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Looking at Heaven (Mirando al Cielo) is a powerful movie produced in Mexico that tells the inspiring true story of St. Jos&eacute; S&aacute;nchez del Rio, a 15-year-old martyr during the Cristero War.
During the brutal religious persecution in Mexico from 1926 to 1929, in a heroic act of battle, Jos&eacute; is captured after saving his Cristero general and taken to his village to be executed for treason. The deputy sheriff, Jos&eacute;&rsquo;s godfather, is the highest authority of the town, who would have to give the execution order. This is a true story of faith, family, and forgiveness about one of the youngest saints who sacrificed everything for his love of Christ the King.
Written and directed by Antonio Pel&aacute;ez, and starring Juli&aacute;n Fidalgo as Jos&eacute; S&aacute;nchez del R&iacute;o.
Spanish with English subtitles

Looking at Heaven: The Life of St. José Sánchez del Río

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Title Page

Acknowledgements

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

Chapter 9

Chapter 10

Chapter 11

Chapter 12

Chapter 13

Chapter 14

Chapter 15

Chapter 16

Chapter 17

Chapter 18

Chapter 19

Chapter 20

Chapter 21

Chapter 22 Closing Credits

<DIV>Michael O'Brien presents a thrilling apocalyptic novel about the condition of the Roman Catholic Church at the end of time. It explores the state of the modern world, and the strengths and weaknesses of the contemporary religious scene, by taking his central character, Father Elijah Sch&#228;fer, a Carmelite priest, on a secret mission for the Vatican which embroils him in a series of crises and subterfuges affecting the ultimate destiny of the Church. Father Elijah is a convert from Judaism, a survivor of the Holocaust, a man once powerful in Israel. For twenty years he has been &#34;buried in the dark night of Carmel&#34; on the mountain of the prophet Elijah. The Pope and the Cardinal Secretary of State call him out of obscurity and give him a task of the highest sensitivity: to penetrate into the inner circles of a man whom they believe may be the Antichrist. Their purpose: to call the Man of Sin to repentance, and thus to postpone the great tribulation long enough to preach the Gospel to the whole world. In this richly textured tale, Father Elijah crosses Europe and the Middle East, moves through the echelons of world power, meets saints and sinners, presidents, judges, mystics, embattled Catholic journalists, faithful priests and a conspiracy of traitors within the very House of God. This is an apocalypse in the old literary sense, but one that was written in the light of Christian revelation. </DIV>

Father Elijah: An Apocalypse (Audiobook)

<DIV>In this magnificent and stirring novel, Louis de Wohl turns his famed narrative skill to the story of the soldier and merchant's son who might have been right-hand man to a king ... and who became instead the most beloved of all saints. Set against the tempestuous background of 13th Century Italy and Egypt, here is the magnificent and inspiring story of Francis Bernardone, the brash, pleasure-loving young officer who was to become immortalized as St. Francis of Assisi. The story teems with action, pageantry and intrigue with finely conceived characters-the beautiful, saintly Clare, Frederick, the hawk-faced King of Sicily and Holy Roman Emperor, the Sultan Al Kamil, Pope Innocent III. The scene shifts from Assisi, Rome and Sicily to the deadly sands of Egypt. This book was made into a feature film by 20th Century Fox entitled Francis of Assisi, now available on video from Ignatius Press. </DIV>

The Joyful Beggar: A Novel of St. Francis of Assisi

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

<DIV>This major volume is a collection of the writings of Joseph Ratzinger (Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI) on the theology of the Liturgy of the Church, a subject of preeminence to him as a theologian, professor and spiritual writer. It brings together all his writings on the subject, short and long, giving his views on liturgical matters and questions over many years and from various perspectives.He chose to have his writings on the Liturgy for the first volume published of his collected works (though listed as vol. 11) because, as he says in the Introduction: "The liturgy of the Church has been for me since my childhood the central reality of my life, and it became the center of my theological efforts. I chose fundamental theology as my field because I wanted first and foremost to examine thoroughly the question: Why do we believe? But also included from the beginning in this question was the other question of the right response to God and, thus, the question of the liturgy."By starting with the theme of liturgy in this volume, Ratzinger wants to highlight God's primacy, the absolute precedence of the theme of God. Beginning with a focus on the liturgy, he said, tells us that "God is first". He quotes from the Rule of St. Benedict, "Nothing is to be preferred to the liturgy", as a way of ordering priorities for the life of the Church and of every individual. He says that the fundamental question of the man who begins to understand himself correctly is: How must I encounter God? Thus learning the right way of worshipping is the gift par excellence that is given to us by the faith.The essential purpose of his writings on the liturgy is to place the liturgy in its larger context, which he presents in three concentric circles. First, the intrinsic interrelationship of Old and New Testament; without the connection to the Old Testament heritage, the Christian liturgy is incomprehensible. The second circle is the relationship to the religions of the world. The third circle is the cosmic character of the liturgy, which is more than the coming together of a circle of people: the liturgy is celebrated in the expanse of the cosmos, encompassing creation and history at the same time.</DIV>

