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Something Other than God, Holiness of Ordinary People, and Joan of Arc is our featured content for April and will be available for free through April 30, 2026. We hope you enjoy!

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&quot;There are some people whom God takes and sets apart,&quot; observes Venerable Madeleine Delbr&ecirc;l (1904&ndash;1964), but &quot;there are others whom he leaves in the masses and whom he does not withdraw from the world. These are people who do ordinary jobs, who have an ordinary household or an ordinary single life. . . . We, the ordinary people of the streets, believe with all our might that this street, that this world where God has placed us, is, for us, the site of our holiness.&quot; French poet, social worker, and lay missionary Madeleine Delbr&ecirc;l knew that Christ&#39;s unspeakable goodness touches the smallest, most forgotten corners of our everyday world&mdash;the laundry, the checkout counter, the commute. His word shines before us &quot;while we walk in the street, while we do our work, while we peel our vegetables, while we wait for a phone call, while we sweep our floors. We see it glow between two of our neighbor&#39;s sentences and between two letters to write, when we wake up and when we go to sleep.&quot; Yet prayer alone gives us the eyes to see it. This book gathers together essays and notes written by Delbr&ecirc;l during her most active years, giving peerless insights into the distinctive lay vocation in the Church. All men and women&mdash;married and unmarried&mdash;must follow the Holy Spirit into all that is true in this world, from the small talk around the coffeepot to the great silence of the Holy Eucharist. &quot;The holy Church expects saints,&quot; she tells us, &quot;and saints are those who love.&quot;

The Holiness of Ordinary People

<DIV>The spiritual classic by À Kempis, the second most widely read spiritual book after the Bible, has had an astonishing impact on the spiritual lives of countless saints, peasants, and popes for centuries. Even today, the soul-searching words of the fifteenth-century cleric Thomas À Kempis continue to resonate, unbounded by time or geography. Drawing on the Bible, the Fathers of the early Church and medieval mysticism, his four-part treatise shrugs off the allure of the material world, blending beauty and bluntness in a supremely spiritual call-to-arms.This beautiful translation by Ronald Knox and Michael Oakley is considered by many teachers, writers, and readers to be the best English translation ever, and one that greatly enhances the life-changing insights of Thomas À Kempis. Illustrated."If we could construct a composite picture of all great Christians-Catholic or non-Catholic-of the last five hundred years who found The Imitation substantially beneficial, enlightening, and inspiring, we would need no further proof that familiarity with this great classic is an integral part of a mature spiritual life and even a path to holiness." -Father Benedict J. Groeschel, C.F.R., Author, </DIV>

The Imitation of Christ: Translated by Ronald Knox and Michael Oakley

In every century of Christianity, lives of serious discipleship have been lived in response to&mdash;not in isolation from&mdash;the state of the Church and the world. The inherent link between history and Catholic spirituality, between holiness and the dark forces at work in a given era, is as real and pertinent today as ever. In this powerful work that may very well prove prophetic, renowned spiritual writer Fr. Donald Haggerty plumbs the depths of this connection, offering a profound reflection on the signs of the times, both inside and outside the Church, and unfolding their implications for believers today. Echoing Ra&iuml;ssa Maritain&rsquo;s remark that &ldquo;Jesus will be in agony till the end of the world,&rdquo; this book posits that the Church may live out, within history, a trial mirroring the Passion of her Lord&mdash;and that union with Jesus&rsquo; suffering must be central in the spiritual lives of her individual members. Against a darkening historical backdrop, the would-be saints of today must be ready to accept and embrace&mdash;in love, through prayer, and for the sake of the Church&mdash;a mysterious replication of Jesus&rsquo; last week in their own lives. With keen spiritual insight and characteristic eloquence, Fr. Haggerty explores what it means to pursue holiness seriously in the 21st century, being sanctified in and through the Church&rsquo;s present&mdash;or perhaps still impending&mdash;&ldquo;hour of testing&rdquo;.

The Hour of Testing: Spiritual Depth and Insight in a Time of Ecclesial Uncertainty

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