{"title":"Clearance Books","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"last-priest-standing-by-fr-richard-infante","title":"Last Priest Standing","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe list of authors who have illuminated the life of the Catholic clergy is impressive: G.K. Chesterton, Georges Bernanos, J.F. Powers, Edwin O’Connor, and Graham Greene. To that list you can now add Richard Infante, a priest himself and a master of the art of fiction. This volume gathers his already-published stories with a new novella, “Saints and Sojourners.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe drama in the stories emerges from matters peculiar to priestly life, yet applicable to every vocation. In priesthood as in family life, there are generation gaps. There are crises. There are infidelities — and near-infidelities.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnd there is always grace, though it sometimes arrives in a distressing disguise.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“These stories are something more than realist. They’re real. And so they hit a reader not the way words usually do, but rather the way life does.” (From the foreword by Mike Aquilina)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRichard Infante is a Catholic priest of the Diocese of Pittsburgh, He holds four master’s degrees, including a Master of Fine Arts in fiction writing from the University of Pittsburgh. His work has appeared in journals such as Dappled Things, The Catholic Faith, and Pennsylvania Illustrated. He has been active in the promotion of the arts in the Pittsburgh region.\u003c\/p\u003e\n","brand":"Lambing Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41152055869599,"sku":"9780692560914","price":6.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0453\/9056\/1439\/products\/LPS-Resized.png?v=1632769297"},{"product_id":"world-of-ben-hur-the","title":"The World of Ben Hur","description":"\u003cp\u003eA must-have for fans of the epic film, acclaimed author Mike Aquilina offers an unflinching look at the life and times in which the epic adventure of Ben-Hur is set.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBy exploring the gripping times in which the Roman Empire ruled the world, countless scenes throughout the film will have greater meaning and a significance that only knowledge of history can provide.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYou’ll come to a deeper understanding of the Roman penal system that led Judah Ben-Hur to the galleys, the struggle to survive disease and martyrdom, the inevitable destiny of the slave, and the truth about the Roman games that gave birth to the famous chariot race that remains one of the most memorable experiences in cinematic history.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs we strip away centuries of accumulated tradition and look at Jesus of Nazareth with fresh eyes, you’ll also share with Ben-Hur the exciting, confusing, and life-changing experience of meeting Jesus for the first time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eArmed with new wisdom and keen insights into the fascinating history of the Roman Empire, you’ll never watch Ben-Hur the same again.\u003c\/p\u003e\n","brand":"Sophia Institute Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41152077955231,"sku":"9781622823178","price":7.48,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0453\/9056\/1439\/products\/9781622823178.jpg?v=1632769598"},{"product_id":"champion-of-the-church-extraordinary-life-of","title":"Champion of the Church: Extraordinary Life of Archbishop Noll","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEntrepreneur, Defender of the Faith, Teacher, Writer, Speaker, Leader\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFollow the journey from a small-town, horse-riding pastor ...\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e... to one of the most influential prelates in the history of the United States.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRead how he:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStood toe-to-toe against anti-Catholic preachers at tent meetings and worked to keep the Klu Klux Klan from gaining influence in his town\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePenned a series of religious education pamphlets for his parishioners, which led to his founding Our Sunday Visitor, one of the largest Catholic publishing houses in the world\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBegan Our Sunday Visitor Offering Envelopes and Our Sunday Visitor Institute\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePlayed a central role in the founding of the Catholic Press Association, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, and the Legion of Decency\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAssisted in launching NBC radio's \"Catholic Hour\" with then-Father Fulton J. Sheen\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFaithfully met the needs of his own growing diocese from starting a Catholic Charities to aid families devastated by the Depression to becoming a brick-and-mortar bishop following World War II; from confirming 133,000 people and ordaining 500 priests to -- even in his later years -- taking the time to hold Sunday evening information sessions in the Fort Wayne cathedral to teach the Catholic Faith.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBorn in Fort Wayne, Indiana, in 1875, John Noll was raised in a time when Catholic Americans were considered suspect, if not actual second-class citizens.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOrdained in 1898, Father John Noll began his priesthood in an era when basic Catholic teachings were barely known by many members of the Church, and were often ridiculed and misrepresented by non-members. By helping both groups learn the truths of the Faith, he shaped his ministry, his legacy through Our Sunday Visitor, and the Catholic Church as a whole, in the United States.\u003c\/p\u003e\n","brand":"Our Sunday Visitor","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41152101679263,"sku":"9781592761494","price":5.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0453\/9056\/1439\/products\/T200_300.gif?v=1632769978"},{"product_id":"faith-fusion-know-love-and-serve-christ-bilingual-catechi","title":"Faith Fusion: Know, Love, and Serve Christ Bilingual Catechi","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eFaith Fusion, Elementary Edition\u003c\/i\u003e, bilingual, bilingual, brings the Catholic Faith to life in words and images, and provides a comprehensive presentation of the teaching of the Church for students in grades 3 through 5. At the heart of every lesson is a clear and consistent focus on Scripture and Tradition, connected to the students' lives through prayer, reflections, activities, and stories of faith lived in the example of saints and other holy people. The students' faith formation is further enriched through special features in every lesson that deepen their knowledge of the faith and their Catholic identity. Their relationship with Christ is strengthened as they study, pray and apply God’s sacred Word to their lives. \u003ci\u003eFaith Fusion, Elementary Edition\u003c\/i\u003e is the perfect resource for students in grades 3 through 5 who have had no prior catechesis, have had a gap in their faith formation, need a foundation before they begin preparation for the Sacraments of Penance and Eucharist or are a part of a parish's RCIA process adapted for children.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Our Sunday Visitor","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41152124321951,"sku":"9781612788173","price":13.1,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0453\/9056\/1439\/products\/X1623.jpg?v=1632770110"},{"product_id":"out-of-the-ordinary-prayers-poems-and-reflections-for-every-season","title":"Out of the Ordinary: Prayers, Poems, and Reflections for Every Season","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis perennial bestseller is now available in a tenth-anniversary edition that showcases Joyce Rupp's poems, a new preface by the author, and a new design.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJoyce Rupp's characteristic creativity and reverence for the divine are on full display in this collection of prayer resources for birthdays, holidays, holy days, transitions, and many other occasions, helping readers enter more deeply and reflectively into the liturgical and seasonal celebrations of their lives.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIdeal for personal use, or as a gift for loved ones celebrating a landmark occasion, \u003cem\u003eOut of the Ordinary: Prayers, Poems, and Reflections for Every Season\u003c\/em\u003e is an invaluable resource for ministers, spiritual directors, and lay leaders alike, who turn to its prayers, reflections, and rituals for personal and communal occasions both \"ordinary\" and profound.\u003c\/p\u003e\n","brand":"Ave Maria Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41152159416479,"sku":"9781594712203","price":8.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0453\/9056\/1439\/products\/1-59471-220-4.232x.jpg?v=1632770749"},{"product_id":"the-resilient-church","title":"The Resilient Church","description":"\u003cp\u003eBeginning with the earliest martyrs and ending with the twentieth century, The Resilient Church offers a fascinating look at the trials and triumphs of the Catholic Church over the past two thousand years. Fast-paced sketches of critical periods in church history give readers perspective on the challenges faced by the church today. Short selections in each chapter highlight some of the great heroes who influenced the course of history.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMike Aquilina does not shrink from the realities of the past, including badly behaved leaders and those who betrayed the Lord. Yet he also leaves readers with well-founded hope for the future: God remains faithful in every circumstance and fulfills his promise to remain with his church always.