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The book follows the structure of the Spiritual Exercises, commenting on major themes in what Ignatius calls the First Week, the Second Week, the Third Week, and the Fourth Week, ending with the Contemplation for Attaining Love. It engages the audience by introducing fresh reflections on the Principle and Foundation (to be read in the context of late medieval marriage vows), and by using, at length, several episodes in the Gospel stories (e.g. the nativity of Christ, the call to service of Peter's mother-in-law, the particular approaches of the evangelists to Christ's passion and death, and the place of Ch. 21 in John's theology of love) to show how contemporary biblical interpretation enriches possibilities for prayer.

Author: Gerald O'Collins, SJ

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In The Spiritual Way: Classic Traditions and Contemporary Practice, Philip Sheldrake aims to make the wisdom of Christian spirituality better known to contemporary readers. After an introductory chapter on the foundations of Christian spirituality, Sheldrake describes its diverse riches through the centuries in terms of five distinctive types of Christian spiritual wisdom, illustrated by a rich selection of classical examples. The five types are "The Way of Discipline," "The Contemplative-Mystical Way," "The Way of Practical Action," "The Way of Beauty," and "The Prophetic Way." This book also briefly explores the contemporary interest in spirituality within and beyond conventional religion and suggests how we might engage with these five types on our spiritual journeys in today's world.

Author: Philip Sheldrake

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ISBN: 9780814644584
Details: 192 pgs , 6 x 9 x 3/8
Publication Date: 09/06/2019

With a goal of transcendent awareness, John Shea presents this commentary on the Sunday Gospel readings for those who are drawn to the spiritual wisdom of the Gospels. Ideal for Christian preachers and teachers, and Christians who meditate on the Gospels, Shea's book takes a literary-spiritual approach. He analyzes the mindsets of characters and how Jesus complimented, critiqued, praised these mindsets, to inspire meditation, reflection, and spiritual development. On Earth as It Is in Heaven, Year A is the first book of a four-volume set, The Spiritual Wisdom of the Gospels for Christian Preachers and Teachers. This set is a Lectionary-based resource that references both Roman Catholic and Revised Common Lectionaries, making it useful and interesting to various Christian denominations. A Scripture index makes Shea's insightful reflections accessible for personal reflection on the Gospel texts as well as other uses outside of liturgical preparation. With wisdom relevant to our contemporary world, The Spiritual Wisdom of the Gospels for Christian Preachers and Teachers: On Earth as It Is in Heaven will find its way to the top of your resource list.

Subtitle: On Earth as It Is in Heaven Year A
Author: John Shea, STD

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ISBN: 9780814629130
Details: 360 pgs , 6 x 9 
Publication Date: 09/01/2004

Storyteller and theologian John Shea provides a unique commentary that's ideal for preaching, teaching, or simply meditating on the Gospels. His writing is poignant and conversational making this book a valuable tool for professional ministers, as well as for Christians who reflect on the Gospels for personal spiritual growth.

Shea draws readers into the people and situations that Jesus encountered in ways that are evocative and inspirational. The resource is based on both the Catholic Lectionary for Mass and the Revised Common Lectionary, making it accessible across Christian denominations.

Subtitle: The Relentless Widow Year C
Author: John Shea, STD

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ISBN: 9780814629154
Details: 344 pgs , 6 x 9 
Publication Date: 11/01/2006

With a goal of transcendent awareness, John Shea presents this commentary on the Sunday Gospel readings for those who are drawn to the spiritual wisdom of the Gospels. Ideal for Christian preachers and teachers, and Christians who meditate on the Gospels, Shea's book takes a literary-spiritual approach. He analyzes the mindsets of characters and how Jesus complimented, critiqued, praised these mindsets, to inspire meditation, reflection, and spiritual development. Eating with the Bridegroom, Year B is the second book of a four-volume set, The Spiritual Wisdom of the Gospels for Christian Preachers and Teachers. This set is a Lectionary-based resource that references both Roman Catholic and Revised Common Lectionaries, making it useful and interesting to various Christian denominations. A Scripture index makes Shea's insightful reflections accessible for personal reflection on the Gospel texts as well as other uses outside of liturgical preparation. With wisdom relevant to our contemporary world, The Spiritual Wisdom of the Gospels for Christian Preachers and Teachers: Eating with the Bridegroom will find its way to the top of your resource list.

