Spiritual Perfection II
Spiritual Perfection II
Making Sense Out of Suffering $12.50 - 184 pages |
"God whispers in our pleasures
but shouts in our pains. Pain is His megaphone to rouse a dulled world." - C. S. Lewis By the time you finish reading this book, many people will have died violent deaths, many others will have suffered the ravages of a terminal illness, and thousands of innocent children will have been abused by their parents. And it is not only innocent children and others like them who suffer but also you and I. This book is for anyone who has ever wept and wondered, "Why?" Peter Kreeft observes that our world is full of billions of normal lives with have been touched by apparently pointless and random suffering. He then records the results of his own wrestling match with God as he struggles to make sense out of this pain and suffering. This account of a real and honest personal quest is both engaging and convincing. It delights as well as informs, much in the style of C. S. Lewis. Written from a deep well of wisdom derived from experience and careful observation, Making Sense Out of Suffering is a book for empty hearts, not full ones. Read it if you are hungry for insight into the mystery of suffering. Peter Kreeft, professor of philosophy at Boston College, is the author of such well-received books as Between Heaven and Hell; The Unaborted Socrates; Yes or No?; Straight Answers to Tough Questions about Christianity; Heaven; The Heart's Deepest Longing; and Prayer; The Great Conversation. |
Seventeen Steps to Heaven $12.95 - 168 pages |
Seventeen
steps to making God the real center of your life! No matter how faithful and dedicated to Christ you are, it's all too easy to allow a gap to grow between your beliefs and your day-to-day actions: familiarity can blunt your fervor and even make you less vigilant against sin. That's why you need Seventeen Steps to Heaven. This warm guide reveals what you must do in order to begin living your life on a superntural level with God truly at the center of everyting you do. With these seventeen steps, you can take measures today to prevent your love for God from being steadily diminished by day-to-day pressures. The author, the beloved Fr. Leo J. Trese, helps you integrate into your actions the truths you profess. He gives you solid ways to look squarely at the reality and love of God and to root out contrary attachments in your life, showing you how to improve your confessions, pray more fervently, and let the thought of Heaven inspire you to be holy. Fr. Trese doesn't mince words: refreshingly unlike all too many modern writers, he speaks bluntly of Hell and of the devastating magnitude of sin. But don't despair! he also discloses the remedies you can use to root out even the most entrenched sinful habits and attachments. Simple, profound, and insightful, Seventeen Steps to Heaven is an effective and long-lasting antidote to the spiritual dry-rot that infects the soul of even the most careful Catholics. |
The Spiritual Life $13.95 - 160 pages |
From the ashes of
revolutionary France: a manual to help you hold fast to faith in a
barbaric,
faithless world. We found this lost classic among the cherished works
that
French Catholics risked everything to save when the Church was under
attack
- in the frenzied days of the French Revolution and its aftermath.
Written by Fr. Jean Nicholas Grou, The Spiritual Life might seem on the face of it an odd choice for the embattled Catholics of France to presevere. After all, it only gives a few small hints here and there of the great crisis that was engulfing France. Yet preserve it they did. A closer look at its contents reveals why: it's a tough, uncompromising handbook to help you deal with all the obligations and problems of the spiritual life. As such, it teaches you what you need to know and to do when the comforts and supports of life have been swept away. Indeed, Fr. Grou reminds you right at the beginning that salvation is only won at a great price. He wrote this book for those who are willing to pay that price themselves. His focus is firmly on Christ, whom he maintains should be the model for your own spiritual life, not just in theory, but in the hard fact of sacrifice and love so great as to pierce your heart. Our times are not so far removed from the Godless irrationality that swept across France in Fr. Grou's day. That's why, in our own tumultuous age, The Spiritual Life is so desperately needed. It's the one guide that offers you real help to navigate the treacherous spiritual waters of today's world, and through it all, to keep the Faith. |
Splendor in the Ordinary $12.95 - 129 pages |
Find God right
in your home! Every place in your house - the living room, the kitchen, the bedroom, and even the bathroom - gives you a chance to grow in God's grace, if only you know how to recognize how He reveals Himself to you there. With a rich awareness of God's all-encompassing love, in this book author Thomas Howard takes you on a spiritual tour through your own home and shows you how everything in it can lead you to God. Howard writes with a fervent devotion that encompasses all of revealed truth: he shows how, even in your daily activities, you can meet the same God who came to Israel in the terror and fire in the Tabernacle, and who sacrificed Himself for us in Christ. Howard sees, even in the most commonplace actions and places, chances to love and serve God and to discern the activity of His gentle hand. So take up this book to find out how cooking and cleaning, family dinners, and all the other actions that make up the fabric of your day can actually disclose God's presence to you. Your daily life and your devotional life will be forever transformed by this breathtaking look at how lovingly God awaits you...even in the smallest things. |
Suffering: The Catholic Answer $12.95 -126 pages |
A sound Catholic
answer to the most vexing question of all! Every time you go through a time of trial, you have a choice: trust God, or, in the words of Job's wife, "curse God and die" - spiritually, if not physically. This book helps you understand suffering as the Spirit does, so that when your own troubles come, you will already be prepared - and will make the right choice. Van Zeller, the wise author of Holiness for Housewives, maintains that you can understand the mystery of suffering only by means of the Passion of Christ. In this book, he explores the fourteen Stations of the Cross, plumbing the inner meaning of each in order to reveal why there is pain and what you should (and should not) do about it. In the Stations of the Cross, van Zeller finds a great deal to help you in dark times. He shows that suffering, properly understood, cannot extinguish happiness, and teaches you how to accept your crosses with love. He reveals how you can learn from Christ Himself to turn your failures into victories and to alleviate others' suffering by imitating Mary's compassion. Above all, van Zeller shows you that suffering has a purpose. He uses Christ's Passion to sharpen your vision of life's meaning. With help from this perceptive author, you'll learn how not to grow disheartened or to give in to discouragement, but to see your crosses for what they are, and to bear them with perseverance and hope. |