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Synopsis
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Category
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Miracle Hour
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Linda Schubert
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A method of prayer that will change your life. A simple format for a daily hour of prayer. Provides a clear format for prayer to help you focus your time. Includes suggestions for specific prayers of praise, intercession and surrender.
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Discernment / Self-Help
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41
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An Introduction to The Promise of St Joseph
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Rev. Bartholomew Joseph O’Brien
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Encourages young people who are struggling to stay pure or regain innocence in a world which doesn’t respect chastity. Inspires hope for all teens and adults. Includes interesting facts about the Foster Father of Jesus and encourages devotion to this great saint.
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Discernment / Self-Help
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30
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Novena Devotion to Our Mother of Perpetual Help
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NA
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Devotional
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54, 70
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Jesus the Teacher
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Brian Grenier, CFC
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Of the more than forty titles given to Jesus in the gospels, teacher is by far the most common. It has also been somewhat neglected. With these thoughts in mind, the author has set out to explore (in Part I of this book) the ministry of Jesus as a teacher and (in Part II) to outline those elements of his teaching which relate most directly to his proclamation of the Reign of God. Jesus the Teacher should be of particular interest to all Christians whose profession/vocation is teaching, and especially helpful to those involved in religious education.
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Formation
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15
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an appreciation of ignatian spirituality and a glimpse of jesuit spirituality
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philip heng
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NA
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Discernment / Self-Help
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72
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dusk to dawn
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J. P. Lee
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NA
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Discernment / Self-Help
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22
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there’s always more: expecting new fire
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sr. nancy kellar, S.C.
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There’s Always More: Expecting New Fire is tested, practical wisdom that will help people experience more of the love and power of God in their lives. A nine-week Growth Seminar which can be given in three week modules, a Retreat Day, or during prayer meetings. Special features include “Preparation for Teachers” and “Discussion Starters for Sharing Groups.”
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Discernment / Self-Help
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17
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values for life
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dr s. ignacimuthu sj
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Values for Life encourages you in your pursuit of a value-based, respectable and successful life. Even in today’s world of corruption and horse-trading a person with the right moral values finds acceptance, commands respect and is judged desirable. Stories, parables and exercises make the reading more interesting and application more practical.
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Discernment / Self-Help
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16
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Jesus healer of our inner world
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jack walters
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A psychotherapist who believes that Jesus speaks to who we are as psychological beings, Walters explores our inner struggles and offers insight, examines toxic guilt and shame, our Inner Children, and the inner forces that lead us to “do the things we do not want, and not do that which we choose.” He explains these widespread psychological dynamics and shows how Jesus powerfully addressed them in the way he lived and in what he taught.
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Formation
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48
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the catholic church has the answer
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paul whitcomb
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A follow-up to “Confession of a Roman Catholic” by Paul Whitcomb. Fact-filled answers to 34 questions commonly asked about the Church. Dynamite! One of our most popular booklets. Great for evangelization and instruction.
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Apologetics
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51
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magdalene of canossa humility in charity
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modesto giacon
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Born in 1784 in Verona, Italy, the saint Magdalene of Canossa devoted herself to charitable works and following the will of Christ. Illustrated with color photographs. Includes 2-page bibliography and rear notes
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Story of Saints
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14
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healing words from jesus
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isaias powers
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Rev. Powers helps “negate the negatives” so that readers may grow in closer union with Jesus and allow his healing power to have its effect on their lives. This book offers the everyday Catholic a wholesome spirituality on a flesh and blood level.
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Discernment / Self-Help
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37
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life in christ
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NA
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Formation
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19
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communio international catholic review the unity of the scriptures
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NA
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Church Documents & Journal
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67
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satanism is it real?
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fr. Jeffrey j. steffon
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Satanism…Is It Real? What is Satanic Ritual Abuse? What is the Black Mass? Santeria? Why are so many young people attracted to Satanism, the Occult and New Age Philosophies? Is it possible to be possessed by Demons or Satan himself? Here is an essential guide for parents, pastors, and youth counselor, to help them meet this growing menace, both at home and in the church.
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Formation
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43
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communio international catholic review the ascension and pentecost
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NA
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Church Documents & Journal
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65
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handle with care : you can make or break your children
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c.p. varkey sj
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The author, with his long years of experience in handling the theme, takes the reader skillfully through complicated psychological issues and problems with appropriate anecdotes interlaced with observations of psychologists and other authorities. One can read the book as one reads a novel. Essential for parents and educators.
