Father Jeffrey Kirby and Brian Kennelly have a magnificent book on salvation history that does a couple of things. First, it gives readers scriptural examples of God’s mercy given to His people throughout history. Second it uses that proof as a roadmap to show how we ourselves can channel the mercy we have received and pour it forth onto others. The book is called Doors of Mercy: A Journey Through Salvation History. Before going into what the book is about... Read more
The Rosary rescues a wicked nobleman from hell St. Dominic once prayed for a wicked nobleman to be converted, and God intervened. When the man began praying the Rosary, his heart was trans- formed. St. Alphonsus tells the story. In Saragossa, Spain, there was once a nobleman named Peter. He was a relative of St. Dominic, but he was a most wicked man. One day when the saint was preaching he saw Peter enter the church, so he begged our Lord... Read more
Servant Books sponsors this mid-week CBB giveaway. One lucky winner will receive a copy of Talking to God: Prayers for Catholic Women by Julie Cragon (you can read the Michele’s review here and Julie’s 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 Wednesday 05/18 with a winner being announced later that day. a Rafflecopter giveaway Read more
Calm and peaceful – that is how I felt while reading Julie Cragon’s newest book, Talking to God: Prayers for Catholic Women. Throughout the day, I do not realize how tight I am or how I hold my breath until I pray and then I feel the tension slide off my body and my breathing slows and deepens. Truly, as I read through the prayers in this book, one after the other, I caught myself feeling joy and peace. Mind you,... Read more
The Joyful Mysteries Blessed Bartolo Longo, a convert from Satanism who became a Third Order lay Dominican, was called the “Apostle of the Rosary.” Some of his writings form the basis for the Luminous Mysteries of the Rosary established by Pope St. John Paul II. Here are his prayers for the Joyful Mysteries. First Joyful Mystery: The Annunciation. O Mary, immaculate lily, through the joy you felt when at the angel’s message you became the Mother of God: Obtain for... Read more
As women, we are born to love, nurture and care for others, particularly those we love. We want to be examples of love, comfort, joy, peace and holiness. But how? How can we help our loved ones in their day to day lives, while leading them to heaven, and getting ourselves there, too? Julie Dortch Cragon has the same questions… but she has the answer! In her book Talking to God: Prayer for Catholic Women she writes: “How can we... Read more
St. Dominic confronts demons with the Rosary St. Alphonsus recalls the story of a demon-possessed man who misled the people by his false religious teaching. When he confronted St. Dominic, he was liber- ated from the evil spirits by the power of the Rosary. The Rosary is a powerful weapon against the demons. St. Dominic was once preaching in the town of Carcassone in France. A heretic there, who had publicly ridiculed the devotion of the Rosary and was possessed... Read more
A few weeks ago I announced that Julie Abell would be joining the Catholic Book Blogger as a reviewer. This week I am equally as excited to announce that Michele Craig is joining CBB as well. With the addition of Michele I feel we have a well-rounded approach to book reviews and subjects. Read my announcement post about Julie to get you the background as to the history of CBB and why I am adding more writers. Michele brings to... Read more
St. Dominic and the rosary St. Louis de Montfort was famous for his zeal for the Rosary, called the “angelic psalter” because of the greeting of the angel Gabriel at the Annun- ciation. Here, St. Louis tells us how Our Lady appeared to St. Dominic, giving him the rosary as we have it today. St. Dominic, seeing that the gravity of people’s sins was hindering the conversion of the Albigensian heretics, withdrew into a forest near Toulouse, where he prayed... Read more
St. Francis de Sales and the Memorare St. Alphonsus recalls how the Memorare prayer rescued St. Francis de Sales from despair. When St. Francis de Sales was about seventeen, he was pursuing his studies in Paris. At the same time he devoted himself to spiritual exercises and to the holy love of God, in which he found the joys of paradise. Our Lord, in order to try him, and to strengthen the bands that united him to himself, allowed the... Read more
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