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100 Days Of Less Hustle More Jesus
$18.99Add to cartGod has made many promises to you and He intends to keep every single one of them. In today’s fast-paced world, it’s easy to forget to find rest in God’s presence, letting go of your
worries and cares.In 100 Days of Less Hustle, More Jesus, we’ve thoughtfully collected and exquisitely designed God’s best promises in a journal setting that provides a place for prayer, reflection
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3 Ordinary Voices Of God
$24.95Add to cartGOD HASN’T STOPPED SPEAKING. WE’VE STOPPED LISTENING.
We yearn for God’s direction. We want to hear his voice. We know his will is the path to the peace, joy, and happiness we hunger for. But how do we discover his will?
God has been speaking to humanity from the very beginning-and he has been speaking to you…
Learning to listen to the voice of God will change your life powerfully and wonderfully. The Three Ordinary Voices of God will help you discover how God is speaking to you today and how that will change all your tomorrows.
In this simple and powerful guide, Matthew Kelly demonstrates that God speaks to everyone-whether we are aware of it or not-through three ordinary voices: OUR NEEDS, OUR TALENTS, and OUR DESIRES.
“When I listen to the voice of God and strive to carry out his will, I become focused, energized, and invigorated. When I turn my back on God or run from his will, I become distracted, depleted, and lethargic. All the energy and enthusiasm drain from my life.”
What’s next for you?
Do you have a decision to make? Are you trying to decide what to do with your life? Or maybe you are discerning what God is calling you to for the next season of your life?
This may just be the right book at the right time for you.
God yearns to speak to you.
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30 Days Praying The Imitation Of Christ
$10.99Add to cartFor over six centuries, The Imitation of Christ has been the most beloved book of devotional literature, second only to the Bible as a pathway to everyday holiness.
If you have ever wondered how to dip your toes into the deep waters of this powerful classic, this book is for you.
Sister Bridget Haase, known for her down-to-earth wisdom and generous heart, offers a thirty day companion guide to The Imitation of Christ. Designed to be used alongside the classic work or on its own, this little book includes daily excerpts, prayers, and reflection questions, along with space for drawing or journaling. Sifting through the text, Sister Bridget has uncovered golden “nuggets of spirituality” that can enrich and guide our everyday lives.
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40 Days With God
$15.99Add to cartHow much time is enough to be with God? While it could be the 40 days or years used so often in the Bible, it’s also possible that simply stealing a few minutes from the busy-ness of each day is enough time to be in Kairos, “God time.” The same is true for the space needed to find God. Whether it be in a deserted place or one filled with activity, whatever space we can carve out to find God-or to make enough room to be found-is enough space. This book is about being with God in short time and tight spaces. The journey is taken through and with the Bible, 40 reflections based on 40 passages from Scripture, starting with Genesis and ending with Revelation. For the prayerful reader, it is an opportunity to carve out God-space and God-time, a pilgrimage with God, toward God.
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Beautiful Second Act
$16.95Add to cartIn A Beautiful Second Act, bestselling author Maria Morera Johnson explores the adventure of life’s second half, drawing inspiration from twenty saints and “soul sisters” who faced these challenges with courage.
As advancements in health and medicine extend our lifespan, women of the sandwich generation–those balancing the needs of both children and parents–are experiencing a multitude of challenges as they transition out of the workforce and into the promise of retirement. A Beautiful Second Act: Saints and Soul Sisters Who Taught Me to Be a Badass Age with Grace contains encouragement and wisdom from saints and contemporary soul sisters who experienced similar challenges during their transition to midlife and beyond and offers insight into the aging process.
Chapter after chapter, these inspiring saints and contemporary changemakers from all over the world will help you, too, embrace your second half and the changes it brings to our health, our personal relationships, our responsibilities, our work, and our faith.
*The Benedictine mystic Hildegard of Bingen, whose knowledge of natural sciences led her to create “nerve cookies” to help you “open your heart and impaired senses, and make your mind cheerful.”
*Religious sister and educator Marianne Cope, who at fifty pivoted as an educator of children of German immigrants in New York to tend to the patients of a Hawaiian leper colony.
