the Father when we are dealing with grief...
The Ten Biggest Lies of the Enemy
and How to Combat Them
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2018
Jesus died to set us free, yet we all experience thoughts from the enemy that lead us away from Christ and his truth. Popular author and speaker Deacon Keith Strohm shines God's light on ten of the most common lies that Satan uses to bind our hearts and prevent us from experiencing the fullness of...
The Gift of Repentance
God's Call for a Change of Heart
Language: English
Release Date: January 2, 2014
Repentance is a gift—because coming to the realization of ourselves as sinners opens our hearts to the gospel. And while consciousness of our sins is uncomfortable, it is also a cause for hope. In those feelings of guilt, says popular Scripture commentator Kevin Perrotta, God is calling us to return...
Rerouting
Finding Our Way Back to God and His Church
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2018
When we lack a basic understanding of what the Church teaches, we can feel as if we’re on a road without a map, or have the wrong map, or only pieces of the map. So how can we journey to the Father and the eternal life Christ won for us?
Rerouting addresses this problem head on, putting the...
Mending Broken Relationships, Building Strong Ones
Eight Ways to Love as Jesus Loves Us
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2015
We all struggle with relationships that are broken in some way. In this book, authors John and Therese Boucher show us eight ways to love like Jesus—through intercessory prayer, respect, forgiveness, gratitude, affirmation, forbearance, honesty, and a healing presence. These are gifts that are given...
More of the Holy Spirit
How to Keep the Fire Burning in Our Hearts
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2013
In the last forty years, many Catholics have experienced an outpouring of the Holy Spirit in their lives that resulted in a new passion for God and a zeal for spreading the gospel. In addition to a newfound love of prayer, Scripture, and the Eucharist, many have been blessed with the supernatural...
An Invitation to the Spirit-Filled Life
The Promise, the Power, the Gifts, the Fruit
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2016
Charles Whitehead, an international leader of the Catholic Charismatic Renewal, encourages us to take a fresh look at the person and promise of the Spirit as revealed in the Scriptures and throughout two thousand years of Church teaching and history. In clear and simple language, Whitehead describes...
Looking to St. Francis
The Man from Assisi and His Message of Hope for Today
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2014
Even before he died, his contemporaries honored Francis, the poor man of Assisi, as a saint. He has lost none of his appeal for people today—even our new pope has taken the name of this great saint. That’s because the message of Francis for us is quite simply the message of Jesus. This book looks...
by Joan Guntzelman
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2011
When we are going through tough times, we need to turn to the light of God’s love, but we often find it difficult to do so. This book will help readers move toward God and away from hopelessness and despair. Guntzelman offers us new ways of looking at our situation as well as reminders to trust in...
by Joseph Schmidt,Benedict J. Groeschel
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2008
God wants us to share our lives and our hearts with him. In this updated and expanded edition of a spiritual classic, Christian Brother Joseph Schmidt gently leads us to recognize that honest reflection before God on the ordinary experiences of our lives is the very means of our spiritual growth....
by Daniel J. Harrington SJ
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2009
How did Jesus pray, and what can we learn from his teachings on prayer? In this inspiring and informative book, renowned Scripture scholar Daniel J. Harrington, SJ, looks at the prayers of Jesus as well as the New Testament prayers about him. His insightful explanations consider the Jewish heritage of...
Building Our House on Rock
The Sermon on the Mount as Jesus Vision for Our Lives as Told by Matthew and Luke
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2011
Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount ends with the parable of the builders on rock or sand. Doing what Jesus asks results in building a life that endures; not doing it results in disaster. The choice is ours, and it’s a scary one. How can we read these words so that we can know what Jesus meant and do it?In...