\u003c\/p\u003e\n","brand":"Lambing Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41152188219551,"sku":"9780692613474","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0453\/9056\/1439\/products\/TRC_Cover.png?v=1632771349"},{"product_id":"digital-families","title":"Digital Families","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 1.5;\"\u003eTips \u0026amp; Guidelines for Living in an Online Society\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Internet, mobile devices, computers, and social networks: they have become a part of our culture and have formed an inescapably new way of life. To know how to live in this world of technology is essential. To educate our families about the benefits and risks is paramount.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis book is a positive guide through new technologies for newbies and seasoned technological veterans alike. It is a great educational support for those with many questions and hesitations about our connected world, and for those with children or students.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 1.5;\"\u003eAlfred Domingo is a physicist, consultant, author, and Professor of Security and Computer Networks in Spain. He has managed the implementation of technology in schools and the corporate sector, and has taught on the subject of educational technology in various institutions. He resides in Madrid.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n","brand":"Scepter Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41152190742687,"sku":"9781594172588","price":4.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0453\/9056\/1439\/products\/web_cover_7e4ecafc-87ed-4d4e-bbcb-af82b6aa3059.jpg?v=1653758799"},{"product_id":"dora-del-hoyo-a-lighted-lamp","title":"Dora del Hoyo: A Lighted Lamp","description":"\u003cp\u003eBy Javier Medina\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDora del Hoyo was Opus Dei's first Assistant Numerary when she asked to be admitted in 1946. Later that year she moved to Rome. With her hidden work and robust self-giving, she was of inestimable help to St. Josemaría Escrivá and for Opus Dei's expansion throughout the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eShe was a lighted lamp for all those who lived, worked, or come in touch with her. Her influence now continues to spread around the world as we get to know the story of this remarkable woman. In love with Christ, with Opus Dei, and with her work, she died youthful and happy, a day short of her ninetieth birthday. Dora del Hoyo's Cause of Canonization began in 2012. This biography tells her story and relates a few of the many favors people from around the world have received through her intercession.\u003c\/p\u003e\n","brand":"Scepter Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41152190808223,"sku":"9780906138984","price":9.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0453\/9056\/1439\/products\/scepter-1142_f768dc7c-b33d-4c3c-9cbc-e05c152c3b1c.jpg?v=1653759285"},{"product_id":"evangelizing-our-children-with-joy","title":"Evangelizing Our Children with Joy","description":"\u003cp\u003eAsk any child what they want to be in life, and they'll tell you they want to be great.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe problem for parents is how to build on these natural, God-given aspirations to raise happy, healthy kids. Kids who'll go on to become happy healthy adults.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Our children are destined for greatness, each and every one of them. But let us not confuse fame with greatness,\" says Mary Cooney, the author of \"Evangelizing Our Children with Joy.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"All of our children, whether they lead ordinary or extraordinary lives, are called to exemplary virtue, generous sacrifice, courageous heroism, and above all, deep, enduring love. They are called to be saints.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith an energizing zeal and drive, Mary shares with us the wisdom that has come from the highs and lows of parenthood, intermingled with the inspiration she has received through prayer and the Bible.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom the virtues of mercy, kindness, and patience-virtues abundantly needed in the family setting-to the riches of the sacramental life, Mary shows us how to teach our children that the path to living an extraordinary life is found through ordinary actions and habits of everyday living.\u003c\/p\u003e\n","brand":"Scepter Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41152190906527,"sku":"9781594172663","price":8.48,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0453\/9056\/1439\/products\/Evangalizing_Children_Website_Cover_852a6a0f-cfe2-4c09-9d1c-1650232f217d.jpg?v=1653758792"},{"product_id":"family-grace-a-story-of-conversion-through-friendship","title":"Family Grace: A Story of Conversion Through Friendship","description":"\u003cp\u003eBy Fr. Michael E. Giesler\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFr. Giesler’s \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eJunia\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e trilogy vividly recounted the lives of the early Christians and their struggle to be faithful to their newfound faith in Jesus Christ.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eFamily Grace,\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Fr. Giesler tells a similar story, but within the context of a contemporary American family that discovers the Catholic Faith in gradual and unexpected ways. He vividly narrates their temptations, failures, and victories in a setting very similar to what the early Christians faced: a society often hostile to the truth and goodness of the Gospel. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAs he did in his previous novels, Giesler uses the message of St. Josemaría Escrivá as his inspiration---with his call to become saints and apostles in the middle of the world, a calling very similar to that of the early followers of Christ. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eIt was the family that converted the Roman world. Pagans saw that Christian homes were happy, and they wanted a piece of that happiness. This novel shows us the truth: the family is, still today, the key to evangelization and the key to happiness.\u003c\/em\u003e\"\u003cbr\u003e -- Mike Aquilina, author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Fathers of the Church\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n","brand":"Scepter Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41152190972063,"sku":"9781594172236","price":5.48,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0453\/9056\/1439\/products\/scepter-1126_b5a1cd94-0c6a-4d55-86d2-ade24cb870b9.jpg?v=1653759261"},{"product_id":"paths-to-god-building-a-christian-life-in-the-21st-century","title":"Paths to God - Building a Christian Life in the 21st Century","description":"\u003cp\u003eBy Bishop Javier Echevarria\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHow can a person live his faith seriously in our time? Bishop Javier Echevarria takes up key questions of faith, God’s existence, and the many ways people find their path to God. While focusing on the most important aspects of faith life, he also addresses the causes of the loneliness and isolation that afflict so many people today. Particularly insightful are his reflections on suffering.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBishop Echevarria was born in Madrid, Spain in 1932. He worked closely with St. Josemaría Escrivá, the founder of Opus Dei, from 1953 until his death in 1975. Following the death of Bishop Alvaro del Portillo in 1994, he was elected Prelate of Opus Dei and in the following year ordained bishop by Pope John Paul II.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBishop Echevarria has lived in Rome during the pontificates of six popes as well as during the Second Vatican Council. This experience, along with his many pastoral visits on six continents, gives him a broad knowledge of the situation of present-day believers and the challenges facing the Church throughout the world. He is the author of eight books.\u003c\/p\u003e\n","brand":"Scepter Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41152196706463,"sku":"9781594170850","price":7.48,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0453\/9056\/1439\/products\/scepter-1120_2135db25-d3a9-4b78-9cd9-7b7347d15bc3.jpg?v=1653759167"},{"product_id":"rsv-pocket-new-testament","title":"RSV Pocket New Testament","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePocket New Testament -Revised Standard Version: Catholic Edition\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eFollowing years of popularity with a pocket New Testament in the Confraternity translation, Scepter now releases an easily readable, yet pocket size (3 x 5 inches) RSV CE version in bonded and synthetic leather covers.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eThe print size is bold and provides an easy read with a single column format. Each New Testament is well bound with reinforcement strips on the outside signatures to provide years of service without the binding splitting or weakening. Other features include: Gold foil stamping on cover and spine, Four-page end papers, Round spine with round cover corners, Head and tail bands, One ribbon marker, 672 pages.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003ePope Francis\u003c\/em\u003e has repeatedly encourage everyone to carry always in their pockets the Gospels and to read them daily -even in the ordinary moments of the day such as waiting in line or on the bus.  Our pocket New Testaments are a splendid way to put the words of the Pope into practice.