Theology of the Liturgy: The Sacramental Foundation of Christian Existence

This modern and very human take on the story of St. Ignatius of Loyola, the founder of the Jesuits&mdash;often called &ldquo;The Saint of Second Chances&rdquo;&mdash;is an incisive and thrilling look at the life of the real man behind the legend. In his lifelong quest to become the heroic knight of his fantasies, Ignatius stares death in the face again and again, having his leg shattered by a cannonball in battle; driven to near suicide by his inner demons; finding himself imprisoned, accused of being an illuminati; and finally finding his life in the hands of the Inquisition. Through it all, he would come to see the hand of God working in his life, shaping the self-obsessed sinner into the loyal and passionate soldier-saint.

Ignatius of Loyola

History

Saints & Sainthood

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<DIV>Unbelievers, doubters and skeptics continue to attack the truths of Christianity. Handbook of Catholic Apologetics is the only book that categorizes and summarizes all the major arguments in support of the main Christian beliefs, including key distinctively Catholic doctrines. Also included is a Protestant-friendly treatment of Catholic-Protestant issues. The Catholic answers to Protestant questions show how Catholicism is the fullness of the Christian faith.An expanded, Catholic edition of the popular book Handbook of Christian Apologetics, Handbook of Catholic Apologetics is full of the wisdom and wit, clarity and insight of philosophers Peter Kreeft and Ronald Tacelli. This is an informative and valuable guidebook for anyone looking for answers to questions of faith and reason. Whether you are asking the questions yourself or want to respond to others who are, here is the resource you have been waiting for.Topics include:<ul><li>Faith and reason</li><li>The existence of God</li><li>God's nature</li><li>Creation and evolution</li><li>Providence and free will</li><li>Miracles</li><li>Problem of evil</li><li>Bible's historical reliability</li><li>Divinity of Christ</li><li>Christ's resurrection</li><li>Life after death</li><li>Heaven, hell, purgatory</li><li>Salvation</li><li>Christianity and other religions</li><li>Objective truth</li><li>Sacramentalism</li><li>The Eucharist and the Real Presence of Jesus</li><li>Mary's role in the Christian order</li><li>The authority of the Church</li><li>Communion of saints</li><li>Faith and works</li><li>Catholicism as Complete Christianity</li></ul></DIV>

Handbook of Catholic Apologetics: Reasoned Answers to Questions of Faith

Opening credits

Foreword

1. The Entrance into Jerusalem and the Cleansing of the Temple

2. Jesus’ Eschatological Discourse

3. The Washing of the Feet

4. Jesus’ High-Priestly Prayer

5. The Last Supper

6. Gethsemane

7. The Trial of Jesus

8. Crucifixion and Burial of Jesus

9. Jesus’ Resurrection from the Dead

Epilogue - He Ascended into Heaven—He Is Seated at the Right Hand of the Father, and He Will Come Again in Glory