Subtitle: Eating with the Bridegroom Year B
Author: John Shea, STD

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ISBN: 9780814629147
Details: 360 pgs , 6 x 9 
Publication Date: 07/01/2005

The "St Patrick" chalice is entirely hand hammered, creating a simple, elegant design that is accented with a striking black node. The engraved collar above the node features a modest Celtic design. Includes a 6 1/2" bowl paten (not pictured).

7 1/4" high x 4 7/8" cup diameter. Holds 20 oz.

Available in brass gold plated, inner cup sterling silver, or all sterling silver.

In this powerful booklet, we follow Jesus' life from the Resurrection to Pentecost, providing a more complete picture of the Paschal Mystery and our own journey to everlasting life.

32 pages | 5.5" X 8.5 �

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The Story Devotional: Discover Your Role in God's Story

Find your place in God's Epic Story.

This 365 devotional shows how God weaves His plan throughout time. As you enjoy moments with Him daily, you'll see His plan for this place and this time of your life begin to unfold.

The Story Devotional  is also a wonderful companion to the bestselling Bible  The Story.

Spend every day reading God's story, and let Him be the author of your life.

The Story of Christmas (St. Joseph "Carry-Me-Along" Board Book). Author(s): George Brundage. Ideal book for young children. A sturdy book that will stand up to wear and tear, it provides clear, simple text to introduce children to the story of Jesus' birth. With full-color illustrations and a "carry-along" handle. Size 6 X 8 1/2.

The Story of Easter (St. Joseph "Carry-Me-Along" Board Book). Author(s): George Brundage. Ideal book for young children. A sturdy book that will stand up to wear and tear, it provides clear, simple text to introduce children to events surrounding the death and Resurrection of Jesus. With full-color illustrations and a "carry-along" handle. Size 6 X 8 1/2.

Author: Jenny Koralek, Illustrated by Grizelda Holderness. Queen Esther is not only beautiful, but she proves to be brave and clever as well. This well-known story of the Jewish woman who became queen of Persia and saved her people from death is here retold for young readers. Bold and colorful Persian-inspired illustrations bring vibrancy to this ancient tale, which readers will enjoy on Purim and all year round. Hardcover.

The courageous and loyal Swiss Guard swear to protect the pope with their very lives. Here is a fascinating inside look into their history and what it takes to become one of the most elite soldiers in the world.

Marc, the main character, wants to become a Swiss Guard. While following him from his first interest in the Guard to his first assignment as a young sentinel, discover the history, the mission, the training, and the way of life of the Swiss Guards. The story is based on real events and historical research.

The Symbols of the Church looks both beyond the church building and deep within it to find symbols relevant to Judeo-Christianity. First it recalls those principal sacred symbols sun, moon, stars, architectural figures, time, space which various cultures have made into a permanent and universal religious language and which were known to the Christian Church. Then it presents the evolution of the church building through time, from ancient temples to the modern church. Finally, it explores church furnishings and features the baptistery, the nave, the organ, sacred vessels, the vestiture of church ministers that are "permanent church signs."

Part One: Symbols of the Christian World includes the sections "The World and Its Image," "The Inhabitants of the Heavenly and Terrestrial Worlds," "The World Subject to Humanity," and "Elements, Space, and Time." Topics included in these sections are The Heavenly Circle; The Depths; The Square of the Earth; The Ascent of the Heights; Temple; God of the Universe and Holy Trinity; Jesus Christ, God in our Midst; The World of Humanity; World of the Spirits; The Animal Kingdom; Plant World; Products of the Earth; Objects; Elements; Colors; Numbers; and Time.

Part Two: Church Symbolism includes the section "Evolution of Churches and Their Symbolism." Topics included in this section are: Foreshadowings; The First Places of Worship; The Basilica; Romanesque and CisteOCIAn Symbolism; Gothic Symbolism; Sixteenth-Century Churches; Classical and Baroque; Mid-Eighteenth and Early Nineteenth Centuries; Nineteenth Century and First Half of the Twentieth Century; and A Symbolism for New Churches.

