Some Catholic devotional books written specifically for men feature excerpts from Scripture, while others focus on quotes from the saints. But this book is different: it includes daily reflections that comprise both Scripture and saint quotes along with a relevant meditation meant to jump-start and strengthen a man's spiritual life over the course of six months.

Popular speaker and author Fr. Wade Menezes, CPM, of the Fathers of Mercy, penned these rich, practical reflections for men of every vocation. His tight, powerpacked pages offer achievable resolutions and prudent advice on attaining your goals in everyday living.

The timely wisdom of this book will help you cultivate virtue and root out vice, preparing you to:

• Put on the armor of God for the daily struggle and withstand trials at home and at work
• Imitate Christ in guarding your senses and responding to temptation
• Develop greater trust in God and His mercy
• Fulfill your duties with diligence and balance while serving God and others
• Kindle your prayer life, better utilize your talents, and order your priorities
• Draw more from the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass

Fr. Menezes also incorporates key traditional prayers and litanies for weekly devotions and provides helpful cross-references for personal and group use. This daily spiritual manual will help you grow in knowledge of your faith and gain strength for spiritual battle to more fully become the man you were created and called to be.

For years, Mother Angelica blessed viewers with her timeless wit and wisdom. Now, this beautiful collection provides highlights of her trademark compassion and down-to-earth advice.

Mother teaches how to truly love and forgive amidst life's many challenges. She provides guidance on how to live Catholicism in the modern world and grow in your personal relationship with God. With this candid and inspired expression of the Faith, you will feel your devotion to our Eucharistic Lord and the Blessed Mother deepen, and find healing in the transformative power of suffering that leads to joy.

With this spiritual master to guide you, you will also learn how to open your heart to the gifts of the Holy Spirit and be filled with the courage you need to boldly live out your faith.

In our toxic culture, it increasingly seems as if raising children in the Faith is a losing battle. Perhaps your spouse wishes you were more fun than religious, or your peers challenge you in your beliefs. Concerns related to faith can become touchy topics for today's believers, especially when questions arise regarding your views on family life or your approach to raising children.

With his rare voice of reason and characteristic humor, popular television and radio host Dr. Ray Guarendi provides you with sound practical and spiritual wisdom and expertise as a clinical psychologist and father of ten. In these engaging pages, Dr. Ray addresses numerous issues, such as:

• How can I live my Faith better, especially with those closest to me?
• What to do when children ask: Why do we have to go to church when Dad doesn't?
• How can we get our toddler to behave during Mass?
• Should adolescents be required to go to Mass if they don't want to?
• What should I do when my adult children and grandchildren aren't living the Faith?

Additionally, Dr. Ray lays out ways in which parents can witness to their beliefs, even in broken marriages. You will also learn how to respond when your children's faith is threatened at school or through peers who don't share your beliefs, to protect them from unhealthy influences and mindsets.

Moreover, you will find tips for increasing your focus during Mass, concrete advice on setting an example for your children, and ways to help teenagers develop reverence for God at Mass.

Above all, you will learn who you are as a child of God and how to open your heart to His mercy and healing, regardless of your past experiences or how wounded you are now. Let Dr. Ray show you effective ways to live your Faith and share it convincingly and peacefully with those you love.

Strained or broken relationships are an unfortunate fact of life for most of us. Friends fall away, siblings drift apart, children sever ties with their parents, and despite our best efforts, these painful fissures are difficult to mend.

Bestselling author and clinical psychologist Dr. Ray Guarendi shares practical wisdom and usable strategies to aid you in navigating your way through such situations. With strong doses of humor and hope, he will help you form healthy habits in the ways you talk, think, act, and react to strengthen your relationships and live a more virtuous life.

Through Dr. Ray's down-to-earth style, professional experience, and personal stories, you will learn his tried-and-true rules for life and profit from them. You will discover the key to neutralizing insults and offenses and changing any relationship for the better. In these engaging pages, you'll also learn:

• Three conversation killers to avoid
• The truth about your motives and those of others
• The secret to becoming a real listener
• Tips on offering (and receiving) different types of criticism
• Ways to manage your expectations
• When (and how) to speak up

Dr. Ray teaches you techniques for avoiding psychological claptrap, for responding better to hurtful comments, and for improving your communication skills. He shows you how to become more easygoing, more forgiving, less driven by reactive emotions--in short, a better practitioner of the Golden Rule--and sets you on the path toward peace of mind, heart, and soul.

