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Temptation strikes every soul, no matter how strong the faith. This practical guide explains how to recognize temptation, guard your heart, and lean on God’s grace to resist sin. Learn how to avoid common traps, deal with memories of past sins, and even draw spiritual benefit from the struggles you face. Filled with clear advice and encouragement, it offers real help for staying vigilant, growing in virtue, and turning every battle into a step closer to God.

This riveting account of true-life Fatima events of the past hundred years demonstrates that Our Lady’s messages are more vital today than ever before. Here, author Joseph Pronechen reports on scores of post-Fatima incidents that reveal the wide-reaching influence the apparitions have had throughout this past century on the lives of ordinary people, popes, saints — and even unbelievers! You’ll learn of amazing but little-known Fatima-related occurrences, including the role of the apparitions in . . .

If you're hoping to get to Heaven, you'll need a plan to reach your goal. This handy manual not only presents all the elements of a life well lived; it also helps you incorporate those elements into everyday practice. Straight to Heaven is the one guide you need to achieve holiness now and Heaven later — all while eluding the traps and pains of Hell. Fr. Morrow explains that happiness is attainable now for those who live the gospel because they are bringing a bit of Heaven to earth. Conversely, those who fail to live the gospel are doomed to live a hellish life in this world and in the next.

Could your love and reverence for the Mother of God use a boost? Here’s a powerful 30-day devotional to help you invigorate your love for Our Lady by exploring the many ways in which holy men and women have venerated Mary throughout time. From St. Damian of Molokai to Padre Pio, from St. Francis of Assisi to St. Thomas Aquinas, you’ll learn new ways of honoring Mary that you hadn’t considered previously, and you’ll be heartened toward a holiness and love of God that only these illustrious spiritual teachers can inspire.

Thirty-five years ago, when I was at a low point in my life, the Lord called on me to go deeper in the Faith and to commit myself more fully to Him. My reply? “Yes, Lord! I desire renewal, but I can’t do it alone. I need your help.” That day, I took my first halting steps down the long Road to Spiritual Fitness. Today, with this book, I’m inviting you to join me on this rewarding path—and, along with the Lord, I’m going to give you the help you need to do so. Much like physical fitness, attaining genuine spiritual fitness requires sustained commitment: you need to be in it for the long haul.

The Shroud of Turin is celebrated as one of the holiest and most important relics of Christianity, with millions of pilgrims traveling to see the precious cloth in Italy on the rare occasions it has been displayed. Yet despite its enormous global popularity, the Shroud’s authenticity is not without question. To address lingering uncertainties head-on, celebrated Catholic scientist Dr.

This inspiring book gathers eleven Catholic women who open their hearts and share how prayer has shaped, healed, and transformed their lives. With moving personal stories, practical reflections, and timeless Church teaching, they show how women, like Mary, are called to be contemplatives in action — spiritual mothers, intercessors, and bearers of healing grace. Perfect for personal reflection or group retreats, this work will renew your trust in the power of prayer to bring hope, holiness, and strength to your life and family.

Healing is resurrection, restoring life through God’s mercy. This retreat guide draws from Scripture and the lives of saints to show how divine mercy brings healing to every wound—personal, familial, and spiritual. With reflections, saintly examples, and practical exercises, each chapter invites you to move from fear to trust, shame to mercy, and weakness to Christ’s victory, leading you deeper into forgiveness, peace, and the transforming power of God’s love.

Bring peace and holy order to your home by reclaiming an ancient tradition: the family’s little oratory. With simple steps, create a visible sign of prayer in your house that connects family life with the life of the Church. Discover how sacred art, feasts, and devotions can draw everyone closer to God, make prayer feel natural for children, and transform even busy days into opportunities for grace—turning your home into a true little bit of heaven on earth.

The Lost Art of Sacrifice leaves behind the soft sentimentalism that many today wrongly associate with Christianity, calling listeners to remember – and to embrace – Christ’s unambiguous challenge in Matthew 16: “If any man would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. For whoever would save his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.

