The Good, the Messy, and the Beautiful: The Joys and Struggles of Real Married Life
By: Edward Sri
4.52
Format: 204 pages, Kindle Edition
Encounter the realities of Catholic marriage. "This book should be in every home. In fact, you mig…
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1. Searching for and Maintaining Peace: A Small Treatise on Peace of Heart
By: Jacques Philippe
4.74
Format: 112 pages, Paperback
This classic work is a short treatise on peace of heart in a world where restlessness and anxiety t… read more
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"Evil is a mystery, a scandal and it will always be so."-Jacques Philippe, Searching for and Maintaining Peace: A Small Treatise on Peace of Heart
"The sign of spiritual progress is not so much never falling as it is being able to lift oneself up quickly after one falls."-Jacques Philippe, Searching for and Maintaining Peace: A Small Treatise on Peace of Heart
"In order to resist fear and discouragement, it is necessary that through prayer - through a personal experience of God re-encountered, recognized and loved in prayer - we taste and see how good the L…"-Jacques Philippe, Searching for and Maintaining Peace: A Small Treatise on Peace of Heart
"The Lord can leave us wanting relative to certain things (sometimes judged indispensable in the eyes of the world), but He never leaves us deprived of what is essential: His presence, His peace and a…"-Jacques Philippe, Searching for and Maintaining Peace: A Small Treatise on Peace of Heart
2. The Return of the Prodigal Son: A Story of Homecoming
By: Henri J.M. Nouwen
4.09
Format: 296 pages, Paperback
A chance encounter with a reproduction of Rembrandt's painting, The Return of the Prodigal Son, cat… read more
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3. Humility Of Heart
By: Cajetan Maria da Bergamo
3.79
Format: 32 pages, Paperback
Although not entirely a new title for TAN, we are listing it as new because this edition is newly t… read more
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4. Jesus and the Jewish Roots of the Eucharist: Unlocking the Secrets of the Last Supper
By: Scott Hahn , Brant Pitre
4.60
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
A revelatory exploration of the Jewish roots of the Last Supper that seeks to understand exactly wh… read more
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"The whole context of Jesus' bread of life discourse is centered on the Jewish hopes for the coming of a new Moses and the return of the manna from heaven."-Scott Hahn, Jesus and the Jewish Roots of the Eucharist: Unlocking the Secrets of the Last Supper
"People were not to consume blood because "the life" or "the soul" (Hebrew nephesh) of the animal is in the blood. As Leviticus states, "It is the blood that makes atonement, by the power of its life.…"-Scott Hahn, Jesus and the Jewish Roots of the Eucharist: Unlocking the Secrets of the Last Supper
"Some ancient rabbis believed that the manna was protological--that it had existedsince the very dawn of creation. As such, the manna was the perfect food, untouched by the sin of humanity's first par…"-Scott Hahn, Jesus and the Jewish Roots of the Eucharist: Unlocking the Secrets of the Last Supper
"For, as any ancient Jew would have known, the Passover sacrifice was not completed by the death of the lamb, but by eating its flesh. Five times the Bible states that they must "eat" the lamb; five t…"-Scott Hahn, Jesus and the Jewish Roots of the Eucharist: Unlocking the Secrets of the Last Supper
5. Imagine Heaven: Near-Death Experiences, God's Promises, and the Exhilarating Future That Awaits You
By: Don Piper , John Burke
4.42
Format: 341 pages, Kindle Edition
1 out of 25 Americans has had a near-death experience. Do they reveal the Heaven of the Bible? All … read more
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6. The Practice of the Presence of God
By: Brother Lawrence
4.32
Format: 95 pages, Paperback
Alternative cover edition of ISBN 0883681056 can be found here Brother Lawrence was a man of hum… read more
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"We ought not to be weary of doing little things for the love of God, who regards not the greatness of the work, but the love with which it is performed."-Brother Lawrence, The Practice of the Presence of God
"We must know before we can love. In order to know God, we must often think of Him; and when we come to love Him, we shall then also think of Him often, for our heart will be with our treasure."-Brother Lawrence, The Practice of the Presence of God
