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“Can you hear me, God?” Sometimes we feel close to God in prayer. Sometimes we feel like he’s very distant. But one promise we have from the Lord is that he always listens. In God Listens , you’ll find real-life stories of answered prayer. Author Lorene Hanley Duquin shares stories she has collected from real people – people praying for physical healing, people praying for wisdom in making an important life decision, people in need of spiritual healing, and many more. Each chapter focuses on...
| Автор | Lorene Hanley Duquin |
Para los jóvenes cristianos del mundo, el Papa Francisco tiene un mensaje para ustedes: ¡Cristo vive y desea que tú tengas vida!. En su cuarta exhortación apostólica, Christus Vivit, el Papa Francisco engloba el trabajo del sínodo de obispos del 2018 sobre «Los jóvenes, la fe y el discernimiento vocacional». El Papa Francisco siempre ha tenido una relación especial con los jóvenes y en ese amor paternal que...
| Автор | Pope Francis |
Most of us at one time have said, or thought, something like:</p><ul><li>“So I procrastinate, it’s not like it’s hurting anyone!”<li>“Enough about you, back to me.”<li>“I deserve this, so I’m treating myself!”<li>“If I can’t have it, she shouldn’t either.”<li>“I’ll get around to it… or not.”<li>“It’s not really gossip if it’s all true, right?”<li>(And the granddaddy of them all) “But that doesn’t make me a bad...
| Автор | Elizabeth Scalia |
Robert P. Lockwood (you can call him Bob) has asked the same question you’ve asked dozens of times: “What the hell am I doing with my life?” Like you, he has wondered why he does what he does, and why it can be so hard to be the person he wants to be. In the end, it’s about wanting happiness. Not three-beer happiness, I-got-a-raise happiness, or the-Steelers-made-the-playoffs happiness, but that quiet contentment that comes from living a good life. What does it take to find true happiness?...
| Автор | Robert P. Lockwood |
“For he commands his angels with regard to you, to guard you wherever you go.” – Psalm 91:11 Scripture is full of references to angels. In fact, Saint Gregory the Great, a sixth-century pope and biblical scholar, reminded the Church, “Nearly every page of Scripture testifies to the fact that there are angels and archangels. “ As Christians, we believe that angels have been given the sacred mission to assist, protect, and guide human beings and all of God’s creation. With Angels of the Lord...
| Автор | Catherine Odell |
What makes a man? This is a question many men in our society today do not feel equipped to answer, because they were never initiated into manhood themselves. They do not know how to pass on authentic manliness to their sons, so boys get stuck in unending adolescence. Everyone suffers from the resulting crisis of male immaturity, and we see its effects everywhere in our society. Leaving Boyhood Behind shows how we can actually do something to address this crisis. Author Jason Craig,...
| Автор | Jason M. Craig |
Without a doubt, one of the most familiar and beloved prayers within the tradition of the Roman Catholic Church is the Rosary. But do Catholics today have a clear comprehension of the benefits of this centuries-old devotion?</p><p>Using the eloquent and inspiring writings of holy men and women who share a love of, and commitment to, the Marian prayer, Editor Gretchen R. Crowe makes a compelling case for why praying the Rosary is more critical in today’s 21st-century world than ever...
| Автор | Gretchen Crowe, Editor |
Are you BORED? Not likely, given the endless opportunities today to see, share, post, watch, and like. So are you bored? No way! (Except maybe at Mass.) We want the Mass to entertain, make us laugh, give us foot tapping music and sound-bite theology, and get it done in under an hour. Yet every Sunday many of us tune out. Author Tim O’Malley, in a series of reflections on every part of the Mass, challenges us to turn the idea of boredom on its head, calling boredom—the “good” boredom that...
| Автор | Timothy P. O'Malley |
From one of the most respected names in Catholic Apologetics, Patrick Madrid, comes the new book <strong>How to Do Apologetics: Making the Case for Our Faith</strong>. And it couldn’t be more timely. Seismic cultural shifts and increased attacks on religious liberty often place Christians in the uncomfortable position of having to defend their beliefs – even their belief in God – when their Faith is called into question by atheists, agnostics, Protestants, or people from other...
| Автор | Patrick Madrid |
“Wherever there are Christians, everyone should find an oasis of mercy.” —Pope Francis Whether dealing with adoption, sobriety, bullying, the Boston Marathon bombing, or friendship with a Jehovah’s Witness, Mathew Schmalz’s own life serves as the backdrop for his reflections on the complex nature of mercy—how we give it, and how we receive it. From a home for lepers in India to a halfway house in the Bronx, the author probes his experiences to reveal mercy as a virtue that doesn’t necessarily...
| Автор | Mathew N. Schmalz |
What was daily life like in the time of Jesus? What did people eat? What did they wear? What was the significance of the location of Gethsemane? How did the geography of Palestine and the customs of the Jewish people influence Jesus? Why was Golgotha called “the place of the skull”? In Scripture Footnotes , Bible expert George Martin answers these and hundreds of other questions about the world of Jesus Christ with fascinating facts and information, a comprehensive index of key words, and...
| Автор | Джордж Мартин |
To young Christians of the world, Pope Francis has a message for you: «Christ is alive, and he wants you to be alive!» In his fourth apostolic exhortation, Christus Vivit , Pope Francis encapsulates the work of the 2018 synod of bishops on «Young People, The Faith, and Vocational Discernment.» Pope Francis has always had a special relationship with young people, and in his fatherly love for you he shows that: You can relate to young people in Scripture who made a difference You identify...
