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Your life needs the power of forgiveness today more than ever before.
We all need to forgive somebody. Who is yours? Just thinking about it may bring up a deep, painful hurt you'd rather ignore. Forgiveness is hard. It takes time. But it's also the ultimate power tool for a brighter future.
Why is forgiveness the ultimate power tool? Because it's underrated and underutilized. We too often forget that forgiveness can free us from the hurts of the...
2) Ask Her
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What is Mary's heart really like?
The first thing I did when Matthew Kelly asked me to write this book was to prayerfully ask Mary to reveal herself to me. What was her heart really like? How did she love? What did she want me to learn?
And so it began, these beautiful and profound exchanges she and I had in prayer. I read about her. I studied her. I asked if she would inspire in me the things that were important to her. I discovered a soul full...
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Since the closing of Vatican II (1962-1965) nearly fifty years ago, several multivolume studies have detailed how the bishops at the council debated successive drafts and finally approved the sixteen documents published as the proceedings of the council. However, opinions vary, sometimes sharply, about the implications of Vatican II. This volume explores the major flashpoints.
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Marcantonio Colonna's The Dictator Pope has rocked Rome and the entire Catholic Church with its portrait of an authoritarian, manipulative, and politically partisan pontiff. Occupying a privileged perch in Rome during the tumultuous first years of Francis's pontificate, Colonna was privy to the shock, dismay, and even panic that the reckless new pope engendered in the Church's most loyal and judicious leaders. The Dictator Pope discloses that Father...
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We've all had good Christmases. Some of us have even had down-right bad Christmases. But if you want yourself and your family to have the best Christmas ever, you must first understand what makes them either the most wonderful days of the year or days you try to avoid.
One of the most common downfalls of the holiday season is our obsession with being busy. Even if we don't want to, we allow ourselves to get swept up in the chaos of shopping, wrapping,...
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Las Apariciones Místicas de María recopila los encuentros más inspiradores y fascinantes con María, la Madre de Jesús, en un libro magnífico que seguramente reavivará la fe y la esperanza que hay en cada uno de nosotros. Desde países devastados por la guerra hasta depresiones económicas devastadoras, y desde tiempos de enfermedad hasta momentos de conflicto personal, estas historias son una prueba más del amor incondicional y la compasión...
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History and literature are full of epic journeys.
Christopher Columbus sailed across the Atlantic Ocean and discovered America. Marco Polo bridged the cultures of East and West as he traveled along the Silk Road. Odysseus took a legendary journey home in the Odyssey. Frodo and Sam persevered on their quest to destroy the Ring in The Lord of the Rings.
Now it's your turn.brbrYou are about to embark on an incredible journey. This isn't just another...
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Faithful Catholics are beginning to realize it's not their imagination. Pope Francis has led them on a journey from joy to unease to alarm and even a sense of betrayal. They can no longer pretend that he represents merely a change of emphasis in papal teaching. Assessing the confusion sown by this pontificate, Lost Shepherd explains what's at stake, what's not at stake, and how loyal believers should respond.
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En momentos críticos a lo largo de la Historia de la Salvación, el pueblo de Dios ha sido invitado a consagrarse. Estamos en uno de esos momentos críticos de la historia, y consagrarnos a nosotros mismos, a nuestras familias, a nuestro país y, de hecho, al mundo entero a la Eucaristía, puede marcar toda la diferencia.
33 Días hacia la Gloria Eucarística es la primera Consagración Eucarística de la historia. Este recurso espiritual sin precedentes...
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El Libro de los Mártires es un clásico de la literatura mundial cuyo impactante contenido resultó en fuertes cambios en la conciencia religiosa y política de Inglaterra. El autor, John Foxe, no ahorra a los lectores los detalles de las torturas sufridas por mártires como Andrés, Mateo, Santiago, Juan Wycliffe, Juan Huss, entre muchos otros. Foxe, que también fue perseguido y acusado de herejía, recurrió a la escritura con la esperanza de...
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The world is witnessing today a war against Truth. Many say Truth can change as a function of the times. Others make their own truth, relying on what they observe or what they hear from others. Appeals to faith and reason are largely ignored.
WHICH PATH TOWARD ETERNITY? states categorically that Truth is absolute, deriving from the eternal Word of the Living God; that we have been created to know Him, love Him, and serve Him so that we can aspire...
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You may think you are familiar with three of the most important Biblical figures: Abraham, Moses and St Paul. You may have a Hollywood image in your head of noble, heroic men, inspired by God and doing his holy work. Think again. It's time to discover the sordid truth. Abraham was the world's first recorded psychopath, willing to slaughter his own son as a human sacrifice to his "God". Moses was a prince of Egypt, and one of the followers of the heretic...
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For the first time, Pope Francis tells the story of his life as he looks back on the momentous world events that have changed history-from his earliest years during the outbreak of WWII to the turmoil of today. Turning the pages of the precious book that is life, Pope Francis leads us along a path made of emotions, joys, and agonies: a window on the past that will allow us to better understand our present.
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This work, by the 5th century Syriac father St. Jacob of Serug, expands on the tradition that St. Thomas the Apostle built a palace in India for king Gondophares. This tradition is found elsewhere, in texts like the Acts of Thomas, as well as in the Ramban Pattu, which all account part of this legend. This texts by St. Jacob appears to be independent of the two aforementioned traditions, as it disagrees with some of the details of their account. This...
16) Three Letters
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The Holy Roman Emperor, Lothair I, composed two letters to Pope Nicolaus I, and his successor, Pope Adrian II, regarding the nature of his rule over the Frankish realm, and the relationship that his administration would have with the Papal Curia. There is some debate regarding the nature of episcopal appointments in these letters, an issue which would be a continual point of conflict until the last days of the empire.
17) Church Documents
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This is a small library of the ecclesiastical documents issued by the German king, Louis II, during his tenure over the eastern Frankish realm. This includes his work on Ecclesiastical Constitution, Chapters of law for the German church, and Chapters for the church in France and Aquitaine. These works represent a snapshot of the state of the Western church during the height of the Carolingian period.
18) In Nomine Domini
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In nomine Domini is a papal bull written by Pope Nicholas II. The bull was issued on 13 April 1059 and caused major reforms in the system of papal election, most notably establishing the cardinal-bishops as the sole electors of the pope, with the consent of minor clergy. It also start to help define the relationship that existed between the bishops of Rome and the Holy Roman Emperor.
19) Super Quibusdam
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During the Latin presence in the Holy Land in 12th and 13th century, contact was made between papal legates and the Armenian Apostolic Church in Cilicia (Armenia Minor). Among the various doctrinal exchanges that took place, and the brief lived union between Roman Catholics and Armenians, was this document, where common theological ground is specified by the reigning Roman Pope in Avignon. This theological common ground would be revisited during the...
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This is a short collection of the ecclesiastical works of the emperor Charles II the Bald during his Carolingian reform of the Frankish church. This includes documents relating to the coronation of the Emperor Judith, a charter for royal national synod, and chapters of French church law.
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