by Roy Peachey
We can get carried away with thinking about all the unfamiliar words associated with the Catholic faith and forget that the really important words may be very familiar indeed. Words like “love”. In his first letter, St John wrote that “God is love, and he who abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him.” This really is the heart of the Christian faith. God is not an impersonal being somewhere far away. He is love. And if we live in love we live in God. Even more remarkably, God lives in us.
And the love that is spoken about in the Bible is not a limited, half-hearted type of love but a full-blooded love that breaks through every sort of weakness and sin. As St Paul put it in his letter to the Romans, “I am sure that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Jesus Christ our Lord.”
The ultimate expression of this love is to be found in the death of Jesus on the cross. “God shows his love for us in that while we were yet sinners Christ died for us,” as St Paul wrote in the same letter. Or, to return to St John, we find right at the start of his Gospel that “God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.”
Love is right at the centre of the Catholic faith. God loves us. Loves us so much, in fact, that he gave his only Son, his very self. What follows from this is that we should love God, which is the message Moses gives the people of Israel in the Old Testament: “Hear, O Israel: the Lord our God is one Lord, and you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul and with all your might.” This is such a familiar quotation that we can skate over just how amazing it is. What God wants of his people is not for them to offer lots of sacrifices or to quake before him, but to love him and to love him with everything they’ve got.
But what does loving God mean? Part of the answer to that question is given in the Book of Leviticus where the people of Israel were told: “You shall love your neighbour as yourself.” Loving God necessarily leads us onto loving other people, as Jesus himself pointed out when a scribe asked him, “Which commandment is the first of all?” Rather than give him just one commandment, Jesus told him that loving your neighbour as yourself and loving God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength was what really mattered: “There is no other commandment greater than these.”
Another way of thinking about love is to look at the word itself. Or the words themselves. C. S. Lewis once wrote a book called The Four Loves in which he looked at four different words in Greek that are all translated as “love” in English: storge (which could also be translated as “affection”); philia (“friendship”); eros (“sexual love”); and agape. Of all these words, agape is the hardest to translate. The Latin equivalent is caritas, so the translation we often see is “charity”. Unfortunately, “charity” now has other connotations in English. We tend to understand the word in a very limited sense as simply giving money to people in need.
A better way of thinking about agape is given by St Paul. In the famous passage on love in his first letter to the Corinthians, St Paul explains that love really is expressed in action: “Love is patient and kind; love is not jealous or boastful; it is not arrogant or rude. Love does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice at wrong, but rejoices in the right. Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.” That is what agape is and that is why, according to St Paul, “faith, hope, love abide, these three; but the greatest of these is love.”
Agape is the most commonly used word for love in the New Testament but it is not the only one. Eros is also an important in the Bible. In fact, the very opening of the Bible teaches us a great deal about this type of love. It is only after the creation of Eve that Adam is able to say, “This at last is bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh.” It is only when Adam and Eve come together that they are complete. As Benedict XVI wrote, “eros is somehow rooted in man’s very nature; Adam is a seeker, who ‘abandons his mother and father’ in order to find woman; only together do the two represent complete humanity and become ‘one flesh’.” Eros finds its fulfilment in marriage. What is even more remarkable is that the marriage bond tells us something fundamental about God’s way of relating to us: God loves his people – his Church – like a bridegroom loves his bride. It is through this love of God for us that we become the people we were truly meant to be.
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Lord Teach Us To Pray
A Guide To The Spiritual Life And Christian Discipleship
Echoing the petition of the disciples, Lord, teach us to pray, this book guides the reader through the challenges of discipleship and the various stages of prayer. Fr. Kirby lovingly and expertly examines this crucial petition, shedding light on its three parts: the call to follow the Lord, to live virtuously, and to pray, while laying out a course for growing in discipleship and strengthening the interior life.
AUTHOR: Fr Jeffrey Kirby
DETAILS: 164 pages, paperback
ISBN: 978-1618906144
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Lord Teach Us To Pray
A Guide To The Spiritual Life And Christian Discipleship
Echoing the petition of the disciples, Lord, teach us to pray, this book guides the reader through the challenges of discipleship and the various stages of prayer. Fr. Kirby lovingly and expertly examines this crucial petition, shedding light on its three parts: the call to follow the Lord, to live virtuously, and to pray, while laying out a course for growing in discipleship and strengthening the interior life.
AUTHOR: Fr Jeffrey Kirby
DETAILS: 164 pages, paperback
ISBN: 978-1618906144
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Who Designed the Designer?
A Rediscovered Path to God’s Existence
Michael Augros Described by Peter Kreeft as the best book he has read on the question of whether God exists, this superb book tackles the New Atheism head on. Along the way, the author introduces the reader to the arguments of Plato, Aristotle, and Aquinas, all in a style which is interesting and engaging.
AUTHOR: Michael Augros
DETAILS: 244 pages, paperback
ISBN: 978-1586179694
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Who Designed the Designer?
A Rediscovered Path to God’s Existence
Michael Augros Described by Peter Kreeft as the best book he has read on the question of whether God exists, this superb book tackles the New Atheism head on. Along the way, the author introduces the reader to the arguments of Plato, Aristotle, and Aquinas, all in a style which is interesting and engaging.
AUTHOR: Michael Augros
DETAILS: 244 pages, paperback
ISBN: 978-1586179694
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A Time to Die
Behind monastery walls, men of God spend their lives preparing for the passage of death. Best-selling French author Nicolas Diat sets out to find what their deaths can reveal about the greatest mystery faced by everyone – the end of life.
How to die? How to respond to our fear of death? To answer these and other questions, Diat travelled to eight European monasteries. Through extraordinary interviews with monks, he learned that their death experiences are varied and unique, with elements of peace, pain, humility, sorrow, and joy. These monks have the same fears, torments, and sorrows as everyone else, Diat discovered. What is exemplary about them is their humility and simplicity. When death approaches, and its hand reveals its strength, they are like happy and naïve children who wait with impatience to open a gift. They have complete confidence in the mercy of God.