Part Three: Permanent Church Signs includes such topics as Consecration and Symbolism of a Church; Surroundings That Are Considered Sacred; The Church in Its Setting; Voices of the Churches; The Gates; The Baptistry, a Door onto Another Life; The Nave; The Organ; The Signs of the Paintings, Stained-Glass Windows and Statues; Sanctuary, Choir; The Celebration of the Word; The Altar; The Luminary; The Reserved Eucharist; Sacred Vessels for the Celebration of the Sacraments; and Liturgical Vestments The Study of Vestments.

Author: Maurice Dilasser, Editor; Mary Cabrini Durkin, OSU, Madeleine Beaumont, and Caroline Morson, Translators

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ISBN: 9780814625385
Details: 168 pgs , 9 1/8 x 11 1/2 
Publication Date: 11/01/1999

Bulk Item - 4 Coins per pack

These high quality, antique gold plated challenge coins are an excellent token to carry in your pocket as a reminder that our strength comes from God. Carry one with you for your personal battles, or pass them along to those who need encouragement. They also make for perfect teaching aids & handouts for Sunday school, VBS, youth group, or even adult classes.

At times, the tasks ahead may seem insurmountable. But with God, all things are possible! The same power that raised Christ from the dead lives in you! Don't give up, because you will see your reward in due season if you keep going what you know is right (Galatians 5:9).

One side of the coin is an image of a kneeling knight praying for the task ahead with 1 John 4:4 inscribed. The flipside is the verse, Philippians 4:13.

Front Verse: "Greater is he who is in you, than he who is in the world. " 1 John 4:4 (KJV)

Back Verse: "I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me." Philippians 4:13 (NKJV)

Size: 1.75� diameter 

The Tassilo Concelebration Main Chalice is a faithful replica in design and size to the original Tassilo chalice, which can be traced back to Duke Tassilo III of Bavaria, Germany, in the eighth century. The figures around the cup include Christ and the four Evangelists, and the inscription around the base reads "PER IPSUM CUM IPSO IN IPSO, meaning "For Him with Him in Him." The chalice is finished in two tone gold and silver. Includes a 6 1/2" paten with intricate symmetrical designs matching the chalice.

7 3/8" high x 5 1/8" cup diameter. Holds 18 oz.

Choose between brass, inner cup sterling, or all sterling silver.

All items in the Tassilo collection can be viewed using the links below. The items include several variations on the Tassilo chalice, open ciboria, ciboria, Eastern Rite set, tabernacle, monstrance, and ostensoria.

The Tassilo Concelebration Main Chalice is a faithful replica in design and size to the original Tassilo chalice, which can be traced back to Duke Tassilo III of Bavaria, Germany, in the eighth century. This chalice features 32 genuine garnets around the node. The figures around the cup include Christ and the four Evangelists, and the inscription around the base reads "PER IPSUM CUM IPSO IN IPSO, meaning "For Him with Him in Him." The chalice is finished in two tone gold and silver.

10" high x 6 1/4" cup diameter. Available in brass, inner cup sterling silver, and all sterling silver.

A matching paten is also available.

There are several variations of this chalice of different sizes and designs, including items EW2330, EW2230, EW2133, and EW2332.

Matching items in this set include an open ciboria, ciboria, an Eastern Rite set, tabernacle, monstrance, and ostensoria. See the links below for the full Tassilo collection.

At the youthful age of nineteen Bieke Vandekerckhove was diagnosed with ALS (a degenerative neurological disease, aka Lou Gehrig's disease). Unexpectedly, three years later her disease went into remission and, even though partially paralyzed, she lived with ALS for more than twenty years.

In twenty-seven short chapters, written at various points in her life, the author shares her search for meaning and strength. Much to her own surprise, she found both in the stillness of contemplation, in the richness of silence. The practice of Benedictine spirituality and Zen meditation became, as she says, the two lungs through which she breathes.

Along the way of her painful but illuminating journey, she shares insights learned from artists of all stripes, whether poets, painters, sculptors, or moviemakers, and from great contemplatives and thinkers. The result is a work that offers a deep trove of spiritual wisdom for every reader, whether afflicted with debilitating illness or in perfect health.

