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Angelology & Demonology

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Our world is deeply troubled: wars, terrorism, political and social unrest, family breakdown, mass migrations, moral confusion, and chaos. In the Church: faith has diminished, doctrines are denied, moral teachings are ignored, scandals in the clergy cause real dismay and doubt.
Featuring commentary and insights by Raymond Cardinal Burke and Bishop Mark Davies, and appealing to proven methods from the Church&rsquo;s history, this film sets forth a powerful blueprint for revival in the Catholic Church, and thus a renewal in families, communities, and the world. It focuses on five key areas to drive this renewal: Catechesis, Liturgy, the Gospel of Life, Sanctity, and Mission. The film also includes commentary from church leaders Fr. Marcus Holden, Fr. Andrew Pinsent, Joanna Bogle, Jacob Phillips, and inspiring young adults who speak about their Catholic faith and trust in Christ.

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Seelos: Tireless Intercessor is a true story that chronicles the heroic and miraculous life of a young immigrant priest, Blessed Francis Xavier Seelos (1819&ndash;1867). This Redemptorist missionary was beatified by Pope John Paul II in the Solemn Jubilee Year 2000. Father Seelos possessed great mystical gifts due to his intense prayer life. His dedication to ministry with cheerful holiness makes him still an outstanding model for clergy, religious, and laity alike. As an itinerant preacher and lifelong friend of the poor and destitute, Seelos was a spiritual father to tens of thousands. Despite his early death at age forty-eight, so profound was his missionary zeal that sickness, persecution, and even the upheaval caused by the Civil War could not stop him.

Seelos: Tireless Intercessor

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<DIV>In these homilies, most of which are previously unpublished, Joseph Ratzinger, now Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, addresses the theme he has celebrated, pondered, and witnessed by his life more than any other: love. For him, love is the vital nucleus of the Church and to serve Christ is above all a question of love: "Peter, do you love me? Feed my sheep" (Jn 21:15&ndash;17).Love is also the quest of every human being on the journey toward eternity. He beautifully states, "Christianity is a movement, a journey; it is not a theory, a sum total of doctrine; Christianity is life, it is a vital impetus that carries us toward true life. . . . Someone who has found love can say: I have found life."Arranged by the liturgical seasons of the Church year, the homilies predate the author's pontificate. The earliest dates from 1970 while he was still a professor of theology. Thus, this collection traces the way Joseph Ratzinger has been enamored of the love of God throughout his years of serving the Church.</DIV>

On Love

Ida Friederike G&ouml;rres was one of the brightest, most penetrating Catholic writers in twentieth-century Europe. Bishop Erik Varden has called her &ldquo;a treasure we should again make our own&rdquo;, while Joseph Ratzinger (Pope Benedict XVI), at her funeral, labeled her a &ldquo;brave and faithful woman&rdquo;, with &ldquo;an insightful certainty .&nbsp;.&nbsp;. about the pressing questions and tasks of the Church today&rdquo;. Yet her work is almost entirely unknown in the English-speaking world today.
The time has come to discover Ida G&ouml;rres. This collection of vibrant, piercing, often wry essays were written in the tumultuous years surrounding Vatican II, when &ldquo;demolition troops&rdquo; bent on destruction mingled with saints like Karol Wojtyła. Rising out of this confusion, G&ouml;rres, with her colorful style, reveals the raw, majestic splendor of the Catholic Church, which is more craggy, complex, and solid than any Alpine mountain.
If you think you have fallen out of love with Catholicism, read&nbsp;Bread Grows in Winter, a brutally honest yet poetically inspired meditation on the heart of the faith. Originally published in 1970, it is perhaps more important today than ever. Can we still trust the &ldquo;leaky ship&rdquo; of the Church? Yes, we can, and yes, we must.