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eThis pocket NT is about a half inch wide. Thus it can be carried easily anywhere, at work, during travel, or at home. Useful for everyone, whether just for one’s own reading, for preparation of talks or homilies or commentaries, or as a gift to a friend or family member. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n","brand":"Scepter Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41152197001375,"sku":"9781594172373","price":8.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0453\/9056\/1439\/files\/RSV_New_Testament_Black.webp?v=1725984989"},{"product_id":"saints-in-the-world","title":"Saints in The World","description":"\u003cp\u003eSaints in The World\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn a vigorous engaging style Fr. Jesus Urteaga challenges men and women of today to live up to the high demands of virtue. He shows the importance of human virtue such as courage, fortitude, sincerity and generosity in forming a solid foundation for supernatural life in the midst of the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“… Fury full of hope, a sense of conviction which has no pride in it, for it is founded on faithfulness to the Sea of Peter. It is about the Christian that the Church needs today.” L’ Osservatore Romano\u003c\/p\u003e\n","brand":"Scepter Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41152197034143,"sku":"9781594170843","price":7.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0453\/9056\/1439\/products\/9781594170843_Sts_in_The_World_cfc764bc-53f8-4408-af22-228d17bebaae.jpg?v=1653758832"},{"product_id":"the-forge-mini-edition","title":"The Forge (Mini Edition)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Forge\u003c\/em\u003e is the third collection of St. Josemaría’s refreshingly brief but profoundly weighty reflections and meditations on how to live the Christian life to its absolute fullest.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLike \u003cem\u003eThe Way\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eFurrow\u003c\/em\u003e, it gives you practical and pointed material for meditation that will help you take your spiritual responsibilities more seriously and move ever closer to the all-consuming forge of God’s love.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSt. Josemaría wrote these 1,055 aphorisms, observations, and exhortations in order to enkindle within you a desire for holiness and apostolate.\u003c\/p\u003e\n","brand":"Scepter Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41152198312095,"sku":"9780933932562","price":5.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0453\/9056\/1439\/products\/scepter-1060_bded4fac-f476-4b89-9199-940058dbee0f.jpg?v=1653759332"},{"product_id":"the-founder-of-opus-dei-volume-iii-the-divine-ways-on-earth","title":"The Founder of Opus Dei, Volume III - The Divine Ways on Earth","description":"\u003cp\u003eBy Vazquez de Prada\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDream, and your dreams will fall short, Saint Josemaría Escrivá told early members of Opus Dei. This third and final volume of the most extensively researched work on the founder of Opus Dei covers his years in Rome, from 1946 until his death there in 1975. It describes how Opus Dei overcame major obstacles and blossomed from a handful of members in Spain into a worldwide institution, with more than 60,000 members of 80 nationalities. Andres Vazquez de Prada, a Spanish diplomat, writer, and historian who knew Saint Josemaría personally, narrates the story, using previously unpublished letters, diaries, and other sources from the archives of the Prelature of Opus Dei.\u003c\/p\u003e\n","brand":"Scepter Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41152198541471,"sku":"9781594170263","price":9.48,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0453\/9056\/1439\/products\/scepter-1163_7831009d-ea5d-439e-96ac-230aa1636d9d.jpg?v=1653759314"},{"product_id":"john-paul-ii-meaning-of-vocation","title":"The Meaning of Vocation","description":"\u003cp\u003eBy St. John Paul II\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOver the years, the Holy Father has said much about the meaning of vocation and how Catholics should respond to God's call, but it has been scattered through dozens of addresses he has given all over the world. Now at last this compact compendium collects the Pope's choicest remarks on God's call and how you should strive to hear and obey Him. He helps you clarify what God is calling you to do, explains how and when God calls, and even helps parents face up to their children's vocations!\u003c\/p\u003e\n","brand":"Scepter Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41152199360671,"sku":"9780933932999","price":1.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0453\/9056\/1439\/products\/scepter-1004_e21c330e-979b-4d2b-a782-97a39c0aea45.jpg?v=1653759465"},{"product_id":"why-priests-answers-guided-by-the-teaching-of-benedict-xvi","title":"Why Priests? Answers Guided by the Teaching of Benedict XVI","description":"\u003cp\u003eBy Paul Josef Cardinal Cordes\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen—as we often hear—there are too few priests, can and should lay people assume some part of the priestly ministry? And when all men and women have equal dignity in the eyes of God, is it not also time to organize parishes democratically? Also, why does the Church need priests at all?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJust in time for the “Year for Priests,” Paul Josef Cardinal Cordes, the president of the Pontifical Council Cor Unum and a close friend of Pope Benedict XVI, offers a wide-ranging view of the priesthood which draws on the Holy Father’s thinking and scholarship over a period of fifty years. The book covers four major themes: origins of priesthood, development through the history of the Church, the limitations and problems faced by priests, and finally, personal faith and the Church’s salvific means. Through these reflections the Cardinal offers a deeper understanding of the Catholic priesthood which is sure to be helpful for the priest and his parish, the seminarian and his ambience, as well as all those interested in the priestly ministry and the Church’s decision-making process.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePaul Josef Cardinal Cordes was born in Kirchhundern, Germany, in 1934 and ordained a priest in 1961. After studying medicine, philosophy and theology in Münster, Paderborn and Lyon, he was awarded a doctorate in 1971 under the direction of Cardinal Karl Lehmann. He worked for the Secretariat of the German Bishops’ Conference and in 1975 was named Auxiliary Bishop of Paderborn by Pope Paul VI. In 1980, Pope John Paul II called him to Rome as Vice President of the Pontifi cal Council for the Laity. Appointed President of the Pontifi cal council “Cor Unum” in 1995, he was elevated to the College of Cardinals by Pope Benedict XVI in 2007.\u003c\/p\u003e\n","brand":"Scepter Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41152202997919,"sku":"9781594170867","price":9.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0453\/9056\/1439\/products\/scepter-1105_9030fb60-e8e3-4eba-87de-4997c736715b.jpg?v=1653759235"},{"product_id":"american-cardinal-reader-book-4","title":"American Cardinal Reader - Book 4","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eLong used by most Catholic schools and countless homeschooling families, the \u003ci\u003eAmerican Cardinal Readers \u003c\/i\u003eare tried and true, well-loved companions for children developing their reading skills. The \u003ci\u003eAmerican Cardinal Readers\u003c\/i\u003e begin following the family adventures of John, Jean, and Baby, with simple sentences to ease your child into reading stories. As he or she progresses through the series, the books grow longer, the vocabulary expands, and the stories become more complex, guiding and challenging young readers to enhance their reading comprehension.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYoung readers also become acquainted with classic children’s authors and poets, such as Robert Louis Stevenson, Lewis Carroll, and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, and beloved Catholic writers like St. Therese of Lisieux, G.K. Chesterton, and Francis Thompson. Explore the realm of literature from short stories, parables, poems, fables, and folk tales, the narratives accompanied by charming black and white illustrations.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe \u003ci\u003eAmerican Cardinal Readers \u003c\/i\u003eare a necessity and a treasure in the library of any homeschooler or Catholic family interested in immersing their littlest readers in quality literature. These hardcovers are guaranteed to withstand the test of time in every way. Order your set now!\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n","brand":"St. Benedict Press \/ TAN Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41152234913951,"sku":"9780911845396","price":9.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0453\/9056\/1439\/products\/9780911845396.jpg?v=1632772049"},{"product_id":"treasure-box-book-4","title":"Treasure Box: Book 4","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eThe Treasure Box books present a wonderful combination of fun, innocence and the Catholic Faith. They teach the Faith in a simple way, and they inspire children's hearts to love God. The pictures are truly beautiful, unlike the cartoon illustrations found in many children's books today. These books are full of Catholic doctrine, presented reverently and simply at a young child's level, in a manner to capture the child's interest and raise the heart to God.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n","brand":"St. Benedict Press \/ TAN Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41152259031199,"sku":"9780895555540","price":2.