*Women of resilient faith like Elizabeth Leseur, whose faithfulness in marriage led to her husband’s conversion after her death.
*Extraordinary artists like Anna Mary Robertson “Grandma” Moses, whose advanced arthritis drove her to use her creativity to overcome her age-related limitations.
*Champions of social justice like Dorothy Day, whose conversion drove her to devote her life to a Christ-centered advocacy.
*Second-act soul sisters like Josephine Bakhita, whose passion for freedom and spiritual insights raised a new generation of evangelists for her homeland.
Each chapter offers experiences of female saints and soul sisters as they illuminate different aspects of this season of aging: physical changes in the body, shifts in work and purpose, dealing with aging parents and end-of-life issues, the need for strong spiritual friendships, and the importance of mercy.
Drawing from a diverse range of occupations, races, times, and outcomes, Johnson writes about her own struggle to redefine her second act and what it means to trust God as our lives
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Befriending Your Inner Child
$18.95Add to cartHurts experienced in our youth, be they traumas or trials, might get stowed away, yet our inner child remembers. It doesn’t matter how much time passes or how mature we become; such hurts can eventually cause friction in our daily lives, casting a long shadow over our relationships with ourselves, our loved ones, and our God.
Written in a compassionate and pastoral tone by licensed marriage and family therapist Brya Hanan, Befriending Your Inner Child: A Catholic Approach to Inner Healing invites you to venture deep into your heart and befriend your hurts, emotional wounds, and childish behavior–or in the world of psychotherapy, your “inner child”–to reclaim your truest self, experience inner wholeness and healing, and strengthen your relationship with God and others.
Part one of the book explains why it is essential to befriend your inner child as well as the wounds and self-protections that this “child within” holds. Through this discovery, you will learn how to transform your deepest hurts into opportunities for healing and integration. Part two of the book offers practical tools to tend to your inner child compassionately.
Through Hanan’s practical “5 A’s,” you will learn how to
*anchor yourself in God and in your God-given body;
*acknowledge your feelings and where you notice them showing up in your body;
*attune to your deepest wounds, core beliefs, and distressing feelings;
*ask God to show you what you need and how to participate in his healing work; and
*act consistently with loving compassion toward yourself.Hanan vulnerably shares her own journey of “reparenting” her inner child with God and offers additional case studies from her clinical practice that highlight how different life stories and life stages can respond to befriending their inner child. Each chapter includes charts, lists, and “Befriend Work” exercises that challenge readers to reflect further on the content.
If you long to experience more fulfillment and wholeness, this book is for you.
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Caring For A Loved One With Mary
$12.95Add to cartCompletely occupied by the constant care necessary for her medically complex son, Theresa Kiser struggled to relate to the seemingly carefree Catholics around her. But when she stumbled upon the devotion to the Seven Sorrows of Mary, she was surprised – and deeply relieved – to discover that Our Lady walked this caregiving road before her. The Seven Sorrows devotion nourished her soul with comfort, companionship, and grace at a time when she needed it most.
In Caring for a Loved One with Mary, you’ll walk step-by-step through the Seven Sorrows of Mary, an ancient yet lesser-known Marian devotion. Theresa’s story and the stories of other Catholic caregivers demonstrate that times of suffering and limitation do not indicate a departure from God’s plan. Rather, they are how he brings us to his joy, as he did for Our Lady.
Mary shows us when life doesn’t go as planned that we are not alone. Moreover, our sorrows when caring for a loved one may be the very means by which we are to follow Christ, just as they were for our Blessed Mother. We know that Mary’s sorrows were not final. For her, everything turned to joy. In God’s timing and in God’s way, our sorrows will, too.
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Carlos Simple Wisdom
$21.95Add to cartThe soon-to-be canonized Carlo Acutis has become one of the most well-known figures of holiness in modern times. Since his death in 2006 at the age of 15, people across the world have been captivated by Carlo’s life and personality and sought his intercession. His youthful zeal and devotion to the Eucharist are well documented, and many people in his life attest to his personal holiness and fearlessness in talking about his faith and love for Jesus.