| Автор | Pope Francis |
Fr. Jonathan Morris Calls Us to Be the Light of the World In 1945, Father James Keller saw a world at war, the beginnings of the cold war, and divisions at home. He was a man who believed that against all odds one person could make a difference – so he started a grass-roots movement called The Christophers – literally «Christbearers» – in the belief that each individual has a role in bringing hope and change to a troubled world. And the response was staggering. The world was hungry for the...
| Автор | Presented by Father Jonathan Morris |
“All of us are called to keep striving towards something greater than ourselves and our families, and every family must feel this constant impulse. Let us make this journey as families, let us keep walking together.” Pope Francis, Amoris Laetitia In his groundbreaking work on modern family life, Amoris Laetitia: On Love in the Family , Pope Francis continues to guide and lead the Church, calling us to be a sign of mercy and encouragement for families of all shapes and sizes. The Our Sunday...
| Автор | Pope Francis |
Are you restless and looking for more out of life? Do you desire a deeper experience of God’s love and mercy? Have you been searching for freedom, peace, fulfillment, and joy? You can find all of these things in the story of Jesus Christ. But be aware—it’s nothing like you’re expecting. In Jesus: The Story You Thought You Knew , Deacon Keith Strohm invites you not just to read about Jesus, but to have a transformative encounter with him. This isn’t a book of theology, or an abstract story...
| Автор | Deacon Keith Strohm |
Here are occasions of grace experienced with a baseball coach in a Boston bar, a hotel shuttle driver at a Florida airport, during a retreat Mass in Indianapolis, a winery in Sonoma, a rectory kitchen, a youth conference, an exchange between inner city principals, a high school reunion, the front porch one evening, the health club before dawn, a funeral request, a Brooklyn subway, and many more everyday settings.</p><p>Reading them will bring your own occasions of grace to the...
| Автор | Mike Carotta |
As a journalist, television news producer, writer, and editor, Marcia Segelstein has spent decades reporting on family-related issues. Her work has brought her face-to-face with troubling shifts in our culture away from Christian values – and the impact these trends are having on our children. As a mother, Marcia recognizes that these are more than news stories: they are a personal battle. And this is a battle every Christian parent today must be equipped to fight. In Don’t Let the Culture...
| Автор | Marcia Segelstein |
“ Hurting in the Church provides a psychologically wise and spiritually profound path forward for Catholics who have been abused, traumatized, or wounded by other Catholics – especially those in leadership. Chapter 10 on how to recover one’s belief in and love for the Church is worth the price of the book alone!” – Sherry Weddell, Best-selling author of Forming Intentional Disciples “An honest and much-needed book that addresses … the many Catholics who feel marginalized, ignored, hurt,...
| Автор | Fr. Thomas Berg |
"God makes promises and keeps them, and these promises are about love for us. During every challenge, every disappointment, I have held on to this." Carolyn Woo grew up in Hong Kong, a city of refugees who had fled from the communist government in China, as her own parents had done. Relatives crashed on their couches and brutal stories of Red Guards filtered through, but the ferment of the time fueled a drive to create opportunities. Wasting no time, Carolyn earned her doctorate in the...
| Автор | Dr. Carolyn Y. Woo |
How do you turn your home into a place where saints are made? By practicing the “little way” of family life at home, every day. St. Therese of Lisieux’s “little way” shows us that we can achieve holiness by performing even the smallest acts with great love. For the family, every day is made up of many, many small acts – feeding hungry tummies, comforting a feverish child, getting a squirmy toddler dressed for mass – and in each one we have the opportunity to practice mercy and be a living...
| Автор | Lisa Popcak |
"You mean sixty-one seconds. You said sixty-one minutes, but you mean a little over one minute." "No," I said. «He didn’t have a pulse for over an hour.» After a healthy pregnancy, on September 16, 2010, Bonnie L. Engstrom delivered a stillborn baby boy. After sixty-one minutes, just when the doctors were going to call a time of death, James Fulton’s heart began to beat. In that sixty-one minutes, the Engstrom’s been asking for and counting on the powerful intercession of James’s...
| Автор | Bonnie L. Engstrom |
“Author David Prosen speaks generously and with wisdom out of his own experience of same-sex attractions: without love, all the rules and commandments in the world fall flat. It is not for us to fix or change the person with same-sex attractions; our place is simply to love them. Just like anyone else, people with same-sex attractions first need to hear that their heavenly Father cares for them. Prosen reminds us of the power of affirming love in our own experience. When someone takes the time...
| Автор | David Prosen |
These days more than ever, finding good friends is just plain hard. Even for those who are lucky enough to have found their people, making time to keep friendships strong and healthy can be a daunting task. Can We Be Friends? tackles the issue head on, taking a fun and honest look at friendship: why we need friends, where we find friends, and even when to let friends go. Author Rebecca Frech details the different types of friends, ways to grow intentionally in friendship, and how to decide...
| Автор | Rebecca Frech |
If knowing someone’s family helps us to know that person, then we must understand Francis as a son of St. Ignatius to appreciate the sources of his spiritual fire, and we must look at how the Jesuit saints lived to fully grasp how Francis strives to live. – From the introduction What makes Pope Francis tick? Where do his (sometimes unexpected) ideas come from? Why does he often rattle people with what he says? What makes him so different from other popes before him? And why should we...
| Автор | Sean Salai, S.J. |