" Prayer is so simple. It is like quietly opening a door and slipping into the very presence of God. There, in the stillness, to listen to His voice, perhaps in petition or only to listen. It matters …"-Brother Lawrence, The Practice of the Presence of God
"That with him the set times of prayer were not different from other times: that he retired to pray, according to the directions of his Superior, but that he did not want such retirement. nor ask for …"-Brother Lawrence, The Practice of the Presence of God
7. The Jeweler's Shop: A Meditation on the Sacrament of Matrimony Passing on Occasion Into a Drama
By: Pope John Paul II , None
4.00
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Love is "one of the greatest dramas of human existence," writes Pope John Paul II. In this illumina… read more
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8. Catechism of the Catholic Church: Complete and Updated
By: Pope Benedict XVI , Pope John Paul II , Catholic Church , United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
4.50
Format: 846 pages, Paperback
Over 3 million copies sold! Essential reading for Catholics of all walks of life. Here it is - th… read more
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" Man and woman were made “for each other"-Pope Benedict XVI, Catechism of the Catholic Church: Complete and Updated
"The Liturgy itself is prayer; the confession of faith finds its proper place in the celebration of worship."-Pope Benedict XVI, Catechism of the Catholic Church: Complete and Updated
"The Catholic wisdom of the people... provides reasons for joy and humor even in the midst of a very hard life."-Pope Benedict XVI, Catechism of the Catholic Church: Complete and Updated
"When I am completely united to you, there will be no more sorrow or trials; entirely full of you, my life will be complete"-Pope Benedict XVI, Catechism of the Catholic Church: Complete and Updated
9. Father Elijah: An Apocalypse
By: Michael D. O'Brien
4.22
Format: None pages, Paperback
Michael O'Brien presents a thrilling apocalyptic novel about the condition of the Roman Catholic Ch… read more
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10. Peace Like a River
By: Leif Enger
4.09
Format: 315 pages,
Once in a great while, we encounter a novel in our voluminous reading that begs to be read aloud. L… read more
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11. Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes Are High
By: Stephen R. Covey , Ron McMillan , Kerry Patterson , Joseph Grenny , Al Switzler
3.78
Format: None pages,
Learn how to keep your cool and get the results you want when emotions flare. When stakes are high,… read more
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12. Be Healed: A Guide to Encountering the Powerful Love of Jesus in Your Life
By: Bob Schuchts , Mark Toups
3.46
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
In the tradition of beloved spiritual teachers like Francis MacNutt and Michael Scanlan, Be Healed … read more
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13. He Leadeth Me
By: Walter J. Ciszek , Daniel L. Flaherty , Walter Ciszek
4.63
Format: 202 pages, Paperback
He Leadeth Me is the deeply moving personal story of one man's spiritual odyssey and the unflagging… read more
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"Solo puedo describir la experiencia de conversión como una sensación de «dejarse llevar», de renunciar a todo esfuerzo o incluso a mi deseo de tomar las riendas de mi propia vida. Aunque suene demasi…"-Walter J. Ciszek, He Leadeth Me
"La humildad significa eso: aprender a aceptar el desánimo e incluso la derrota como enviados por Dios; aprender a perseverar y seguir adelante con el corazón en paz y confiando en Dios, seguros de qu…"-Walter J. Ciszek, He Leadeth Me
"Durante esos largos de años de soledad y sufrimiento, Dios me condujo a una comprensión de la vida y de su amor que solo quienes la han experimentado son capaces de entender. Me despojó de muchos de …"-Walter J. Ciszek, He Leadeth Me
"Quizá Dios tenga que recordarnos con tremenda claridad que eso es exactamente lo que quería decirnos con esas palabras aparentemente tan simples del Sermón de la Montaña: «No estéis preocupados por v…"-Walter J. Ciszek, He Leadeth Me
14. Chiara Corbella Petrillo
By: Simone Troisi
4.68
Format: 161 pages, Paperback
Chiara Petrillo was seated in a wheel chair looking lovingly toward Jesus in the tabernacle. Her hu… read more
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"The heart is a land we do not know well; neither its boundaries and frontiers, nor its miseries and grandeurs."-Simone Troisi, Chiara Corbella Petrillo