Charles Carroll's life began nearly four decades before the War of Independence and ended while Andrew Jackson, the seventh president of the United States, was in office. As Fr. Charles Connor explains, Carroll was the last of the signers to die, the wealthiest man in the colonies and the new republic, and clung tenaciously to the faith of his forebearers his entire life.

In this masterfully written biography, which reads like a riveting novel, Fr. Connor brilliantly sets the stage for Carroll's extraordinary life by examining his ancestry, the origins of the United States, and the story of its founding. As you discover this hero's indomitable faith and energy amid shocking challenges and persecutions, you will find:

• The fascinating Irish roots of Carroll's family and the dynamics that led to their choices
• The pursuit of religious liberty in the Maryland colony in the face of marginalization
• How Charley played a crucial role in the events leading up to the American Revolution
• Ways Carroll advocated for moral principles and natural rights as First Citizen
• How Carroll's diplomatic skills and legal acumen aided in his prominence
• Ways Carroll lived out his faith and his connection to the first bishop of the United States

While you learn about the hardships and divisions in the early years of American history, you will be inspired by Carroll's finesse in defending his beliefs while also fostering goodwill and unity. Carroll helped shape our country's foundation, from his participation in the Continental Congress to the drafting of the Constitution to his tenure as senator and decades of service in Maryland. Highlighted in his illustrious legacy are his tireless efforts in promoting human dignity through opposing slavery and standing up for the marginalized through his philanthropy. Above all, Carroll was a spiritual giant whose exemplary faith shines as a beacon for our country today.

While we commonly develop plans for success in business, fitness, finances, and education, only rarely do we develop strategies for advancing in our spiritual lives.

To address this void, Deacon Richard Eason has prepared this practical and motivational book to help you pursue spiritual excellence and discover the abundant life Our Lord is calling you to experience. This daily guide helps you first identify where you are on your spiritual journey and then pinpoint the specific issues impeding your progress. Best of all, Deacon Eason assists you in developing a personalized spiritual plan and offers you time-tested solutions for overcoming your sins and imperfections.

Holiness is required not only to achieve Heaven but also to achieve happiness in this life. This book will empower you to fly with the angels and soar with the saints so you can live a happier and holier life. As you're inspired and trained to become an unwavering spiritual champion, you'll also learn:

• How you got to this point in your life
• The specific issues that rob you of happiness and holiness
• How to overcome doubt and lack of faith
• How to remain steadfast in suffering, conflict, and adversity
• The most powerful weapons for restoring your soul to happiness
• The keys to opening yourself to the gifts of the Holy Spirit

With wit and wisdom, Dr. Ray Guarendi gives parents the tools they need not only to navigate the teen years but also to enjoy them. Teens are full of life, enthusiasm, energy, and laughter, Dr. Ray asserts, in defiance of a culture that conditions us to expect a far gloomier reality. Too often, the world tells parents to be content with mediocrity instead of the prospect of raising respectful and responsible children with strong character.

In a lively question-and-answer format, Dr. Ray unpacks issues ranging from sibling relationships and peer pressure to curfews and chores to overcoming backtalk and teaching your kids to avoid drugs. He equips parents to give their teens a safer, more stable adolescence and help them develop virtues for a lifetime. If you feel as if you've been a weak disciplinarian, Dr. Ray explains that there are . . . critical reasons to reverse your parenting, even if it seems late. He offers practical approaches such as:

• Four tips to help you enjoy your kids' teen years
• Three techniques for becoming a calmer parent
• Five ways to monitor your child's use of technology
• Four simple house rules that lead to success
• Four consequences to curb nasty talk
• A strategy to motivate underachievers

You will also learn four key sayings for communicating more effectively with your teens. In addition, you will find out specific ways to cultivate an attitude of gratitude in your kids. Most significantly, you will learn how to help your children treat you with respect, so that they will develop this habit in their relationships with others as well. As you grow in becoming a stronger parent with calm, loving resolve, you will learn how to foster quality time with your teens and have real fun together.

