 $8.00 This is a hardback book with lovely full-color icons used for illustration. You can read excerpts, see one of those icons and more details here. |
 (Click on cover for larger view) $15.00 | You can take a look inside the devotional, including several entries for January and June here. |
 $12.00 | You can read a sample chapter here (pdf file) Review from Julie at the "Happy Catholic" blog: I truly enjoyed Amy Welborn's The Words We Pray and learned a lot from it so it is not surprising that I found a great deal of value in this book about Mary as well. The passage above gives a hint of the theological depth which she makes easily available to us, while showing clearly how Christ's first disciple, his mother, is a prime example of how to follow Him. Likewise, Welborn ties in Mary's life to our own so that we are given many examples of how the trials and joys of everyday life have much to contemplate that brings us closer to Jesus. As we are guided through the Annunciation, the Visitation, and on to Mary's appearance in the Book of Revelations, there are other contemplations on Mary included in appropriate sections. From Hilary of Poitiers to Caryll Houselander, from Thomas Merton to Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger and Pope John Paul II, thoughtfully selected hymns and thoughts enrich the journey. As well, each section ends with "On the Devotional Side" which highlights a particular devotion to Mary. We are given not only the devotion itself, but the history and how it has influenced the saints as well as more current people. It is hard to imagine that such a complete resource can be only 150 pages but Welborn has done it beautifully. This is a book that I can use for my own enlightenment as well as being a perfect gift to those who wonder just what it is about Mary that attracts Catholics so. Highly recommended. |
 Price: $12.00 (includes shipping) | Do you just want to learn more about Mary Magedalene's identity and role in Christian spirituality, literature and art? I wrote this book for you. There's a great deal of material out there on Mary Magdalene, it's true. Some of the scholarly material is really fine, but too many of the books for popular audiences are informed by one ideology or another, or fall completely into fantasy. In De-coding Mary Magdalene I stick to the facts - what we know about Mary Magdalene from the Gospels, and then how Christian tradition in both East and West continued to meditate on the figure of Mary Magdalene, seeing in her the model disciple - and weaving all kinds of fascinating legends around her as well. Here's the bottom line: The Da Vinci Code propogates the lie that Christianity through the ages marginalized and demonized Mary Magdalene as a "whore" in order to minimize her impact. Wrong, wrong, wrong. Mary Magdalene was the second most popular saint of the Middle Ages. And do catch that word - saint - Honoring someone as a saint (feastday July 22) is a truly odd way of "demonizing" a person. Don't you think? So - come meet Mary Magdalene - as she comes to us in the Gospels, as Christians imagined her through the ages as they contemplated her fidelity and discipleship, and how some contemporary interpreters get her so completely wrong.
|
 Price: $7.00 (includes shipping) Available in packs of 10 at a reduced price from OSV here. | |
 Price: $12.00 | Click here to go to the Amazon "search in the book" feature, which shows you the Table of Contents, and under "Surprise Me!" part of a chapter. Look over reader reviews here. This book is a very focused introduction to faith in Christ, written especially for young adult Catholics |
 $14.00 | For more information, go here. |
 $10.00 | For more information go here. |
 $10.00 |
Prove It: GodEpilogue: What’s the Alternative? |
 $10.00 > |
Prove It: Church
|
 Click for an Excerpt $10.00 |
Prove It: JesusI’ve Always Wondered….
|
 Click for an excerpt $10.00 > |
Prove It: PrayerSection 1 I Don’t Pray Because….