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0453\/9056\/1439\/products\/9780895555540.jpg?v=1632772432"},{"product_id":"treasure-box-book-7","title":"Treasure Box: Book 7","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eThe Treasure Box books present a wonderful combination of fun, innocence and the Catholic Faith. They teach the Faith in a simple way, and they inspire children's hearts to love God. The pictures are truly beautiful, unlike the cartoon illustrations found in many children's books today. These books are full of Catholic doctrine, presented reverently and simply at a young child's level, in a manner to capture the child's interest and raise the heart to God.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n","brand":"St. Benedict Press \/ TAN Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41152259129503,"sku":"9780895555571","price":2.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0453\/9056\/1439\/products\/9780895555571.jpg?v=1632772436"},{"product_id":"treasure-box-book-9","title":"Treasure Box: Book 9","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eThe Treasure Box books present a wonderful combination of fun, innocence and the Catholic Faith. They teach the Faith in a simple way, and they inspire children's hearts to love God. The pictures are truly beautiful, unlike the cartoon illustrations found in many children's books today. These books are full of Catholic doctrine, presented reverently and simply at a young child's level, in a manner to capture the child's interest and raise the heart to God.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n","brand":"St. Benedict Press \/ TAN Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41152259326111,"sku":"9780895555595","price":2.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0453\/9056\/1439\/products\/9780895555595.jpg?v=1632772439"},{"product_id":"treasure-box-book-10","title":"Treasure Box: Book 10","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eThe Treasure Box books present a wonderful combination of fun, innocence and the Catholic Faith. They teach the Faith in a simple way, and they inspire children's hearts to love God. The pictures are truly beautiful, unlike the cartoon illustrations found in many children's books today. These books are full of Catholic doctrine, presented reverently and simply at a young child's level, in a manner to capture the child's interest and raise the heart to God.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n","brand":"St. Benedict Press \/ TAN Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41152259883167,"sku":"9780895555601","price":2.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0453\/9056\/1439\/products\/9780895555601.jpg?v=1632772442"},{"product_id":"treasure-box-book-11","title":"Treasure Box: Book 11","description":"\u003cdiv\u003eHere are 10 more Treasure Box books to raise children's hearts to God and teach them Catholic truths! In this set we read more stories about Wupsy the Guardian Angel and the little boy Sunny. There are stories about Baby Jesus and the first Christmas, His escape from Herod, the Holy Family at Nazareth, St. Michael and Lucifer, God and the creation of the world, Catholic missionaries in Africa, angels, devils, a boy who does what God wants each day, stories from folklore, and more.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n","brand":"St. Benedict Press \/ TAN Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41152259948703,"sku":"9780895555618","price":2.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0453\/9056\/1439\/products\/9780895555618.jpg?v=1632772444"},{"product_id":"treasure-box-book-12","title":"Treasure Box: Book 12","description":"\u003cdiv\u003eHere are 10 more Treasure Box books to raise children's hearts to God and teach them Catholic truths! In this set we read more stories about Wupsy the Guardian Angel and the little boy Sunny. There are stories about Baby Jesus and the first Christmas, His escape from Herod, the Holy Family at Nazareth, St. Michael and Lucifer, God and the creation of the world, Catholic missionaries in Africa, angels, devils, a boy who does what God wants each day, stories from folklore, and more.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n","brand":"St. Benedict Press \/ TAN Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41152259981471,"sku":"9780895555625","price":1.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0453\/9056\/1439\/products\/9780895555625.jpg?v=1632772445"},{"product_id":"treasure-box-book-13","title":"Treasure Box: Book 13","description":"\u003cdiv\u003eHere are 10 more Treasure Box books to raise children's hearts to God and teach them Catholic truths! In this set we read more stories about Wupsy the Guardian Angel and the little boy Sunny. There are stories about Baby Jesus and the first Christmas, His escape from Herod, the Holy Family at Nazareth, St. Michael and Lucifer, God and the creation of the world, Catholic missionaries in Africa, angels, devils, a boy who does what God wants each day, stories from folklore, and more.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n","brand":"St. Benedict Press \/ TAN Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41152260047007,"sku":"9780895555632","price":1.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0453\/9056\/1439\/products\/9780895555632.jpg?v=1632772447"},{"product_id":"treasure-box-book-14","title":"Treasure Box: Book 14","description":"\u003cdiv\u003eHere are 10 more Treasure Box books to raise children's hearts to God and teach them Catholic truths! In this set we read more stories about Wupsy the Guardian Angel and the little boy Sunny. There are stories about Baby Jesus and the first Christmas, His escape from Herod, the Holy Family at Nazareth, St. Michael and Lucifer, God and the creation of the world, Catholic missionaries in Africa, angels, devils, a boy who does what God wants each day, stories from folklore, and more.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n","brand":"St. Benedict Press \/ TAN Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41152260145311,"sku":"9780895555649","price":2.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0453\/9056\/1439\/products\/9780895555649.jpg?v=1632772448"},{"product_id":"treasure-box-book-15","title":"Treasure Box: Book 15","description":"\u003cdiv\u003eHere are 10 more Treasure Box books to raise children's hearts to God and teach them Catholic truths! In this set we read more stories about Wupsy the Guardian Angel and the little boy Sunny. There are stories about Baby Jesus and the first Christmas, His escape from Herod, the Holy Family at Nazareth, St. Michael and Lucifer, God and the creation of the world, Catholic missionaries in Africa, angels, devils, a boy who does what God wants each day, stories from folklore, and more.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n","brand":"St. Benedict Press \/ TAN Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41152260210847,"sku":"9780895555656","price":1.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0453\/9056\/1439\/products\/9780895555656.jpg?v=1632772450"},{"product_id":"treasure-box-book-16","title":"Treasure Box: Book 16","description":"\u003cdiv\u003eHere are 10 more Treasure Box books to raise children's hearts to God and teach them Catholic truths! In this set we read more stories about Wupsy the Guardian Angel and the little boy Sunny. There are stories about Baby Jesus and the first Christmas, His escape from Herod, the Holy Family at Nazareth, St. Michael and Lucifer, God and the creation of the world, Catholic missionaries in Africa, angels, devils, a boy who does what God wants each day, stories from folklore, and more.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n","brand":"St. Benedict Press \/ TAN Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41152260309151,"sku":"9780895555663","price":2.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0453\/9056\/1439\/products\/9780895555663.jpg?v=1632772452"},{"product_id":"treasure-box-book-17","title":"Treasure Box: Book 17","description":"\u003cdiv\u003eHere are 10 more Treasure Box books to raise children's hearts to God and teach them Catholic truths! In this set we read more stories about Wupsy the Guardian Angel and the little boy Sunny. There are stories about Baby Jesus and the first Christmas, His escape from Herod, the Holy Family at Nazareth, St. Michael and Lucifer, God and the creation of the world, Catholic missionaries in Africa, angels, devils, a boy who does what God wants each day, stories from folklore, and more.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n","brand":"St. Benedict Press \/ TAN Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41152260407455,"sku":"9780895555670","price":2.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0453\/9056\/1439\/products\/9780895555670.jpg?v=1632772453"},{"product_id":"god-for-us-rediscovering-the-meaning-of-lent-and-easter-readers-edition","title":"God For Us: Rediscovering the Meaning of Lent and Easter (Reader's Edition)","description":"\u003cp\u003eExplore the meaning of Lent, its importance in spiritual formation, its significance in the preparation of Easter, and the holy season of Easter itself. Reflections from leading spiritual writers in North America reveal what one theologian has called the \"bright sadness\" of Lent — that it is not about becoming lost in feelings of brokenness, but about cleansing the palate so that we can taste life more fully. Lent and Easter reveal the God who is for us in all of life — for our liberation, for our healing, for our wholeness. Lent and Easter remind us that even in death there can be found resurrection. \u003ci\u003eGod for Us\u003c\/i\u003e provides a rich resource for renewing meaning in a season that is at best neglected or misunderstood.