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<DIV>When seeking to understand Christian love with some precision, we inevitably come to speak about order in loving. The title of this book, Love's Sacred Order, is intended to address the problem of the need for clarification in the matter of love, above all the question of the relationship among the different kinds of love, all of which make their legitimate claim on us. A central concern of these reflections is the fact that we can do as much harm to ourselves by being too restrictive as by being too permissive in what we allow to come under the heading of Christian love. The main intent of these meditations is to explore what the hierarchy might be that God established among all our human loves, on the one hand, and between these and the gratuitously revealed love of Godthat uncreated mystery, "kept secret for long ages", to which we could not have had access if God himself had not taken the initiative to manifest it in Christ Jesus. The author approaches this subject pondering and responding to issues raised in the widely known work of C.S. Lewis, The Four Loves, of which the year 2000 marks the fortieth anniversary of publication. This volume, then, is offered as a modest contribution to our celebration of this year of the Great Jubilee of our redemption, as well as an homage to the great Christian writer. </DIV>

Love's Sacred Order: The Four Loves Revisited

<DIV>Popular author and presenter Patrick Madrid draws Life Lessons from the many interesting, funny, instructive, and poignant experiences of his life. With wisdom and good humor, Patrick reflects upon the treasure trove of riches we can all take from our daily lives.Grounded in Scripture and a firm moral foundation, Patrick's Life Lessons shows how the smallest stories that make up your life are clear pointers to the greater story of God's work in your life. The laughter, the tears, and the beauty of life come alive through Patrick's insightful and clear style. These life lessons will inspire you to look anew at your everyday experiences-and see the wonder of God.</DIV>

Life Lessons: Fifty Things I Learned in My First Fifty Years

<DIV>The Fathers of the Church have been a vital source of wisdom and inspiration for countless saints, popes, peasants, and converts throughout the history of the Church. In this powerful one-volume library, Father Willis presents more than 250 selected doctrinal topics in an exhaustive selection of writings from the major sources of the Fathers. He lets the Fathers speak for themselves on a wide variety of spiritual themes. </DIV>

Teachings of the Church Fathers

Join Ignatius Press as we talk about some of the best summer reading books for Catholic kids and teens. Feel free to post questions in the comments!

Best Summer Reading Picks for Catholic Kids

Join us as Kathryn Lopez from the National Review Institute interviews Marcus Grodi, author of Life from Our Land: <a href='https://www.ignatius.com/Life-from-Our-Land-P1484.aspx'>https://www.ignatius.com/Life-from-Our-Land-P1484.aspx </a>
Voices from every direction beckon us, even push us, toward better and faster technology, with the promise of more wealth, more pleasure, and, consequently, more happiness.
But have we become so bewitched by the siren song of material progress that we've lost the ability not just to achieve, but to discern what true happiness is? What criteria do we use to plan for the future, for retirement? At the end of our earthly lives, how will we measure our fruitfulness?
In this book Marcus Grodi discusses what he and his family discovered, mostly by surprise, after moving from the city to twenty-five acres of Ohio farmland. This move involved a radical shift in priorities for all of them, but mostly it helped them to discover some critical truths about our relationship to nature and to nature's Creator that apply regardless of where a person lives. He offers wonderful reflections on his going- back-to-the-land experience as a metaphor for drawing closer to God.

Author interview with Marcus Grodi on his book, ”Life from Our Land”

Join us as we discuss "Common Sense Catholicism: How to Resolve Our Cultural Crisis" with Bill Donohue.
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This work analyzes how the three key elements of a democratic society—freedom, equality, and fraternity—have been misconstrued by intellectuals and policy makers who do not respect the limitations of the human condition. Their lack of common sense has resulted in social and cultural problems rather than solutions to them. By contrast, the social teachings of the Catholic Church mesh nicely with the demands of human nature, and as such they offer the right remedy to our cultural crisis.
Freedom defined as radical individualism has eclipsed the understanding that real rights are tethered to responsibilities. Equality defined as radical egalitarianism yields little in the way of equality and much in the way of state-sponsored social discord. And fraternity without the foundation of familial bonds and religious communities leaves people isolated and disoriented. Catholic teaching offers much wisdom to remedy our insufficient understanding of the elements needed for a free and flourishing society. Its common sense is greatly needed to help modern Americans rediscover the true meaning of their highest ideals.