"Love completely possessed her, in the only way that one could be completely possessed by something, in the Lord."-Simone Troisi, Chiara Corbella Petrillo
"In love one cannot be mediocre, nor can one sustain love without work. The choices in the past were not enough, and it was necessary to choose again."-Simone Troisi, Chiara Corbella Petrillo
"Whoever thinks from a distance about his situation lives it with suffering; whoever is close to it lives it with consolation, the fruit of a true wisdom."-Simone Troisi, Chiara Corbella Petrillo
15. Hard Is Not the Same Thing as Bad: The Perspective Shift That Could Completely Change the Way You Mother
By: Abbie Halberstadt
4.34
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
A PUBLISHERS WEEKLY BESTSELLER Bestselling author Abbie Halberstadt helps women see how God can us… read more
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16. The Funeral Ladies of Ellerie County
By: Claire Swinarski
3.74
Format: 272 pages, Paperback
Armed with a Crock-Pot and a pile of recipes, a grandmother, her granddaughter, and a mysterious yo… read more
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"All these kids today thought you needed so much time. Time, time, time! As if another year would show you the kind of father a person could be, or how the nightmares about battlefields in Vietnam wou…"-Claire Swinarski, The Funeral Ladies of Ellerie County
17. A Lady's Guide to Etiquette and Murder (Countess of Harleigh Mystery, #1)
By: Dianne Freeman
3.81
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
In this exciting historical mystery debut set in Victorian England, a wealthy young widow encounter… read more
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18. The Genesis of Gender: A Christian Theory
By: Abigail Rine Favale
4.59
Format: 248 pages, Paperback
The question of gender—who we are as men and women—has never been more pressing, or more misunderst… read more
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19. When the Day Comes (Timeless, #1)
By: Gabrielle Meyer
4.39
Format: 384 pages, Paperback
How will she choose, knowing all she must sacrifice? Libby has been given a powerful gift: to l… read more
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"Only God is in control of our destiny. He alone is sovereign. When we try to control the people and events around us we are telling Him He doesn't know what's best for us. We're setting ourselves up …"-Gabrielle Meyer, When the Day Comes (Timeless, #1)
"And what about faith? Hadn't Mama taught me that God is a good and faithful father, that He knew the plans He had for me, and they were plans to proper me and not to harm me? If she had lived through…"-Gabrielle Meyer, When the Day Comes (Timeless, #1)
20. Why We're Catholic: Our Reasons for Faith, Hope, and Love
By: Trent Horn
4.37
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
Here's that ONE BOOK about the faith that you can give to literally anyone: friends, family, those … read more
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"Evil is not a thing God created but an absence of good that God tolerates."-Trent Horn, Why We're Catholic: Our Reasons for Faith, Hope, and Love
"God is not present everywhere by being identical to everything in the universe (as in pantheism). God is not dispersed through the universe like an invisible gas. Instead God is present in the univer…"-Trent Horn, Why We're Catholic: Our Reasons for Faith, Hope, and Love
21. Humility Rules: Saint Benedict's Twelve-Step Guide to Genuine Self-Esteem
By: J. Augustine Wetta
4.53
Format: 182 pages, Kindle Edition
Saint Benedict's fifth-century guide to humility offers the antidote to the epidemic of stress and … read more
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"Someone with genuine self-esteem understands that self-fulfillment is not about self-satisfaction."-J. Augustine Wetta, Humility Rules: Saint Benedict's Twelve-Step Guide to Genuine Self-Esteem
"Unfortunately, when you insist on doing everything your way, what usually happens is that you repeat someone else’s mistakes."-J. Augustine Wetta, Humility Rules: Saint Benedict's Twelve-Step Guide to Genuine Self-Esteem
"Forgiveness is an act of the will, so whether you feel like it or not, you have in fact forgiven your enemies the moment you ask God for the strength to do so."-J. Augustine Wetta, Humility Rules: Saint Benedict's Twelve-Step Guide to Genuine Self-Esteem
"You can’t have self-esteem without self-respect. And because you are made in the image and like- ness of God (Gen 1:27), that means you begin by respecting God."-J. Augustine Wetta, Humility Rules: Saint Benedict's Twelve-Step Guide to Genuine Self-Esteem