AUTHOR: Nicolas Diat
DETAILS: 180 pages, paperback
ISBN: 978-1621642749
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A Time to Die
Behind monastery walls, men of God spend their lives preparing for the passage of death. Best-selling French author Nicolas Diat sets out to find what their deaths can reveal about the greatest mystery faced by everyone – the end of life.
How to die? How to respond to our fear of death? To answer these and other questions, Diat travelled to eight European monasteries. Through extraordinary interviews with monks, he learned that their death experiences are varied and unique, with elements of peace, pain, humility, sorrow, and joy. These monks have the same fears, torments, and sorrows as everyone else, Diat discovered. What is exemplary about them is their humility and simplicity. When death approaches, and its hand reveals its strength, they are like happy and naïve children who wait with impatience to open a gift. They have complete confidence in the mercy of God.
AUTHOR: Nicolas Diat
DETAILS: 180 pages, paperback
ISBN: 978-1621642749
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Saint Dominic
The Grace of the Word
Guy Bedouelle O.P. The focus of this biography is the way in which St Dominic embodies the role of Christ as preacher and the results that came from this grace. Bedouelle thus documents how St Dominic’s whole life and mission was one continuous proclamation of the power of the Gospel to transform individual lives and society.
AUTHOR: Guy Bedouelle O.P.
DETAILS: 296 pages, paperback
ISBN: 978-0898705317
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Saint Dominic
The Grace of the Word
Guy Bedouelle O.P. The focus of this biography is the way in which St Dominic embodies the role of Christ as preacher and the results that came from this grace. Bedouelle thus documents how St Dominic’s whole life and mission was one continuous proclamation of the power of the Gospel to transform individual lives and society.
AUTHOR: Guy Bedouelle O.P.
DETAILS: 296 pages, paperback
ISBN: 978-0898705317
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In Heaven We’ll Meet Again
The Saints and Scripture on Our Heavenly Reunion
In wise and consoling letters written to a grieving mother on the death of her child, Fr François Rene Blot draws from the greatest saints who testify with one voice that death’s wound, though grievous, separates us but a short while from those who have died before us. Acknowledging that profound sorrow at the death of a loved one is appropriate, Fr Blot nonetheless gives us reasons to be joyful: not only will we be reunited with our loved ones in heaven, but we can also look forward to our friendships being perfect, free of all selfishness and regrets. Moreover, the saints say, in heaven we will love and know the love of countless souls we never met on earth, our Guardian Angel, and all the choirs of angels!
AUTHOR: Fr Francois Rene Blot
DETAILS: 130 pages, paperback
ISBN: 978-1622823307
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In Heaven We’ll Meet Again
The Saints and Scripture on Our Heavenly Reunion
In wise and consoling letters written to a grieving mother on the death of her child, Fr François Rene Blot draws from the greatest saints who testify with one voice that death’s wound, though grievous, separates us but a short while from those who have died before us. Acknowledging that profound sorrow at the death of a loved one is appropriate, Fr Blot nonetheless gives us reasons to be joyful: not only will we be reunited with our loved ones in heaven, but we can also look forward to our friendships being perfect, free of all selfishness and regrets. Moreover, the saints say, in heaven we will love and know the love of countless souls we never met on earth, our Guardian Angel, and all the choirs of angels!
AUTHOR: Fr Francois Rene Blot
DETAILS: 130 pages, paperback
ISBN: 978-1622823307
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Go to Heaven
A Spiritual Road Map to Eternity
Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen Why it is that one hears so often the expression “Go to hell!” And almost never the expression “Go to heaven!” Here, is Bishop Sheen with his answer. This is a book that breathes new meaning into the truths about heaven and hell, and new life into the concepts of faith, tolerance, love, prayer, suffering, and death.
AUTHOR: Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen
DETAILS: 258 pages, paperback
ISBN: 978-1621641544
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Go to Heaven
A Spiritual Road Map to Eternity
Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen Why it is that one hears so often the expression “Go to hell!” And almost never the expression “Go to heaven!” Here, is Bishop Sheen with his answer. This is a book that breathes new meaning into the truths about heaven and hell, and new life into the concepts of faith, tolerance, love, prayer, suffering, and death.
AUTHOR: Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen
DETAILS: 258 pages, paperback
ISBN: 978-1621641544
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The Apostles and Their Times
Archeology, History, and Scripture unveil what life was really like during the Apostolic Age
Mike Aquilina Mike Aquilina takes you on a journey through the Apostolic Age, bringing to life the dusty streets and crowded marketplaces through which Mary and the Apostles journeyed as they build a Church that lasts even to our day.
AUTHOR: Mike Aquilina
DETAILS: 160 pages, paperback
ISBN: 978-1622824601
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The Apostles and Their Times
Archeology, History, and Scripture unveil what life was really like during the Apostolic Age
Mike Aquilina Mike Aquilina takes you on a journey through the Apostolic Age, bringing to life the dusty streets and crowded marketplaces through which Mary and the Apostles journeyed as they build a Church that lasts even to our day.
AUTHOR: Mike Aquilina
DETAILS: 160 pages, paperback
ISBN: 978-1622824601
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How to be Holy
The story of the conflict between slave-traders and Jesuits during the colonisation of South America by Spain and Portugal. In 1750 Jesuit priest Gabriel (Jeremy Irons) arrives in the Amazon to build a mission for the Guarani Indians. He comes into conflict with slave trader Mendoza (Robert De Niro), who kills or captures many of the tribe but escapes punishment due to the fact that he is an aristocrat. However, it transpires that even Mendoza has a conscience when he comes to Gabriel asking for penance. A visually stunning epic, The Mission recounts the true story of two men – a man of the sword (Robert De Niro) and a man of the cloth (Jeremy Irons) – both Jesuit missionaries who defied the colonial forces of mighty Spain and Portugal to save an Indian tribe from slavery in mid-18th-Century South America.
