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There is definitely life after addiction—forgive yourself and return to the loving arms of God. Throughout your recovery journey, you’ll experience many obstacles–times when you doubt yourself, feel like giving up, or even relapse. In times like these, it always helps to have a source of strength, and a reminder of what you can achieve. Your faith will keep you on the right path, and these Catholic Saints will show you just what’s possible for you, even at your lowest point in life, giving you the motivation to go on.

Step into the world of two of Christianity’s most profound thinkers with Basil and Gregory: Pioneers of Christian Thought. This captivating two-in-one volume brings together the lives, teachings, and enduring legacies of Saint Basil the Great and Saint Gregory of Nazianzus, offering a gateway into the minds that shaped the foundations of Christian theology. Unlock the Wisdom of the Ages: Discover the towering influence of Basil and Gregory, whose writings have not only withstood the test of time but continue to inspire and guide believers today. These are not mere historical figures—...

Consecration to the Immaculate Heart of Mary tells better, and in less space, the principal reasons and motives for consecrating ourselves to Mary, using St. Louis De Montfort's True Devotion to Mary method. It also summarizes the Fatima message, relating it to True Devotion.

Being of the laity and never feeling worthy to be a priest, Philip Neri desired nothing but to serve as a lay man. He had been preaching in the hospitals and on the street corners, waiting for the office workers to leave for lunch or home. He would speak to them and instruct them with the true teachings of the Church. He taught with such love and such fire that more and more came and stayed longer and longer, until they began following him, visiting the poor and the infirm. The confraternity of the Laity was formed!

St. Therese of Lisieux, largely unknown when she died in a Carmelite convent at the age of twenty-four, became - through her posthumously published autobiography - one of the world's most influential religious figures. No less a luminary than Andre Gide modeled one of his characters after her in...

Nous vivons une époque d'agitation et d'inquiétude. Cette tendance se manifeste jusque dans notre vie spirituelle ; notre recherche de Dieu, de la sainteté, du service du prochain est agitée et anxieuse, au lieu d'être confiante et paisible. Mais comment faire pour traverser les moments de trouble et de peur, tout en restant dans la confiance et l'abandon ?

Everyone has heard of St. Francis, as well as his female counterpart, St. Clare. They lived in Assisi in the Middle Ages. They founded religious orders. They embraced poverty and served those at the margins of society. But what were they really like? What compelled them to give away everything they owned to live like the poor? What was it that moved them to lower themselves and seek Christ on the cross? In this book, Franciscan guide and author, Bret Thoman, brings to life the spirituality and milieu of two of Christendom’s most beloved saints. Centered on the saint's own writings, the ...

Volume I of Saints and Feasts of the Catholic Calendar profiles the saints on the calendar of the Catholic Church from January through March, and includes reflections on the feast days of Lent and Holy Week as well. Each reflection provides a historically and spiritually rich snapshot of the great men and women whom the Church offers to her faithful for emulation and inspiration.

Step into the life of one of history’s most extraordinary spiritual figures, St. Teresa of Ávila, as she embarks on a profound journey toward divine union. In The Soul's Journey, discover how this 16th-century mystic navigated the trials of faith, moments of doubt, and the ecstasies of divine connection to become one of the most revered saints in Catholic history. Through vivid storytelling and compelling insights, this book explores St. Teresa’s early influences, her struggles with spiritual dryness, and her groundbreaking metaphor of the "interior castle," which maps the soul's path ...

Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton. A faithful daughter, a loving wife and mother, an obedient nun, a lover of the eucharist and mother Mary - a role model for today.

The devil uses any means to kill us. For so many years, in the United States, the Polish people have been the brunt of very poor ethnic jokes. It is true, every new group coming into our free society inherits the suffering that the minority group before them endured. It's like being a freshman in college. The only difference is, growing up out of the persecution is swifter, but the freshman is only degraded for a year, not a lifetime.

Our story is not only about a saint, but about a land blessed by the blood of martyrs, its every mile named after the holy - Sacramento (after the Blessed Sacrament), San Francisco (St. Francis), San José (St. Joseph), Santa Ana (St. Ann, Mary’s mother), San Gabriel (St. Gabriel the Archangel), to mention just a few. History is history, and sometimes history can be offensive to certain peoples, but it does not make history less history. Our story is about Junípero Serra.

Francesco Forgione might be a name lost to history, but over the course of his life, he became one of Catholicism's most well known figures during the 20th century as Padre Pio. It was a remarkable path for a man who was legendarily afflicted by a series of illnesses and most famously bore the stigmata, very noticeably bearing what appeared to be the crucifixion wounds Jesus's hands suffered. Padre Pio was also known for his eccentricities, including unique forms of deep meditation and experiencing visions.

"Prayers to Our Lady of Lourdes for Healing" is a pilgrimage in print, a journey to the heart of Marian devotion and divine mercy. From "A Whisper for Spiritual Renewal" to "A Bouquet of Gratitude in the Field of Entitlement," each prayer resonates with the profound love and mercy of Our Lady of Lourdes. Travel on this spiritual voyage with Saul Cross as your guide, and discover the transformative power of prayer and faith in the face of life's trials and tribulations.

Confession is an encounter with the Sacred Heart of Jesus. The Sacred Heart Confession Guide is a Catholic devotional and examination of conscience designed to help readers prepare for the Sacrament of Reconciliation. Rooted in Sacred Scripture, the Catechism of the Catholic Church, and the Church’s moral tradition—especially the virtue-based theology of St. Thomas Aquinas—this guide invites Catholics to rediscover Confession as a place of mercy, healing, and transformation. Written for ordinary Catholics who desire a deeper, more meaningful experience of Confession, this book is ...

The battle is on for souls! Families are waking up, taking notice of the world’s influences on their children’s lives and they are horrified! And rightly so! They’ve lost control. We get call after call commending us on our television programs on the Super Saints. And they are from Catholics and non-Catholics, lay people - like parents, grandparents, aunts, and uncles; religious, Nuns and Pastors - thanking us for bringing heroes their young people can use as role models. The cry is always the same!

Christian belief didn’t quietly settle into place. It was fought for in sermons and letters, tested in councils, and paid for in exile. At the center of that struggle stood one stubborn, brilliant bishop who refused to soften the truth—even when the world told him to bend. Saint Athanasius of Alexandria for Beginners takes you inside the most decisive theological conflict in early Christian history and introduces you to the man who shaped how Christianity understands Christ to this day. When emperors wavered and bishops compromised, Athanasius stood firm. Not loudly. Not theatrically. ...

Theophilus was one of the earliest commentators upon the Gospels, if not the first; and he seems to have been the earliest Christian historian of the Church of the Old Testament. His only remaining work, here presented, seems to have originated in an “oral discussion.”

Brought to you by Penguin. Discover a story 400 years in the making - the definitive biography of the man who dominated England in the first half of the sixteenth century Born into the English Wars of the Roses, educated in the European Renaissance, enthralled by the Age of Exploration and...

In the quiet, rugged landscapes of 11th-century France, a man named Bruno—later canonized as Saint Bruno—sought something deeper than the clamor of the world. He wasn’t chasing fame or power, though he had both within reach as a renowned scholar and cleric. Instead, he hungered for silence, for a direct line to God unmarred by the noise of human ambition. What he founded in that solitude—the Carthusian Order—became a cornerstone of Catholic spirituality, a tradition so steeped in Eucharistic devotion that it still resonates with the faithful today. At Journeys of Faith Ministry, ...