The pressure on teens to be sexually active only increases and multiples as the years go on. Today, teens are under enormous pressure to be sexually active. Popular culture tells them that uncommitted responsible sex is possible. Television, movies, and the Internet anxious to depict reality, find themselves promoting as perverse of sexual behavior imaginable.
More than ever, teens continue to need a clear understanding of the physical and psychological fallout of acting out sexual behavior apart from marriage.
Strongly rooted in Catholic Tradition, Sex, Love, and You: Making the Right Decision promotes the value of chastity and tells teens how their lives will be better if they refrain from sexual intimacy before marriage. In a direct, no-nonsense fashion, authors Tom and Judy Lickona examine the dangers of sexual activity and the rewards of waiting. They explore all side of the sex debate—from helping distinguish between myth and fact, to examining the physical and emotional dangers of uncommitted sex; from unearthing fallacies and popular misconceptions about premarital sex, to developing a personal plan that will allow young people to live a chaste life. Quality Paperback 192 pages. March 2003 Quantity
Life can hurt us in many ways—physically, spiritually, and emotionally. When times grow difficult, it often helps to have examples of how others heal their wounds. Lyn Holley Doucet explores the ways that St. Ignatius of Loyola found healing in his own life and applies his principles to modern troubles.
Forty real-life stories demonstrate a wide range of experiences—from overcoming a creative crisis to coping with breast cancer to dealing with an unexpected divorce—and capture the Ignatian spirit of finding God in all things and all events in our lives.
Following each story, Doucet provides questions for journaling and reflection to help readers find clarity on similar issues. The book also includes complete instructions for group use. Paperback, 250 pages, Loyola Press, February 2003.
Why do we suffer? How can we live as believers in an unbelieving world? Who is Jesus? How can we pray? These are some of the questions John Paul II answers in this inspirational collection of his most intimate words and writings.
Revealing his pastoral heart, Fr. Karol Wojtyla speaks powerfully and with clarity about what it means to be a Christian in our modern world. In passages taken from three volumes of writings, the Holy Father discusses conscience, prayer, forgiveness, families, Jesus and the Holy Spirit, the Mass and the Eucharist, poverty and suffering, and creating a culture of peace.
Go in Peace is the essential wisdom of John Paul II— a living testament to his legacy of hope and peace. It is the definitive book for every seeker who wants to know John Paul II as a man, as a priest, and as a Pope. Hardcover, 150 Pages. Loyola Press, April 2003
In a question and answer format, Catholic Answers apologist and author Jason Evert, discusses every aspect of chastity. He emphasizes that saying no to premarital sex is saying yes to authentic love. Using anecdotes drawn from stories he has heard in his speaking to youth and his own experience, Evert writes clearly and persuasively on the questions about dating, relationships, sexuality, and chastity that young people have asked him wherever he speaks. Servant publications April 2003, Paperback, 200 Pages. Quantity
Great book for G.K. Chesterton fans. Softcover, 188 pages, Ignatius Press Spring 2003 Quantity
Robinson has retained Scupoli’s appeal to the Catholic reader through a conversational style, short chapters, familiar examples from everyday life, and the pastoral bent which has marked his own outstanding career. Covering the basic difficulties of daily prayer and of obstacles to living the virtues, Scupoli and Robinson test the mettle of real Catholics by calling us to live an interior life for and with God. Softcover, 305 pages, Ignatius Press Spring 2003 Quantity
This book explores in depth six Gospel scenes so as to discover in these the essential elements of Christian discipleship. It describes the basic requirements for receiving the Word of God effectively in our hearts: namely, that we "become wet clay in God's hands", so that God can impress upon us any form he chooses. It also contemplates the vital position of the Mother of the Lord in the life of his disciples. Softcover 148 pages. Ignatius Press Spring 2003. Quantity
A Guide to Spiritual Fulfillment and Social Harmony by Vincent Ryan Ruggiero
Through real-life stories and examples, Ruggiero shows how the principle of love of neighbor, present in the scriptures of practically every major religion, can be lived in daily encounters with others in school, in the workplace, at home, and in the community, leading to greater meaning in life and harmony in social relationships. Paperback, 152 pages, New City Press March 2003
After an extensive and informative introduction covering Teresa's childhood, her life as a nun, and her work as a foundress, Kieran Kavanaugh presents a valuable selection of writings from the Spanish mystic's works, illustrating her interior experience and remarkable teaching on prayer. Paperback, 160 pages, New City Press March 2003
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The work of a mind of rare intelligence and integrity, this book is unique among the lives of saints. First published in Germany in 1944, the original is now in its eighth edition. This first English translation is based on a new, revised version using the latest edition of the saint's writings. Ignatius Press, Spring 2003, 434 pages. Quantity
All Catholics should go through three “conversions” in their spiritual life—but many do not, and thus remain spiritually stunted all their lives. In this compact book the famous Thomist Fr. Garrigou-LaGrange, who was perhaps the greatest theologian of the 20th century, sets forth the classic Catholic traditions on the spiritual life as the full flowering of Sanctifying Grace in the soul. He explains the three stages of the spiritual life—the Purgative Way, the Illuminative Way, and the Unitive Way—showing the transitions or conversions from one period to another. Basing his teaching on Scripture, the Fathers, St. Thomas Aquinas, St. John of the Cross and St. Catherine of Siena, he explains the three conversions in the lives of the Apostles, the analogous transitions in our physical development, the role of the infused contemplation, and the characteristics of the three stages, stating that “the fruits of the third conversion are the same as those of Pentecost.” In the process, he shows how the Protestant notion of the spiritual life is radically corrupted by the Lutheran theory of justification or conversion. In all Three Conversions of the Spiritual Life provides a magnificent doctrinal map of the spiritual life and a great foundation for understanding the Catholic traditions of ascetical and mystical theology—as well as the central purpose of our life on earth.
In this little book, Father Christopher Rengers looks at each of the Seven Last Words for an understanding of their inner meaning, drawing out of them their lessons for us today with regard to forgiveness, care of the dying, zeal for souls, discouragement, fulfillment of obligations, and so forth. No Christian should be ignorant of the Seven Last Words of Christ nor of the meanings which they contain—messages which Our Lord speaks to us across the centuries, and all as recorded in the Holy Gospel.
Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do. (Luke 23:34) Amen I say to thee, this day thou shalt be with me in paradise.(Luke 23:43) Woman, behold thy son. . . .Behold thy mother. (John 19:26-27) My God, My God, why hast thou forsaken me?. (Matt. 27:46) I thirst. (John 19:28) It is consummated. (John 19:30) Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit. (Luke 23:46)