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How to be Holy
The story of the conflict between slave-traders and Jesuits during the colonisation of South America by Spain and Portugal. In 1750 Jesuit priest Gabriel (Jeremy Irons) arrives in the Amazon to build a mission for the Guarani Indians. He comes into conflict with slave trader Mendoza (Robert De Niro), who kills or captures many of the tribe but escapes punishment due to the fact that he is an aristocrat. However, it transpires that even Mendoza has a conscience when he comes to Gabriel asking for penance. A visually stunning epic, The Mission recounts the true story of two men – a man of the sword (Robert De Niro) and a man of the cloth (Jeremy Irons) – both Jesuit missionaries who defied the colonial forces of mighty Spain and Portugal to save an Indian tribe from slavery in mid-18th-Century South America.
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The Hidden Manna
Yellow Day chronicles a young man’s life-changing and inspirational journey through the mysterious Yellow Day. Yellow Day is simply a fun day celebrating outreach at a kid’s camp, but to some, God bestows visions and miracles, transforming their lives. For this young man, the Yellow Day becomes an imaginative adventure: showing him true heroes, challenging him to face his fears, find love, and inviting him to accept grace. A beautiful retreat with the motto: “Lives are changed and souls are strengthened.” Guided by a friendly 10-year-old girl, his spiritual journey back to the light, to witness the triumphs of others, face his fears, and fulfil his destiny, will test the strength of both his faith and his courage. A wonderful family film!
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The Hidden Manna
Yellow Day chronicles a young man’s life-changing and inspirational journey through the mysterious Yellow Day. Yellow Day is simply a fun day celebrating outreach at a kid’s camp, but to some, God bestows visions and miracles, transforming their lives. For this young man, the Yellow Day becomes an imaginative adventure: showing him true heroes, challenging him to face his fears, find love, and inviting him to accept grace. A beautiful retreat with the motto: “Lives are changed and souls are strengthened.” Guided by a friendly 10-year-old girl, his spiritual journey back to the light, to witness the triumphs of others, face his fears, and fulfil his destiny, will test the strength of both his faith and his courage. A wonderful family film!
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Catechism of the Catholic Church
The Catechism of the Catholic Church is a unique treasure intended for all the faithful. This edition incorporates the latest translations of key texts such as the Apostles’ Creed and prayers of the Mass. The text is further enhanced with a new, clearer and more attractive layout providing a lasting, accessible resource to educate and support readers in the faith. This indispensable reference book should be placed in the hands of every Catholic, giving them confidence in their faith and the ability to pass it on to future generations. For catechists, students, parents, teachers, young people, families and those involved in ministry. An invaluable resource for anyone, anywhere, who wants to explore and understand the richness and breadth of Catholic belief, teaching and practice.
DETAILS: 732 pages, paperback
ISBN: 978-1784691066
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Catechism of the Catholic Church
The Catechism of the Catholic Church is a unique treasure intended for all the faithful. This edition incorporates the latest translations of key texts such as the Apostles’ Creed and prayers of the Mass. The text is further enhanced with a new, clearer and more attractive layout providing a lasting, accessible resource to educate and support readers in the faith. This indispensable reference book should be placed in the hands of every Catholic, giving them confidence in their faith and the ability to pass it on to future generations. For catechists, students, parents, teachers, young people, families and those involved in ministry. An invaluable resource for anyone, anywhere, who wants to explore and understand the richness and breadth of Catholic belief, teaching and practice.
DETAILS: 732 pages, paperback
ISBN: 978-1784691066
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Because of Our Fathers
Twenty-Three Catholics Tell How Their Fathers Led Them to Christ
A father—the head of the household, as Saint Paul says—has a crucial role and responsibility in his family, not only materially, but spiritually. This is no outdated biblical cliché, but a biological, sociological, and metaphysical reality that we too often fail to recognize. The example of a father can leave an indelible imprint on the character of his children. In this book, twenty-three Catholics—including Patrick Madrid, Abby Johnson, Bishop Joseph Strickland, Father Paul Scalia, Jesse Romero, Anthony Esolen, Father Rocky, Christopher Check, and Father Gerald Murray—give portraits of their own fathers as conduits and models of Christian love. Ranging from the heroic to the ordinary, these powerful testimonies will inspire men to consider more deeply the amazing privilege that God has given them to become, despite their imperfection, a living image of our Father in Heaven.
AUTHOR: Tyler Rowley
DETAILS: 206 pages, paperback
ISBN: 978-1621643470
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Because of Our Fathers
Twenty-Three Catholics Tell How Their Fathers Led Them to Christ
A father—the head of the household, as Saint Paul says—has a crucial role and responsibility in his family, not only materially, but spiritually. This is no outdated biblical cliché, but a biological, sociological, and metaphysical reality that we too often fail to recognize. The example of a father can leave an indelible imprint on the character of his children. In this book, twenty-three Catholics—including Patrick Madrid, Abby Johnson, Bishop Joseph Strickland, Father Paul Scalia, Jesse Romero, Anthony Esolen, Father Rocky, Christopher Check, and Father Gerald Murray—give portraits of their own fathers as conduits and models of Christian love. Ranging from the heroic to the ordinary, these powerful testimonies will inspire men to consider more deeply the amazing privilege that God has given them to become, despite their imperfection, a living image of our Father in Heaven.