If you still drag your feet about going to Confession, here’s the help you need to enable you to overcome your reluctance and open your soul to the vast reservoir of mercy found in Confession. This down-to-earth, practical guide shows you how to transform your confessions from embarrassing moments in a dark room into profound experiences of God’s love. The author, Fr. John Kane, provides solid guidelines for how you can (and must) make the most effective possible use of the sacrament of Reconciliation.

Speculation about the Antichrist abounds — but what does the Church actually teach? Drawing on Scripture, the early Fathers, and saints like Augustine and Aquinas, this timely book explains the prophecies, signs, and deceptions surrounding the Antichrist’s rise and reign. You’ll learn how to recognize his tactics, avoid spiritual seduction, and stay rooted in the truth. Discover Our Lady’s role, the danger of sacrilege and false prophets, and why staying faithful now is more vital than ever.

Walk closely with the Virgin Mary this Lent and let her apparitions and messages guide your daily steps toward Easter. This book offers you a Marian roadmap through each week’s theme, showing you how to deepen your prayer, trust, and conversion. Find new peace as you learn to listen for God’s voice, pray for healing, embrace the Rosary of the Seven Sorrows, and carry your crosses with Mary’s help — ready to rejoice with her in Christ’s Resurrection.

This practical classic guides you through making a fruitful Particular Examen rooted in Christ’s five wounds. With prayers, self-inventory questions, and biblical reflections, you’ll learn to identify your predominant fault and conquer it through virtue. Use this resource to examine your daily progress, deepen your union with God, and grow in humility, purity, zeal, and charity. Perfect for priests, religious, or laity longing to strengthen their spiritual life and imitate Jesus and Mary more faithfully.

Jesus, Break My Chains of Anger: 30 Days of Catholic Prayer for Healing by Deacon John O’Maley offers a powerful spiritual journey rooted in Eucharistic devotion and surrender. This transformative guide is designed for Catholics struggling with anger—whether rooted in injustice, grief, frustration, or trauma—and leads them toward interior peace, reconciliation, and profound healing through daily prayer, scripture, and reflection.

“Jesus, Be My Strength: A 30-Day Catholic Prayer Journey Through Cancer” is a powerful spiritual companion for Catholics facing the trials of cancer. Authored by Deacon John O’Maley—a West Point graduate, former U. S. Army Ranger Captain, and cancer ministry leader—this devotional journey offers Eucharistic hope and consecration amid physical and emotional suffering.

Effortlessly blending biography, philosophy and humour, Chesterton recounts with great imaginative depth the renowned Italian priest and theologist, Thomas Aquinas. Known as the ‘Angelic Doctor’, Aquinas was not just a scholar, but a passionate intellectual who was deeply in love with truth and natural theology.

The word 'chastity', at first sight, may seem intimidating, something to be dismissed out of hand. It is, however, something very different to celibacy. At a time when religion is in decline in the Western world and when it often seems that the senses have run riot, Erik Varden shows that chastity, the single minded direction of the senses, is a loveable quality and one that affects and beautifies humankind. The terms sexuality and wholeness indicate that to be sexual is to exist in a state of incompleteness longing to be restored.

The Power of the Rosary by Gabriel Castillo, is more than a book: It is a theological bombshell, a detonator for spiritual renewal, and a lifeline for modern Catholics who feel lost in the storm. At once mystical, scholarly, and deeply personal, this work deserves to be placed alongside the classics of Marian devotion. It is The Secret of the Rosary for a new generation—expanded, clarified, and intensified.

Written in a style that balances knowledge, wit, and inspiration, Zen Mind, Franciscan Joy provides background information on the lives of the Buddha and Jesus of Nazareth. Dr. Shirley discusses the concepts of Zen impermanence, insight, and meditation and Christian trinity, incarnation, and creation. He also examines the interplay of Zen and Franciscan “emptiness” with Christian “fullness.”