This book is wise, perceptive, and laugh-out-loud funny. Dr. Ray uses his trademark humor-with-a-dash-of-sarcasm to give those parents who are barely treading water some good, sound, logical advice to change the tone and tenor of their households for the better.

St. Paul exhorts us to pray without ceasing -- a beautiful goal that sounds daunting, even impossible. But wait! These pages break open an authoritative, time-tested method that countless laymen still use today to pray with constancy and thereby soar to the heights of holiness.

It's called the Liturgy of the Hours.

Also known as the Divine Office or the Breviary, the Liturgy of the Hours is an important vehicle for advancing in the spiritual life -- a step that any serious Catholic, with the help of Fr. Timothy Gallagher, can take today.

Relying on insights from popes and saints, as well as on his five decades' experience praying the Liturgy of the Hours, Fr. Gallagher opens your eyes to this spiritual treasury and shows you how, by means of its sanctifying rhythm, it will help you progress on your spiritual journey. Soon, you will be among the multitude of Catholics who pray the Hours daily and are richly blessed by the flow of graces these prayers yield.

From the wise Fr. Gallagher, you'll learn:

• The basic elements of the Liturgy of the Hours.
• How to incorporate them into your day, no matter how busy it may be.
• How the Hours will revitalize your daily prayers and prevent them from becoming routine.
• How they will extend the graces you obtain at Mass into your entire day.
• How praying the Hours with your family will link you more intimately to each other and to the universal Church.

If you're looking to invigorate your prayer life and draw closer to Our Lord in friendship and holy contemplation, discover the Liturgy of the Hours.

El Reino de los Cielos es un lugar de una belleza indescriptible, donde todo el dolor, sufrimiento y lágrimas dejarán de existir y Dios, que es Uno y Trino, está sentado en su Trono rodeado por bellos ángeles magníficos que proclaman y bendicen Su Santo Nombre por toda la eternidad.

Madre Angélica, la célebre Fundadora de la Red Católica Global EWTN, nos ofrece sus claras intuiciones sobre el misterio de la vida eterna con Dios iluminando de manera particular sobre el más grande de todos los misterios: el Cielo mismo. Madre Angélica nos explica que la muerte no es tanto un juicio sino más bien una luz reveladora. Los misterios de la Escritura se abrirán ante nosotros y podremos ver a Dios tal como realmente es Él. Nuestras virtudes se harán evidentes para que todos las vean y, de manera repentina, entenderemos el papel que hemos desempeñado en la salvación de los demás.

Tenemos una cantidad inconmesurable de preguntas sobre el Reino Celestial: Es el Cielo un lugar real o simplemente un estado del ser? Veremos ahí a nuestra familia y amigos? Nuestra alegría ahí será continua y para siempre o se esfumará? Madre Angélica responde a estas preguntas desde una manera muy intuitiva.

Un lugar de felicidad no puede ser un lugar de inmovilidad, nos explica la Madre. Ella nos revela la tarea, que no es un trabajo, que Dios nos encomendará una vez que estemos con Él en Su Reino.

Con este ágil y fascinante libro Ud. también podrá conocer:

• Qué quiso decir Nuestro Señor cuando afirmó hay muchas moradas en la Casa de mi Padre;
• Cuáles son los tres elementos que componen el alma y cómo se disponen en orden a la fe, la esperanza y la caridad;
• Qué pasa con nuestra alma cuando se separa del cuerpo;
• Las tres cualidades de nuestro cuerpo resucitado;
• Cómo la presencia de la memoria en el alma nos permite recordar a la familia.

With warmth, understanding, and pastoral skill, Fr. Timothy Gallagher provides here a hopeful invitation to all who struggle to overcome the greatest obstacle of all in the spiritual life -- discouragement.

Our enemy actively exploits our vulnerabilities, shrewdly leading us time and again into an overwhelming sense of disturbance. But Fr. Gallagher pulls the curtain back on the wiles of the devil, offering gentle reflections that are remarkably effective in lightening the burdens of your day-to-day spiritual life.

