Lectio Divina, Latin for “sacred reading,” is an ancient way of praying with the word of God. Many today are using this ancient art of prayer to contemplate Scripture.Though Lectio Divina took shape in a variety of forms through the centuries, its roots are in early monasticism and the desert fathers. It was used mostly in the more literate religious communities through the centuries but is growing in popularity among laity, religious, and ecumenical groups today.How do you...

The novenas in this booklet are for those who wish to experience the richness of a time-honored prayer experience. Includes novenas to the Most Holy Trinity, the Sacred Heart of Jesus, Our Mother of Perpetual Help, Our Lady of Guadalupe, and Saint Joseph, and a host of devotional novena prayers to a wide variety of saints, including Saint Jude, Saint Gerard Majella, and St. Anthony. Perfect for personal use, and inexpensive enough to purchase in larger numbers for groups.Deluxe...

In keeping with the exhortation to pray always, this deluxe pamphlet includes a treasury of prayers for a wide variety of events in the life of a parish, as well as a collection of prayers for those who work in service to the parish. In Parish Prayers and Devotions, you will find seasonal prayers that reflect the parishs experience of the liturgical year Advent, Christmas, Lent, Easter, Pentecost, and Ordinary Time. This prayer companion also includes prayers for pastoral ministers, parish...

Beginning with a brief history of the Church's devotion to St. Joseph, this deluxe pamphlet traces the Saint's popularity and importance from early Christian times to our own day. A section of contemporary prayers helps us to understand the special significance that St. Joseph's intercession can have in our daily lives, while traditional prayers remind us of Joseph's example as a trusting servant of the Lord. Feast day meditations and a section of special devotions complete this inspiratio...

During the Middle Ages the act of reading was experienced intensively in the monastic exercise of lectio divina 'the prayerful scrutiny of passages of Scripture, savored in meditation, memorized, recited, and rediscovered in the reader's own religious life. The rich literary tradition that arose from this culture includes theoretical writings from the Conferences of John Cassian (fifth century) through the twelfth-century treatises of Hugh of St. Victor and the Carthusian...

Out of the Protestant Reformation came several important doctrines, including a renewed understanding of repentance. Instead of viewing repentance as a one-time confession, the reformers began to teach what the Bible teaches—that it is both radical and perpetual.In this redesigned, concise volume Sinclair Ferguson examines how the Bible defines repentance and how the doctrine has fared in today's evangelical churches. He finds many sorely lacking in proper theological understanding...

Why should we meditate on the cross? Because through the cross of Christ, we can begin to comprehend God’s all-consuming love for us. The short reflections in this book are taken from homilies presented by renounced evangelist Fr. Raniero Cantalamessa on Good Friday in St. Peter’s Basilica. Fr. Cantalamessa, who has been the preacher of the Papal Household since 1980, unfolds for us the mystery and the power of the cross. By willingly embracing the cross for our sake and then rising from t...

30 Days of The Lord Jesus is a 30 day bible study about what gives the Lord Jesus Christ the right to be called, the Lord. This 30 day bible will also take the time to explain the meanings of the word Lord as well as the purposes of Jesus being every Christians Lord according to the Holy Bible.

The Mass is the clearest expression of our identity as a Church. It is not possible to understand the Christian Community without this uniquely defining action that binds the Church together as the people of God. The Community Worships introduces the Mass to those who are preparing to join the Church. The First Christians came to incorporates elements of Jewish worship with the Paschal meal. This work of the people, or liturgy, came to be known as the Mass. In the Introductory Rite and the...

How often have you wished you could explain a questionable Scripture or teaching but simply lacked the understanding? When someone blind-sides you with a particular point and you cannot think of a Scriptural response, what do you do?...

This is lesson 30 of the Journey Bible Study Program series. There are two objectives in this lesson. The first chapter considers passages from the final chapters of the gospel of Matthew. In these passages Matthew describes the vigilance of the disciples as they await the coming of the Son of Man but also the meaning of the forgiveness of sins for which Jesus laid down his life. The objective of the section chapter is to describe the official teaching of the Church on the New Testament as...

This book...consists of six chapters on how a Christian can become useful in the Lord's hands to accomplish the divine commission in the economy of the grace of God.