Section II I Want to Pray, But It’s Difficult Because…
Epilogue: Prayer and the Rest of Your Life Appendix: Suggested Prayers and Bible Passages |
 $10.00 |
Prove It: You
|
 $18.00 HARDCOVER | The Loyola Kids'Book of SaintsI. Saints are People Who Love Children St. Nicholas,St. John Bosco, St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, Blessed Gianna Beretta Molla Saints Are People Who Love Their Families St. Monica,St. Cyril and St. Methodius, St. Therese of Lisieux,Blessed Frederic Ozanam, Saints Are People Who Surprise OthersSt. Simeon Stylites,St. Celestine V,St. Joan of Arc,St. Catherine of Siena Saints Are People Who Create St. Hildegard of Bingen,Blessed Fra Angelico,St. John of the Cross,Blessed Miguel Pro Saints Are People Who Teach Us New Ways to Pray St. Benedict,St. Dominic de Guzman,St. Teresa of Avila,St. Louis de Monfort Saints Are People Who See Beyond the Everyday St. Juan Diego, St. Frances of Rome, St. Bernadette Soubirous, Blessed Padre Pio Saints Are People Who Travel From Home St. Boniface, St. Peter Claver, St. Francis Xavier, St. Francis Solano, St. Francis Xavier Cabrini Saints Are People Who Are Strong Leaders St. Helena, St. Leo the Great, St. Wenceslaus, St. John Neumann Saints Are People Who Tell The Truth St. Polycarp, St. Thomas Becket, St. Thomas More, Blessed Titus Brandsma Saints Are People Who Help Us Understand God St. Augustine of Hippo, St. Jerome, St. Patrick, St. Thomas Aquinas, St. Edith Stein Saints Are People Who Change Their Lives for God St. Ambrose, St. Gregory the Great, St. Francis of Assisi, St. Ignatius of Loyola, St. Camillus de Lellis, St. Katharine Drexel Saints Are People Who Are Brave St. Perpetua and St. Felicity, St. George, St. Margaret Clitherow, St. Isaac Jogues, The Carmelite Nuns of Compiegne, St. Maximilian Kolbe Saints Are People Who Help the Poor and Sick St. Elizabeth of Hungary, St. Vincent de Paul, St. Martin de Porres, Blessed Joseph de Veuster Saints Are People Who Help In Ordinary Ways St. Christopher, St. Blaise, St. Anthony of Padua, St. Bernard of Montjoux Saints Are People Who Come From All Over the World Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha, St. Paul Miki, Blessed Peter To Rot, Blessed Maria Clementine Anuarite Nengapeta |
 $18.00 HARDCOVER | The Loyola Kids'Book of HeroesI. Faith
II. Hope
Charity
Temperance
Prudence
|
 $12.00 | How to Get the Most Out of the Eucharist gives you nine concrete steps to help you join your own sacrifice to the sacrifice of Christ as you:
|
 $16.00 | The Power of the CrossYou've seen the movie, now apply the message to your life!There is power in the Cross of Christ that, sad to say, many Christians don't experience. Now you can learn to see Jesus' suffering and death not as some spectacle or theatrical production, but as a blueprint for how to live your life. Here is the radical teaching of Our Lord presented in a series of concrete steps that you can take at your own pace, whether you use this book alone or with a group. Here learn: * How to follow Christ more closely. * God's unique purpose and mission for you. * How to overcome the evil that you have suffered at the hands of others. * To find God's presence in difficult times. * The keys to unleashing the power of the Cross in your life. And more. Arranged so that the book can be used as a Lenten devotional or for anytime of the year. |
 $15.00 > | The How-To Book of the MassPerhaps you know a lot about the Mass, or maybe you are just learning, but there are things that confuse you—like when should you genuflect and when should you bow? When should you stand and when should you sit? What are the different books that are used at Mass and what do they contain? What do words like Amen, Alleluia and Hosanna mean? Help is here! The How-To Book of the Mass is the only book that not only provides the who, what, where, when, and why of the most time-honored tradition of the Catholic Church but also the how. In this complete guide you get: • step-by-step guidelines to walk you through the Mass • the Biblical roots of the various parts of the Mass and the very prayers themselves • helpful hints and insights from the Tradition of the Church • aids in overcoming distractions at Mass • ways to make every Mass a way to grow in your relationship with Jesus If you want to learn what the Mass means to a truly Catholic life—and share this practice with others—you can’t be without The How-To Book of the Mass. Discover how to: • Bless yourself • Make the Sign of the Cross • Genuflect • Pray before Mass • Join in Singing the Opening Hymn • Be penitential • Listen to the Scriptures • Hear a Great Homily Everytime • Intercede for others • Be a Good Steward • Give Thanks to God • Give the Sign of Peace • Receive the Eucharist • Receive a Blessing • Evangelize Others • Get something Out of Every Mass You Attend "Is this not the same movement as the Paschal meal of the risen Jesus with his disciples? Walking with them he explained the Scriptures to them; sitting with them at table 'he took bread, blessed and broke it, and gave it to them." 1347, Catechism of the Catholic Church |
 $9.00 | Praying in the Presence of Our Lord with Fulton J. Sheen |
 $8.00 | |
 $8.00 | |
 $17.00 > "What makes these novenas the most powerful prayers to pray? What is the evidence for this claim?"These are two questions posed to me as this book was being prepared. The answer lies in the many places associated with the prayers found in this book and also calls upon all of those who pick this up to rediscover the power that previous generations of Catholics knew about and accessed to their great benefit. If you want to see the evidence of this power visit any of the Catholic Shrines listed in the appendix of this book and there you will find items left behind as a testimony to the healing power of Jesus Christ working through His Church and His Saints by those who have prayed these prayers before you.
|