Closing credits

<DIV>For Christians, Jesus of Nazareth is the Son of God, who died for the sins of the world, and who rose from the dead in triumph over sin and death. For non-Christians, he is almost anything else--a myth, a political revolutionary, a prophet whose teaching was misunderstood or distorted by his followers. Jesus of Nazareth is the Son of God, and no myth, revolutionary, or misunderstood prophet, insists Benedict XVI. He thinks that the best of historical scholarship, while it can't &#34;prove&#34; Jesus is the Son of God, certainly doesn't disprove it. Indeed, Benedict maintains that the evidence, fairly considered, brings us face-to-face with the challenge of Jesus--a real man who taught and acted in ways that were tantamount to claims of divine authority, claims not easily dismissed as lunacy or deception. Benedict XVI presents this challenge in his new book, Jesus of Nazareth: Holy Week: From the Entrance into Jerusalem to the Resurrection, the sequel volume to Jesus of Nazareth: From the Baptism in the Jordan to the Transfiguration.Why was Jesus rejected by the religious leaders of his day? Who was responsible for his death? Did he establish a Church to carry on his work? How did Jesus view his suffering and death? How should we? And, most importantly, did Jesus really rise from the dead and what does his resurrection mean? The story of Jesus raises many crucial questions. Benedict brings to his study the vast learning of a brilliant scholar, the passionate searching of a great mind, and the deep compassion of a pastor's heart. In the end, he dares readers to grapple with the meaning of Jesus' life, teaching, death, and resurrection. &#34;Only in this second volume do we encounter the decisive sayings and events of Jesus' life . . .&#160; I hope that I have been granted an insight into the figure of Our Lord that can be helpful to all readers who seek to encounter Jesus and to believe in Him.&#34; -Pope Benedict XVIBook Length (hours:minutes:seconds) 8:42:14 </DIV>

Jesus of Nazareth: Holy Week: From the Entrance Into Jerusalem To The Resurrection

<DIV>Following his best selling book, Jesus of Nazareth, and his talks published in Jesus, the Apostles, and the Early Church, Pope Benedict?s Church Fathers presents these important figures of early Christianity in all their evangelical vitality, spiritual profundity, and uncompromising love of God. Benedict tells the true story of Christianity?s against-all-odds triumph in the face of fierce Roman hostility and persecution. He does this by exploring the lives and the ideas of the early Christian writers, pastors, and martyrs, men so important to the spread of Christianity that history remembers them as ?the Fathers of the Church?. This rich and engrossing survey of the early Church includes those churchmen who immediately succeeded the Apostles, the ?Apostolic Fathers?: Clement of Rome, Ignatius of Antioch, Justin Martyr, and Irenaeus of Lyon. Benedict also discusses such great Christian figures as Tertullian, Origen, Cyprian of Carthage, the Cappadocian Fathers, as well as the giants John Chrysostom, Jerome, and Augustine. This book is a wonderful way to get to know the Church Fathers and the tremendous spiritually rich patrimony they have bequeathed to us. </DIV>

Church Fathers: From Clement of Rome to Augustine

YOUCAT is an accessible, contemporary expression of the Catholic Faith. It was written with the help of young Catholics, especially for high-school-age people and young adults. YOUCAT is short for Youth Catechism of the Catholic Church.The appealing graphic format includes Questions-and-Answers, highly readable commentary, summary definitions of key terms, Bible citations, and inspiring and thought-provoking quotes from Saints and others in the margins. What's more, YOUCAT is keyed to the Catechism of the Catholic Church, so people can go deeper. YOUCAT aligns with the four pillars of the Catechism of the Catholic Church:<ul><li>What Catholics believe and why (doctrine)</li><li>How Catholics celebrate the mysteries of the faith (sacraments)</li><li>How Catholics are to live (moral life)</li><li>How they should pray (prayer and spirituality)</li></ul>The questions are direct and honest, even at times tough; the answers straightforward, relevant, and compelling.Uses—Many of the YOUCAT books can be used as a primary text to guide an entire year of classroom instruction. The sequential progression of the material, mirroring the fourfold structure of the Catechism of the Catholic Church, makes it an easy-to-use text. However, the books are structured so that you can focus only on the key areas that you want to cover or learn about. The choice is yours.<ul><li>Primary Text</li><li>A Supplemental Resource to Any Catechetical Series</li><li>Youth Group Discussion Guides</li><li>Reference Book</li><li>Family Faith Formation at Home</li><li>Young Adult Discussion Groups</li><li>Great Gifts for Sacrament Prep<ul><li>Parents of First Holy Communion, First Reconciliation, and Confirmation</li><li>Confirmation</li><li>Graduation from Middle School or High School</li></ul></li><li>OCIA</li></ul>