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eContributors include: Kathleen Norris, Scott Cairns, Richard Rohr, Ronald Rolheiser, James Calvin Schaap, Luci Shaw, Lauren F. Winner and Beth Bevis\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"ppmidpagehtml\"\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/goodletters\/2013\/12\/god-for-us-an-interview-with-james-calvin-schaap\/\" target=\"-blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eRead an Interview with James Calvin Schaap\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/goodletters\/2013\/12\/god-for-us-an-interview-with-scott-cairns\/\" target=\"-blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eRead an Interview with Scott Cairns\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u0026lt;ahref=\"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/goodletters\/2013\/12\/god-for-us-an-interview-with-luci-shaw\/\" target=\"-blank\"\u0026gt;Read an Interview with Luci Shaw\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n","brand":"Paraclete Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41152293994655,"sku":"9781612617688","price":9.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0453\/9056\/1439\/products\/God-For-Us.jpg?v=1632772881"},{"product_id":"the-bishop-of-the-abandoned-tabernacle","title":"The Bishop of the Abandoned Tabernacle","description":"\u003cp\u003eSt. Manuel felt called to the priesthood at the age of 12. After his ordination in 1901, he was sent to preach at a church which he found to be unclean and abandoned. There, praying before a Tabernacle covered in dust and cobwebs, with torn altar cloths and oil dripping onto the floor from the sanctuary lamp, he decided to dedicate his life to providing for Jesus’ needs in the Tabernacle. This poor, abandoned Tabernacle taught the young priest more about the Love of Jesus than his years of theological study. It marked his entire life from that moment. He dedicated himself until his death to spreading devotion to the Eucharist, proclaiming these words which he would go on to choose for his epitaph: “Jesus is here! He is here! Do not abandon Him!” This saintly bishop will help you to receive Holy Communion more fervently and to love Jesus more deeply in Eucharistic Adoration. This book will awaken you to a new experience of Our Lord — that you may see, hear, love, and console “Love who is not loved.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n","brand":"Scepter Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41152314310815,"sku":"9781594173141","price":7.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0453\/9056\/1439\/products\/Bishop_cover_11.7-page-001.jpg?v=1653758658"},{"product_id":"all-in-breaking-barriers-to-discerning-the-priesthood","title":"All In: Breaking Barriers to Discerning the Priesthood","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMany are called – but how do you really know if you’re chosen?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis book speaks to the most common objections raised by young men considering the priesthood.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eI can’t be celibate.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMy family and friends are unsupportive.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eI just need to take more time to discern.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eI am unsure.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMarriage is better.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eI’m not worthy.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis book looks at every difficulty – and overcomes them all, so men can simplify their discernment and take active steps to discern God’s will in their lives.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e“Are you – or someone you know – discerning a call to the priesthood? All In: Breaking Barriers to Discerning the Priesthood is a fabulous book that will help you on your journey. Isacco and Tirabassi identify various psychological obstacles young men face today and offer practical steps to turn those barriers into bridges, moving forward. As a mother of sons actively discerning, I highly recommend this book!”\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e– Kimberly Hahn\u003cbr\u003e\nAuthor of \u003cem\u003eLife-Giving Love: Embracing God’s Beautiful Design for Marriage\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e“I’ve never seen a more practical and pastoral guide to discerning a vocation to the priesthood. This book is going to change a lot of lives.”\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e– Matthew Leonard\u003cbr\u003e\nVice President\u003cbr\u003e\nSaint Paul Center for Biblical Theology\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e“Isacco and Tirabassi simplify discernment in this concise, candid, and practical approach.”\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e– Fr. Michael R. Ackerman\u003cbr\u003e\nDirector of Priestly Vocations\u003cbr\u003e\nDiocese of Pittsburgh\u003c\/p\u003e\n","brand":"Lambing Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41152319324319,"sku":"9780997821567","price":8.48,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0453\/9056\/1439\/products\/AllIn.png?v=1632773214"},{"product_id":"last-of-the-romantics","title":"Last of the Romantics","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"product-description rte\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"tabs\" class=\"description ui-tabs ui-widget ui-widget-content ui-corner-all\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"tabs-2\" class=\"ui-tabs-panel ui-widget-content ui-corner-bottom\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"ui-id-1\" aria-expanded=\"true\" aria-hidden=\"false\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“I love the freedom of others,” said St. Josemaria, “yours, that of the person passing by right now on the street, because if I didn’t love it, I couldn’t defend mine. But that’s not the main reason. The main reason is this: that Christ died on the Cross to give us freedom, so that we could live in the freedom and glory of the children of God.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSt. Josemaría Escrivá referred to himself as the “last of the Romantics,” and under this title Mariano Fazio portrays the founder of Opus Dei as a passionate defender of freedom. As he does so, Fazio offers an orderly, clear, and attractive presentation of many of St. Josemaría’s key teachings. These teachings will challenge his readers and hopefully awaken in them the same love of freedom that St. Josemaría bore in his heart. “Don’t let me be ‘the last of the romantics,’” he would say. “This is Christian romanticism: to love the freedom of others, with love and affection.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n","brand":"Scepter Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41152321355935,"sku":"9781594173332","price":8.48,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0453\/9056\/1439\/products\/Last_of_the_Romantics.jpg?v=1653758603"},{"product_id":"comprometidos-con-dios","title":"Comprometidos con Dios: La promesa y la fuerza de los sacramentos","description":"\u003cp\u003eEl autor profundiza en la Escritura y la Tradición de la Iglesia, para exponer la importancia y la riqueza de los siete sacramentos, establecidos por Cristo: su doctrina, símbolos, historia y rituales. Con su habitual estilo vigoroso, Hahn narra su experiencia del descubrimiento de la vida sacramental, y ayuda al lector a entender la necesidad de los sacramentos en el plan de salvación de Dios.\u003c\/p\u003e\n","brand":"RIALP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41152328859807,"sku":"9788432135903","price":6.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0453\/9056\/1439\/products\/Comprometidos-con-Dios.jpg?v=1653758210"},{"product_id":"novena-to-our-lady-of-students-mother-of-fair-love","title":"Novena to Our Lady of Students, Mother of Fair Love","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Novena to Our Lady of Students, Mother of Fair Love, is inspired by St. Josemaria Escriva who said: “An hour of study, for a modern apostle, is an hour of prayer” (The Way, no. 335).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe purpose of praying this devotion is to help students learn from Our Lady:\u003cbr\u003e\nHow to be a better student\u003cbr\u003e\nHow to develop and maintain good habits in daily life\u003cbr\u003e\nHow to grow spiritually imitating Jesus Christ\u003cbr\u003e\nHow to recognize and overcome personal challenges\u003cbr\u003e\nHow to be the person God wants you to be\u003cbr\u003e\n* A complimentary prayer card accompanies each Novena booklet.\u003c\/p\u003e\n","brand":"Midwest Theological Forum","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41152332693663,"sku":"9781948139168","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0453\/9056\/1439\/products\/Novena-to-Our-Lady-of-Students_200px.jpg?v=1632773472"},{"product_id":"preorder-special-the-wedding","title":"The Wedding","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"woocommerce-product-details__short-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFather Bill Laughlin’s Saturday begins ominously at 6 a.m. with an unsettling call from the would-be bridegroom — insisting upon a meeting, immediately, with his ex-bride-to-be.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhat follows is a confusion of misleading signage, misheard instructions, misguided guests, and misanthropic thoughts. The day tumbles and stumbles on, moved forward by armed threats from the would-be groom, liquor-fueled madness, and the energy and idiosyncrasies of ordinary parishioners.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt ends … well, as with life itself, you’ll see where it ends, and it will probably surprise you.