You'll learn practical ways to find peace amid your spiritual struggles, and patience in the face of even the most intense trials. Best of all, you'll learn how to profit spiritually from the afflictions that beset you.

Each reflection in these pages begins with a quotation by Venerable Bruno Lanteri, the holy founder of the Oblates of the Virgin Mary, whose wisdom has guided the uncommonly insightful spirituality of Fr. Gallagher. In these pages, you will learn:

• What to do when you have reached the point of despair
• How to evade sadness, melancholy, and temptation
• Ways you can be joyful even when you do not feel mirth
• How to leave the sins, weaknesses, and failures of your past to God's mercy
• How to recognize the enemy, even when he presents himself under the appearance of good
• What is holy presumption, why you want it, and how to get it
• The five benefits you'll derive from regular Confession
• How each part of the Mass corresponds to an affection of the heart
• Proven techniques for waging warfare against negative moods

There is no shame in spiritual desolation. Fr. Gallagher reminds us that the greatest of saints suffered from this affliction. The key is to learn how to draw closer to God in life's darkest moments.

Overcoming Spiritual Discouragement is a call to hope . . . a call to solace in time of suffering . . . and a call to stand tall in times of affliction. Read this book, and you'll learn how to enter into the sublime peace and joy that our Lord promises.

Fr. Mullady offers a readable and rock-solidly reliable treatment of what is surely the most important -- and debated -- subject in contemporary Catholic theology. His approach to Church doctrine (ecclesiology) demonstrates the profound consistency and coherence of the Magisterium's teaching as it draws from biblical and patristic sources and develops from the medieval to the modern period, culminating in Vatican II's Dogmatic Constitution on the Church (Lumen Gentium). In the process, Fr. Mullady applies a 'hermeneutic of continuity' to show the deep convergence of Vatican I and Vatican II (no small feat!). Along the way, readers gain a renewed sense of the indispensable role of classical Thomism for doing Catholic theology -- with precision, fidelity and flexibility. -- Dr. Scott Hahn

For decades, we have heard the phrase the spirit of the council. Here is the book that will elevate your understanding of the Church by helping you unpack what one of the central documents of the Second Vatican Council -- Lumen Gentium -- really taught and understand it through the lens of traditional Church teachings, history, and philosophy.

As Fr. Mullady explains the supernatural character of the Church and our universal call to holiness, you will discover the authentic character and purpose of the People of God and the unique vocations to which we are called. You will also learn about:

- The trinitarian life of the Church and its role as mystery and sacrament
- Ecumenism and the necessity of the Church for salvation
- Sensus Fidelium and discernment of truth in matters of faith
- Papal and episcopal infallibility and types of doctrine
- Marriage, family, and the mission of the laity in the Church
- The indispensability of the sacramental life for sanctification

As you learn about the role of the Church on earth, you will see how it is the channel through which we receive God's grace to attain Heaven. By growing in understanding of the continuity of teaching, you will be empowered to give a more fervent witness to Christ and the life-giving hope and joy to which we are called.

A valuable contribution to the reflection on the relationship between science and religion, presenting very sound arguments with abundant documentation and a casual style that makes for an enriching and gratifying read.
--Fernando Sols, professor of condensed matter physics, Complutense University of Madrid

Here is the book you need to challenge atheists and agnostics to defend their ideologies logically and rationally and to fortify your own beliefs. In this distinctive book, which draws from all fields of science, José Carlos González-Hurtado presents a preponderance of empirical evidence for theism in a way that you can easily understand and explains how atheism twists reality to justify its view by selective skepticism.

This thoroughly documented incisive work will strengthen your view of the existence of God, regardless of your beliefs about evolution or lack of religious affiliation. González-Hurtado explains how the majority of mathematicians and scientists who are remembered for remarkable discoveries in mathematics, physics, quantum mechanics, chemistry, cosmology, biology, and more were theists -- and he provides many of their accounts. In these enlightening pages, you will find:

• How the Second Law of Thermodynamics, cited by Albert Einstein as the most important, points to God
  
• Answers about the Big Bang Theory, evolution, and other much-debated questions
  
• How NASA explorers confirmed the standard cosmological argument
  
• Ways in which mathematical theorems, statistics, and probabilities indicate God's existence
  
• Twenty constants that allow us to exist, and seven aspects of St. Anselm's ontological argument for God
  
• How St. Augustine's words were verified by science

In addition, González-Hurtado illustrates why string theory and multiverses are best left for Hollywood movies, how verified results in cosmic microwave background and other observations verify the creation of the universe, and how multiple attempts to support the theory of the bouncing universe are disproved.

