Q: What led you to write your latest book Walking With Mary? A: Many Catholics may know Mary as the Mother of God, the Immaculate Conception and the Queen of Heaven and Earth. But how well do we know the Mary’s humanness? How well do we know the young virgin of Nazareth and her profound interior journey of faith? I have spent much of my career researching, writing and teaching on the Marian passages of the Bible and exploring how... Read more
This week, Ave Maria Press has kindly agreed to sponsor the giveaway. One lucky winner will receive a copy of My Other Self : Conversations with Christ on Living Your Faith by Clarence J. Enzler . Click here to read my review of this book. I use Rafflecopter to run my giveaways which makes it simple for you and me! Click below to enter. The contest starts now and will end 12AM Friday 9/27 with a winner being announced later that... Read more
My Other Self: Conversations with Christ on Living Your Faithby Clarence J. Enzler has become my traveling companion. It is a classic book written in 1958 and has found its way back into print thanks to Ave Maria Press as a part of their Christian Classics line of books. Ave Maria Press has done Catholics a great service by bringing this classic back to print. The most compelling part of the book is the writing style. Mr. Enzler wrote the... Read more
Today Laura returns with another review for the Kids Corner! The Queen & the Cross: The Story of Saint Helen is written by Cornelia Mary Bilinsky. This wonderful little book for primary aged children tells of the story of Emperor Constantine’s mother’s quest to find the True Cross of Jesus. The story begins with the elderly queen praying before a cross and finding great comfort in seeing and kissing it. Unable to get the idea out of her mind that... Read more
This week, Image Catholic Books has kindly agreed to sponsor the giveaway. One lucky winner will receive a copy of Walking with Mary : A Biblical Journey from Nazareth to the Cross , the new release by Edward Sri . Click here to read my review of this book. I use Rafflecopter to run my giveaways which makes it simple for you and me! Click below to enter. The contest starts now and will end 12AM Friday 9/20 with a... Read more
Dr. Edward Sri has provided the reader with a fascinating look into the life of Mary in his latest book Walking with Mary: A Biblical Journey from Nazareth to the Cross. In what could have become a deeply theological volume, Edward has managed to create a highly approachable book that will be useful to the average Catholic reader. He describes it best in the introduction. “This book is the fruit of my personal journey of studying Mary through the Scriptures,... Read more
On August 2,3 and 4, I attended the 2013 Corpus Christi Men’s Retreat held at Mount Saint Mary’s University in Emmittsburg, MD. The retreat leader for the weekend was Father Larry Richards. After dinner Saturday evening, Father Larry graciously took some time to sit with me for an interview. What follows is that interview. Q: Is it difficult for you to switch from your speaker mode to writing a book? A: If you ever read the books it is very... Read more
This week, Ignatius Press has kindly agreed to sponsor the giveaway. One lucky winner will receive a signed copy of Be A Man by Father Larry Richards . Click here to read my review of this book. I use Rafflecopter to run my giveaways which makes it simple for you and me! Click below to enter. The contest starts now and will end 12AM Friday 9/13 with a winner being announced later that day. Good Luck! a Rafflecopter giveaway Read more
I am a self-professed bibliophile in fact Sarah Reinhard billed me as such in a recent interview. I love books and one stands above the rest. That’s not to detract from others but in everyone’s library there is one title that holds more meaning to the reader than any other. For me that book is the one that changed my life. Without this book the Catholic Book Blogger may have never happened. Be A Man!: Becoming the Man God Created... Read more
Cardinal Dolan was on The Colbert Report last night discussing his e-book, Praying in Rome: Reflections on the Conclave and Electing Pope Francis. During his conversation with Colbert, Cardinal Dolan joked that only his mother and Colbert had read Praying in Rome. In truth, his bestselling e-book has garnered enormous praise for its honesty, insight and humor. Although the interview with Colbert is lighthearted in nature, Cardinal Dolan did have a chance to provide some historical context for how the... Read more
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