YOUCAT English: Youth Catechism of the Catholic Church

Opening Credits

Prologue

1. The End of His Life

2.  Back to Normal

3. Do You Really See Us

4. Citizen of the Month

5. A Really Boring Guy

6. A Voice in the Night

7. The Safety of the Cage

8. A Triad of Sages

9. Ganymede and the Eagle

10. Neuron Paths in the World-Brain

11. The Winter World

12. The Hollow Men

13. Cabins and Palaces

14. Surely We Have Met Before

15. Around the Great Wheel

16. In the Underground

17. The Vault of Degradation

18. Millenium Angel

19. Scenes of Historical Importance

20. On the Little-Little Ob

21. Petropavlovskaya Poustyn

22. The Well in the Desert

23. Clerks and Ballerinas

24. A Bad Day at Listvyanks

25. The Clinic at Ozero Baikal

26. A Voice from the Past

27. I Give You Everything

28. The Enchantress

29. Snake and Crocodile

30. The Snowhouse

31. The Icon in the Fire

32. The War of the Winter-Born

33. A Cadre of One

34. Strength and Weakness

35. The Bell Tower

36. A Message in the Ark

37. To Another Country

38. We Know Everything

39. The Realm of the Dispossessed

40. The Silence

41. Upstairs and Downstairs

42. Integrated into a Mission

43. Does Simply No One Believe Me?

44. One May Circle the World

45. Will He Want Me?

46. Kingfishers Catch Fire

Author's Note

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"A modern retelling of the parables The Good Shepherd and The Prodigal Son." - Michael O'Brien Canadian bookseller Alex Graham is a middle-age widower whose quiet life is turned upside down when his college-age son disappears without any explanation or trace of where he has gone. With minimal resources, the father begins a long journey that takes him for the first time away from his safe and orderly world. As he stumbles across the merest thread of a trail, he follows it in blind desperation, and is led step by step on an odyssey that takes him to fascinating places and sometimes to frightening people and perils. Through the uncertainty and the anguish, the loss and the longing, Graham is pulled into conflicts between nations, as well as the eternal conflict between good and evil. Stretched nearly to the breaking point by the inexplicable suffering he witnesses and experiences, he discovers unexpected sources of strength as he presses onward in the hope of recovering his son--and himself.
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The Father's Tale: A Novel

Interview with author Brendan Hodge about Catholic novels

This first full-length feature movie on Augustine uses a historic backdrop to tell the true story of one of the Church&rsquo;s most beloved and well-known Saints. Its message of sin, conversion, and redemption is as timely today as it was in the 5th century. It is the story of a gifted man who pursues fame and fortune without a moral compass&mdash;and the dramatic changes that occur in his soul when challenging events lead him to see the light of truth. It also chronicles the collapse of the Roman world and how Augustine laid the intellectual foundations of what became Europe. With Augustine, the stories of two other great saints&mdash;Monica and Ambrose&mdash;are also portrayed.

Restless Heart: The Confessions of Augustine

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Chapter 29

This film is presented in dubbed English.
This powerful epic film depicts the life of now Blessed Carlo Gnocchi, an Italian priest who labored heroically to minister to the wounded and dying soldiers during World War II, and later to child victims of the war on the home front. While teaching students at the Gonzaga Institute in Milan, Fr. Gnocchi volunteered to be the military chaplain on the war front. After witnessing the horrors of the war, helping many suffering and dying soldiers, and miraculously escaping death himself, he returned to start a foundation for the many children who were victims of the war.
Starring Daniele Liotti (Saint Anthony of Padua), this film tells of Don Gnocchi&rsquo;s inspiring work with the students, the soldiers, and the children. His great legacy lives on today in the Don Carlo Gnocchi Foundation, which provides medical care for thousands of patients in over 75 hospitals and clinics throughout Europe. He died in 1956 and was beatified by Pope Benedict XVI in 2009.
&ldquo;Father Gnocchi not only responded to concrete and urgent needs, but above all he did so in an extremely modern way, because of his keen educational sensitivity. He was not content just to help people but sought to &lsquo;rehabilitate them,&rsquo; encourage them, enable them to find the condition of life best suited to their dignity. His early death was the seal to a life entirely given to God and to his neighbours. It was his wish that, even after his death, something of himself be donated: he offered the corneas of his eyes to a blind boy and girl, who from 29 February 1956, the day after his death, could thus begin to see. Don Carlo Gnocchi&rsquo;s whole life, and also his death, is a shining sign of hope. That &lsquo;persistent hope&rsquo; which, as he himself wrote, always guided his search for the face of God in that of innocents marked by suffering.&rdquo; &mdash; St. John Paul II&nbsp;
Length: 200 minutes