AUTHOR: Tyler Rowley
DETAILS: 206 pages, paperback
ISBN: 978-1621643470
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Mysteries Made Visible
Praying the Rosary with Sacred Art
Fr Lawrence Lew’s photographs of sacred art inspire his contemplations of each Mystery of the Rosary. Beginning with a foreword by the Master of the Order, Fr Gerard Francisco Timoner III, O.P., the words and images in this book make the Mysteries we contemplate vivid and real, helping all of us – those who pray the Rosary faithfully and those who struggle with the devotion – to pray with deeper reverence and greater understanding. Fr Lawrence Lew, OP is a Dominican friar, the Promoter General of the Rosary for the Order of Preachers, and the rector of the Rosary Shrine at Haverstock Hill, London. He is also a well-known photographer.
AUTHOR: Fr Lawrence Lew, OP
DETAILS: 88 pages, paperback
ISBN: 978-1784697334
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Mysteries Made Visible
Praying the Rosary with Sacred Art
Fr Lawrence Lew’s photographs of sacred art inspire his contemplations of each Mystery of the Rosary. Beginning with a foreword by the Master of the Order, Fr Gerard Francisco Timoner III, O.P., the words and images in this book make the Mysteries we contemplate vivid and real, helping all of us – those who pray the Rosary faithfully and those who struggle with the devotion – to pray with deeper reverence and greater understanding. Fr Lawrence Lew, OP is a Dominican friar, the Promoter General of the Rosary for the Order of Preachers, and the rector of the Rosary Shrine at Haverstock Hill, London. He is also a well-known photographer.
AUTHOR: Fr Lawrence Lew, OP
DETAILS: 88 pages, paperback
ISBN: 978-1784697334
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Eucharistic Miracles
Joan Carroll Cruz This book tells of consecrated Hosts which have visibly turned to human flesh, have bled, levitated, and which have become hard as flint when received by a person in mortal sin. It details the official investigations that have been made into these miracles by professional scientists, and it tells of where these miraculous phenomena can still be venerated today.
AUTHOR: Joan Carroll Cruz
DETAILS: 330 pages, paperback
ISBN: 978-0895553034
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Eucharistic Miracles
Joan Carroll Cruz This book tells of consecrated Hosts which have visibly turned to human flesh, have bled, levitated, and which have become hard as flint when received by a person in mortal sin. It details the official investigations that have been made into these miracles by professional scientists, and it tells of where these miraculous phenomena can still be venerated today.
AUTHOR: Joan Carroll Cruz
DETAILS: 330 pages, paperback
ISBN: 978-0895553034
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The Curé D’Ars Today
Saint John Vianney
George William Rutler In this unique biography, Father Rutler does more than give the facts about the life of the Cure of Ars. With bold strokes, he captures the spirit of the age in which he lived, unveils the sanctity of a humble parish priest, and gets to the heart of what it means to be a priest, showing that the Curé of Ars is a priest for all seasons.
AUTHOR: George William Rutler
DETAILS: 273 pages, paperback
ISBN: 978-0898701807
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The Curé D’Ars Today
Saint John Vianney
George William Rutler In this unique biography, Father Rutler does more than give the facts about the life of the Cure of Ars. With bold strokes, he captures the spirit of the age in which he lived, unveils the sanctity of a humble parish priest, and gets to the heart of what it means to be a priest, showing that the Curé of Ars is a priest for all seasons.
AUTHOR: George William Rutler
DETAILS: 273 pages, paperback
ISBN: 978-0898701807
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Jesus and the Jewish Roots of Mary
Unveiling the Mother of the Messiah
Dr Brant Pitre In Jesus and the Jewish Roots of Mary, Dr Pitre uses the Old Testament and ancient Judaism to unlock how the Bible itself teaches that Mary is in fact the new Eve, the Mother of God, the Queen of Heaven and Earth, and the new Ark of the Covenant.
AUTHOR: Dr Brant Pitre
DETAILS: 240 pages, hardcover
ISBN: 978-0525572732
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Jesus and the Jewish Roots of Mary
Unveiling the Mother of the Messiah
Dr Brant Pitre In Jesus and the Jewish Roots of Mary, Dr Pitre uses the Old Testament and ancient Judaism to unlock how the Bible itself teaches that Mary is in fact the new Eve, the Mother of God, the Queen of Heaven and Earth, and the new Ark of the Covenant.
AUTHOR: Dr Brant Pitre
DETAILS: 240 pages, hardcover
ISBN: 978-0525572732
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Apologia
Catholic Answers to Today’s Questions
The rise of secularism and the new atheists has led to many difficult questions being regularly posed about religion in general and the Catholic Faith in particular. This attractively illustrated booklet responds positively to questions about the existence of God, about science and faith, the Bible, the Church and the Sacraments and morality, setting out a reasoned defence of the truths of Faith that leads us all to greater happiness. Illustrated in colour.
AUTHOR: Fr Marcus Holden & Fr Andrew Pinsent
DETAILS: 112 pages, paperback
ISBN: 978-1860826429
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Apologia
Catholic Answers to Today’s Questions
The rise of secularism and the new atheists has led to many difficult questions being regularly posed about religion in general and the Catholic Faith in particular. This attractively illustrated booklet responds positively to questions about the existence of God, about science and faith, the Bible, the Church and the Sacraments and morality, setting out a reasoned defence of the truths of Faith that leads us all to greater happiness. Illustrated in colour.
AUTHOR: Fr Marcus Holden & Fr Andrew Pinsent
DETAILS: 112 pages, paperback
ISBN: 978-1860826429
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The Day is Now Far Spent
Robert Cardinal Sarah calls The Day Is Now Far Spent his most important book. He analyses the spiritual, moral, and political collapse of the Western world and concludes that “the decadence of our time has all the faces of mortal peril”.
A cultural identity crisis, he writes, is at the root of the problems facing Western societies. “The West no longer knows who it is, because it no longer knows and does not want to know who made it, who established it, as it was and as it is. Many countries today ignore their own history. This self-suffocation naturally leads to a decadence that opens the path to new, barbaric civilizations.”