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Discernment / Self-Help
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47
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communio international catholic review a symposium on caritas in veritate
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NA
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Church Documents & Journal
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68
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communio international catholic review the nature of experience
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NA
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Church Documents & Journal
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66
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ascent to love the spiritual teaching of st john of the cross
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ruth burrows
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Ruth Burrows, a Carmelite nun and spiritual writer, delves deeply into the teachings of the father of her contemplative order in this wonderful little work about the spirituality of St John. This work is not really a critical commentary on the teaching of John of the Cross, or a scholarly work. It is more a series of personal meditations on his teachings and how they have applied to her own spiritual living. Because she is a Carmelite herself, Ruth Burrows clearly has a deep, contemplative understanding and sharing of spirit with this great saint. Ruth Burrows demolishes a number of myths about John out of the way quite quickly – that mystical union with God is only for the elite few, that the Christian spiritual journey has to be a miserable, joyless one of self-denial and self-inflicted torture; that God glories in the person who hates others, himself and creation, or that John was a bitter, joyless man who demanded a dark cloud be thrown over everything good in the world. Burrows quite rightly points out in her work that the target of John’s ascetic program is not the world or the human person as such, but disordered desires arising from human egoism. The nights St John describes of active and passive negation are aimed at emptying, not destroying or killing. Burrows also highlights the need to take the saint’s language in context – he was writing mainly for nuns under his spiritual direction, in an age obsessed with spiritual ‘circuses’ of miracles, wonder-working and extraordinary phenomena. St John’s teachings were designed to lead these contemplative women (in a time when women counted for just about nothing) on a safe path to union with God. John’s spiritual path is far more about detachment and freedom for, not freedom crushed – a point that could even be made usefully today.
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Formation
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3
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teresa of avila
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shirley du boulay
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This intelligent, balanced portrait of an irreverent, intense, and fiery Renaissance woman and her times includes moving excerpts from her letters and sublime spiritual writings. Her unconventional, progressive views on prayer and worship, her outstanding administrative and literary talents, her travels around Spain to found and supervise convents, and how she spent much of her life under the scrutiny of the Inquisition are all detailed.
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Story of Saints
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2
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a short life of mary of the passion
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marie therese de maleissye
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A short biography, aimed at making known to an ever increasing circle of readers, the turbulent life of an exceptional person, Mary of the Passion, who, at the end of the 19th century placed at the service of the Church and society the years and days of her life. In her, were harmonised a rich temperamental nature, a strongly willed director, a love ever inflamed by the Holy Spirit. Mary of the Passion placed her activity and the most valuable fruit which flowed from it, a missionary congregation, the Franciscan Missionaries of Mary in the setting of the Church of her time.
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Story of Saints
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27
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what every catholic should know about lent
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NA
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Discernment / Self-Help
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58
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hunger and thirst for god daily reflections from the writings of st vincent palloti
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NA
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Reflection
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33, 34
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basic questions and answers on the church
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NA
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Apologetics
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55
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holy mary of perpetual help persons and practices
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NA
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Devotional
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11
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how to pray always
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felix m. podimattam ofm cap
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NA
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Discernment / Self-Help
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36
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moved by the spirit
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joseph kentenich
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NA
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Formation
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18
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autobiography of a saint
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ronald knox
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St. Therese of Lisieux, “The Little Flower”, was recently declared a Doctor of the Church by Pope John Paul II, the third woman to receive this honor in 2000 years. She thus ranks with such intellectual and theological giants as St. Augustine and Saint Thomas Aquinas. This elevation is all the more astonishing when we consider her background; born to a bourgeois family in provincial 19th century France, she entered a cloistered convent at the age of 15, and died in obscurity at age 24. The posthumous publication of her spiritual journals created a sensation in the Catholic world comparable to that produced in the postwar world by “The Diary of Ann Frank.” Adopted as a universal “little sister” by the French soldiers of World War I, St. Therese’s naive, charming, but profound words were carried next to many an infantryman’s heart. Therese’s story and the effect of her powerful personality and passionate devotion have lost none of their force. “At last I have found my calling,” she declared. “My calling is love.” The core of her spiritual message, the “little way” is the recognition that any act, no matter how trivial, is infinitely valuable if done out of love. Her influence on other great 20th century figures such as Theresa of Calcutta and Edith Stein is obvious. This is a unique book, to be read with pleasure, with joy, and with the assurance of great spiritual benefit. The homely and human details of Therese’s short life lead to the path of enlightenment. In her memoirs, she describes spiritual life: she lived each day with an unshakable confidence in God’s love. “What matters in life,” she wrote, “is not great deeds, but great love.” Therese lived and taught a spirituality of attending to everyone and everything well and with love. She believed that just as a child becomes enamored with what is before her, we should also have a childlike focus and totally attentive love. Therese’s spirituality is of doing the ordinary, with extraordinary love.