Although the science behind a Necessary Being is irrefutable, a small but vocal number of scientists refuse to accept the evidence. Some oppressive regimes have gone so far as to persecute or kill those who espouse cosmology, but Hurtado exposes these crimes and debunks their illogical thinking.

You will learn the difference between creationism and Intelligent Design and what it really means to live by Darwinian laws. As even Stephen Hawking admitted, The universe has not always existed; on the contrary, the universe, and time itself, had a beginning with the Big Bang.

Though they escape the notice of many, stunning miracles of healing take place each and every day at Our Lady's Grotto in Lourdes, France. Inexplicable, biblical-like healings of body, mind, and spirit leave visitors with the gifts of peace and renewed faith. Here is the book that will move you, deepen your faith in Our Lady's active involvement in our world, and help you personally encounter Our Lord.

Marlene Watkins recounts twenty astounding true stories of miracles at Lourdes, including her own watershed healing, which inspired her to establish Our Lady of Lourdes Hospitality North American Volunteers and become the first volunteer.

In these absorbing pages, you will marvel at how these volunteer helpers bring the sick to the Grotto -- and then also experience healings themselves.

You will read the stories of people who were cured and reconciled with God -- from babies to preteens to near centenarians. You will be inspired, for instance, by the testimony of a woman with a progressive neurodegenerative disease who not only went to Lourdes to selflessly care for the sick but later returned to receive a gift from Our Eucharistic Lord and Our Lady.

In chapter after chapter, you will encounter men and women who were healed from debilitating traumas, panic attacks, or mood swings.

You will be consoled by stories of women who experienced the loss of babies, including by abortion, and found solace in the arms of our Heavenly Mother.

And you will encounter a man who was struggling with faith and was drawn to Lourdes, where he met the Blessed Mother. Moreover, you will discover:

• The three Ps of the Gospel message at Lourdes and how they relate to your life
• How we will enter Heaven (it's not the way you may think!)
• A remarkable miracle of the time-suspending, life-saving Rosary
• One simple prayer that St. Bernadette taught that can get you into Heaven
• How a young woman's wish was fulfilled and helped numerous souls
• The unexpected way the oldest pilgrim and her marriage were renewed at Lourdes

Above all, you will see how Our Lady leads souls into deeper communion with her Eucharistic Son and with one another, whether through caring for sick loved ones or experiencing loving relationships. Prepare yourself to become a believer and an ardent lover of Lourdes.

On the road to Damascus, St. Paul was transformed from one of the most zealous persecutors of Christians into one of the greatest apostles in history. Like all of us, he experienced suffering, weakness, and hardships, but amid these trials during his heroic mission trips, visions, and near-death escapes, he felt the strength of God's grace sustaining him and urging him forward.

Popular EWTN host and author Fr. Mitch Pacwa, S.J., unpacks the letters of St. Paul in this energizing study. Each section contains a focus meditation explaining the historical contexts of St. Paul's letters; passages to investigate; interactive learning activities; questions for studying and discussing; and modern applications for your own spiritual life. A plan is also included to help you read all of St. Paul's letters and the Acts of the Apostles in less than half a year.

Through Fr. Pacwa's engaging reflections on St. Paul's spirituality, you will discover how Jesus Christ crucified is the wisdom of God, how the Cross itself radiates the power of God, and what this means for you today. Father will help you answer questions such as:

• What is your cross, and how can you use it to better follow Jesus?
• How can you imitate St. Paul's example in offering up sufferings to be united with Christ, so that your suffering will have meaning?
• What are the three instructions St. Paul gives his spiritual children on how to live?
• How can Jesus' death on the Cross help overcome divisions in the Church and aid in the salvation of souls today?
• What are the two primary ways in which the power of the Cross is manifest in us, according to St. Paul?
• How does the Cross renew the faithful in the face of corruption?