While making clear the gravity of the present situation, the cardinal demonstrates that it is possible to avoid the hell of a world without God, a world without hope. He calls for a renewal of devotion to Christ through prayer and the practice of virtue.
AUTHOR: Robert Cardinal Sarah
DETAILS: 349 pages, paperback
ISBN: 978-1621643241
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The Day is Now Far Spent
Robert Cardinal Sarah calls The Day Is Now Far Spent his most important book. He analyses the spiritual, moral, and political collapse of the Western world and concludes that “the decadence of our time has all the faces of mortal peril”.
A cultural identity crisis, he writes, is at the root of the problems facing Western societies. “The West no longer knows who it is, because it no longer knows and does not want to know who made it, who established it, as it was and as it is. Many countries today ignore their own history. This self-suffocation naturally leads to a decadence that opens the path to new, barbaric civilizations.”
While making clear the gravity of the present situation, the cardinal demonstrates that it is possible to avoid the hell of a world without God, a world without hope. He calls for a renewal of devotion to Christ through prayer and the practice of virtue.
AUTHOR: Robert Cardinal Sarah
DETAILS: 349 pages, paperback
ISBN: 978-1621643241
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How to Do Apologetics
Making the Case for Our Faith
Patrick Madrid Veteran apologist Patrick Madrid presents his latest book on apologetics. Drawing on his own extensive experience, Madrid explains how you can use arguments and evidence to engage with other viewpoints, including atheism and Protestantism, and how you can defend the Faith effectively.
AUTHOR: Patrick Madrid
DETAILS: 208 pages, paperback
ISBN: 978-1612785837
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How to Do Apologetics
Making the Case for Our Faith
Patrick Madrid Veteran apologist Patrick Madrid presents his latest book on apologetics. Drawing on his own extensive experience, Madrid explains how you can use arguments and evidence to engage with other viewpoints, including atheism and Protestantism, and how you can defend the Faith effectively.
AUTHOR: Patrick Madrid
DETAILS: 208 pages, paperback
ISBN: 978-1612785837
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Light on the Dark Passages of Scripture
Mark Giszczak Many people struggle to make sense of certain parts of the Bible, particularly passages from the Old Testament where God can seem harsh and distant. In Light on the Dark Passages of Scripture, Mark Giszczak tackles tough questions and takes an honest look at Scripture, revealing a God who is just and loving throughout.
AUTHOR: Mark Giszczak
DETAILS: 192 pages, paperback
ISBN: 978-1612788036
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Light on the Dark Passages of Scripture
Mark Giszczak Many people struggle to make sense of certain parts of the Bible, particularly passages from the Old Testament where God can seem harsh and distant. In Light on the Dark Passages of Scripture, Mark Giszczak tackles tough questions and takes an honest look at Scripture, revealing a God who is just and loving throughout.
AUTHOR: Mark Giszczak
DETAILS: 192 pages, paperback
ISBN: 978-1612788036
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The Hidden Power of Kindness
Kindness counts. If you have trouble acting with the consistent kindness Our Lord expects, your relationships with God and those you love may be suffering.
Probably you just can’t find the time and can’t ever seem to develop the patience that you need in order to be consistently kind amid the irritations that afflict you daily. That’s why this book is such a godsend. There’s nothing complicated or magical about learning to be kinder; it just takes greater attention to the things that you do and how you do them. The Hidden Power of Kindness shows you how to become more aware of even your most offhand daily actions. You’ll find simple, step-by-step, and spiritually crucial directions for how to overcome the habitual unkindness that creeps undetected into the behaviour of even the most careful souls.
If you want to make progress in the spiritual life, you can’t afford to miss the bracing insights in this handbook for souls who yearn to be kinder.
AUTHOR: Lawrence G Lovasik
DETAILS: 246 pages, paperback
ISBN: 978-1928832003
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The Hidden Power of Kindness
Kindness counts. If you have trouble acting with the consistent kindness Our Lord expects, your relationships with God and those you love may be suffering.
Probably you just can’t find the time and can’t ever seem to develop the patience that you need in order to be consistently kind amid the irritations that afflict you daily. That’s why this book is such a godsend. There’s nothing complicated or magical about learning to be kinder; it just takes greater attention to the things that you do and how you do them. The Hidden Power of Kindness shows you how to become more aware of even your most offhand daily actions. You’ll find simple, step-by-step, and spiritually crucial directions for how to overcome the habitual unkindness that creeps undetected into the behaviour of even the most careful souls.
If you want to make progress in the spiritual life, you can’t afford to miss the bracing insights in this handbook for souls who yearn to be kinder.
AUTHOR: Lawrence G Lovasik
DETAILS: 246 pages, paperback
ISBN: 978-1928832003
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Forty Reasons I am a Catholic
Peter Kreeft My title explains itself. But it’s misleading. There are more than 40 reasons. Each of my reasons is an independent point, so I have not organized this book by a succession of chapters or headings. Which takes me back to my main point: “Why are you a Catholic?” is a good question. A good question deserves a good answer.
AUTHOR: Dr Peter Kreeft
DETAILS: 144 pages, paperback
ISBN: 978-1622826148
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Forty Reasons I am a Catholic
Peter Kreeft My title explains itself. But it’s misleading. There are more than 40 reasons. Each of my reasons is an independent point, so I have not organized this book by a succession of chapters or headings. Which takes me back to my main point: “Why are you a Catholic?” is a good question. A good question deserves a good answer.
AUTHOR: Dr Peter Kreeft
DETAILS: 144 pages, paperback
ISBN: 978-1622826148
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Evangelical Exodus
Douglas M. Beaumont Evangelical Exodus is a collection of extraordinary stories relating how, over the course of a single decade, dozens of students and professors from a conservative Evangelical seminary in the United States converted to Catholicism. A Catholic bestseller and an excellent read.