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Story of Saints
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20
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st vincent de paul
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NA
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Story of Saints
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52
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the queen’s way
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sr mary amatora osf
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A simplified edition of St. Louis De Montfort’s classic work, “True Devotion to the Blessed Virgin”
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Devotional
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1
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good news luke
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today english version
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NA
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Bible & Commentaries
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57
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brother or lord?
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hans kung & pinchas lapide
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NA
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Apologetics
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38
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the secret of the rosary
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st louis marie de monfort
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The Secret Of The Rosary is probably the finest book ever written about the Rosary; appeals to all ages. Shows the great spiritual power of the Rosary, which is appreciated by few. Tells why the Rosary is the most important private prayer. Canon William says of De Montfort’s book, “It goes far beyond mere research. We might say that it contains everything that can be said about the Rosary — its content and form, its real worth, about the instruction necessary for its appreciation and use.
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Devotional
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29
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the vocation and mission of the lay faithful in the church and in the world
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pope john paul II
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NA
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Church Documents & Journal
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35
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the wonders of the holy name
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fr paul o’sullivan op
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Few Catholics today know about the amazing power of the Holy Name of Jesus. Urges us to invoke the name of Jesus often. By reverent use of the Holy Name, we can glorify God, call on His aid, pay our spiritual debts, assist the Poor Souls, etc. Remarkable!
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Formation
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32
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5-minute miracles praying for people with simplicity and power
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Linda Schubert
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Praying for people with simplicity and power. Explains how you can pray simply, directly, briefly and with power for the people you meet each day, so they can encounter the living Christ.
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Discernment / Self-Help
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42
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hidden spring to healing
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sr m usha snd
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Foreword by Father Jim Borst, MHM : For almost a decade Sister Mary Usha, SND, has been engaged in the ministry of inner healing, or the healing of memories. In this rather novel ministry, she has blended elements of psychotherapy and transactional analysis with the healing gifts of the Holy Spirit to great effect: everywhere there are numerous persons who have experienced the healing love of Jesus, at times in dramatic ways, through her ministry – and this booklet has been written in response to the demands of many. The application of the healing gifts of the Holy Spirit to simple psychology seems very significant. Grace builds on nature; grace also transforms nature and often transcends nature’s limitations. It is to Sr Usha’s credit that she has pioneered in this field. It is our hope that many will join in developing the ministry of inner healing through prayerful discernment and for the sake of those who suffer.
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Discernment / Self-Help
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46
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the everyday apostle commonsense ways to draw others to christ
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fr edward f. garesche
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Jesus’ command to “make disciples of all nations” wasn’t directed only at priests and missionaries: He wants you to fulfill it too. If that prospect makes you nervous, reach for The Everyday Apostle, Fr. Edward Garesché’s wise and winning compendium of easy ways you can communicate Christ’s saving message to others. Fr. Garesché shows you how to become an apostle for Christ in myriad ways, not only at home among your family and friends, but even at work. You’ll learn how to talk about religion with your friends as naturally as you discuss sports or current events. He even gives you tips on how you can bear witness to your faith in Jesus Christ not just in what you say, but in what you do. But The Everyday Apostle tells you much more than just how to overcome shyness and other social obstacles to sharing the Faith. Fr. Garesché leads you to ask yourself tough questions about the kind of Christian example you’re giving to the world — and how you can bring the whole of your life into conformity with your Faith, so that in everything you do you’ll show forth the power of God to transform the soul. What he says here about the full dimensions of Christian charity is sure to challenge you — and help you to commit yourself more fully to Christ. That’s why The Everyday Apostle is not only an engaging manual for winning souls — it’s also an eye-opening guide to what it takes to be truly a disciple of Christ.
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Formation
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12
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healing the broken heart
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Father robert deGrandis, S.S.J
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NA
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Discernment / Self-Help
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9
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60 ways to let yourself grow
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martha mary mcgaw csj
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This book is light, upbeat, joyous–yet deeply spiritual and life–affirming. The author is filled with an enthusiasm for life, and this shows through every page as she presents 60 ways you can develop your personality– and let yourself grow!