For the first time, Carlo’s simple and insightful words have been collected into one book. Carlo’s Simple Wisdom demonstrates that it is possible even today to live in harmony with the will of God. Carlo’s life was a race, fast and brief. He has reached the goal he longed for, and he wants nothing more for us than to join him in heaven.
Carlo said, “Everyone is born as an original, but many people end up dying as photocopies.” Unique, unrepeatable, and loved in a singular way by God, each of us is one of a kind. We risk becoming photocopies when we depart from the path Jesus has laid out for us. The truth that Carlo recalled, “God is always with us,” is of utmost importance. We must become “intimate friends of Christ.” Carlo has given us many words of hope to hold onto as we aspire to pursue holiness as he did.
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Catechism In A Year Companion Volume I
$24.99Add to cartGet even more out of The Catechism in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz)!
The Catechism in a Year Companion takes Catholics through the #1-hitting podcast The Catechism in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) including daily summaries, transcripts of Fr. Mike’s daily prayers, and extra content for each episode.
It’s the perfect way to remember what you’re hearing and to learn even more about each section of the Catechism!
“The desire for God is written in the human heart, because man is created by God and for God; and God never ceases to draw man to himself. Only in God will he find the truth and happiness he never stops searching for.” -CCC 27
The Companion presents daily content for each episode of the podcast, including:
*The proprietary Catechism in a Year Reading Plan
*”Reflect on the Faith,” where readers will find a summary of the key points and highlights of Fr. Mike’s commentary on the daily passages
*”Take It to Prayer,” where Catholics will be able to pray the daily prayer alongside Fr. Mike and the rest of the CIY community
*”Dive Deeper,” which features unique content related to each day’s readings, from images and Q&As to prayer prompts and ways to live out the teachings of the Church in the day-to-day
In addition to the daily content, each volume of the Companion will provide an introduction and review for the sections of the Catechism it covers. Written by Dr. Petroc Willey, professor of theology and Catechetics at Franciscan University of Steubenville, these introductions and reviews will help Catholics know what to look for in the days ahead and recall what has happened in the days completed.
Volume I of The Catechism in a Year Companion covers days 1-120 of The Catechism in a Year podcast.
Outside the USA? Click here to see our international distributors!
This sought-after guide to the #1-hitting podcast The Catechism in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) is coming to you thanks to many collaborators, including
*Fr. Mike Schmitz
*Dr. Petroc Willey
*Ann Koshute
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Catholics In Exile
$24.95Add to cartFrom the day the Gospel dawned in the World, Christians have occupied a remarkable place-citizens of heaven, but heirs to the world; loving the world, yet persecuted by the world. A second-century author remarked that Christians are to the world what the soul is to the body. It was people of faith who transformed Greco-Roman civilization and empowered it to thrive.
This is the way of believers in every age, “always carrying in the body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be manifested” (2 Cor 4:10).
In this book, Catholics in Exile: Biblical Wisdom for the Journey Home, authors Scott Hahn and Brandon McGinley demonstrate that the same power that converted the world in the first century is still converting the world today. Providence is not like a sporting event, or the stock market, or the battlefield, where progress can be measured. But it is more reliable than any measurement we have.
The message of this book is at once bracingly realistic and hopeful. Christians today are living in exile. But Christians have always lived as strangers in a strange land-and have nevertheless prevailed. It is a timeless message, but calibrated here precisely for our time.
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Centering Prayer : Sitting Quietly In God’s Presence Can Change Your Life
$17.99Add to cartEmbark on a spiritual quest to the heart of the practice of centering prayer.
Biblical scholar and coach Brian Russell discovered centering prayer at a crossroad in his life over a decade ago. He embraced the practice and it has continued to lead him to ever deepening experiences of the grace and love of God in Jesus Christ. He wrote this book as a guide to help you grow spiritually and to open yourself up to the work of the Holy Spirit in fresh ways in your life. God’s love is the true essence of this book and centering prayer is the vehicle for freeing your true self to experience more of God’s love. Whether you are at a difficult crossroads or simply interested in learning about growing deeper in your faith through silent meditative prayer, you will find a clear and substantive deep dive into “how” “why” and “what” of sitting quietly in God’s presence. Beginners as well as seasoned practitioners will gain inspiration, rich insight, and practical knowledge of a contemplative prayer practice that can truly be life changing.
