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When The Sickle Swings
$18.95Add to cartFor over half of the twentieth century, across nearly half the globe, the Catholic Faith was repressed, restricted, or outright illegal.
Since 1917, the atheistic, false messianic doctrine of communism found its expression in state powers, whose promises of “equality for all” routinely descended into totalitarianism, slavery, and slaughter.
The Catholic Church was a principal target of these regimes.
From secret Masses in the prisons of Cuba, to clandestine clergy in the catacombs of Bratislava, to showdowns with Soviet tanks on the streets of Brno, Catholics resisted communist persecution in every way they could. Like their ancestors before them, they risked it all for their Faith – imprisonment, torture, death – knowing that the preservation of the Faith, and their immortal souls, was the only worthwhile option – and their greatest victory.
In these pages, you will read about:
*Heroic priests and bishops martyred by their governments
*The resilience of political prisoners who refused to submit to “re-education”
*Freedom fighters who died proclaiming “Viva Cristo Rey!”
*The underground Church in Czechoslovakia, where bishops secretly ministered to the faithful and continued apostolic succession
*How Catholics’ peaceful, prayerful protests were instrumental in the downfall of communist governments
*The daily “white martyrdom” experienced by Catholics who refused to join the Communist Party
*Why communism’s doctrine of worldly utopia is antithetical to the Faith
*The role Our Lady plays in defeating communism
Just as the Church is universal, Catholic resistance to tyranny is universal. These inspiring, modern-era stories, while geographically and materially disparate, demonstrate the same devotion and fortitude common to saint heroes of every age.
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When The Well Runs Dry (Revised)
$17.95Add to cart“A marvelous example of theological devotion” (Catholic Library World), this new edition by popular Jesuit spiritual director Fr. Thomas Green synthesizes the spiritual counsel of classic Christian writers for a new generation thirsty for God.
With almost 200,000 copies in print in twelve languages, When the Well Runs Dry builds on Green’s classic and best-selling primer on prayer, Opening to God. In this proven and popular roadmap for those digging more deeply into the mystery of prayer, Green skillfully coaxes readers to re-examine their perspectives on prayer. Prayer, he teaches, has less to do with what they do or know, and more to do with what God does in them.
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When The White Smoke Clears
$17.99Add to cartWhat does it mean to have a new pope? In an historic time for the Church, the election of a new Holy Father invites Catholics to return to the heart of the papacy-its biblical foundation, its spiritual authority, the hope it brings us, and our shared responsibility to pray for the pope as our universal pastor.
This timely and accessible book offers three key reflections:
*What the Church teaches about the office of the pope and why it matters
*Who Pope Leo XIV is, and what his early words and actions reveal
*How we can faithfully support Pope Leo XIV through prayer, fasting, and attentiveness to his teachingWith contributions from trusted Catholic voices-Fr. Mike Schmitz, Jeff Cavins, Dr. Edward Sri, Dr. Marcellino D’Ambrosio, Fr. Josh Johnson, Katie Prejean McGrady, and more-When the White Smoke Clears grounds readers in Church teaching and calls them to a mature, prayerful posture toward our new Holy Father Pope Leo XIV.
Includes an appendix of traditional and contemporary prayers for the Holy Father.
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Wilderness Within : A Guided Lent Journal For Prayer And Meditation
$13.95Add to cartThis Lent, allow Sr. Josephine Garrett to be your guide as you explore the interior wilderness of your heart and invite Jesus in to heal you with his love.
Have you ever wondered why Jesus went into the wilderness? Some believe it was to reveal his divinity or to restore humanity’s relationship with God. In Wilderness Within, Sr. Josephine Garrett, a mental health counselor and popular speaker, reflects on the belief that Jesus went into the wilderness to rescue us–to rescue us! The Lord does not want us to view the wilderness as something that causes worry, anxiety, or fear. “What if, instead,” Sr. Josephine writes, “we looked at how God has been a faithful provider in the wilderness and trusted that He will do the same for us in the wilderness journey ahead? What if we joyfully take His hand and journey into the wilderness, because when Christ enters there, ‘this opposite place of the garden becomes the place of reconciliation and healing'” (Pope Benedict XVI, Jesus of Nazareth)?
