Religious Vocation: An Unnecessary Mystery
By: Richard Butler
4.34
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
The question of discerning a vocation is agonized over by many generous young Catholics today. A so…
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1. Quo Vadis
By: Henryk Sienkiewicz , W.S. Kuniczak
4.01
Format: 589 pages, Hardcover
This glorious saga unfolds against the backdrop of ancient Rome--from the Forum to the Coliseum, fr… read more
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"If we repay evil with good, then how do we repay the good?"-Henryk Sienkiewicz, Quo Vadis
"-Моето щастие мина, и радостта ми отмина, но аз не съм зла."-Henryk Sienkiewicz, Quo Vadis
"Светът е измамен, а животът е илюзия. Трябва да имаш достатъчно ум за да различиш приятните от лошите илюзии."-Henryk Sienkiewicz, Quo Vadis
"Look at us! For us there are no partings, no pains, no sufferings; or if they come they are turned into pleasure. And death itself, which for you is the end of life, is for us merely its beginning,—t…"-Henryk Sienkiewicz, Quo Vadis
2. Madeleine Takes Command
By: Ethel C. Brill , Bruce Adams , Bruce Adams
3.81
Format: 202 pages, Paperback
Madeleine Verchère's story is based on a true account of colonial French Canada of the 1690's. Hara… read more
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3. Introduction to the Devout Life
By: Francis de Sales
4.37
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
Written for Christians in every walk of life and for every age, St. Francis De Sales' classic work … read more
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"Be who you are and be that well."-Francis de Sales, Introduction to the Devout Life
"We are crucified to the world, and the world must be as crucified to us. It esteems us as fools, let us esteem it as mad."-Francis de Sales, Introduction to the Devout Life
"The desire and pursuit of virtue tends to make us virtuous, but the desire and pursuit of honors tends to make us odious and despicable."-Francis de Sales, Introduction to the Devout Life
"If, when stung by slander or ill-nature, we wax proud and swell with anger, it is a proof that our gentleness and humility are unreal, and mere artificial show."-Francis de Sales, Introduction to the Devout Life
4. Island of the World
By: Michael D. O'Brien
4.70
Format: 850 pages, Hardcover
Island of the World is the story of a child born in 1933 into the turbulent world of the Balkans a… read more
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"Automobiles are unreliable and dangerous slaves. They frequently revolt and kill their masters. I hate them."-Michael D. O'Brien, Island of the World
"Social pressure is the fascism of the democracies. Fascism is the democracy of the ruthless. Social engineering is the opiate of romantic intellectuals."-Michael D. O'Brien, Island of the World
"So far beyond rational thought is your attitude, that nothing I can say will change it. A lifetime of reasoning with you would not alter your amazing inability to comprehend reality."-Michael D. O'Brien, Island of the World
"[T]he reason why Shakespeare and Pushkin were great writers was because from the time when they were boys they stood like policemen over their thoughts and didn't allow one small insincerity to creep…"-Michael D. O'Brien, Island of the World
5. Kristin Lavransdatter (Kristin Lavransdatter, #1-3)
By: Tiina Nunnally , Brad Leithauser , Sigrid Undset
4.12
Format: None pages, Paperback
In her great historical epic Kristin Lavransdatter, set in fourteenth-century Norway, Nobel laureat… read more
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6. The Cross (Kristin Lavransdatter, #3)
By: Tiina Nunnally , Sigrid Undset , Sherrill Harbison
4.12
Format: None pages, Paperback
Kristin Lavransdatterinterweaves political, social, and religious history with the daily aspects of… read more
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7. Confessions
By: Augustine of Hippo , Henry Chadwick , Albert Cook Outler
3.41
Format: 400 pages, Paperback
Augustine's Confessions is one of the most influential and most innovative works of Latin literatur… read more
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8. Rerum Novarum: On The Condition Of Working Classes
By: Pope Leo XIII
3.57
Format: None pages,
Rerum novarum(from its first two words, Latin for "of revolutionary change"), or Rights and Duties … read more
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9. Crimen y castigo
By: Fyodor Dostoevsky
3.50
Format: 24 pages, Paperback
Esta novela, una de las mas grandes e imperecederas de la literatura universal, contiene dos de los… read more
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10. The Spirit of the Liturgy
By: Pope Benedict XVI , Jon Saward , Joseph Ratzinger
4.12
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Considered by Ratzinger devotees as his greatest work on the Liturgy, this profound and beautifully… read more
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11. Story of a Soul: The Autobiography of St. Thérèse of Lisieux
By: Thérèse of Lisieux , John Clarke
4.42
Format: 306 pages, Paperback
This book, first published in 1898 in a highly edited version, quickly became a modern spiritual cl… read more
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"Love lives only by sacrifice"-Thérèse of Lisieux, Story of a Soul: The Autobiography of St. Thérèse of Lisieux
"I have at last found my vocation; it is love!"-Thérèse of Lisieux, Story of a Soul: The Autobiography of St. Thérèse of Lisieux
"Love will consume us only in the measure of our self-surrender."-Thérèse of Lisieux, Story of a Soul: The Autobiography of St. Thérèse of Lisieux
"and I realized that real nobility is in the soul, not in a name."-Thérèse of Lisieux, Story of a Soul: The Autobiography of St. Thérèse of Lisieux
12. The Power and the Glory
By: John Updike , Graham Greene
3.13
