Ritual Practices category: 1070 books
The Essential Guide to Catholic Prayer and the Mass
Deepen Your Spiritual Life Through the Catholic Traditions of Prayer and Worship
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2011
The Vatican-approved guide to opening up new connections to God.
Today, more and more Catholics are looking to explore their spirituality in new ways: by trying meditation or contemplation, seeking to adapt monastic traditions to modern life, or seeking a deeper connection to Jesus through...
by Christopher A. Hall
Language: English
Release Date: April 18, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: April 18, 2010
Reading Scripture with the Church Fathers**Learning Theology with the Church Fathers,
The Good Enough Catholic
A Guide for the Perplexed
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2010
Many Catholics face a dilemma: how can one be faithful to traditions, yet remain open to new discoveries, both about yourself and Catholicism?
In The Good Enough Catholic, Paul Wilkes plumbs the hunger in Catholic souls for a relationship with God and a spiritual life, and boldly confronts...
Heaven Help Us
The Worrier's Guide to the Patron Saints
Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2011
Dear St. Antony
Come around
Something's lost and can't be found
It's three A.M. and you're wide awake. Worrying. You may seek solace in snacking, or in a late-night call to your best friend. The problem is, even your closest friends need to sleep, and, let's face it, the snacking only adds...
Swear to God
The Promise and Power of the Sacraments
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2005
The most solemn, majestic, and beautiful gifts that Jesus Christ gave to the world are His sacraments. He endowed them with unprecedented and unparalleled power—power to change lives, save souls, and share God’s very life. The sacraments are the ordinary means by which God directs the course of...
by Scott Hahn
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2010
In The Lamb’s Supper, Scott Hahn connects the Catholic Mass with the early Christians’ understanding of the New Testament’s Book of Revelation, explaining that the mystical visions of heaven found in Revelation can shed light on the sacrifice and celebration of the Eucharist. This message helps...
The Sabbath World
Glimpses of a Different Order of Time
Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 2010
BONUS: This edition contains a The Sabbath World discussion guide.
What is the Sabbath, anyway? The holy day of rest? The first effort to protect the rights of workers? A smart way to manage stress in a world in which computers never get turned off and work never comes to an end? Or simply...
by Edmund Goldsmid
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2013
The Devils Of Loudun
By Edmund Goldsmid
This is an account of the possesion of the nuns of Loudun. In 1634 the Ursuline nuns of Loudon were allegedly possessed by demons. This is one of the largest cases of mass possession in history. Father Urbain Grandier, a local priest, was interrogated...
by Zhava Glaser, Mitch Glaser
Language: English
Release Date: August 8, 1987
Language: English
Release Date: August 8, 1987
Understanding the purpose and traditions of the Jewish feasts will give you a deeper appreciation for your God, your heritage, and the gift of redemption provided by the sacrificial death of Christ. The Fall Feasts of Israel will help you understand three of Israel's most significant festivals: Rosh...
Worship and Culture
Foreign Country or Homeland?
Language: English
Release Date: December 29, 2014
How are we to proclaim Christ in different cultures? This question was central to a landmark study on worship and culture conducted by the Lutheran World Federation between 1992 and 1999. Much has changed in the years since then: the world today more than ever is a multicultural global village. Worship...
Dem Dry Bones
Preaching, Death, and Hope
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2012
In an age when the so-called prosperity gospel holds sway in many Christian communities or the good news of Christ is reduced to feel-good bromides, it would seem that death has little place in contemporary preaching. Embracing the vision of the valley of dry bones in Ezekiel 37 as a metaphor for...
Consider the Ravens
On Contemporary Hermit Life
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2011
If you have ever wondered about how hermits live, or if you are an active participant in the eremitical life, then its time to make this ultimate resource guide part of your book collection.
Written by the editors of Ravens Bread, an international quarterly newsletter that provides guidance...
The Spirit of the Disciplines
Understanding How God Changes Lives
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2009
How to Live as Jesus Lived
Dallas Willard, one of today's most brilliant Christian thinkers and author of The Divine Conspiracy (Christianity Today's 1999 Book of the Year), presents a way of living that enables ordinary men and women to enjoy the fruit of the Christian life. He reveals how...
by Laurence Campbell
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 1997
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 1997
This book provides the basic "skeleton" for all the services of the Orthodox Church, into which variable texts from other sources are inserted. The work is presented in a well-bound large print format. Using traditional English the book has the fixed texts for all the daily services of the...