In Wilderness Within, Sr. Josephine will guide you through the forty days of Lent to attend to the wilderness of your heart as a place to be explored, restored, and sent on mission by Jesus’s tender love.
*Week of Ash Wednesday: Enter Lent by recognizing your ability to always begin anew in Christ.
*Week One: Open your heart to God’s love, allowing yourself to reverence your heart as a gift from your Creator.
*Week Two: Reflect on the truth that we are created for relationships, and examine the relationships in your life.
*Week Three: Take an honest look at your limitations, wounds, and sin guided by a spirit of humility and repentance.
*Week Four: Begin to see how God designed your heart to be rescued by him and grow in your capacity to be healed by him.
*Week Five: Leave the wilderness of your heart so that you can go on mission–with a heart restored by Christ’s love–to love your neighbor and be a good steward of the gifts and charisms given to you.
*Holy Week: Follow in Jesus’s footsteps to the Cross and discover how you can love him well through each stage of the Passion and Resurrection.
Each day’s content includes brief meditations, specially crafted illustrations, thought-provoking reflection questions, heartfelt prayers curated to uplift your spirit, and ample journaling space for personal revelations and insights. Whether you’re journeying alone or with a group, Wilderness Within is your guide to a beautiful and renewing Lent.
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Wonders Of The Holy Name (Reprinted)
$4.95Add to cartFew Catholics today know about the amazing power of the Holy Name of Jesus. Urges us to invoke the name of Jesus often. By reverent use of the Holy Name, we can glorify God, call on His aid, pay our spiritual debts, assist the Poor Souls, etc. Remarkable!
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Work Play Love
$12.99Add to cart“Christians make the Mass, and the Mass makes Christians.” So said the Martyrs of Abitina, North Africa, in A.D. 304. The Mass was the reality most essential to the life of believers, and it deeply affected everything they did. In Work Play Love popular author Mike Aquilina shows how the Eucharist shaped three basic dimensions of life for the early Christians.
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Work. Christians brought the fruits of their labor to the altar–not only bread and wine, but also cheese, olives, honey, dried fish, and freshly pressed oil. As they worshiped, they consecrated the world itself to God. In turn, this affected the way they approached their work. It was not just toil. It was an act of love, undertaken for the Father. They labored in imitation of Jesus the laborer. Made one with Christians in the Eucharist, Jesus worked through them and in them.
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Play. The Mass was a leisurely, contemplative act, but it was celebrated on a normal workday in the Roman world. It was useless by the standards of the city. And yet it called forth–gently, gradually–the most creative responses. The Mass inspired new forms of music, poetry, architecture, and painting. At liturgy Christians stood back and reconsidered the cosmos from God’s perspective. They saw their lives as part of a profoundly new and different narrative. This made for new and different art.
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Love. Christian ritual demanded personal and communal acts of charity. The earliest descriptions of the Mass show the importance of the collection and its distribution to the poor, the imprisoned, and the home-bound sick. Deacons and deaconesses were dismissed to take Communion to the same people in need. The fruits of the Mass extended beyond the time of liturgy–and the bounds of Christian community. Christians took care even of their persecutors. This led to the establishment of institutions of universal charity, a first in human history.The story of the Mass is not simply a rehearsal of ancient texts. It’s a drama of personal and societal transformation. This book tells the story as much as possible in the lively words of the early Christians and draws from the most exciting discoveries of recent archaeology. It is a powerful imaginative encounter with the first generations of our Christian ancestry.