St. Paul and the Power of the Cross will help you see how Christ draws us into intimate union with the heavenly Father and better understand how to respond to God's invitation. It will fill you with the hope of eternal salvation and show you how to share the good news effectively with others.

Centered on prayer and contemplation, Carmelite spirituality seeks to awaken in its practitioners an intense thirst for an immediate and direct experience of God, from which can grow a deep and loving friendship with Him.

Most fully developed by St. John of the Cross (d. 1591) and St. Teresa of Avila (d. 1582) and then further enriched by St. Thérèse of Lisieux (d. 1897), Carmelite spirituality flourishes in solitude and silence, nurtured by quieting external noise and turning away from interior distractions.

Not at all limited to persons in monastic or convent life, Carmelite spirituality is meant for all who yearn for a deeper and sustained union with God. That is, it is meant for you.

In this illuminating book, the Swedish Carmelite Cardinal Anders Arborelius shows you how, by praying, sacrificing, and meditating in your own particular circumstances, as the great Carmelite saints did in theirs, you, too, can awaken to the sweet presence of God within you and grow ever more eager to hurry toward Him in your daily pilgrimage toward eternity.

With the help of good Cardinal Arborelius and these enlightening pages, you'll learn:

• Why true silence is necessary if you are ever to be transformed by the Word of God

• How to access -- or create for yourself -- such a transforming silence

• Why temptations are an essential part of every living spiritual life

• How, even amid tasks and temptations, you can recognize the enduring presence of Christ in your life

• How, if you ask with sincerity, the Holy Spirit will rush to your aid as you advance step by step toward an abiding intimacy with Jesus and with God the Father

Con calidez, comprensión y habilidad pastoral, el P. Timothy Gallagher ofrece aquí una invitación llena de esperanza a todos los que luchan por superarnuestro mayor obstáculo en nuestra vida espiritual: el desánimo.

Nuestro enemigo manipula activamente nuestras debilidades, llevándonos astutamente una y otra vez a una angustiosa sensación de desorientación. Pero el P. Gallagher corre las cortinas de las artimañas del diablo, ofreciendo suaves reflexiones que son notablemente eficaces para quitarte las cargas de tu vida espiritual cotidiana.

Aprenderás formas prácticas de encontrar la paz en medio de tus luchas espirituales, y encontrar paciencia incluso ante las pruebas más duras. Lo mejor de todo es que aprenderás a sacar beneficio espiritual de las aflicciones que te molestan diariamente.

Cada reflexión de estas páginas comienza con una cita del Venerable Bruno Lanteri, el fundador de los Oblatos de la Virgen María, cuya sabiduría ha guiado la espiritualidad extraordinariamente sabia del P. Gallagher. En estas páginas, aprenderás:

• Qué hacer cuando has llegado al punto de la desesperación
• Cómo dejar los pecados, debilidades y decepciones de tu pasado a la misericordia de Dios
• Cómo reconocer al enemigo, incluso cuando se presenta como si fuera bueno
• La Santa Presunción: qué es, por qué debes desearla y cómo conseguirla
• Los cinco beneficios que obtendrás de la Confesión asidua
• Cómo cada parte de la Misa corresponde a un afecto del corazón
• Cómo evitar la tristeza, la melancolía y la tentación Cómo estar alegre incluso cuando no sientes la alegría
• Técnicas probadas para combatir los estados negativosde ánimo

No hay que sentir vergüenza de la desolación espiritual. El P. Gallagher nos recuerda que incluso los más grandes santos sufrieron esta aflicción. La clave está en aprender a acercarse a Dios en los momentos más oscuros de la vida.

Superar el desánimo espiritual es una llamada a la esperanza... una llamada al consuelo en tiempos de sufrimiento... y una llamada a mantenerse firme en tiempos de aflicción. Lee este libro y aprenderás a entrar en la paz y la alegría sublimes que promete nuestro Señor.

How many times have you attended Mass and desired that it more fully touched your heart? You find that everyday worries and to-do lists distract from its prayers, the readings vanish from memory, and even the consecration and Communion pass by in a moment. Too often, the Mass feels like a missed opportunity for grace.