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n","brand":"Lambing Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41152333021343,"sku":"9780997821581","price":8.48,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0453\/9056\/1439\/products\/TheWedding.png?v=1632773478"},{"product_id":"the-passion-and-death-of-our-lord-jesus-christ","title":"The Passion and Death of Our Lord Jesus Christ","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"product-description rte\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"tabs\" class=\"description ui-tabs ui-widget ui-widget-content ui-corner-all easytabs-flexible\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"tabs-2\" class=\"ui-tabs-panel ui-widget-content ui-corner-bottom\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"ui-id-1\" aria-expanded=\"true\" aria-hidden=\"false\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eArchbishop Alban Goodier, S.J. fills in the many blanks in the historical narratives about the Passion of Jesus Christ with a riveting account based on history, culture and his own deep spiritual insights. He brings to life and unifies the many observations, emotions and subtle and not-so-subtle actions that revolve around the person of God the Son as he faces his most tragic and triumphant moment.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe author’s unique approach intersperses Scripture accounts with the commentary of an incisive narrator who sifts and judges from the span of hundreds of years. He draws from the obvious as well as the obscure, and finds supernatural meaning in the most mundane actions that surround the suffering Christ. In the hands of this writer, the Lord’s few words, accompanied by the author’s commentary, challenge contemporary believers as much as they did those who first followed in the footsteps of Christ and his apostles.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe author was born in 1869 in Lancashire, northern England and educated at the prominent Catholic college, Stonyhurst, which has been the source of many English Catholic politicians, intellectuals and business people. After a degree from the University of London, he was ordained a Jesuit in 1903. He served as archbishop of Bombay from 1919 to 1926 and returned to England to write and serve as a chaplain until his death in 1939.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n","brand":"Scepter Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41152341541023,"sku":"9781594170928","price":12.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0453\/9056\/1439\/products\/scepter-1007.jpg?v=1653759052"},{"product_id":"made-this-way-how-to-prepare-kids-to-face-todays-tough-moral-issues","title":"Made This Way: How to Prepare Kids to Face Today’s Tough Moral Issues","description":"\u003cp\u003eA generation ago, Christian parents didn’t have to worry about how to explain transgenderism to their nine-year-old, or help their teenager deal with mockery at school for believing in traditional marriage.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut today, as our culture’s moral center continues to fly apart and with every form of deviance publicly aired and celebrated, we have no choice but to equip our kids to \u003cem\u003eunderstand\u003c\/em\u003e and to \u003cem\u003eown\u003c\/em\u003e the truth about such issues.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt’s not easy, though—these are sensitive questions, and with the wrong approach we can harm our kids’ innocence even as we try to preserve it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eMade This Way: How to Prepare Kids to Face Today’s Tough Moral Issues\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e, \u003c\/em\u003eLeila Miller and Trent Horn give parents (guardians and teachers, too!) crucial tools and techniques to form children with the understanding they need—appropriate to their age and maturity level—to meet the world’s challenges.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTheir secret lies in an approach that begins not with the Bible or Church teaching but with the \u003cem\u003enatural law\u003c\/em\u003e. In kid-friendly ways, Miller (\u003cem\u003ePrimal Loss\u003c\/em\u003e) and Horn (\u003cem\u003ePersuasive Pro-Life\u003c\/em\u003e) help you communicate how the right way to live is rooted in the \u003cem\u003eway we’re made\u003c\/em\u003e. God’s design for human nature is a blueprint or owner’s manual for moral living that any child can grasp through reason and apply to modern controversies over sex, marriage, life… and the quest for human fulfillment.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTopics covered include:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSex Outside of Marriage\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSame-Sex Marriage\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDivorce\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eContraception\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAbortion\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eReproductive Technologies\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eModesty\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePornography\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTransgenderism\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHomosexuality\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSilence can no longer be an option. If we’re not teaching our children how to understand tough moral issues, then the world will. Read \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eMade This Way\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e and learn how to give your kids a firm foundation on which to build a life of moral clarity and happiness.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMade This Way\u003cem\u003e is an excellent resource for all parents who wish to introduce their children to the beauty of the Church’s moral teaching concerning human sexuality. In a practical way it allows the adults themselves to become more acquainted with the rich natural law tradition thus enabling it to be shared with a new generation.\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e+ Robert Cardinal Sarah, Prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWe love this book! It’s practical, easy-to-read, and well researched. It’s great not just for parents, but for anyone who wants to defend what the Church teaches about God’s plan for marriage and the gift of our sexuality.\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e -Matt and Cameron Fradd\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMade This Way\u003cem\u003e shares the common inheritance of natural law and the supernatural wisdom of the Church on the most fundamental and controversial issues tearing us and our families apart: from abortion to divorce to an assortment of novel and flawed views about human sexuality that make the headlines every day. Made This Way will arm you with intelligent, loving, and practical ways to inoculate or heal your young children and teens, and to joyfully share with others the beautiful way God has made us.\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e -Kevin Vost, Psy.D., psychologist, author of How to Think Like Aquinas\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDown to earth, informed, and ordered to the nature of the child in different stages of life, \u003c\/em\u003eMade This Way\u003cem\u003e is a ready aid to parents—both for their own reference on the truth of difficult moral subjects and for the confidence it gives them to know what to say to their kids and what not to say. Leila Miller and Trent Horn offer parents exactly what they need to guide their family with honesty and yes, the delicacy appropriate to the subject matter, in a morally treacherous world. Fathers and mothers, read this book! \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e-Leila Lawler, author, The Little Oratory\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n","brand":"Catholic Answers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41152344916127,"sku":"9781683570974","price":8.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0453\/9056\/1439\/products\/Made_This_Way_shop__46858.1532966602.jpg?v=1632773658"},{"product_id":"llamale-padre","title":"Llamale Padre","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"woocommerce-tabs wc-tabs-wrapper\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"tab-description\" class=\"woocommerce-Tabs-panel woocommerce-Tabs-panel--description panel entry-content wc-tab\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"tab-title-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEs equivocado pensar que Dios es un ser frío y distante, que se limita a recompensar las cosas buenas que hacemos y castiga las malas.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEl miedo a este Dios y su castigo se convertirían así, casi sin darnos cuenta, en la fuerza motriz del cumplimiento de nuestros deberes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePero la Sagrada Escritura enseña que “el amor perfecto rechaza el temor”, como dice san Juan en una de sus cartas.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEste libro es una guía práctica para experimentar la realidad de la filiación divina de gozosa intimidad con el Dios y Padre de nuestro Señor Jesucristo.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n","brand":"Ediciones Palabra","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41152346063007,"sku":"9788490611197","price":4.25,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0453\/9056\/1439\/products\/llamale-Padre.jpg?v=1653757965"},{"product_id":"work-play-love-how-the-mass-changed-the-life-of-the-first-christians","title":"Work, Play, Love: How the Mass Changed the Life of the First Christians","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"product-description rte\"\u003e“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 \u003ci\u003eWork Play Love\u003c\/i\u003e popular author Mike Aquilina shows how the Eucharist shaped three basic dimensions of life for the early Christians.\u003cbr\u003e\n​\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eWork\u003c\/i\u003e. 