Author interview with Bill Donohue on his book, ”Common Sense Catholicism”

<DIV>A great many religious people undertake, at least for a time, a serious dedication to prayer. They are moved by a longing for a deeper encounter with God, and the possibility of this beckons them as a distant light at night on the sea. Yet far fewer in number become true contemplative souls, for it is difficult to continue the quest for God in the face of many obstacles. For those who are spiritually courageous and full of desire for God, this book cannot but provoke them to begin or to persevere in this ultimate adventure in life-the more complete discovery of the living God. Thematically unified by the notion of God's ultimate transcendence to our limited human knowledge, Contemplative Provocations offers a rich profusion of insights on the life of prayer and the pursuit of God. A key to spiritual growth is the understanding that the hiddenness of God becomes a paradox in the experience of a soul seeking him wholeheartedly. Rather than enjoying a more intimate familiarity with God, the soul advancing in prayer is likely to experience more intensely, more provocatively, the concealment of God. This surprising truth undergirds true contemplative prayer. It is a reason why every contemplative soul, and every saint, is inflamed with a never satisfied thirst for God.</DIV>

Contemplative Provocations: Brief, Concentrated Observations on Aspects of a Life with God

<DIV>Henri de Lubac has described von Balthasar as 'probably the most cultured man in Europe'. In volumes II and III von Balthasar shows the extraordinary range of his knowledge and expertise in a series of essays designed to illustrate different ways in which theologians have shared their work. What he offers is 'a typology of the relationship between beauty and revelation' which shows 'that there neither has been nor could be any true great and historically fruitful theology which was not expressly conceived and born under the constellation of beauty and grace'.Volume II offers a series of studies of representative figures from the earlier period of Christian theology - Irenaeus, Augustine, Denys, Anselm and Bonventura. </DIV>

The Glory of the Lord: A Theological Aesthetics

Matt Yocum is a writer for Marvel comics, and he wrote a graphic novel about the life, death, and mission of Shahbaz Bhatti--a modern day Christian hero. 

Get your copy of “Blood and Water”: https://ignatius.com/blood-and-water-6bwh/?searchid=0&search_query=blood+and+water It is a perfect gift for youth and adults alike!

Full Episode Here: https://youtu.be/kKonqryu0PQ

When a Marvel Writer Produces a Christian Comic Book

Dr. Peter Kreeft is a well-known Catholic figure who has helped many people convert to Catholicism and deepen their love and understanding of the faith. But few know that Dr. Kreeft himself is a convert to Catholicism. Raised Calvinist, Dr. Kreeft ended up becoming Catholic after attending Calvin College in Michigan, and in his new book “From Calvinist to Catholic,” Dr. Kreeft details his conversion story in his typical vivid and whimsical style.
Today, Andrew Petiprin, also a convert, is joined by Dr. Kreeft and the two discuss Dr. Kreeft’s youth, his process of conversion, and what drew him into full communion with the Catholic Church. They also discuss the relationship between Protestants and Catholics, and their hope that more Christians would enter more fully into the sacramental life of the Church.
This is a must-see episode, if you have read anything by Dr. Kreeft because it reveals a more personal side to one of the bright lights in the Church.
 
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Peter Kreeft: Converting from Calvinism to Catholicism

<DIV>Charles Rice, professor of the jurisprudence of St. Thomas Aquinas for the last twenty years at Notre Dame Law School, presents a very readable book on the natural law as seen through the teachings of Aquinas and their foundations in reason and Revelation. Reflecting on the most persistent questions asked by his students over the years, Rice shows how the natural law works and how it is rooted in the nature of the human person whose Creator provided this law as a sure and knowable guide for man to achieve his end of eternal happiness. This book presents the teachings of the Catholic Church in her role as arbiter of the applications of the natural law on issues involving the right to live, bioethics, the family and the economy. Charles Rice has produced a firmly grounded and accessible handbook which touches on the most important topics regarding natural law that will benefit readers of all backgrounds. </DIV>

