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Let Us Be What We Are
The Joys and Challenges of Living the Little Way
Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2012
Let Us Be What We Are: The Joys and Challenges of Living the Little Way offers a glimpse into the life of a Christian disciple facing his own mortality and reflecting on holiness, family, and the saints. This final work from Clarence Enzler, author of the multi-million-selling Everyone’s Way of...
Renewed
Ten Ways to Rediscover the Saints, Embrace Your Gifts, and Revive Your Catholic Faith
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2014
In *Renewed: *Ten Ways to Rediscover the Saints, Embrace Your Gifts, and Revive Your Catholic Faith, Fr. Robert Reed—popular on-air host and president of the CatholicTV Network—issues a creative call to all Catholics to renew the Church by rediscovering the gifts of their faith. Reed profiles...
The Franciscan Tradition
Franciscan Tradition
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2010
Saint Francis of Assisi is one of the most beloved saints. His commitment to God's will, his yearning to embrace poverty, and his attentiveness to the Spirit's presence in his life continue to inspire Christians and non-Christians alike. The Franciscan Tradition highlights some of the most influential...
The Enthusiast
How the Best Friend of Francis of Assisi Almost Destroyed What He Started
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2016
Popular historian and award-winning author Jon M. Sweeney relates the untold story of St. Francis’s friendship with Elias of Cortona, the man who helped him build the Franciscan movement. Sweeney uses the complexities of their relationship in a gripping narrative of how their efforts changed the world...
Gethsemani Homilies
Revised and Enlarged Edition
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2010
Matthew Kelty, a native of Boston, has been a monk of Gethsemani since 1960. Before that he served as an active priest in the Society of the Divine Word, both in the States, and in Papua New Guinea. His previous books include Flute Solo (Sheed, Andrews & McMeel), Sermons in the Monastery, Call...
by Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan
Language: English
Release Date: August 26, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: August 26, 2009
Archbishop Dolan clearly sets forth what it takes to be a Catholic priest in the Third Millennium.
Whether he is stressing the necessity of regular Confession and the need to celebrate daily Mass and say the Liturgy of the Hours or discussing priestly celibacy in frank, realistic terms, he...
Praying with America
100 Years of Encountering God in Prayer with America Magazine
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2015
“Prayer can be a difficult topic to write about, since trying to explain it is something like trying to pin down a butterfly. The more you seek to capture it, the more it wants to escape. In the end, what happens in prayer is incommunicable, as it happens privately, between one person and God.”
—from...
When Saint Francis Saved the Church
How a Converted Medieval Troubadour Created a Spiritual Vision for the Ages
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2015
When Saint Francis Saved the Church offers a surprising new look at the world’s most popular saint, showing how this beloved, but often-mythologized character created a spiritual vision for the ages and may very well have rescued the Christian faith. In When Saint Francis Saved the Church (paperback),...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 27, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: December 27, 2017
A Pope Francis Lexicon is a collection of over fifty essays by an impressive set of insightful contributors from around the globe, each writing on a specific word that has become important in the ministry of Pope Francis. Writers such as Sr. Simone Campbell, Cardinal Blase Cupich, Cardinal Óscar...
Serving With Joy
Lessons From Pope Francis for Catholic Deacons Today
Language: English
Release Date: June 7, 2016
Since the early days of his pontificate, Pope Francis has challenged us to reclaim the “good news” of the Gospel and to allow that good news to heal shattered lives. He is an evangelist of hope who models true servant leadership and whose witness to joy has changed the Church and the world. This...
Fingerprints of God
Where Heaven Meets Earth
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2012
The small town of Medjugorje, Bosnia-Herzegovina was a simple and unassuming farming community, unheard of to most people. But all that changed during the summer of 1981, and it has since been the meeting place of millions of pilgrims. In Fingerprints of God, author Stephen J. Malloy chronicles the...
The Allure of Goodness and Love
Pope Francis in the United States Complete Texts
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2016
During his historic visit to the United States in October 2015, Pope Francis encouraged the nation’s bishops to avoid harsh and divisive language, reminding instead that “only the enduring allure of goodness and love remains truly convincing.” These words provide as fine a summary of the Holy...
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Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2014
Pope Francis: His Essential Wisdom invites readers to experience the words of the beloved pontiff. The excerpts are drawn from his homilies, books, interviews, speeches, and other writings from his papacy and from his tenure as Bishop, Archbishop, and Cardinal. His words reveal a man who is humble,...
Gratefulness
The Habit of a Grace-Filled Life
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2018
In a consumer-driven world where we’re told we need and deserve more, Susan Muto, executive director of the Epiphany Association, reminds us that gratefulness is a gift from God. In Gratefulness: The Habit of a Grace-Filled Life, she reveals that grateful living is not another new fad but has been...