AUTHOR: Douglas M. Beaumont
DETAILS: 286 pages, paperback
ISBN: 978-1621640424
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Evangelical Exodus
Douglas M. Beaumont Evangelical Exodus is a collection of extraordinary stories relating how, over the course of a single decade, dozens of students and professors from a conservative Evangelical seminary in the United States converted to Catholicism. A Catholic bestseller and an excellent read.
AUTHOR: Douglas M. Beaumont
DETAILS: 286 pages, paperback
ISBN: 978-1621640424
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The Catholic Guide to Miracles
Separating the Authentic from the Counterfeit
This fascinating book offers a uniquely comprehensive, careful, and thoughtful exploration of miracles, the Church’s process of approving them, and the telltale signs of demonic counterfeits. As a consultant for exorcists in the Diocese of Pittsburgh and an auxiliary member of the International Association of Exorcists, Blai has spent decades studying and experiencing the supernatural. You’ll come to understand why Christ allows miracles to occur in our day and savour a stunning variety of stories of healings, apparitions, Eucharistic miracles, stigmata, heavenly near-death experiences, angelic apparitions, and other amazing events.
AUTHOR: Adam Blai
DETAILS: 168 pages, paperback
ISBN: 978-1644132968
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The Catholic Guide to Miracles
Separating the Authentic from the Counterfeit
This fascinating book offers a uniquely comprehensive, careful, and thoughtful exploration of miracles, the Church’s process of approving them, and the telltale signs of demonic counterfeits. As a consultant for exorcists in the Diocese of Pittsburgh and an auxiliary member of the International Association of Exorcists, Blai has spent decades studying and experiencing the supernatural. You’ll come to understand why Christ allows miracles to occur in our day and savour a stunning variety of stories of healings, apparitions, Eucharistic miracles, stigmata, heavenly near-death experiences, angelic apparitions, and other amazing events.
AUTHOR: Adam Blai
DETAILS: 168 pages, paperback
ISBN: 978-1644132968
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Saint Catherine of Siena
Margaret Roberts Saint Catherine of Siena and Her Times tells the tale of Catherine, whose call to live a life of prayer and penance was trumped not only by the poverty and plagues of her day, but by the explicit orders of the Pope, who, hearing of her remarkable powers of reconciliation of enemies, called her out of obscurity to mediate between the warring parties, sometimes even at the risk to her life.
AUTHOR: Margaret Roberts
DETAILS: 308 pages, paperback
ISBN: 978-1622824540
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Saint Catherine of Siena
Margaret Roberts Saint Catherine of Siena and Her Times tells the tale of Catherine, whose call to live a life of prayer and penance was trumped not only by the poverty and plagues of her day, but by the explicit orders of the Pope, who, hearing of her remarkable powers of reconciliation of enemies, called her out of obscurity to mediate between the warring parties, sometimes even at the risk to her life.
AUTHOR: Margaret Roberts
DETAILS: 308 pages, paperback
ISBN: 978-1622824540
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Who Am I To Judge?
Responding to Relativism with Logic and Love
“Don’t be so judgemental!” “Why are Christians so intolerant?” “Why can’t we just coexist?” In an age in which preference has replaced morality, many people find it difficult to speak the truth, afraid of the reactions they will receive if they say something is right or wrong. Using engaging stories and personal experience, Edward Sri helps us understand the classical view of morality and equips us to engage relativism, appealing to both the head and the heart. Learn how Catholic morality is all about love, and why making a judgement is not judging a person’s soul.
AUTHOR: Edward Sri
DETAILS: 177 pages, paperback
ISBN: 978-1621641650
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Who Am I To Judge?
Responding to Relativism with Logic and Love
“Don’t be so judgemental!” “Why are Christians so intolerant?” “Why can’t we just coexist?” In an age in which preference has replaced morality, many people find it difficult to speak the truth, afraid of the reactions they will receive if they say something is right or wrong. Using engaging stories and personal experience, Edward Sri helps us understand the classical view of morality and equips us to engage relativism, appealing to both the head and the heart. Learn how Catholic morality is all about love, and why making a judgement is not judging a person’s soul.
AUTHOR: Edward Sri
DETAILS: 177 pages, paperback
ISBN: 978-1621641650
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The Power of Silence
Against the Dictatorship of Noise
Robert Cardinal Sarah In a time when technology penetrates our lives in so many ways and materialism exerts such a powerful influence over us, it can be difficult to escape the ‘dictatorship of noise’. In this bold book, Cardinal Robert Sarah seeks to restore silence to its place of honour and importance.
AUTHOR: Robert Cardinal Sarah
DETAILS: 248 pages, paperback
ISBN: 978-1621641919
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The Power of Silence
Against the Dictatorship of Noise
Robert Cardinal Sarah In a time when technology penetrates our lives in so many ways and materialism exerts such a powerful influence over us, it can be difficult to escape the ‘dictatorship of noise’. In this bold book, Cardinal Robert Sarah seeks to restore silence to its place of honour and importance.
AUTHOR: Robert Cardinal Sarah
DETAILS: 248 pages, paperback
ISBN: 978-1621641919
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Catholics and Protestants
What can we Learn from Each Other?
Peter Kreeft Popular author and philosopher Peter Kreeft presents a unique book about the important beliefs that Catholics and Protestants share in common. Whilst he acknowledges that there are still significant differences, he emphasizes that they agree on the single most important issue: justification.
AUTHOR: Dr Peter Kreeft
DETAILS: 204 pages, paperback
ISBN: 978-1621641018
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Catholics and Protestants
What can we Learn from Each Other?
Peter Kreeft Popular author and philosopher Peter Kreeft presents a unique book about the important beliefs that Catholics and Protestants share in common. Whilst he acknowledges that there are still significant differences, he emphasizes that they agree on the single most important issue: justification.