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Discernment / Self-Help
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28
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helps and hints for self-discovery
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peter ribes sj
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NA
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Discernment / Self-Help
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40
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and the miracle is …
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john f. campoli
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Do miracles really Happen? Most people believe miracles are extremely rare events, but dramatic and very obvious when they happen. The truth is just the opposite, says Father John Campoli. Miracles are happening all the time, and most of them are unseen. To witness miracles we have to sharpen our vision and attune ourselves to the small, everyday moments of life. Some miracles do involve physical healings. But the vast majority are miracles of grace-miracles that bring spiritual healing or the birth of hope. The greatest miracle of all is God’s continual outpouring of love on each one of us. Once we come to realize and welcome that love, every day in our lives becomes miraculous. This book was written to help people get in touch with the power of miracles. It suggests ways of looking at each passing moment in order to break it open and discover the healing flow of divine love.
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Discernment / Self-Help
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4
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the gospel according to mark
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collegeville bible commentary
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The absence of stories of Jesus’ birth and infancy, a minimum of Jesus’ parables and a resurrection scene without sight or sound of the risen Jesus have tempted readers to shortchange Mark’s Gospel. Thanks to the insightful analysis and inspiring reflections of Marie Noonan Sabin, anyone studying this premier Gospel with her guidance will recognize the genius of the original author. Sabin asserts that Mark’s Gospel is not an eyewitness account or a work of biography or history. She writes, What Mark gives us is far richer. He interprets Jesus in the light of the Hebrew Bible, showing Jesus to be not only a teacher of Wisdom but Wisdom itself, calling his followers to an unconventional wisdom, a way of living (and a way of dying) that he himself exemplifies.” The cover of this commentary from The Saint John’s Bible highlights Sabin’s thesis that the transfiguration of Jesus is pivotal to the Gospel: “The scene [9:2-8]overshadows both parts of the Gospel, emphasizing God’s creative, transforming, transfiguring power to restore life.” Sabin gives special attention to Mark’s key words and phrases (e.g., “release,” “rise up” or “be raised,” “straightway,” and “ecstasy”) and his pattern of twos and threes. Especially helpful are the summaries at the end of each chapter. Here is a commentary that will restore Mark’s prime place among the other two Synoptic Gospels.
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Bible & Commentaries
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63
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the gospel according to matthew
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collegeville bible commentary
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The Gospel of Matthew carries important lessons on the formation of community and of Jesus as authoritative Teacher–lessons that helped the early Matthean population relate to both the Jewish and Christian communities of which they were composed. The Gospel According to Matthew provides Gospel text (New American Bible translation) along with Barbara E. Reid’s commentary, to aid in the interpretation and use of this Gospel today. As Reid demonstrates, this Gospel continues to bring Vision and hope to Christians throughout the ages. Reid stresses the importance of the Gospel of Matthew as the first book in the New Testament, possibly the first written Gospel, and the one most often used in the early church. Providing both the text and commentary, Reid addresses important questions such as the author’s identity and sources, setting and Gospel translation. Sections are The Origins of Jesus (1:1-4:11),” “The Beginnings of the Galilean Ministry (4:12-10:42),” “The Sermon on the Mount (5:1-7:28),” “Varying Responses to Jesus(11:1-16:12),” “Jesus and His Disciples on the Way to Jerusalem (16:14- 20:34),” “Jerusalem; Jesus’ Final Days of Teaching in the Temple (21:1-28:15),” “Finale: Back to Galilee; Commission to the Whole World; Jesus’ Abiding Presence (28:16-20).” Also includes discussion questions.
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Bible & Commentaries
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62
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the gospel according to luke
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collegeville bible commentary
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Luke continues to challenge our lives. Focusing on Jesus and his earthly ministry among the early church, Michael, F. Patella, OSB, opens the Gospel of Luke to the 21st-century reader. Patella presents literary, textual, and historical criticism in a readable manner to give readers a solid background for the Lukan Gospel. A brief introduction informs reader of Luke’s literary technique, Luke as an evangelist, and other historical data. Chapters are “The Prologue (1:1-4),” “The Infancy Narrative (1:5-2:52),” “Preparation for the Public Ministry (3:1-4:13),” “The Ministry in Galilee (4:!4-9:50),” “The Journey to Jerusalem (9:51019:27),” “The Teaching Ministry in Jerusalem (19:28-21:38),” “The Passion (22:1-23:56),” “The Resurrection (24:1-53).” Also includes questions for discussion.
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Bible & Commentaries
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64
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healing life’s hurts
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dennis linn & matthew linn
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Explores the concept of emotional and physical healing as well as exploring the five stages of acceptance of death and dying in light of prayer and religious experience
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Discernment / Self-Help
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23
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praying with another for healing
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dennis linn & matthew linn
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An approach to prayer for healing which combines basic information, a twelve session seminar and additional sessions and techniques.