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.\u003cbr\u003e\n​\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ci\u003ePlay\u003c\/i\u003e. 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.\u003cbr\u003e\n​\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eLove\u003c\/i\u003e. 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.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-description rte\"\u003eThe 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.\u003c\/div\u003e\n","brand":"Paraclete Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41152348684447,"sku":"9781640604254","price":5.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0453\/9056\/1439\/products\/WPL.png?v=1632773743"},{"product_id":"target-africa-ideological-neocolonialism-in-the-twenty-first-century","title":"Target Africa: Ideological Neocolonialism in the Twenty-First Century","description":"\u003cdiv id=\"productPage\" class=\"product-page mainContentWrapper\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"container\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"col-sm-12\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"tabs\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"tab-content\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"detailsPane\" class=\"tab-pane active\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"widget extendedDescriptionWidget\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"content\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSince the end of colonization, Africa has struggled with socio-economic and political problems. These challenges have attracted wealthy donors from Western nations and organizations that have assumed the roles of helper and deliverer. While some donors have good intentions, others seek to impose their ideology of sexual liberation. These are the ideological neocolonial masters of the twenty-first century who aggressively push their agenda of radical feminism, population control, sexualization of children, and homosexuality.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe author, a native of Nigeria, shows how these donors are masterful at exploiting some of the heaviest burdens and afflictions of Africa such as maternal mortality, unplanned pregnancies, HIV\/AIDS, child marriage, and persistent poverty. This exploitation has put many African nations in the vulnerable position of receiving funding tied firmly to ideological solutions that are opposed to the moral and cultural values of their people. Thus many African nations are put back into the protectorate positions of dependency as new cultural standards conceived in the West are made into core policies in African capitals.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis book reveals the Western influence over Africa that is rarely talked about. Drawing from a broad array of well-sourced materials and documents, it tells the story of foreign aid with strings attached, the story of Africa targeted and recolonized by wealthy, powerful donors.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n","brand":"Ignatius Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41152357531807,"sku":"9781621642152","price":8.48,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0453\/9056\/1439\/products\/TAFP_r-scaled.jpg?v=1632773903"},{"product_id":"struck-dumb-with-singing","title":"Struck Dumb with Singing","description":"\u003cp\u003e“Schesser’s poems are alive with rapture for earthscapes brimming with the divine as she travels in the company of Hopkins and Roethke and Jacques Maritain, working ‘a clutch of words \/ stumbling through a universe’ in praise of ‘undeviating love.’”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e—John Balaban, Lamont Prize winner, author of \u003cem\u003eEmpires\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“LeighAnna Schesser’s \u003cem\u003eStruck Dumb With Singing\u003c\/em\u003e delivers an incantatory, spiritual journey through beautifully rendered pastoral poems: ‘What claw and talon beast of wonder hunts in the hills of my heart now?’ There’s a rhythm to this collection, reminiscent of Rilke and Mary Oliver, that builds on hope and our essential need to understand the void between a seeker and God, caught up in ‘a litany of birdsongs.’ The intimacy of these poems will break and mend your soul in the natural world they root you in: ‘Cooldark, deepstill, above-well, air- bone streak-stop.’ Here, the stick, the leaf ‘is the poem now,’ among the earth’s quiet abundance. Full of wonder and shimmer, Schesser’s poems intone a strong knell of being: ‘I am, I am. We are always only ready to begin.’\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e—Nicole Rollender, author of \u003cem\u003eLouder Than Everything You Love\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLeighAnna Schesser’s poems remind us about the beauty of ordinary life which we must remember despite our unavoidable sorrows. In “Perspective,” one of the poems I love most in this collection, she tells us “The moon sings white noise \/ through clouds and light pollution” and it is that \u003cem\u003esinging\u003c\/em\u003e that speaks to me most: how even the bleakest moments contain beauty, that we “can never \/ choose what saves you. Only \/ how to carry the gift of gratitude.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e—Kate Angus, author of \u003cem\u003eSo Late to the Party\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLeighAnna Schesser’s first full-length poetry collection has been gathering itself, waiting to surface, and here it is: her voice not a geyser, not a torrent, but a prairie creek in May: clear water moving lightly over smooth stones.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e–Jane Greer, \u003cem\u003eLove like a Conflagration\u003c\/em\u003e (Lambing Press, 2020)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLeighAnna Schesser is the author of a chapbook, \u003cem\u003eHeartland\u003c\/em\u003e (Anchor \u0026amp; Plume, 2016). Her poems have appeared in \u003cem\u003eFlint Hills Review\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eDappled Things\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003ePresence\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003ePeacock Journal\u003c\/em\u003e, and elsewhere. She lives in Kansas.\u003c\/p\u003e\n","brand":"Lambing Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41152360054943,"sku":"9781950607013","price":7.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0453\/9056\/1439\/products\/Screen-Shot-2020-04-23-at-10.26.27-AM.png?v=1632773947"},{"product_id":"genesis-part-one","title":"Genesis, Part One","description":"\u003cp\u003eA study of the book of Genesis is an invitation not only to contemplate the creation story, but to remember with the Israelites their ancestors in faith. Part One of this study covers Genesis 1:1-25:18 (the “pre-history” of Israel including the creation accounts, the stories of the fall and the great flood, as well as the story of Abraham and Sarah). Commentary, study and reflection questions, prayer and access to recorded lectures are included. 5 sessions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n","brand":"Little Rock Scripture Study","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41152371851423,"sku":"9780814663707","price":8.48,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0453\/9056\/1439\/products\/6370.jpg?v=1632774146"},{"product_id":"your-parish-is-the-curriculum-rcia-in-the-midst-of-community","title":"Your Parish Is the Curriculum: RCIA in the Midst of Community","description":"\u003cp\u003eWe all agree that the community needs to be involved in the RCIA. So we make bulletin and Mass announcements explaining the rites and the RCIA process, hoping the parishioners will “get” their responsibility to initiate these seekers. Then, although catechumens, candidates, sponsors, and team members form a tight-knit community, parishioners still wonder who these people are with their rituals that make the Mass long and most of the newly initiated still disappear from the parish after Easter.Taking to heart what the United States bishops said in their document on adult faith formation—“While the parish may have an adult faith formation program, it is no less true that the parish is an adult faith formation program” —Diana Macalintal argues that we have to stop trying to get the parish involved in the RCIA and start getting the catechumens and candidates involved in the parish.In this book, readers will discover:1. why doing the RCIA in the midst of the community not only forms seekers into disciples but renews the conversion of the entire parish; 2. what parishioners can do to take responsibility for the initiation of adults, without adding another meeting to their lives; 3. how to use the four key areas of parish life and the liturgical year to introduce seekers to Christ and train them in the Christian way of life; 4. the three levels of catechesis and how to use mystagogical reflection on parish life to provide a systematic and complete catechesis appropriate for each level.When you make your parish the RCIA curriculum, you will be shaping not just a group of people but an entire community into lifelong disciples.