AUTHOR: Dr Peter Kreeft
DETAILS: 204 pages, paperback
ISBN: 978-1621641018
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Catena Aurea
St. Thomas Aquinas’ Catena Aurea is a masterpiece anthology of Patristic commentary on the Gospels – it includes the work of over eighty Church Fathers. For each of the four Gospel writers, the Catena Aurea starts by indicating the verses to be analyzed, then phrase-by-phrase, provides the early Fathers’ insights into the passage. The Catena Aurea, compiled by one of the Catholic Church’s greatest minds, is of immeasurable use to priests writing homilies, lay people engaged in private or family study or of the Gospels and religious instructors will find it an invaluable help in preparing lessons. It is the perfect companion to study the Scriptures in detail and receive the wisdom of St. Thomas on particular passages.
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Catena Aurea
St. Thomas Aquinas’ Catena Aurea is a masterpiece anthology of Patristic commentary on the Gospels – it includes the work of over eighty Church Fathers. For each of the four Gospel writers, the Catena Aurea starts by indicating the verses to be analyzed, then phrase-by-phrase, provides the early Fathers’ insights into the passage. The Catena Aurea, compiled by one of the Catholic Church’s greatest minds, is of immeasurable use to priests writing homilies, lay people engaged in private or family study or of the Gospels and religious instructors will find it an invaluable help in preparing lessons. It is the perfect companion to study the Scriptures in detail and receive the wisdom of St. Thomas on particular passages.
£119.95Add to cart
The Catholic Guide to Loneliness
Kevin Vost Rooted in ancient philosophical and biblical wisdom, and buttressed by modern theory and research, these pages bring you to an understanding of the causes of loneliness and teach you the remedies – secular and religious – that are most apt to cure this ever more prevalent problem.
AUTHOR: Kevin Vost
DETAILS: 161 pages, paperback
ISBN: 978-1622824144
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The Catholic Guide to Loneliness
Kevin Vost Rooted in ancient philosophical and biblical wisdom, and buttressed by modern theory and research, these pages bring you to an understanding of the causes of loneliness and teach you the remedies – secular and religious – that are most apt to cure this ever more prevalent problem.
AUTHOR: Kevin Vost
DETAILS: 161 pages, paperback
ISBN: 978-1622824144
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The Creed
Scott Hahn In The Creed: Professing the Faith Through the Ages, Dr Scott Hahn recovers and conveys the creed’s revolutionary character. The Creed tells the story of how the very profession of our belief in Christ fashions us for heavenly life as we live out our earthly days.
AUTHOR: Dr Scott Hahn
DETAILS: 208 pages, paperback
ISBN: 978-0232533439
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The Creed
Scott Hahn In The Creed: Professing the Faith Through the Ages, Dr Scott Hahn recovers and conveys the creed’s revolutionary character. The Creed tells the story of how the very profession of our belief in Christ fashions us for heavenly life as we live out our earthly days.
AUTHOR: Dr Scott Hahn
DETAILS: 208 pages, paperback
ISBN: 978-0232533439
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I Want Holy God
Life-story of Little Nellie of Holy God
When the nuns of the Good Shepherd Convent in Cork, Ireland, welcomed the little three-year-old invalid Nellie Organ on May 11, 1907, little did they think that the great Pope Saint Pius X would say of her a few short years later: “She’s a little angel. Her patience was admirable, her resignation in suffering was so perfect. And then, she understood supernatural things in a superior manner”. Father Bernard des Ronces bases his account of Little Nellie’s life on the most reliable sources. The result is possibly the most complete biography of the child who was chosen by God to encourage Pope Pius X to allow little children to receive Holy Communion.
AUTHOR: Fr Bernard des Ronces
DETAILS: 288 pages, paperback
ISBN: 978-1838348588
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I Want Holy God
Life-story of Little Nellie of Holy God
When the nuns of the Good Shepherd Convent in Cork, Ireland, welcomed the little three-year-old invalid Nellie Organ on May 11, 1907, little did they think that the great Pope Saint Pius X would say of her a few short years later: “She’s a little angel. Her patience was admirable, her resignation in suffering was so perfect. And then, she understood supernatural things in a superior manner”. Father Bernard des Ronces bases his account of Little Nellie’s life on the most reliable sources. The result is possibly the most complete biography of the child who was chosen by God to encourage Pope Pius X to allow little children to receive Holy Communion.
AUTHOR: Fr Bernard des Ronces
DETAILS: 288 pages, paperback
ISBN: 978-1838348588
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Deathbed Conversions
Finding Faith at the Finish Line
Karen Edmisten Far from being the “easy way out,” a deathbed conversion is almost always the culmination of years spent resisting God’s patient call. Each of these journeys to redemption will deepen your faith as you see the Father’s gentle, persistent, loving grace.
AUTHOR: Karen Edmisten
DETAILS: 144 pages, paperback
ISBN: 978-1612786124
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Deathbed Conversions
Finding Faith at the Finish Line
Karen Edmisten Far from being the “easy way out,” a deathbed conversion is almost always the culmination of years spent resisting God’s patient call. Each of these journeys to redemption will deepen your faith as you see the Father’s gentle, persistent, loving grace.
AUTHOR: Karen Edmisten
DETAILS: 144 pages, paperback
ISBN: 978-1612786124
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That Nothing May Be Lost
Rev Paul D Scalia Fr Paul Scalia reveals a scholar’s mind and a pastor’s heart in these inspiring reflections on a wide range of Catholic teachings and practices. Rooted in Scripture, these insights place the reader on a path to a deeper, more meaningful relationship with God.