To help you fully tap into the abundance of grace offered at the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, Fr. Timothy Gallagher resurrects here the teachings of Venerable Bruno Lanteri. A holy priest seeking to root himself in prayer during the turbulence of war and persecution in northern Italy, Venerable Bruno developed a biblical way of praying the Mass that transforms it into a true prayer of the heart.

Fr. Gallagher discovered this method of praying the Mass forty-five years ago, and it has been a blessing for him ever since. He now shares this method with you. Through a selection of biblical figures, he invites you live each part of the Mass with these figure's sentiments and hearts. In these pages he shows you how to:

• Humbly seek forgiveness like the tax collector

• Give glory to God like the angels

• Listen to God's Word with the hunger of a disciple

• Profess the Faith with the courage of the martyrs

• Receive communion with the heart of a lover

• Go forth from the Mass with the zeal of an Apostle

To fruitfully pray the Mass from the heart is a gift of grace. The biblical way of praying the Mass method is a means to dispose your soul to receive this grace. Combined with spiritual exercises and reflections - and full-color images of sacred art - you'll find this book to be a great gift to not only grow in prayer during Mass, but in your spiritual life.

His friends called him an explosion of joy. Mountain climbing, music, practical jokes and political debates were among his many passions. With film star looks, common sense intelligence, and amazing athleticism, Pier Giorgio Frassati had every reason to pursue worldly success. He chose to focus on higher goals instead.

Identified as The Man of the Eight Beatitudes and recognized as one of the most fascinating and relatable saintly examples of the 20th century, he was devoted to the Eucharist and the Blessed Mother and led a mostly hidden life of charity that ultimately cost him his life at the age of twenty-four. When his body was exhumed in 1981, it was found to be perfectly incorrupt. He was beatified in 1990. All three popes since then have commended this dynamic young Italian's life to the Church--and especially to younger Catholics.

Author Christine Wohar, a noted expert on Frassati, has created this practical guide to Pier Giorgio's short but spirited life. Writing in a simple, accessible style, she presents 40 reflections on aspects of his personal life and spirituality. Prayers and concrete action steps are included to help you make this future saint's habits and methods your own.

Most of us know what we believe as Catholics, but often we're unclear on why we believe it. At a time when vast numbers of Catholics are slipping away from the Faith, God has tasked you and countless other Catholics with understanding it so you will be prepared to defend it.

With an easygoing and inviting style, EWTN's John Martignoni doesn't simply introduce you to the major doctrines of the Catholic Faith; he explains why they are true and shows you how to explain them effectively to Protestants and cafeteria Catholics alike in ways that will draw them into those truths.

Far from a complex survey of obscure theological points, this lively book employs clear, simple language that not only demonstrates the fundamental fact that the Bible is a Catholic book, but also teaches Catholics how to talk Bible to non-Catholics. When you are done with this book, you will know the biblical basis for the Church's teachings on the sacraments, Purgatory, Mary, the papacy, and why salvation requires faith and works. You'll also be versed in the strategies for effectively challenging others to examine their beliefs in light of the overwhelming scriptural evidence for Catholicism.

Blue Collar Apologetics will also teach you:

• How to go on the offensive without being offensive

• The rules of engagement for discussing the faith with others

• Four techniques that will allow you to talk to anyone about your faith

• An easy tactic anyone can use for engaging non-Catholics

• How to explain the Marian dogmas using the Bible and common sense

• The two key pillars of Protestantism -- and how to respond to each

• How to counter the ingrained Protestant maxim Once saved, always saved

• The basics of Eastern Orthodoxy, which every Catholic needs to master

• Effective, common sense tactics for defending the Faith against atheist attacks

This book empowers the average person in the pews--even those who might not know where Genesis is in the Bible!--to engage in evangelization and talk Bible, even with the most learned Baptist minister.

Con Madre Angélica como su guía, no solo conocerá a Nuestro Señor y Su Madre de manera íntima, sino que comprenderá los mensajes esenciales que se le envían a usted y al resto del mundo.

Este libro será su compañero perfecto para proporcionarle material para meditar antes o después de la Misa, durante la Adoración o simplemente durante un momento de oración en silencio durante el día ocupado.