\u003c\/p\u003e\n","brand":"Liturgical Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41152375750815,"sku":"9780814644652","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0453\/9056\/1439\/products\/4465.jpg?v=1632774227"},{"product_id":"illuminating-the-word-the-making-of-the-saint-johns-bible","title":"Illuminating the Word: The Making of The Saint John's Bible","description":"\u003cp\u003e2006 Catholic Press Association Award Winner! In this companion volume to The Saint John's Bible,Christopher Calderhead takes us on a behind-the-scenes tour of this extraordinary project. Based on hundreds of hours of interviews, this book tells the story of the makers of the Bible and the community at Saint John's Abbey and University. The day-to-day struggles of such a monumental undertaking included challenges such as the selection and preparation of more than 250 calf skins, as well as forming a team of calligraphers accustomed to working independently and communicating the concerns of the advisory council in Minnesota with the artists in Wales.Illuminating the Word: The Making of The Saint John's Bible explores a modern version of an age-old relationship between patron and sponsor, and the artistic director, scribes and artists producing this monumental artwork. It describes lectio divina, the unique method the Benedictine monks use to read the Bible, in which the Holy Scriptures come alive through the power of imagination. It explores the challenge of creating new images for ancient stories. It chronicles the artistic techniques, the tools and materials and the workshop practices Donald Jackson used to create his lifetime masterpiece. Illuminating the Word reveals the working process behind one of the greatest undertakings of our time and vividly brings to life its challenges and triumphs.Christopher Calderhead is a visual artist and graphic designer who has exhibited his letter-based works in the United States and Great Britain. He graduated from Princeton with a bachelor's degree in Art History. His early interest in the English Arts and Crafts movement and formal pen lettering led him to the Roehampton Institute in London, where he studied calligraphy under Ann Camp. In 1988 he was elected to Fellowship in the Society of Scribes and Illuminators.In 1998 he obtained a Master of Divinity degree from Seabury-Western Theological Seminary. Ordained the same year, he has served parishes in the Church of England and the Episcopal Church USA.He is editor of Alphabet, a journal of the lettering arts published by the Friends of Calligraphy. His series of short radio pieces, Looking for Spirituality at Tate Modern,\" was broadcast on BBC Radio Cambridgeshire in 2002. His book, One Hundred Miracles, a collection of miracle paintings by the great masters, was published in 2004. He lives and works in New York City.The Saint John's Bible and Illuminating the Word were commissioned by Saint John's Abbey and University as an expression of the Benedictine monks' daily focus on scripture and commitment to books, art and religious culture.\u003c\/p\u003e\n","brand":"The Saint John's Bible","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41152406225055,"sku":"9780814691328","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0453\/9056\/1439\/products\/9132.jpg?v=1632774523"},{"product_id":"seventy-four-tools-for-good-living-reflections-on-the-fourth-chapter-of-benedicts-rule","title":"Seventy-Four Tools for Good Living: Reflections on the Fourth Chapter of Benedict’s Rule","description":"\u003cp\u003eThere is more in Benedict’s Rule than meets the eye. Based on the rules of life of John Cassian and Saint Basil, Benedict invites us to go further back to the scriptural basis of all Christian and monastic living and pursue our spiritual journey by the guidance of the Gospel.This book of reflections on the tools for good living is intended to be read very slowly, one section at a time. In addition to communicating reflections on each verse of chapter 4, Casey invites readers to:·         continue the process of reflection for themselves·         apply what is written to their own lives·         draw on their own wisdom and insight·         and, ultimately, broaden their experience of monastic spirituality\u003c\/p\u003e\n","brand":"Liturgical Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41152412811423,"sku":"9780814637203","price":14.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0453\/9056\/1439\/products\/3720.jpg?v=1632774603"},{"product_id":"preaching-in-the-sunday-assembly-a-pastoral-commentary-on-fulfilled-in-your-hearing","title":"Preaching in the Sunday Assembly: A Pastoral Commentary on Fulfilled in Your Hearing","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhat should preachers aim for in Sunday preaching? In 1982, the USCCB document Fulfilled in Your Hearing: The Homily in the Sunday Assembly answered this question. Here, in a pastoral commentary on Fulfilled in Your Hearing, several Catholic scholars in homiletics, liturgy, and biblical studies both appreciate the abiding insights of Fulfilled in Your Hearing and also propose areas for continuing reflection. Following the four sections of the Bishops' document: The Assembly, The Preacher, The Homily, and Homiletic Method. This commentary emphasizes the document's continuing importance for the initial and ongoing formation of Catholic liturgical preachers, while also inviting conversation about present-day cross-cultural, liturgical, and communication concerns for Catholic preaching.Priests, deacons, seminarians, bishops, and all others engaged in the preaching task are invited to deepen their appreciation of the homily's unique role in the liturgical life of the church and to stir their enthusiasm for preaching and preaching preparation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n","brand":"Liturgical Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41152450822303,"sku":"9780814633465","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0453\/9056\/1439\/products\/3346.jpg?v=1632774970"},{"product_id":"worship-in-the-early-church-volume-2-an-anthology-of-historical-sources","title":"Worship in the Early Church: Volume 2: An Anthology of Historical Sources","description":"\u003cp\u003eNamed a 2010 Outstanding Academic Title by Choice magazine! Fourth Century, West: Optatus of Milevis, Zeno of Verona, Ambrose of Milan, Pope Siricius, Hilary of Poitiers, Pacian of Barcelona, Synod of Elvira (ca. 300); Fourth Century, East: Lactantius, Basil the Great, Gregory of Nazianzus, Pseudo-Ignatius, Gregory of Nyssa, the Council of Nicaea (325), John Chrysostom, Apostolic Constitutions; and others.Lawrence J. Johnson is the former executive secretary of the Federation of Diocesan Liturgical Commissions and the former editor\/director of The Pastoral Press. He has written several books on the liturgy and its music, including The Mystery of Faith: A Study of the Structural Elements of the Order of the Mass.\u003c\/p\u003e\n","brand":"Pueblo Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41152461176991,"sku":"9780814661987","price":47.48,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0453\/9056\/1439\/products\/6198.jpg?v=1632775054"},{"product_id":"lost-in-wonder-rediscovering-the-spiritual-art-of-attentiveness","title":"Lost in Wonder: Rediscovering the Spiritual Art of Attentiveness","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn Lost in Wonder, Esther de Waal uses the everyday circumstances of our lives - the restrictions and frustrations as well as the gifts and opportunities - as our own way to God. By teaching us how to be attentive to all the seemingly small and insignificant things, she shows how they become windows through which the light of Christ can shine to dispel darkness, illuminate our understanding, and speak to our deepest needs. As we recover the gift of childlike wonder we begin to see that spiritual fruitfulness does not depend on our anxious performance, but is a gift we may receive freely.Quotations from the Psalms and spiritual writers at the end of each chapter encourage prayerful reflection. Chapters are: Seeing With the Inner Eye,\" *Silence, - *Change, - *Tears, - *Mystery, - *Gift, - and *Epilogue. -Esther de Waal is an Anglican lay woman, married with four sons and a number of grandchildren. She lives on the Welsh Borders where she grew up and spends her time gardening, writing, traveling, and taking retreats. She became interested in Benedictine monasticism as a result of living for ten years in Canterbury and has written widely on the Rule of St. Benedict, including the bestseller Seeking God, and a life-Giving Way, published by Liturgical Press. She holds a PhD from Cambridge and an honorary doctorate from St. John's University for her contribution to Benedictine studies and for her ecumenical work. She was awarded the Templeton Prize for having started the Benedictine Experience weeks that are widely held throughout America and England.\u003c\/p\u003e\n","brand":"Liturgical Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41152549585055,"sku":"9780814638217","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0453\/9056\/1439\/products\/3821.jpg?v=1632775652"},{"product_id":"vatican-council-ii-the-conciliar-and-postconciliar-documents","title":"Vatican Council II: The Conciliar and Postconciliar Documents","description":"\u003cp\u003eVatican Council II: The Conciliar and Postconciliar Documents is now available in the widely used study edition translated by Irish Dominican Austin Flannery (+October 21, 2008). This is the translation chosen for inclusion in The Catechism of the Catholic Church and the text that both students of the Council and students of the Catechism will want. It contains all sixteen documents of the Second Vatican Council plus the forty-nine later documents from popes and Vatican congregations that implement the details of the Council's decisions.Special features of this study edition:·         Larger page size, with larger print and more generous margins·         Focus questions after each Council document help the reader comprehend the main points·         Creative questions assist the reader in applying the content of the Council documents to personal experience or to future development in the Church\u003c\/p\u003e\n","brand":"Liturgical Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41152577208479,"sku":"9780814624678","price":24.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0453\/9056\/1439\/products\/2467.jpg?v=1632775970"}],"url":"https:\/\/catholicbooksdirect.com\/collections\/clearance-books-amp-preorder-specials.oembed?page=3","provider":"Catholic Books Direct","version":"1.0","type":"link"}