Father Of Mercy: The True Story of Blessed Don Carlo Gnocchi (English)

<DIV>It is 1900, the dawn of a new century. Even as the old Queen's health fails, Victorian Britain stands monumental and strong upon a mountain of technological, scientific, and intellectual progress. For John Kemp, a straight-forward, unimaginative London lawyer, life seems reassuringly predictable yet forward-leaning, that is, until a foray into the recently published sensationalist novel Dracula, united with a chance meeting with an eccentric Dominican friar, catapults him into a bizarre, violent, and unsettling series of events.As London is transfixed with terror at a bloody trail of murder and destruction, Kemp finds himself in its midst, besieged on all sides&mdash;in his friendships, as those close to him fall prey to vicious assault by an unknown assassin; in his deep attraction to an unconventional American heiress; and in his own professional respectability, for who can trust a lawyer who sees things which, by all sane reason, cannot exist? Can his mundane, sensible life&mdash;and his skeptical mind&mdash;withstand vampires? Can this everyday Englishman survive his encounter with perhaps an even more sinister threat&mdash;the white-robed Papists who claim to be vampire slayers?</DIV>

A Bloody Habit: A Novel

If Liturgy is God’s gift to man, then sacred music should immerse us in the atmosphere of Heaven.
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Cardinal Robert Sarah was the prefect of the congregation for divine worship from 2014 until 2021, and he has now published a new book "Song of the Lamb" which outlines his thoughts on the spiritually rich tradition of Catholic sacred music. This book was written in dialogue with Peter Carter as the two trace the history of sacred music in the Church and outline the guidelines for sacred music today.
We are very grateful that Peter Carter joined Andrew Peteprin to discuss this momentous work and his active role in putting it together.
 
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Guidelines for Sacred Music at Mass w/ Peter Carter

How does a city boy who only lived to the age of fifteen &quot;go viral&quot; more than a decade after he died? Discover the story of Blessed Carlo Acutis, the first millennial to be beatified by the Catholic Church. Born in 1991, the same year as the launch of the World Wide Web, Carlo has been hailed by the pope as an example of love and holiness in our complex digital age. This tech-savvy Italian teen has shown the world that computer coding and video games are no obstacle to sainthood. From a young age, Carlo&#39;s enthusiasm for Jesus was contagious. His witness brought his own family back to faith and even helped convert his Hindu au pair to Catholicism. Carlo called the Eucharist &quot;my highway to heaven&quot; and was eager to tell everyone about the incredible reality of Christ&#39;s true presence in the world. To this end, he used his computer to help design an exhibition dedicated to eucharistic miracles that has traversed the globe. Vatican journalist Courtney Mares has traveled in the footsteps of Acutis across Italy to tell his story in depth, interviewing many whose lives he helped transform. This book paints a portrait of him as seen through the eyes of his friends, family, teachers, priests, doctors, classmates, and followers. Features an eight-page color photo insert and an account of the miracles attributed to Acutis&#39; intercession, including one certified by the Vatican. Carlo sought no attention for himself while alive, yet in the years after his death, he has become a global &quot;influencer for God&quot;.

Blessed Carlo Acutis: A Saint in Sneakers

Introduction꞉ The Purpose, Perspective, and Method of This Volume

Chapter One꞉ True and False Promises of Happiness and Freedom – Part 1

Chapter One꞉ True and False Promises of Happiness and Freedom – Part 2

Chapter Two꞉ True and False Promises of the Homosexual Lifestyle, Pornography, Gender Change, and Artificial Birth Control – Part 1

Chapter Two꞉ True and False Promises of the Homosexual Lifestyle, Pornography, Gender Change, and Artificial Birth Control – Part 2

Chapter Three꞉ Abortion, Eugenics, Invitro Fertilization, and Embryonic Stem Cells – Part 1