50 Questions on The Natural Law: What It Is and Why We Need It

Opening credits

1 Murphy’s Law

2 The Bible Is Not Cereal

3 Crisis of an Agnostic

4 Be Careful What You Pray For

5 Getting a Hippie to Church

6 I, Like Thomas

7 Divine Set-ups

8 You Can’t Read That

9 Out of the Mouths of the Condemned

10 For Such a Time as This

11 Prayer 101

12 Dinner in the Household of Saint Enda

13 The Weight of the Cross

14 Rilian’s Plight

15 Brother Ian

16 Wrestling with God

17 How to Give Catholic Homilies as a Baptist

18 When Parents Pray

19 Crisis of a Closet Catholic

20 From the Baptist Frontlines

21 The Comedy of a Broken Road

22 All Hell Breaks Loose

23 The Scalpel of the Great Physician

24 All Heaven Breaks Forth

25 The Life of the Cross

Closing credits

When high school valedictorian Ian Murphy was writing his graduation address, a teacher told him that he could not mention Jesus in his speech. She even threatened to pull the plug on the microphone if he tried to do so. Murphy&rsquo;s defiance, in the name of his constitutional rights, made national news, and his zeal to spread the Gospel, no matter the cost, became the defining passion of his life.
Murphy's public battle for his freedom of speech is where this conversion story begins, but then it retraces the other important experiences of his youth. He describes his free-spirited Christian parents, his early doubts, the influence of faith-filled relatives and friends, and the spiritual encounter that made him a believer.
At a young age, Murphy went from strength to strength as he sought after truth, grew in prayer, and shared his faith with others. But his doubts resurfaced when his friend and mentor, the leader of a Protestant college group, was murdered. After his trust in God was restored, Murphy became a Baptist minister in the Bible Belt, and from there his spiritual journey led him into the Catholic Church.
The unexpected twists and turns in Murphy's extraordinary story show that when a man gives his life to Christ, the Lord never lets him go.
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Dying to Live: From Agnostic to Baptist to Catholic (Audiobook)

Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini crossed oceans to spread the Gospel and serve the poor. She also wrote oceans of letters to her religious sisters as she travelled all over the globe. Frances suffered from health problems all her life. Despite her many limitations, she bravely faced persecution, poverty, and dangerous sea voyages to establish new schools and orphanages for her religious order, the Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart. To keep in contact with her spiritual daughters throughout her many journeys, she constantly corresponded with her sisters. Mother Cabrini&rsquo;s letters have long been out of print in English, and this selection of her correspondence introduces modern readers to Cabrini&rsquo;s many gifts. Through her letters, we learn about her meetings with popes and bishops, as well as her encounters with ordinary people in Argentina, England, France, Nicaragua, Spain, and the United States. She vividly describes the sights and sounds she encountered during her travels to great cities and remote villages, including several experiences in which she came close to death. She demonstrates her business acumen, her innate leadership abilities, and her perseverance during the trials of establishing a religious congregation. She shows her sensitivity to her sisters&rsquo; needs, as well as her willingness to confront them about their failings. But above all, Frances Cabrini was a saint. Through her letters, we can become acquainted with a truly holy 20th century woman. Her writings display her spiritual depth, her personal love for the Lord, and even her favorite saints. Her greatest desire in life was to be a missionary sister: a woman who spread the Good News of Jesus Christ all over the world. In this goal, she was wildly successful. She always attributed her accomplishments to God through the Scripture passage she quoted most often: I can do all things in Him who strengthens me.

