Books - Winter 2002

Jesus' Journey, A Lenten Storyboard
$19.95
by Anne E. Neuberger, illustrated by Kevin Davidson. It’s hard to find materials that are genuinely instructive and really fun. This is both. Children (and teachers, parents, and grandparents) will love sticking the figures up on the storyboard to illustrate the life of Jesus. The stories are carefully chosen for their wealth of action and memorable characters. They’re Gospel stories children love to hear over and over again, and the storyboard makes the children not just passive listeners but active participants. But while they’re having hours of fun, the children are also learning about Lent and the story of Jesus’ life. The booklet that comes with the set gives you suggestions for talking to children about Lent. There’s also a wide range of suggested activities after each story to help the stories come alive even more for the children. Full-color 17-by-22-inch storyboard with 10 figures.
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Into Your Hands
$9.95
Meditations and Prayers on the Passion, Death, and Resurrection of Jesus Christ Edited by Norman J. Muckerman, C.Ss.R.
A collection featuring the writings of Saint Alphonsus Liguori on several Lenten themes, including the passion, death, and resurrection of Jesus. An illuminating work from an authority on spiritual matters, this book reflects, prays, and meditates on the events surrounding Christ's passion, death, and resurrection. These meditations are based on the holy Evangelists and explore the necessity of Christ's passion for our Redemption. Further meditations reflect on heaven and the beatific vision, linking Christ's sorrow and sacrifice to the events of his glorious Resurrection.

This book of reflections, prayers, and meditations is meant to inflame us with the love of our God who has loved us so much that he suffered such a bitter death for our sins. It is also meant to give us hope-a hope and a trust that for us, as for Jesus, there is a life after life and that we are an Easter people and Alleluia is our song. 128 pages; Paperback.
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Teilhard De Chardin - Reconciliation in Christ
$14.95
by Jean Maalouf (ed.) The French Jesuit Teilhard de Chardin (1881-1955) was a scientist, mystic, visionary, and one of the most influential thinkers of the twentieth century. With its selected texts on reconciliation, Maalouf’s work reaches the very core of Teilhard’s mind. Teilhard envisioned a reconciliation of what seem to be contradictory experiences: adoration and intellect, spirit and matter, sacred and secular, religion and science, creation and evolution. In Christ, he recognized the active Agent, the unifying Center, of the creative and redemptive process, and the source of our happiness. The reader will enjoy a journey with a passionate apostle of the unity of all creation and one of the most engaging and influential figures of our time. 208 pages, paperback; New City press March 2002.

Medieval Women Mystics
$13.95
Gertrude the Great, Angela of Foligno, Birgitta of Sweden, Julian of Norwich. Author: Elizabeth Ruth Obbard (ed.) While women’s contribution to spirituality has often been overlooked or minimized in the past, there is a vital and growing interest in it today. Medieval Women Mystics presents essential writings of 4 women of the 13th and 14th centuries.

This is essential reading for anyone interested in medieval and/or women’s spirituality, church history, as well as persons associated with the religious orders represented by these mystics (Benedictines, Franciscans, Brigettines). 168 pages, paperback. New City Press Feb. 2002.
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Transformed By Love
$16.95
The Soul's Journey to God in Teresa of Avila, Mother Aloysius of the Blessed Sacrament, Elizabeth of the Trinity by Shirley Darcus Sullivan.

Drawing from three Carmelite mystics, Sullivan describes the soul’s inward journey to God and its outward journey to love of neighbor. Of particular interest is the author’s unique and enlightening reading of the images in Teresa’s Interior Castle and the ample excerpts of the so far little known but very timely writings of Mother Aloysius of the Concord, New Hampshire, Carmel.

