Spiritual

EARLY CHRISTIAN MYSTIC

The Divine Vision of the Spiritual Masters

Authors: Bernard McGinn and Patricia Ferris McGinn

In this distinctive book the McGinns gather together the wisdom of Christianity's greatest masters. Offers insight innto the mystic's teachings and how we can apply that wisdom in our own lives today.

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• Page Count: 256

Hidden Presence is a collection of twelve short stories about transformative experiences. Editor Gregory Pierce points out that sometimes sorrow or loss are transformed by blessings in ways that are neither sought nor expected, and something truly good occurs — not despite the tragedy but actually because of it.

"All of these stories by these accomplished writers reveal the divine love that is present at all times in our lives, even when things seem the darkest. This presence is often hidden, but if we are open to it and looking for it, we will discover it. Or, more likely, God's blessings will find us when we are least expecting them." from the Introduction by Gregory F.A. Pierce

Stories in this collection

• Terry Nelson-Johnson, "The Shrinking Jesuit (in Shiny New "Chick Magnet" Scooter) Leads the Way"
• Helen Reichert Lambin, "A Table for One"
• Kass Dotterweich, "Unbounded Beneficence"
• Patrick Hannon, "Depressed? Who, Me?"
• Robert Raccuglia, "The Heart Speaks"
• Alice Camille, "Entertaining Failure"
• Vinita Hampton Wright, "A Grief Spoken"
• Patrick T. Reardon, "Like Setting Fire to a Fifty-Dollar Bill"
• James (Jeff) Behrens, "The Language of God"
• Joyce Rupp, "The Gift My Brother Gave Me"
• Joni Woelfel, "Where Eagles Soar"
• Michael Leach, "God Helps Those Who Let Him"

Amazing Grace for the Catholic Heart will help you celebrate your Catholic faith and will take you on a refreshing spiritual retreat away from the challenges and struggles of everyday life. This collection of 101 stories of faith, inspiration, hope, and humor attests to the power and beauty of God’s amazing grace.

In this book, Catholics will read about...

• A soldier who received last rites from a priest in the middle of a Vietnam battlefield yet the records show that the priest had actually died two weeks before this soldier’s fateful day.
• Former world record-holding runner Alberto Salazar’s return to the Catholic faith and how praying the rosary during the final stretch of a marathon gave him the supernatural power he needed to win.
• How the love of a Catholic father and his deceased daughter crossed the barriers of time and eternity during the seventh game of the 1997 World Series.
• How a mother and son were reunited after nearly fifty years of separation through the simple but faithful actions of a Confirmation teacher.

Amazing Grace for the Catholic Heart is a retreat in a book filling your soul with grace, your heart with promise, and your spirit with hope. It is the perfect gift for a friend or family member and for yourself.

Simpler Living, Compassionate Life

A Christian Perspective

In a rare collection of voices, Henri Nouwen, Cecile Andrews, Richard Foster and others explore our use of money, the practice of simplicity, listening to our lives, widening our circle of community and other topics at the core of how we live out our faith in our homes and workplaces. Includes a study guide for a life-changing four-, six- or eight-week course for individuals, study groups and Small Christian Communities.

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Stacy Mitch’s Courageous Women is designed to encourage and edify women through the examples of women in Sacred Scripture. Emphasizing the virtues they personify, this study helps women cultivate heroic virtue in their own lives.

Divided into eight lessons, Courageous Women: A Study on the Heroines of Biblical History tells the story of the women of salvation history and explains why their life experiences are relevant for Christians today. In this study, you will encounter Eve, Sarah, Rebekah, Rachel, Rahab, Deborah, Ruth, Bathsheba, Esther, Judith, Mary Magdalene, Mary the Mother of God, and other notable women of Scripture.

The format of Courageous Women is well-suited for personal or group study

About the Author

Stacy Mitch is the author of the successful Courageous Women Bible study series

Mother Teresa's Lessons of Love and Secrets of Sanctity

Author: Susan Conroy

An inside view of Mother Teresa's heroic love at work

A moving first-hand account of Mother Teresa and her work, written by someone who worked by her side. As an idealistic young volunteer, author Susan Conroy spent a summer serving in one of Mother Teresa's orphanages and in the Home for the Dying. "In a city where I found hell on earth," she says, "I also found each day a deep sense of peace and incredible happiness."

It was an experience that changed her life forever. She learned why Mother Teresa had found real joy in working with the poorest of the poor. Along the way, she took striking photographs that have never been seen before now - photographs that show Mother Teresa at her everyday best. This is an account you won't soon forget, told with simple and loving directness by an eyewitness.

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SURVIVING DEPRESSION: A CATHOLIC APPROACH