Format: 192 pages,
How does goodspoil, and how can badbe redeemed? In his penetrating novel The Power and the Glory, G… read more
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13. The Life of St. Anthony
By: E.A. Wallis Budge , Athanasius of Alexandria
3.98
Format: 212 pages,
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14. Lord of the World
By: Robert Hugh Benson
4.60
Format: 431 pages, Paperback
Robert Hugh Benson (1871-1914) was the youngest son of Edward White Benson, Archbishop of Canterbur… read more
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15. The End of the Affair
By: Graham Greene , Monica Ali
3.90
Format: 160 pages, Paperback
"A story has no beginning or end: arbitrarily one chooses a moment of experience from which to look… read more
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"As long as one suffers one lives."-Graham Greene, The End of the Affair
"I hate you, God. I hate you as though you actually exist."-Graham Greene, The End of the Affair
"Why do we have this desire to tease the innocent? Is it envy?"-Graham Greene, The End of the Affair
"I can never think of you as a friend. You can do without a friend."-Graham Greene, The End of the Affair
16. 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
17. Interior Castle
By: Teresa de Ávila
4.16
Format: 384 pages, Paperback
A cornerstone book on mystical theology, Interior Castledescribes the seven stages of union with Go… read more
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18. The Spiritual Combat
By: None , Lorenzo Scupoli , None , None
3.54
Format: 317 pages,
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19. Death Comes for the Archbishop
By: Willa Cather
3.67
Format: None pages, Paperback
There is something epic--and almost mythic--about this sparsely beautiful novel by Willa Cather, al… read more
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20. The Song At The Scaffold
By: Gertrud von le Fort
3.97
Format: 649 pages, Paperback
Gertrud Von Le Fort wrote The Song at the Scaffoldin 1931, five years after converting to the Catho… read more
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22. General Instruction of the Liturgy of the Hours
By: Catholic Church , United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
4.13
Format: None pages,
An essential resource for "liturgical formation of the People of God," Introduction to the Order of… read more
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23. 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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24. The Rule of Saint Benedict
By: Benedict of Nursia , None
3.22
Format: 111 pages, Paperback
Composed nearly fifteen hundred years ago by the father of Western monasticism, The Rule of St. Ben… read more
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25. Brideshead Revisited: The Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder
By: Evelyn Waugh
4.00
Format: 452 pages, Paperback
An alternative cover for this ISBN can be found here. The most nostalgic and reflective of Evely… read more
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"Here my last love had died."-Evelyn Waugh, Brideshead Revisited: The Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder
"No one is ever holy without suffering."-Evelyn Waugh, Brideshead Revisited: The Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder
"I had been there before; I knew all about it."-Evelyn Waugh, Brideshead Revisited: The Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder
"So through a world of piety I made my way to Sebastian."-Evelyn Waugh, Brideshead Revisited: The Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder
26. The Four Loves
By: C.S. Lewis
4.17
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
A repackaged edition of the revered author's classic work that examines the four types of human lov… read more
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"All that is not eternal is eternally out of date."-C.S. Lewis, The Four Loves
"To know that one is dreaming is to be no longer perfectly asleep."-C.S. Lewis, The Four Loves
"El amor empieza a ser un demonio desde el momento en que comienza a ser un dios."-C.S. Lewis, The Four Loves
"People who bore one another should meet seldom; people who interest one another, often."-C.S. Lewis, The Four Loves
27. The Problem of Pain
By: C.S. Lewis
4.13
Format: 162 pages, Paperback
For centuries people have been tormented by one question above all: If God is good and all-powerful… read more
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"Man is to be understood only in his relation to God."-C.S. Lewis, The Problem of Pain
"Nonsense remains nonsense even when we talk it about God."-C.S. Lewis, The Problem of Pain
"Even if there were pains in Heaven, all who understand would desire them."-C.S. Lewis, The Problem of Pain
"Now God, who has made us, knows what we are and that our happiness lies in Him."-C.S. Lewis, The Problem of Pain
28. 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
29. From Christendom to Apostolic Mission: Pastoral Strategies for an Apostolic Age
By: University of Mary
4.63
Format: 94 pages, Paperback
Every human society possesses a moral and spiritual imaginative vision, a set of assumptions and wa… read more
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30. Religious Vocation: An Unnecessary Mystery
By: Richard Butler
4.34
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
The question of discerning a vocation is agonized over by many generous young Catholics today. A so… read more
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31. St. Dominic: Preacher of the Rosary and Founder of the Dominican Order
By: Windeatt
4.25
Format: 156 pages, Paperback
The incredible story for youth of the man who received the Rosary from Our Lady, defeated the Albig… read more
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