Essential reading for anyone interested in spirituality in general, and the Carmelite tradition in particular. Hardcover, 128 pages, New City Press Feb. 2002
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Meditations on the Sunday Gospels - Cycle A
$11.95
NCP:1565480864*
by John E. Rotelle, O.S.A. (ed.) The ‘Commentaries’ offered here are more than elucidations of the lectionary texts. Rather, they are meditations, mostly by well-known scholars and saints which bring out not just the original meaning of the texts as the sacred authors wrote them, but use the texts to confront us in the present with the very presence of God and his word. These reflections will serve primarily to quicken personal devotion and secondly to inspire the homilist in the public liturgy. A fine resource for both preachers and 'ponderers' of the Sunday readings. These collections serve both as a stimulant for personal prayer and as optional readings for public prayer celebrations. Drawn primarily from the works of twentieth-century spiritual writers, the collection complements the patristic writings included in the Liturgy of the Hours. Though cast in formal English that contemporary Christians will be able to identify with, the selections concentrate on the enduring aspects of the Paschal Mystery as it is celebrated throughout the church year. If read carefully and prayed sincerely, they should prove to be living words through which the Word of God is meditated into the minds and hearts of Christians today.

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A Retreat With Edith Stein
$8.95
Trusting God's Purpose by Patricia L. Marks In this seven-day retreat, Trusting God's Purpose, your director is Edith Stein, a woman of deep intellect and an intense commitment to the truth. Born into a Jewish family, Edith's search for truth led her first to agnosticism and eventually to Catholicism and life as a Carmelite nun. Both her heritage and her faith made her an enemy of the Third Reich and a victim of the holocaust. On this journey with Edith, you will confront the central issues of life: understanding the will of God, living in right relationship with others and finding fulfillment in self-donation. Her experience and witness can lead us to a profound and renewed respect for the human and religious rights of all. Edith's philosophy is simple: Ultimately we all live at the hand of God, the wise among us will accept and cherish this fact and trust in God's purpose.

Lent and Easter in the Domestic Church
$15.95
by Catherine and Peter Fournier. This is an illustrated book full of wonderful activities for children and families to help better understand and celebrate the Lent and Easter seasons. This large size, spiral bound volume is the perfect book for families to learn together and share the traditions of this important time of the liturgical year. Filled with a variety of family activities, saint's celebrations and crafts, this book has something for everyone in the family. Family activities include making of a Paschal Candle, special Stations of the Cross, a Family Altar, a Garden for Mary, the Seder Meal, activities, recipes for special homemade breads and more. Also included are stories of special saints for the season with activities and prayers. Finally, it offers numerous craft activities including cross stitching Guardian Angel patterns, making alms boxes, Easter eggs, Stained-glass pictures, table runners, and many coloring pages. It also includes a helpful index. Spiral bound, 110 pages, Ignatius Press Winter 2002
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Our Glorious Popes
$12.95
by Sr. Catherine M.I.C.M. A powerfully written history of the Church as illustrated in the challenging pontificates of ten of her more illustrious champions of orthodoxy. As one reads through the first forty-two pages, one is virtually taken on a journey through some four hundred years of tempus ecclesiae, from the momentous entrance of Saint Peter into the fearsome capitol of Satan's doomed empire, to the triumph of the last Christological Council, Chalcedon, held under the pastoral eye of Leo I, the first Pope that Catholic posterity dared to call "the Great." Sister Catherine vividly brings to life the painful and virile maturation of the Church Militant from its infancy in Jerusalem to its full manhood as expressed by the Toma of Leo solemnly read at Chalcedon in 451. The remaining bulk of information dovetails into the major periods of religious crises and tells of those heroic Popes who steered the Church through these gravest trials. For example, see how the little known Greek Pope Saint Zachary fought the Moslem influence which generated eastern Iconoclasm; see the Gregorys form the temporal city of God into the vibrant and monolithic power that Jesus intended; and see how the two Pius's re-establish orthodoxy with one sword and humiliate the brazenly open anti-Christian forces with the other - burying them - for a time. This is a book that can restore hope and confidence in the might of the papacy.

Life and Revelations of St. Gertrude the Great
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By St. Gertrude the Great and the religious of her monastery. OUR LORD revealed that the place on earth where He most delighted to be, after the Blessed Sacrament, was “in the heart and soul of Gertrude, My beloved.” Therefore, we do not wonder that among all the most remarkable women Saints of the Church, St. Gertrude is the one who carries the extraordinary title The Great. The Revelations of St. Gertrude the Great form one of the classics of Catholic writing. And although they would have to be classified as “mystical literature,” their message is clear and obvious, for this book states many of the secrets of Heaven in terms that all can understand.

