Today, Emmaus Road Publishing sponsors the CBB giveaway. One lucky winners will receive a copy of The Creed by Scott Hahn(you can read my review here). I use Rafflecopter to run my giveaways which makes it simple for you and me! Enter below. The contest starts NOW and will end 12AM EST Friday 06/10 with a winner being announced later that day. a Rafflecopter giveaway Read more
The most lamentable event in world history Which of the greatest tragedies in recorded history deserves most our pity? Most certainly, St. Alphonsus declares, the passion of Christ and the sorrow it caused his mother. Who can ever have a heart so hard that it won’t melt on hearing the most lamentable event that ever occurred in world history? There was a noble and holy mother who had an only Son. This Son was the most lovable that can be... Read more
Throughout history the Church has used creeds to teach and declare her beliefs. She has used creeds to correct the wrongs of multiple heresies. Believers of today may only be familiar with the Nicene Creed but more have existed. Scott Hahn takes readers through a journey in Church history to explain the relevance and meaning of these creeds in his latest book The Creed: Professing the Faith through the Ages. From the days of the early church you will find... Read more
A prayer for favor in the hour of death St. Alphonsus offers a powerful, beautiful prayer to Our Lady, asking for her presence when in his final struggle. Mary, comforter of the afflicted, console a poor creature who entrusts himself to you. The remorse of a conscience overburdened with sins fills me with distress. I’m in doubt about whether I’ve sufficiently grieved for them. I see that all my actions are soiled and defective. Hell awaits my death in order... Read more
Mercy in the hour of death St. Alphonsus relates the deathbed conversion of a notorious sinner through the help of Our Lady. We read in the life of Sr. Catherine of St. Augustine about a woman she knew named Mary. In her youth Mary was a sinner, and in her old age she remained so obstinate in wickedness that she was driven out of the city and lived in a secluded cave. There she died, half consumed by disease, without... Read more
I am always on the look out for Catholic books about marriage, and to my delight Intimate Graces: How Practicing the Works of Mercy Brings Out the Best in Marriage written by husband and wife team Teresa Tomeo (Pastore) and Dominick Pastore…. is a great one! The Pastore’s invite us into their marriage to explain “…all the ways God has transformed our lives through small, consistent acts of kindness and mercy that we have experienced within the island of mercy that... Read more
Leila M. Lawler is a wife of one, mother of seven, and grandmother of four (and counting), living in central Massachusetts. She is a convert to Catholicism from nothing-ism with a brief, completely uninformed and unconvincing stop as a Moslem (now called Muslim but not when she made that stop, which was sometime in middle school). Leila practices “kitchen-sink philosophy” at “Like Mother, Like Daughter”, a website offering practical and theoretical insight into all aspects of daily life. David Clayton... Read more
A monk calls on Mary at death St. Alphonsus recalls how Mary helped a canon regular in his final battle with the Devil. In the Austrian town of Reichersberg there was a canon regular named Arnold, surnamed “the Pious” because of the sanctity of his life. He had the most tender devotion to our Blessed Lady. At the point of death, he received the last sacraments, then summoned his religious brothers. He begged them not to abandon him in his... Read more
Cliff Curtis is a successful film and television actor with a varied body of work encompassing a wide range of compelling performances spanning more than two decades. He currently stars in AMC’s “Fear the Walking Dead” alongside Kim Dickens. The show premiered on August 23, 2015, and was the most watched series premiere in cable TV history. Set in Los Angeles, Curtis plays English teacher Travis Manawa, who struggles to keep his family together during the onset of a zombie... Read more
Mary, the last word on our lips St. Alphonsus recalls the words and experiences of several holy men who witnessed to the power of Mary’s name when invoked at death. “The invocation of the sacred names of Jesus and Mary,” says Thomas à Kempis, “is a short prayer, which is as sweet to the mind, and as powerful to protect those who use it against the enemies of their salvation, as it is easy to remember.” “Blessed is the one... Read more
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