Bread Grows in Winter

<DIV>Pope Benedict XVI's second encyclical, Saved In Hope, ("Spe Salvi" in Latin) takes its title from St. Paul, who wrote, "In hope we have been saved". In this special deluxe hardcover edition of the work, the Holy Father continues a line of thought he began with his first encyclical, God is Love.Love and Hope are closely related in the spiritual life. Love of God involves hope or trust in God. According to the Catechism of the Catholic Church, "The virtue of hope responds to the aspiration to happiness which God has placed in the heart of every man". Hope enables us to look to the next life, but it also inspires and purifies our actions in this life. Pope Benedict considers modern philosophies and the challenges of faith today in light of the virtue of hope."Confronted by today's changing and complex panorama, the virtue of hope is subject to harsh trials in the community of believers. For this very reason, we must be apostles who are filled with hope and joyful trust in God's promises. In contemporary society, which shows such visible signs of secularism, we must not give in to despair." — Pope Benedict XVI</DIV>

Saved in Hope

Just as Job was tried, all of us are tested by suffering. It comes to us in many different forms: grief about the past, pain in the present, and sadness about what might have been. The personal dimension of suffering means that it marks our experience and, in some ways, makes us who we are. Coping with suffering as Christians includes certain spiritual practices that lead us to surrender our lives more fully to the Lord. By offering our suffering as a spiritual sacrifice, joined intentionally to the suffering of Christ through prayer, we engage with the most profound Christian teaching about suffering: that it is redemptive. Suffering can transform us to be like God.

Suffering: What Every Catholic Should Know

00 Opening credits

01 Chapter 1꞉ Why Praying is More Important Than Eating

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02 Chapter 2꞉ Motives- Ten Compelling Reasons to Pray

Chapter 1꞉ Why Praying is More Important Than Eating

03 Chapter 3꞉ Methods- Why We Need None

Chapter 2꞉ Motives- Ten Compelling Reasons to Pray

04 Chapter 4꞉ Words- Vocal Prayer as Conversation With God

Chapter 3꞉ Methods- Why We Need None

05 Chapter 5꞉ Steps- Stop, Look, and Listen

Chapter 4꞉ Words- Vocal Prayer as Conversation With God

06 Chapter 6꞉ Thoughts- Where the Action Is

Chapter 5꞉ Steps- Stop, Look, and Listen

07 Chapter 7꞉ Faith- The One Prerequisite for Prayer

Chapter 6꞉ Thoughts- Where the Action Is

08 Chapter 8꞉ Themes- What Should I Say When I Pray

Chapter 7꞉ Faith- The One Prerequisite for Prayer

09 Chapter 9꞉ Jesus- The Shortest, Simplest, and Most Powerful Prayer in the World

Chapter 8꞉ Themes- What Should I Say When I Pray

10 Chapter 10꞉ Work- Praying Always

Chapter 9꞉ Jesus- The Shortest, Simplest, and Most Powerful Prayer in the World

11 Chapter 11꞉ Distractions- Mental Obstacles to Prayer

Chapter 10꞉ Work- Praying Always

12 Chapter 12꞉ Sins- Moral Obstacles to Prayer

Chapter 11꞉ Distractions- Mental Obstacles to Prayer

13 Chapter 13꞉ Simplicity- Prayer as Saint-Making

Chapter 12꞉ Sins- Moral Obstacles to Prayer

14 Chapter 14꞉ Renunciation- The Necessity of the Negative

Chapter 13꞉ Simplicity- Prayer as Saint-Making

15 Chapter 15꞉ Sufferings- How to Transform Bitterness into Sweetness

Chapter 14꞉ Renunciation- The Necessity of the Negative

16 Chapter 16꞉ Patience- Forgiving Ourselves for Failure

Chapter 15꞉ Sufferings- How to Transform Bitterness into Sweetness

17 Chapter 17꞉ Grace- What Everything Is

Chapter 16꞉ Patience- Forgiving Ourselves for Failure

18 Chapter 18꞉ Perseverance- The Realistic Fanaticism

Chapter 17꞉ Grace- What Everything Is

19 Closing credits

Chapter 18꞉ Perseverance- The Realistic Fanaticism

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<DIV>Peter Kreeft brings his unique insights to this most important area of our spiritual lives. He claims he himself is still a beginner in prayer, and this book is for all those, like him, who feel that they are not good at praying but desire to become much better at it. Thus, Kreeft offers simple, but profound advice and practical steps for developing a prayer life based on the time-tested wisdom of the saints and great spiritual writers, especially the principles found in Brother Lawrence's classic, The Practice of the Presence of God. In short, straight-forward and unsentimental chapters, Kreeft covers all the key areas for understanding and developing that intimate form of communication with our Creator that we call prayer. He covers such areas as the necessity of prayer, various motives and methods, steps, patience, suffering, sin, faith, and grace. </DIV>

Prayer For Beginners