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The Lamb's Supper: The Mass as Heaven on Earth

The Lamb's Supper: The Mass as Heaven on Earth

by Scott Hahn

Of all things Catholic, there is nothing that is so familiar us the Mass. With its unchanging prayers, the Mass fits Catholics like their favorite clothes. Yet most Catholics sitting in the pews on Sundays fail to see the powerful supernatural drama that enfolds them. Pope John Paul II described the Mass as "heaven on Earth," explaining that what "we celebrate on Earth is a mysterious participation in the heavenly... (more)

Rome Sweet Home: Our Journey to Catholicism

Rome Sweet Home: Our Journey to Catholicism

by Kimberly Hahn, Scott Hahn

The well-known and very popular Catholic couple, Scott and Kimberly Hahn, have been constantly travelling and speaking all over North America for the last few years about their conversion to the Catholic Church. Now these two outstanding Catholic apologists tell in their own words about the incredible spiritual journey that led them to embrace Catholicism. Scott Hahn was a Presbyterian minister, the top student... (more)

With Us Today : On the Real Presence of Jesus Christ in the Eucharist

With Us Today : On the Real Presence of Jesus Christ in the Eucharist

by John A. Hardon

Fr. Hardon examines the history of Eucharistic doctrine, particularly throughout the heresies that began to emerge in the tenth century and expanded in the Reformation period. He concisely explains the teaching of the Church about transubstantiation, Eucharistic adoration, the nature of the sacraments, and the Eucharist's character as Sacrifice, Communion, and Presence. After teaching what the Eucharist... (more)

Parenting With Grace: Catholic Parent's Guide to Raising Almost Perfect Kids

Parenting With Grace: Catholic Parent's Guide to Raising Almost Perfect Kids

by Gregory K. Popcak

This book's "uniquely Catholic" approach to parenting combines vigorous relational advice with careful theology and plenty of good humor. (The chapter on family planning is entitled "Is Eight Enough?"). The Popcaks guide parents through each stage of child development from infancy to adolescence, offering age-specific advice on "parenting with grace." They call upon natural law theology to encourage attachment... (more)

A Mother's Rule of Life: How to Bring Order to Your Home and Peace to Your Soul

A Mother's Rule of Life: How to Bring Order to Your Home and Peace to Your Soul

by Holly Pierlot

Christ Is My Life

by Marcial MacIel

It's one of the greatest success stories in the Church in our lifetime— and now you can hear it directly from the man God called to bring it about. On June 5, 1936, God inspired a 16-year-old Mexican seminarian to establish a new religious order. Although the young had neither money nor experience, he answered God's call, founding ( even before he was ordained ) the Legionaries of Christ, an order that has... (more)

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