AUTHOR: Rev Paul D Scalia
DETAILS: 190 pages, paperback
ISBN: 978-1621641506
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That Nothing May Be Lost
Rev Paul D Scalia Fr Paul Scalia reveals a scholar’s mind and a pastor’s heart in these inspiring reflections on a wide range of Catholic teachings and practices. Rooted in Scripture, these insights place the reader on a path to a deeper, more meaningful relationship with God.
AUTHOR: Rev Paul D Scalia
DETAILS: 190 pages, paperback
ISBN: 978-1621641506
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The Holy Mass
Life changes overnight for coach John Harrison when his high school basketball team and state championship dreams are crushed under the weight of unexpected news. When the largest manufacturing plant shuts down and hundreds of families leave their town, John questions how he and his family will face an uncertain future. After reluctantly agreeing to coach cross-country, John and his wife, Amy, meet an aspiring athlete who’s pushing her limits on a journey toward discovery. Inspired by the words and prayers of a new-found friend, John becomes the least likely coach helping the least likely runner attempt the impossible in the biggest race of the year.
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The Holy Mass
Life changes overnight for coach John Harrison when his high school basketball team and state championship dreams are crushed under the weight of unexpected news. When the largest manufacturing plant shuts down and hundreds of families leave their town, John questions how he and his family will face an uncertain future. After reluctantly agreeing to coach cross-country, John and his wife, Amy, meet an aspiring athlete who’s pushing her limits on a journey toward discovery. Inspired by the words and prayers of a new-found friend, John becomes the least likely coach helping the least likely runner attempt the impossible in the biggest race of the year.
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An Exorcist explains the Demonic
The Antics of Satan and His Army of Fallen Angels
Fr Gabriele Amorth From Fr. Gabriel Amorth comes this powerful book on the deadly antics of Satan and his fallen angels, as well as spiritual remedies for each. These pages provide a basic orientation in the dark phenomenology, explaining Catholic doctrine on the fallen angels.
AUTHOR: Fr Gabriele Amorth
DETAILS: 160 pages, paperback
ISBN: 978-1622823451
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An Exorcist explains the Demonic
The Antics of Satan and His Army of Fallen Angels
Fr Gabriele Amorth From Fr. Gabriel Amorth comes this powerful book on the deadly antics of Satan and his fallen angels, as well as spiritual remedies for each. These pages provide a basic orientation in the dark phenomenology, explaining Catholic doctrine on the fallen angels.
AUTHOR: Fr Gabriele Amorth
DETAILS: 160 pages, paperback
ISBN: 978-1622823451
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The Beauty of Holiness
And the Holiness of Beauty
“Beauty will save the world,” said Dostoyevsky. In this book, Fr John Saward presents a study of two ways in which the saving beauty of Christ shines upon the world: in the lives of His saints, and in the works of Christian art – “the beauty of holiness and the holiness of beauty.” This unique and unprecedented theological meditation centres on several works of art of the Dominican blessed, Fra Angelico. Drawing on the wisdom of the Church’s Fathers and Doctors, Saward has written a book not on art history, but on the attractive radiance of Catholic truth. Its goal is to help Christians grow in wonder at the glory of Divine Revelation.
AUTHOR: Fr John Saward
DETAILS: 200 pages, paperback
ISBN: 978-1621387381
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The Beauty of Holiness
And the Holiness of Beauty
“Beauty will save the world,” said Dostoyevsky. In this book, Fr John Saward presents a study of two ways in which the saving beauty of Christ shines upon the world: in the lives of His saints, and in the works of Christian art – “the beauty of holiness and the holiness of beauty.” This unique and unprecedented theological meditation centres on several works of art of the Dominican blessed, Fra Angelico. Drawing on the wisdom of the Church’s Fathers and Doctors, Saward has written a book not on art history, but on the attractive radiance of Catholic truth. Its goal is to help Christians grow in wonder at the glory of Divine Revelation.
AUTHOR: Fr John Saward
DETAILS: 200 pages, paperback
ISBN: 978-1621387381
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From Islam to Christ
One Woman’s Path Through the Riddles of God
Born and raised in Muslim Turkey, Derya Little wandered far and wide in search of her true home. After her parent’s divorce, she rejected her family’s Islamic faith and became an atheist. She tried to convince a Christian missionary that there is no God, but was converted to Christ instead.
AUTHOR: Derya Little
DETAILS: 210 pages, paperback
ISBN: 978-1621641124
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From Islam to Christ
One Woman’s Path Through the Riddles of God
Born and raised in Muslim Turkey, Derya Little wandered far and wide in search of her true home. After her parent’s divorce, she rejected her family’s Islamic faith and became an atheist. She tried to convince a Christian missionary that there is no God, but was converted to Christ instead.
AUTHOR: Derya Little
DETAILS: 210 pages, paperback
ISBN: 978-1621641124
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Ignatius Bible (paperback)
RSV Catholic Edition
A completely new design and typeset edition of the popular Ignatius Revised Standard Version-Catholic Edition Bible, with minor revisions to some of the archaic language used in the first edition. This revised version is a contemporary English translation without dumbing-down the text. This second edition of the RSV doesn’t put the biblical text through a filter to make it acceptable to current tastes and prejudices, and it retains the beauty of the RSV language that has made it such a joy to read and reflect on the Word of God.
DETAILS: 1096 pages, paperback
ISBN: 978-1586177706
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Ignatius Bible (paperback)
RSV Catholic Edition
A completely new design and typeset edition of the popular Ignatius Revised Standard Version-Catholic Edition Bible, with minor revisions to some of the archaic language used in the first edition. This revised version is a contemporary English translation without dumbing-down the text. This second edition of the RSV doesn’t put the biblical text through a filter to make it acceptable to current tastes and prejudices, and it retains the beauty of the RSV language that has made it such a joy to read and reflect on the Word of God.
DETAILS: 1096 pages, paperback
ISBN: 978-1586177706
£19.95Add to cart
