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She was thirteen when St. Michael first appeared to her in a vision. Within five years she was rallying a demoralized army, leading the French to a definitive defeat of the English. Captured and imprisoned in England, at nineteen years old she was burned at the stake after a rigged ecclesiastical inquisition falsely charged her with heresy.

The essentials of the Catholic Faith — clearly, comprehensively, and beautifully explained by one of the Church’s greatest thinkers! Although St. Thomas Aquinas was one of the Church’s most intellectually powerful theologians, few know that he also wrote a great deal that’s well within the reach of ordinary believers. In fact, as you’ll find in these pages, St. Thomas had a remarkable ability to communicate the Faith — including both its most complex and its simplest elements — in plain language.

Tree of Life: Incarnation, Passion & Glory, Saint Bonaventure on the Christ Story. This is Saint Bonaventure's 13th Century collection of fifty meditations on the Incarnation, Passion, and Glory of Jesus Christ. Following the 1978 translation by Dr. Ewert Cousins, parish priest and spiritual director Stephen Joseph Wolf offers a paraphrase with brush-ink drawings.

The Catholic Reformation: A Very Short Introduction traces the Catholic Reformation from its beginnings in the first half of the sixteenth century, through the years of unrest in Europe, to its global expansion in the Americas, Asia, and Africa, and its continued influence and legacy into the twentieth century.

Bestselling author Kevin DeYoung explores the history, meaning, and importance of the Nicene Creed. The Nicene Creed is a fundamental text that Christians have memorized and recited in church services and personal prayers for centuries. Despite its deep roots, many believers today recite the creed as a routine, often without fully understanding its meaning and significance.

“Lourdes”, substantivo tão comum em nossos dias, mas que até o século XIX era desconhecido da maioria dos mortais. Difícil é contar o número de mulheres que hoje atendem por este nome, por influência dessa devoção. Ali, naquela cidade francesa localizada entre os Pirineus, a Providência Divina iria tornar uma simples gruta, palco de extraordinárias maravilhas.

The Mass may seem routine, and it may be the common property of millions of Catholics, but much lies beneath. Mike Aquilina not only answers practical questions about this central act of Catholic worship, but also walks you through the Mass, explaining the meaning behind the prayers and practices.

Decades before Vatican II called for the sanctification of the laity, St. Elizabeth of the Trinity prophetically claimed that holiness is not exclusively the domain of priests and nuns but is truly for everyone. God created the human soul to be a special channel of His grace on earth and to serve as a unique image of His love. Few saints have spoken to hearts as acutely as St. Elizabeth of the Trinity, who has helped even the busiest, weariest, and most distracted of us create an inner chamber within our souls where we can rest in God’s peace and love.

Praying with Our Sorrowful Mother explores the riches of Mary's soul while illuminating the profound sorrows she experienced as the mother of Jesus Christ. The beautiful devotion to Our Lady of Sorrows is exceedingly beneficial in helping Christians bear their sufferings well and follow more closely the footsteps of Christ. After listening to this book, one's relationship with Mary, the mother of God, will always be different.

In his classic work The Secret of the Rosary, St. Louis de Montfort provides an in-depth explanation of the Rosary, including its origin and development, its mysteries, its prayers, its meaning, the divers methods that may be used in the recitation, and its importance for keeping us united with Jesus and Mary. An appendix includes a look at the new Luminous Mysteries and a sample of how they can be said in Methods I to IV of St. Louis de Montfort.

Testimonio autobiográfico de la primera mujer suiza del Opus Dei, dando a conocer su itinerario interior, sus momentos junto a san Josemaría y algunos recuerdos sobre el desarrollo del Opus Dei. De padres suizos y religión protestante, María Casal nace y crece en Sevilla en tiempos de guerra. Decide estudiar Medicina (era la única mujer, recuerda) y no tarda en hacerse católica. En 1954 dirigirá la escuela de enfermería de la Universidad de Navarra, y más tarde desempeñará diversos trabajos en la promoción y formación de la mujer, tanto en Italia como en Suiza.

For much of the twentieth century, a series of terrible events—abuse, both physical and psychological, and even deaths—took places inside orphanages. The survivors have been trying to tell their astonishing stories for a long time, but disbelief, secrecy, and trauma have kept them from breaking through. For ten years, Christine Kenneally has been on a quest to uncover the harrowing truth.

The history of Western civilization knows numerous attempts at this dethronement of God and the secular liberation of mankind. However, never before have similar ideologies taken on a global scale in order to be able to threaten the entire human civilization. And these dangers are dealt with in this book, giving Catholics a basic understanding of them.

Dicen que el juicio no existe en Lourdes. Una vez que uno pone un pie en este suelo sagrado, todas las barreras de raza, condición social, antecedentes y diferencias de religión dejan de existir. No es uno más que un alma humilde en busca de la renovación de la propia conexión con Dios.

Dr. James Papandrea introduces you to all the major theologians, philosophers, and martyrs of the early Christian church and explains the theological principles that guided the Church from the New Testament era through the apologists, and, ultimately, to the development of the major doctrines. He uniquely situates the teachings of the early Church Fathers against the social and cultural context of the Roman Empire and its relationship to the Church.

This incredible story for children 10 and up of the man who received the Rosary from Our Lady, defeated the Albigensian Heresy, raised the dead, triumphed over the devil, founded the Dominican Order, and worked countless miracles.

Saints and Feasts of the Catholic Calendar Volume IV provides historically rich and spiritually vivid portraits of the greatest men and women who have ever lived in concise reflections that elevate the mind and challenge the serious Christian. Volume IV covers all of the saints and feasts on the church's official liturgical calendar in October, November, and December.

The New Evangelization and You: Be Not Afraid encourages Catholics everywhere to first know their faith, and then to live it and share it authentically with others. Many Catholics have heard the phrase "New Evangelization", but don't know what it means or how they might apply it in their lives.

In this new book by New York Times best-selling author Immaculee Ilibagiza, listeners will rediscover this important message from Mary. Mary wanted the whole world to know the seven sorrows rosary, and Immaculee not only shares it, but explains Mary's specific teachings for how to pray it, as well as offers the promises attached to the prayers.

Vor zehn Jahren wurde ein ungewöhnlicher Mann zum Papst gewählt: Papst Franziskus ist der erste Bischof von Rom, der vom amerikanischen Kontinent stammt, der erste Jesuitenpater und der erste radikale Reformer an der Spitze der Katholischen Kirche seit Jahrhunderten. Andreas Englisch zeigt, mit welchen Herausforderungen der Papst während seiner bisherigen Amtszeit konfrontiert war, welche Reformen er durchkämpfte und welche Feinde er sich damit schuf. Das Vermächtnis des Franziskus ist dabei weit beeindruckender, als es auf den ersten Blick wirkt.