In Centering Prayer: How Sitting Quietly Before God Can Change Your Life, you will:
-Be inspired by the personal stories of the author about the impact of centering prayer in his life
-Learn the practice of centering prayer including its roots in the early church
-Be empowered to establish your own practice and find clear actionable instructions to make centering prayer a consistent spiritual habit in your life
-Gain a practical biblical and theological foundation for understanding centering prayer
-Identify and overcome common obstacles faced by practitioners of all levels of practice
-Discover how centering prayer will open you up to deep experiences of inner healing by God’s grace
-Find encouragement and guidance to shape your journey toward even greater levels of love for God, others, and self
-Understand how sitting quietly in God’s presence impacts your inner life as a means to transforming how you show up in your family, job, and life
-Be transformed for witness and mission as a disciple of Jesus shaped by faith, hope and love.
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Centering Prayers Volume 2
$19.99Add to cartLooking for peace in these turbulent times? Centering Prayers Volume 2 offers a contemplative sanctuary from the challenges of daily life.
Take refuge from the storms of life with this beautiful offering of meditative prayers, an accompanying resource to the first volume of Peter’s prayers in Centering Prayers: A One-Year Daily Companion for Going Deeper into the Love of God. In this new volume, Peter Traben Haas invites you to recenter yourself every day in God’s presence and explore the loving connection he has with each of us. With a new poetic focus on themes of earth, water, and sky, these prayers will draw you closer to the heart of God and into the stillness of his perfect peace.
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Chastity And The Soul
$13.99Add to cartBestselling author Ronald Rolheiser illuminates the lost virtue that could save us all: Chastity.
These days, it’s hard to say the word “chastity” without a cringe. But in this book, beloved teacher Fr. Ronald Rolheiser boldly champions the notion of chastity in its fullest meaning: respect, patience, reverence, and a God-given gift of propriety in every area of life-not just in the area of sex.
In twenty-four power packed chapters, Fr. Ron compassionately and eloquently elaborates on how we can reclaim the lost virtue of chastity. He spells out the reasons for the death of chastity in our culture, the negative consequences of that has had on our souls and in our lives, the need for a healthy chastity in all areas of our lives, what constitutes that healthy chastity, and its positive consequences-so that we can say the word chastity without a cringe.
This is a book not just for those believers seeking to live a holier life, but for all those who seek to live the fullest, most authentic life possible.Chastity and the Soul is the guide we all need to come to the realization that in God’s eyes, each one of us is holy ground. -
Coming Down The Mountain
$11.95Add to cartYou have just finished a retreat. You feel close to God, and are eager to take your new energy and fresh Christian perspective out into the world and live the kind of life you deeply want to live. This book is written to help you do that. It is a follow-up to your retreat, designed to keep that experience alive and influential in your life. Every day for six weeks it offers you a reflection on some aspect of Christian living, a Scripture passage for your prayer, and a task to carry out. All the key relationships of your life are covered – God, yourself, other people, and the world.
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Discover Christ : Developing A Personal Relationship With Jesus
$11.95Add to cartWhat is the meaning of life?
—Why do I need a savior?
—Why is the Resurrection important?
—What does it mean to believe and belong?
—Why does Jesus matter?Many people live unhappy lives because they have no sense of purpose. And Catholics who could reveal life’s meaning to them need a book to put in their hands. Discover Christ meets both of these significant needs.
When asked about the purpose of life, most people seem surprised at the question. They often give answers ranging from I don’t know to I guess I just want to be happy. With a series of chapters based on carefully crafted questions, Discover Christ leads readers to confront the crucial question of life’s meaning and leads them to embrace the answer found in the New Testament and the Christian community. Readers will discover their purpose in the person of Jesus, who will reveal to them the Father who created them to enjoy the fullness of life. They will see how He will heal them of things that make them miserable; connect them in a loving relationship with Him and millions of others; and show them how to live a joyous and productive life. Testimonies throughout the book add authenticity and interest to the teaching.