22. The Anti-Mary Exposed: Rescuing the Culture from Toxic Femininity
By: Carrie Gress
4.37
Format: 228 pages, Hardcover
The Demonic Influence on Women Today In the late ’60s, a small group of elite American women convin… read more
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"Parents are the bridge between a child and God; they are the first icon of his unconditional love."-Carrie Gress, The Anti-Mary Exposed: Rescuing the Culture from Toxic Femininity
"We live under ghe impression that we are freethinkers; the irony is that thinkers are generally not free when they think just like everyone else."-Carrie Gress, The Anti-Mary Exposed: Rescuing the Culture from Toxic Femininity
"Anglican convert Blessed John Henry Cardinal Neumann described Mary as our "happier world". By leading her children to her Son, the Blessed Mother helps "them to regain that which has been lost throu…"-Carrie Gress, The Anti-Mary Exposed: Rescuing the Culture from Toxic Femininity
23. Undone: Freeing Your Feminine Heart from the Knots of Fear and Shame
By: Carrie Schuchts Daunt
4.25
Format: 160 pages, Paperback
Do you desire deeper freedom? Do you feel restricted by the knots of sin and shame that conceal the… read more
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24. Tranquility by Tuesday: 9 Ways to Calm the Chaos and Make Time for What Matters
By: Laura Vanderkam
4.25
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
“An indispensable manual... Tranquility by Tuesday offers plenty of inspiration for a more serene l… read more
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25. To the Moon and Back (The Baxter Family, #3)
By: Karen Kingsbury
4.28
Format: 362 pages, Hardcover
Dear Jenna, Like I do every year, I wrote you a letter. In case you come to the memorial today. In… read more
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"He might’ve only been seventeen, but he knew he wanted Jenna in his life as long as he lived."-Karen Kingsbury, To the Moon and Back (The Baxter Family, #3)
"She felt like she’d slipped into another world. For the first time someone knew exactly what the hurt felt like."-Karen Kingsbury, To the Moon and Back (The Baxter Family, #3)
26. The Heart of Perfection: How the Saints Taught Me to Trade My Dream of Perfect for God's
By: Colleen Carroll Campbell
4.46
Format: 256 pages, ebook
Winner of the 2020 Catholic Press Association Book Award In a book hailed as “liberating” (Gary Cha… read more
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27. Making Missionary Disciples
By: Curtis Martin
4.04
Format: 60 pages, Hardcover
“I dream of a ‘missionary option’… a missionary impulse capable of transforming everything…” Pope F… read more
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28. The Religion of the Day
By: University of Mary
4.43
Format: 134 pages, Kindle Edition
(Sequel to From Christendom to Apostolic Mission) We are living in a highly religious age. Secular … read more
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29. Into the Deep: An Unlikely Catholic Conversion
By: Abigail Rine Favale
4.50
Format: 202 pages, Kindle Edition
Into the Deep traces one woman's spiritual odyssey from birthright evangelicalism through postmoder… read more
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"In truth, submission should be the spiritual posture of every Christian. Receptivity, obedience, surrender—these are not weaker, delicate traits best left to the ladies. These are the lifeblood of sp…"-Abigail Rine Favale, Into the Deep: An Unlikely Catholic Conversion
"In those first months of discernment, I became captivated by the Catholic imagination, with its double vision. My taste for paradox, for mystery, had been an anticipation of this and found new comple…"-Abigail Rine Favale, Into the Deep: An Unlikely Catholic Conversion
"Sacraments and the rituals surrounding them are not harsh burdens placed on humans by God—rather, they are manifestations of God’s abundant grace. To put it simply, the sacraments are not for God; th…"-Abigail Rine Favale, Into the Deep: An Unlikely Catholic Conversion
"Even if I wanted to appeal to some objective ground for womanhood, I was being trained to think in a strictly secular, postmodern mode—a mode that favors the particular over the universal, that denie…"-Abigail Rine Favale, Into the Deep: An Unlikely Catholic Conversion
30. The Good, the Messy, and the Beautiful: The Joys and Struggles of Real Married Life
By: Edward Sri
4.52
Format: 204 pages, Kindle Edition
Encounter the realities of Catholic marriage. "This book should be in every home. In fact, you mig… read more
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