Recorded here are St. Gertrude's many conversations with Our Lord, wherein He reveals His great desire to grant mercy to souls and to reward the least good act. In the course of their conversations, He reveals wonderful spiritual “shortcuts” that will help everyone in his or her spiritual life. Moreover, the Revelations of St. Gertrude the Great actually open a window onto Heaven, where we can see the specific ways in which prayer, good works and liturgical celebrations on earth have very definite effects in Heaven—among the Saints and Angels and even with God Himself. The Revelations of St. Gertrude were authorized by Our Lord (pp. 536-537) and they have been published in many editions, in various languages; they have inspired both clergy and laity for centuries. Surely the present generation of English-speaking Catholics will profit equally from this new edition of The Life and Revelations of St. Gertrude the Great, who found such high favor with Our Lord that He chose to dwell in her heart in a special manner and to reveal to her many of the intimate secrets of His supernatural love for souls.

My Life on the Rock
$14.99
You see his face each week on Catholic TV. Now read his compelling story.

Featuring a new chapter, Leading Others to Christ (co-written with Dr. Scott Hahn)by Jeff Cavins.

Jeff Cavin's My Life on the Rock is one of the most moving, inspiring and even entertaining conversion stories you will ever read. My Life on the Rock is the dramatic, emotional and humorous conversion story of Jeff Cavins, one of the brightest new teachers and converts to come into the Catholic Church in recent years. Jeff's story is one of "rebellion" and homecoming. He rebelled against his father and his faith - and then returned home after a series of providential events.

A Protestant pastor of 13 years, Jeff's story will make you laugh, make you cry, and keep you turning page after page. The host of EWTN's popular show, "Life on the Rock", Jeff spent 12 years as a Protestant pastor before returning to the Catholic faith. His story is filled with unique twists and turns: he was shot at, fasted for a month (and not by choice!), and witnessed to celebrities like Walter Cronkite, Sophia Loren, and renowned atheist, Madalyn Murray O'Hair, for which he was almost fired.

The new chapter, Leading Others to Christ, shows the Catholic reader how to lead non-Christians to a relationship with Jesus Christ, and non-Catholic Christians to see the Church as the most complete way to experience Christ.

My Life on the Rock is the perfect book for friends who have left the Church, and those who desire a powerful story of Catholic conversion.
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Rapture Trap, The
$11.99
by Paul Thigpen.

LEFT BEHIND?

You hear it everywhere these days: the claim that Jesus Christ is coming back to earth not once, but twice. He's coming in secret to "rapture" Christians from the earth - enabling them to escape the terrible tribulations prophesied in the Bible for the earth's last days.

And what about everyone else? They'll be left behind to face the horrors of the Antichrist. Is this a true Christian teaching? Is it found in the Bible? The short answer: "No"

In The Rapture Trap, Paul Thigpen lays out in clear, simple terms the biblical foundations of Catholic teaching on the close of the age - the "end times". Along with Scripture, he draws from Tradition, the Catechism, Church history, and contemporary experience to reveal the shortcomings of the rapture doctrine-and the larger tangle of twisted religious teachings to which it's tied.

You'll discover:

* The origins of the novel "rapture" doctrine and its theological flaws.
* What spiritual dangers await those who are snared by this widespread religious deception?
* Why the rapture idea is so seductive to Christians.
* Why a merciful God would execute a Final Judgment.
* Why Judgment Day will ultimately be a Day of Celebration.
* Why simply "professing Jesus as Lord and Savior" is not enough to save you.
* What the Catholic Church teaches (and doesn't teach) about the end of the world.
* 11 insights the Church offers us about the second coming of Christ.
* 13 guidelines for discerning the validity of claims to private revelation.
* 13 guidelines for discerning the validity of "messengers" with claims to private revelation.
* The five ways Catholic theologians interpret the Book of Revelation.
* What the Church teaches about the Antichrist.
* The subtle (and not so subtle) anti-Catholic agenda from promoters of the secret "rapture" doctrine.
* Why Christians need a living voice - the Magisterium of the Church - to interpret Sacred Scripture with God's authority.
Great book - finally the Catholic perspective of the End Times.

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