Chapter Three꞉ Abortion, Eugenics, Invitro Fertilization, and Embryonic Stem Cells – Part 2

Chapter Four꞉ Physician-Assisted Suicide, Euthanasia, Self-Defense, and Torture

Chapter Five꞉ Honesty, Charity, and the Need for Objective Moral Norms – Part 1

Chapter Five꞉ Honesty, Charity, and the Need for Objective Moral Norms – Part 2

Chapter Six꞉ How Christ and the Catholic Church Transformed the World꞉ Institutions of Charity and Principles of Social Ethics – Part 1

Chapter Six꞉ How Christ and the Catholic Church Transformed the World꞉ Institutions of Charity and Principles of Social Ethics – Part 2

Chapter Seven꞉ The Social Teaching of the Catholic Church

Conclusion to the Trilogy꞉ Reevangelizing the Culture

Jesus said, &quot;The truth will set you free.&quot; Father Spitzer lays bare the theological and philosophical roots of Catholic morality, and also uses secular statistical studies to demonstrate that these teachings, even from a scientific standpoint, help human beings to flourish.Gathering data from universities, general psychiatry, medical institutes, and general survey organizations such as Pew Research, Gallup Research, and Harris Poll, this book shows that going against foundational Christian doctrines, from marriage to the sanctity of unborn life, leads to significant increases in depression, anxiety, substance abuse, familial tensions, suicidal contemplation. The numbers speak for themselves.Many people today, particularly the young, are embarrassed by the Church&#39;s moral teaching. For them, it is only an outdated expression of hatred or disgust. Yet nothing could be further from the truth. Sin is what degrades man and kills his joy, and a moral life is a life of love. If we tell the truth about destructive lifestyles, we can rescue our loved ones from a life of darkness, helping to bring about a shift in our culture. With scientific clarity, this work provides readers everything they need to know to speak credibly, effectively, and persuasively about the most controversial moral issues.Imprimatur: +The Most Reverend Kevin J. Vann, J.C.D., O.D. Bishop, Diocese of Orange February 28, 2021

The Moral Wisdom of the Catholic Church: A Defense of Her Controversial Moral Teachings

"Matchmaking" shows abound. Teenagers wept over Taylor Swift's last breakup. Why? Ancient Hebrew secret: relation is everything—even for God Himself.

8: Why We Obsess about Relationships (Hebrew for Dummies, pt. 4)

<DIV>Now with a new afterword by Pope emeritus Benedict XVI! In a time when technology penetrates our lives in so many ways and materialism exerts such a powerful influence over us, Cardinal Robert Sarah presents a bold book about the strength of silence. The modern world generates so much noise, he says, that seeking moments of silence has become both harder and more necessary than ever before.Silence is the indispensable doorway to the divine, explains the cardinal in this profound conversation with Nicolas Diat. Within the hushed and hallowed walls of the La Grande Chartreux, the famous Carthusian monastery in the French Alps, Cardinal Sarah addresses the following questions: Can those who do not know silence ever attain truth, beauty, or love? Do not wisdom, artistic vision, and devotion spring from silence, where the voice of God is heard in the depths of the human heart?After the international success of God or Nothing, Cardinal Sarah seeks to restore to silence its place of honor and importance. "Silence is more important than any other human work," he says, "for it expresses God. The true revolution comes from silence; it leads us toward God and others so as to place ourselves humbly and generously at their service."</DIV>

The Power of Silence: Against the Dictatorship of Noise

In a world torn apart by persecution, war, and oppression, three children in Fatima, Portugal, were chosen by God to offer an urgent message of hope to the world. Based on the memoirs of the oldest seer, Lucia Santos, and many thousands of independent eye-witness accounts, The 13th Day dramatizes the true story of three young shepherds who experienced six apparitions of Our Lady between May and October 1917, which culminated in the final prophesied Miracle of the Sun on October 13. Abducted from their homes, thrown into prison, and interrogated under the threat of death in the government's attempt to silence them, the children remained true to their story about the crucial messages from Mary of prayer, repentance, and conversion for the world. Our Lady gave a secret to the children told in three parts, from a harrowing vision of hell, to prophetic warnings of future events including the advent and timing of the Second World War, the spread of Communism, and the attempted assassination of the Pope.
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The 13th Day - Film