This book won the Best Spiritual Book 2011 award in the author's home country of Belgium.

Subtitle: How I Came to Be at Home with Myself
Author: Bieke Vandekerckhove; Translated by Rudolf Van Puymbroeck

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ISBN: 9780814647738
Details: 176 pgs , 5 3/8 X 8 1/4 
Publication Date: 08/11/2015

Durable and everlasting laminated holy prayer card that contains a color image of Jesus teaching on the front, and The Ten Commandments of God on the back. Card measures 2 1/2" x 4 1/2".

The publication of Laudato Sía papal encyclical on a defining issue of our times-was a moment of great importance for Catholics and for the world. Now Fr. Joshtrom Kureethadam, one of the church's top experts on the document, provides a thoughtful, passionate, and highly accessible commentary on its key ideas and themes. Faithfully attentive to the outline of the six chapters of the encyclical, Fr. Joshtrom has also insightfully arranged the book according to the see-judge-act methodology that is increasingly used in spirituality, moral theology, and the social sciences.

If Pope Francis is right when he insists that the solution to our environmental problems cannot be found only in technocratic approaches by governments and institutions, but by a wide and thoughtful embrace by all of us of our common responsibility, then Fr. Joshtrom's book is precisely what we need at this time.

Paperback 240 pgs , 5 3/8 x 8 1/4

Publication Date: 02/15/2019

The cross is both the world's most contemptible instrument of punishment and the symbol of humanity's greatest hope. In turning this tool of torture into his followers' proudest boast, Jesus produced the most dramatic reversal the world has ever experienced. Worn around our necks, hung in our homes, carried in procession, and set on mountaintops, the cross speaks to what we believe about Jesus and about how we understand our lives in relationship to him.

This study plumbs the depths of Scripture for the horrible and glorious significance of the world's most beloved symbol. Ideal for Lent and Easter seasons.

Schedule For Group Study:

Session 1: Introduction

Session 2: Lessons 1-6

Session 3: Lessons 7-12

Session 4: Lessons 13-18

Session 5: Lessons 19-24

Session 6: Lessons 25-30

In an era marked by Eucharistic revival, synodal renewal, and Jubilee celebrations, Fr. Michael White and Tom Corcoran—the bestselling authors of Rebuilt—offer a practical guide to revitalizing your parish through small groups. In The Transformative Power of Small Groups: A 7-Step Guide for Building Vibrant Catholic Communities, they show you how to foster faith-based friendships, which result in vibrant communities that not only sustain Christian love and service but also change the world.

This concise guide shows how small groups can become the backbone of your parish’s pastoral care, discipleship, and evangelization efforts. Through their signature blend of engaging storytelling—highlighting real-life successes and struggles—White and Corcoran share examples of how small group members rally around each other during times of crisis, challenge one another toward spiritual growth, and provide meaningful support in everyday life.

Clement was the slave of a Roman centurion. On a ship bound for Rome, he met the prisoner Paul, the Apostle, who taught him about Jesus and the true meaning of freedom. Relying on the words of Saint Paul in the Bible, this story by Judith Bouilloc brings his last journey to life.

What author John J. Pilch did for our understanding of the Sunday readings in his best-selling Cultural World of Jesus Sunday by Sunday series, he now does for the readings of the Triduum and Easter Sunday. Preachers, liturgy planners, musicians, and lyricists will discover the cultural context and meaning of the three Scripture readings for each day. All who participate in the Triduum and Easter Sunday liturgies will gain a deeper understanding of the Scriptures and their application to modern life.

The introduction presents and explains a three-step method commonly used by specialists in cross-cultural communication. Pilch offers suggestions for homilists and reflection questions from historical, liturgical, and cultural perspectives to encourage the reader to explore and master this cross-cultural method for breaking open the Scriptures. This process helps to make the challenge of the Scriptures clearer than ever for the modern reader.

Subtitle: Breaking Open the Scriptures
Author: John J. Pilch

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ISBN: 9780814627273
Details: 56 pgs , 5 3/8 x 8 1/4 
Publication Date: 07/01/2000