All Things Are Possible: The Selected Writings of Mother Cabrini

Ahead of the FATIMA movie release on August 28, 2020, we interviewed Paul Senz, author of "Fatima: 100 Questions and Answers on the Marian Apparitions", a companion to the film.
Book: <a href='https://www.ignatius.com/Fatima-P3661.aspx'>https://www.ignatius.com/Fatima-P3661.aspx </a>
Movie: <a href='https://www.fatimathemovie.com/'>https://www.fatimathemovie.com/ </a>
From May to October, 1917, the Blessed Virgin Mary appeared six times to three shepherd children in the tiny village of Fatima, Portugal. What started as a private matter was soon known all over town, throughout the country, and around the world. These apparitions are fascinating, and have gripped the imagination of people all over the world, from simple believers to academic theologians; from skeptics to the curious; from scientists to popes.
Fatima: 100 Questions and Answers on the Marian Apparitions utilizes a question-and-answer format to explore the context of these apparitions, why they were so engrossing at the time, what they have meant to the Church and the world in the century since they happened, and why the requests of Our Lady are so important today.
Questions include:
<ul><li>Who were these children?</li>
<li>Why would Mary appear to them?</li>
<li>What were the so-called “Secrets of Fatima”?</li>
<li>What really happened during the Miracle of the Sun?</li>
<li>In what ways were the children persecuted by the powerful Freemasons in the Portuguese government?</li>
<li>Did the children see a vision that predicted the attempted assassination of St. John Paul II?</li>
<li>And many more.</li>
</ul>
The major new feature film, Fatima, tells the story of these apparitions in a narrative and with a limited amount of screen time. As a companion to the film, this book offers the reader greater context and answers many of the questions that the viewer may have about this amazing story.

Author Interview with Paul Senz on his book, ”Fatima”

<DIV>"Rooted in the lessons of history and the saints and woven together with prayer, Archbishop Emeritus Hughes calls present and future ministers of the Church back to the transformative basics of the priesthood." &mdash;From the foreword by Bishop Robert BarronClerical sexual abuse, COVID-19, declining parishes, and racial unrest&mdash;these are some of the many challenges facing Catholic priests and bishops today. Where can they find the wisdom they need to address these and other daunting difficulties?Archbishop Emeritus Hughes draws on the some of the greatest spiritual guides the Church has ever known to offer a vision for contemporary priestly life&mdash;Ignatius of Antioch, Augustine, Gregory the Great, and beyond. He also turns to the timeless advice found in great conciliar documents. What emerges from his survey of the past is the understanding that the Catholic priesthood has overcome many trials throughout its history and the confidence that it will do so in our own day by rediscovering the timeless sources of renewal.This book is intended to serve a double purpose. It can be used as a text for seminarians, together with a reader drawn from the cited classics, or as a rich source of spiritual reading for priests and bishops.</DIV>

Priests in Love with God and Eager to Witness to the Gospel

<DIV>The Hidden Manna has become a classic on Eucharistic teaching. Now in a second edition, accompanied by a new introduction by Fr. Kenneth Baker, a new preface from the author, new material from John Paul II, and the original foreword by Cardinal John O'Connor, this in-depth study lets the breadth and richness of the Church's Tradition speak for itself. Fr. O'Connor presents and comments on substantial excerpts from the major sources of the Church's Tradition extending all the way back to apostolic times. Focusing on the doctrine of the Real Presence, he follows the earliest witnesses through the challenge in the Middle Ages of Berengarius through the Protestant Reformation and modern disputes. ಜFather James O'Connor gives us nothing less than a comprehensive study of the Church's meditation on the Mystery of the Eucharist... The Hidden Manna is a superb work.ಝ Cardinal John OಙConnor ಜ...We owe a debt of gratitude to Fr. James OಙConnor for writing this beautiful treatise on ಘthe Sacrament of Sacramentsಙ. The Hidden Manna is a remarkable accomplishment of Catholic scholarship.ಝ Fr. Kenneth Baker, S.J. </DIV>

The Hidden Manna: A Theology of the Eucharist

Opening Credits

1. Receiving the Gift

2. Living His Life

3. Establishing Contact

4. Reading The Signs

5. Offering It Up

6. Feeding Our Souls

7. Becoming The Body

8. Keep Showing Up

Closing Credits

The Eucharist is no mere symbol. It is the key to life. More specifically, it is the key to your very identity.
When we look carefully at the Blessed Sacrament, under the signs of bread and wine, we discover that we were made not simply to receive God, to be nourished by his gifts, or to draw close to him. In fact, &ldquo;we were made to become Him.&rdquo; In Your Eucharistic Identity, Father Gregory Pine shows that Christ, through the Sacrament, divinizes us in our whole being.
But the Eucharist is not magic. We have to receive the gift of his Eucharistic presence, and preparing for such a great banquet requires time, work, and attention. To become like Christ, we must be ready to be given to others, in a free, radical gift of love.
Father Pine&rsquo;s sacramental guide to the fullness of life&mdash;at once thought-provoking and practical, ancient and new&mdash;offers Christians a simple, clear guide for their path.