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This excellent new documentary produced in Europe on the life and papacy of Pope Benedict XVI (Joseph Ratzinger) shows us the great milestones of his life: renowned theology professor, prolific author, expert at the Second Vatican Council, longtime collaborator of John Paul II, and pope who surprisingly resigned at the age of 86 years old. His battles for defending the faith and for transparency within the Church provoked both support and criticism. It was a long Way of the Cross for this great churchman that ended with a master lesson of humility, giving way to his successor.

Benedict XVI: The Pope Emeritus

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1. Ten Reasons to Read This Book

2. A Radically Life-Changing Idea

3. Why This Idea Is Not As Ridiculous As It Seems

4. An Irrefutable Logical Proof of Its Truth

5. How This Truth Changes Your Life

6. God as Your Guru

7. How Divine Providence Does What Seems Impossible

8. Faith and Reason꞉ Can We Believe It if We Don’t Understand It?

9. Why Surrender Does Not Squash Individuality

10. Where to Find God꞉ The Practice of the Presence of God

11. Overcoming Deism and the Absentee God

12. The Epistemology of Holiness

13. Little Things

14. Holiness Is Easy

15. Methods

16. Faith, Hope, and Love Are Only One Thing

17. Unselfconsciousness

18. “Love Is All You Need”

19. Love and Sex

20. When to Find God꞉ “The Sacrament of the Present Moment”

21. The Future

22. Peace

23. Failures

24. Suffering

25. Objection꞉ I Can’t Be a Saint

26. Duties

27. Activity and Receptivity

28. Spiritual Warfare

29. Grace

30. Detachment

31. Creation

32. God and You Only?

33. Praying while Working

34. Gratitude

35. “Progressive” or “Conservative”?

Appendix 1꞉ A Meditation on the Relationship between Being and God’s Will

Appendix 2꞉ A Dialogue between Stupid and Sensible (the Two Parts of My Soul)

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"Life, in the end, has only one tragedy: not to have been a saint." &ndash; L&eacute;on Bloy
The ever-popular and prolific Peter Kreeft says that the most important question he has written about is how one becomes holy; or to put it another way, how one becomes a saint. This question is central to all the great religions, Kreeft demonstrates, for striving toward holiness, moving toward perfect love, is the whole purpose of life.
Kreeft admits that he is only a beginner on the climb to holiness, and it is to novices like him that he has written this engaging and encouraging book. Using the insights and experiences of saints and great spiritual writers throughout history, Kreeft shows what holiness is and how it can be achieved. He especially draws upon the spiritual classic Abandonment to Divine Providence by Jean-Pierre de Caussade, S.J. The core of Caussade's timeless gem is that God reveals himself to all of us through the daily events of our lives. The surest way toward spiritual growth, therefore, is by perceiving and accepting the merciful will of God in every situation.
Kreeft stresses the simplicity of his approach to holiness, which focuses mainly on the virtue of love. Sanctity is love, he asserts, and only that can give us what we all long for&mdash;deep and lasting joy.
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How to Be Holy: First Steps in Becoming a Saint (Audiobook)

This is currently the&#160;only&#160;volume that comprehensively presents the scientific evidence in support of Jesus, the Eucharist, and Mary. Father Robert Spitzer, S.J., closely examines the&#160;scientific&#160;evidence for: <ul><li> The Passion and Resurrection of Jesus from the Shroud of Turin </li><li> The Real Presence of Jesus in the Holy Eucharist from three recent scientifically investigated Eucharistic miracles </li><li> The supernatural dimensions of the apparitions of Mary manifest in the Tilma of Guadalupe, the Miracle of the Sun at Fatima, and many healing miracles connected with the Grotto of Lourdes. </li></ul> This work also presents a summary of contemporary historical and exegetical evidence for the historicity, Passion, and Resurrection of Jesus, and concludes with a consideration of the Catholic Church and science&mdash;particularly the Church&rsquo;s contributions to science, the complementarity of science and the Bible, and the complementarity of physical evolution and the creation of a soul. The book makes clear that the Catholic Church is not anti-science, but quite the opposite&mdash;it is one of the most scientifically aware religious denominations in the world. It will also be clear that science is not anti-God, anti-Christ, or anti-religious. On the contrary, its tools and methods give considerable credible evidence for all of them.

Christ, Science, and Reason: What We Can Know about Jesus, Mary, and Miracles

Introduction

Preface

Chapter 1: Faith and Knowledge

Chapter 2: Faith and Existence

Chapter 3: Faith and Philosophy

Chapter 4: The Future of the World through the Hope of Men

Chapter 5: What Will the Church Look Like in 2000?

<DIV>Increasingly, the future is becoming a theme for theological reflection. In the background we can detect a growing concern among many people for the future of faith. Does faith have any future at all, and, if so, where in all the confusion of today's trends will we discover its embryo? But the problem of the future assails not only the believer. In the ever more rapidly advancing process of historical evolution, man is confronted with enormous opportunities, but also with colossal perils. For him, the future is not only hope, but sorrow-a nightmare, indeed. He cannot avoid asking what part faith can play in building tomorrow's world. Joseph Ratzinger, now Pope Benedict XVI, approaches this problem of universal concern from a variety of angles, bringing his deep personal faith and theological brilliance to bear on these serious questions. &#34;Faith and the Future is a small book, but it deals with the largest issues, and does so in a way that has the ring of lived truth.&#34; - Mike Potemra, National Review</DIV>

Faith and the Future (Audiobook)

<DIV>Kreeft uses Scripture to provide God's answers to the most common and important questions young people ask about the deeper meaning of life, their own identity, overcoming failure and temptation, the mystery of God's love, and much more. But these are questions asked not just by teens - they are the same questions adults often ask, and God's answers, as found in the Bible, respond to the deepest needs of people of all ages.</DIV>

Your Questions, God's Answers