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Works Of Mercy
$2.95Add to cartThe CORPORAL Works Of Mercy
1. To Feed The Hungry
2. To Give Drink To The Thirsty
3. To Clothe The Naked
4. To Visit Those Who Are In Prison
5. To Shelter The Homeless
6. To Visit The Sick
7. To Bury The DeadThe SPIRITUAL Works Of Mercy
1. To Admonish The Sinner
2. To Instruct The Ignorant
3. To Counsel The Doubtful
4. To Comfort The Sorrowful
5. To Bear Wrongs Patiently
6. To Forgive Injuries
7. To Pray For The Living And The DeadAdditional Info
THE WORKS OF MERCYDear Parents: The purpose of this booklet on the Corporal and Spiritual Works of Mercy is to teach your children the importance of the Great Commandment of Love of God and Neighbor. We show our love for God by loving our neighbor. The works of mercy are love in action based on our Lord’s Golden Rule: “Treat others the way you would have them treat you” (Matthew 7:12).
It is your duty as a parent to teach your children this fundamental rule of Christian living. Early in their life make your children aware of the enormous value as well as obligation of practicing love for the neighbor. Point out to your children by word and by example and out of their own growing experience how welcome a kind person is in any circle. Kindness based on love and respect is the fairest adornment of your home. Keep love in your home and God will be there. As St. John says: “God is love, and they who abide in love abide in God, and God in them” (I John 4:16). Father Lawrence G. Lovasik, S.V.D.
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YouCat Confession
$12.95Add to cartThe YOUCAT Confession book is a practical guide created for young people to take away undue anxiety about the Sacrament, and to show how it works. It gives all the practi- cal help needed for making a good confession, including how to make a good examination of conscience, special prayers for confession, what is true contrition, spiritual growth with confession, and more.
This book came about as a collaboration between young people and clergy, to make it as accessible and helpful as possible for youth.
Like the other books in the YOUCAT series, the creative design includes many fun illustrations, color pictures, inspir- ing quotes from saints, popes and sacred scripture.
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YOUCAT Confirmation Student Book (Student/Study Guide)
$14.00Add to cartWritten for the candidates in junior high and high school (or older), this YOUCAT Confirmation book provides in-depth preparation for receiving the Sacrament of Confirmation. Designed in the same popular format as the best-selling YOUCAT, this book has interesting, lively text on many spiritual topics and themes to help the student be well prepared to receive the Sacrament. It also includes many good questions throughout the book that youth ask about the faith, God, Jesus, the Church, etc., and the answers are cross referenced with either the Bible or with YOUCAT.
Among the topics covered are: Why the World is Broken, Jesus-More than a Mere Man, In Search of the Holy Spirit, Prayer-Staying in Touch with God, The Church, Eucharist, Confession, the Rite of Confirmation, and more. Like Youcat, the creative design includes many fun illustrations, color pictures, quotes from saints, popes and scripture, and the favorite “moving stick figures” at the bottom of each page.
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Youcat Youth Prayer Book
$19.45Add to cartThe internationally best-selling book, YOUCAT – The Youth Catechism of the Catholic Church, explained to young people the meaning of their faith in language, style and design that has appealed greatly to them. Now YOUCAT – The Youth Prayer Book, helps them to live their faith and deepen their spiritual lives.
The book includes modern, new prayers, along with traditional prayers, and the time-honored prayers of Holy Scripture. It also gives a lot of practical advice on how to pray: in the morning, in the evening, and in between; in sorrow or in joy. The prayer book is illustrated with many photos of young people from all over the world.
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Pray The Rosary (Expanded)
$2.95Add to cartThe most popular, handy, purse-size Rosary booklet now includes the five Luminous Mysteries, those Mysteries intended to offer contemplation of important parts of Christ’s Public Life in addition to the contemplation on His Childhood, His Sufferings and His Risen Life offered by the traditional Mysteries. Each Mystery is gloriously illustrated in full color with appropriate text. Ideal for Rosary Novenas, family Rosary, private recitation, and Five First Saturdays devotion.