Aquinas is the great synthesizer of the natural law, but who exactly is he drawing from? Today, Dr. Randall Smith joins Ben Eriksen to discuss the various philosophers and theologians who influenced Aquinas’ thought. Dr. Smith argues that Aristotle did not greatly influence Aquinas' conception of the natural law; instead, he believes that Cicero, Maimonides, and Philo of Alexandria were more pivotal. This enlightening conversation reveals the great depth of the natural law tradition and how we can contribute to this tradition in the modern era.
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Rice’s "50 Questions on the Natural Law": <a href='https://ignatius.com/50-questions-on-the-natural-law-fqnlp/?utm_source=podcast&amp;utm_medium=audio&amp;utm_campaign=ip_podcast'>https://ignatius.com/50-questions-on-the-natural-law-fqnlp/</a>
Hill’s "After the Natural Law": <a href='https://ignatius.com/after-the-natural-law-anlp/?utm_source=podcast&amp;utm_medium=audio&amp;utm_campaign=ip_podcast'>https://ignatius.com/after-the-natural-law-anlp/</a>
 
Read Dr. Randall Smith’s Artiles Here: <a href='https://www.thecatholicthing.org/author/randall-smith/'>https://www.thecatholicthing.org/author/randall-smith/</a>
Listen to His Lecture at the De Nicola Center Here: <a href='https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nStb4yj7pIg'>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nStb4yj7pIg</a>
 
Link to New Advent’s "Summa Theologiae": <a href='https://www.newadvent.org/summa/'>https://www.newadvent.org/summa/</a>
 
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Who Influenced Aquinas’ Understanding of the Natural Law?

Dedication

Introduction

Chapter 1꞉ The First Real Miracle

Chapter 2꞉ Life and Death

Chapter 3꞉ The Circle of Life

Chapter 4꞉ A House, a School, and Parking

Chapter 5꞉ What Do You Mean You Can't See It?

Chapter 6꞉ Fear

Chapter 7꞉ Meet the Enemy, but Not Alone

Chapter 8꞉ Life Becomes Tougher

Chapter 9꞉ Choosing Life

Chapter 10꞉ Healing and Suffering

Chapter 11꞉ If You Could Wish for Anything

Chapter 12꞉ Boys' Night, a Birthday, and a Boat

Chapter 13꞉ A Seed is Buried

Chapter 14꞉ Going into the Deep

Chapter 15꞉ Letting Go

Chapter 16꞉ To Share the Cross

Chapter 17꞉ When Light Fades

Chapter 18꞉ Angels among Us

Chapter 19꞉ Time to Take Another Chance

Chapter 20꞉ Love Made Perfect

Chapter 21꞉ Don't Know How This Will Work, Part 1

Chapter 22꞉ Don't Know How This Will Work, Part 2

Chapter 23꞉ Risk, Purpose, and Meaning

Chapter 24꞉ Remember, Life Is But a Whisper

Chapter 25꞉ Pay Attention

Chapter 26꞉ Pay Attention - Again! 

Chapter 27꞉ A Tragic Loss

Chapter 28꞉ Crowning Glory

Chapter 29꞉ Ben Tackles High School

Chapter 30꞉ On a Mission from God

Chapter 31꞉ Big Changes

Chapter 32꞉ Warrior Angel

Chapter 33꞉ Ben and Mary, Again

Chapter 34꞉ Alison and Lily

Chapter 35꞉ Ben Gets a Job

Chapter 36꞉ Defying Gravity

Chapter 37꞉ Nearing the End, but Not Really

This moving story shows how a family found joy after their hopes and dreams were shattered by the rare, fatal neurological illness of their two sons. Told by the family's father, a popular Catholic radio host and marriage counselor, it recounts the way he and his wife received the courage and the support they needed to give their children abundant, fulfilling lives in spite of their gradual decline.What initially seemed to be a tragedy for Joe Sikorra’s family became a story of human triumph, an outcome made possible by the compassion and mercy of God. Their example can help those facing unexpected losses and challenges to believe that by placing their trust in Providence they too can overcome hardships with the most powerful force on earth—God's love.

Defying Gravity: How Choosing Joy Lifted My Family from Death to Life