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Discernment / Self-Help
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25
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glory to glory
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sr francis clare ssnd
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Glory to Glory is a 3-month devotional based on the Glory Scriptures in the Old and New Testaments. Through a brief daily reflection, we are drawn into the heart of God to pray and to discover within us the God of glory on very lowly and amazingly lofty levels. We are called to choose whether to be under the doom and gloom or to be under the glory. The author has traveled the world teaching, ministering, and stirring up the gifts of the Holy Spirit in a ministry of exuberant evangelization. Reading and praying the meditations in Glory to Glory on a daily basis is your road to glory!
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Discernment / Self-Help
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6
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sexuality and dating
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Richard reichert
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NA
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Discernment / Self-Help
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39
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your life story
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edward j.o’heron
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O’Heron encourages the reader to see his or her own life story as the key to spiritual growth through imagination, memory, and prayer exercises. ‘Your Life Story’ is a simple and effective tool to help believers understand and witness to how God has touched and transformed their lives.
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Discernment / Self-Help
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31
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good things happen
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dick westley
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The author shows how “community” is an intrinsic concept when discussing the divine order, and how it also defines and affects peoples’ lives amid the mundane flow of everyday life.
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Discernment / Self-Help
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50
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Jesus lives today
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fr emiliano tardif
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NA
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Formation
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45
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forming intentional discipleship
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shery a. weddell
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How can we transmit a living, personal Catholic faith to future generations? By coming to know Jesus Christ, and following him as his disciples. These are times of immense challenge and immense opportunity for the Catholic Church. Consider these statistics for the United States. Only 30 percent of Americans who were raised Catholic are still practicing. Fully 10 percent of all adults in America are ex-Catholics. The number of marriages celebrated in the Church decreased dramatically, by nearly 60 percent, between 1972 and 2010. Only 60 percent of Catholics believe in a personal God. If the Church is to reverse these trends, the evangelizers must first be evangelized-in other words, Catholics-in-the-pew must make a conscious choice to know and follow Jesus before they can draw others to him. This work of discipleship lies at the heart of Forming Intentional Disciples, a book designed to help Church leaders, parish staff and all Catholics transform parish life from within. Drawing upon her fifteen years of experience with the Catherine of Siena Institute, Sherry Weddell leads readers through steps that will help Catholics enter more deeply into a relationship with God and the river of apostolic creativity, charisms, and vocation that flow from that relationship for the sake of the Church and the world. Learn about the five thresholds of postmodern conversion, how to open a conversation about faith and belief, how to ask thought-provoking questions and establish an atmosphere of trust, when to tell the Great Story of Jesus, how to help someone respond to God’s call to intentional discipleship, and much more.
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Formation
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49
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one step closer to jesus
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larry deason
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The One Step Closer to Jesus Series comes with 5 booklets: 1. Come Follow Me 2. The Way Up Is Down 3. This Thing Called Love 4. Not By Sight 5. Losing Life & Finding Life
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Formation
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8
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our lady speaks to her beloved priests
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NA
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Devotional
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59, 60, 61
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surprised by truth
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patrick madrid
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Powerful testimonies of Evangelicals who became Catholic These eleven personal conversion accounts are unlike any you’ve ever read. They’re packed with biblical, theological, and historical proofs for Catholicism. Each year thousands of atheists, Evangelicals, Mormons, Fundamentalists, and Pentecostals are being surprised by Catholic truth and these converts tell you why. In his foreword Scott Hahn described his reaction to Surprised by Truth : “While reading each of these incredible journeys I laughed, cried, grunted affirmations, and basically relived my own journey into the Catholic Church. I heard echoes of my own struggles in their words. I relived the anguish I experienced on that lonely and sometimes frightening path of conversion, and I relived the deep, abiding joy of coming home. But enough, Read these stories. They’re prayerful, heavy-on-doctrine, evangelical, scriptural witnesses of people who discovered that what they had once thought was the most ‘unbiblical’ church is really the Church of the Bible.”
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Formation
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26
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vatican council II
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austin flannery op
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Vatican Council II: The Conciliar and Postconciliar Documents is now available in the widely used study edition translated by Irish Dominican Austin Flannery (+October 21, 2008). This is the translation chosen for inclusion in The Catechism of the Catholic Church and the text that both students of the Council and students of the Catechism will want. It contains all sixteen documents of the Second Vatican Council plus the forty-nine later documents from popes and Vatican congregations that implement the details of the Council’s decisions.
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Church Documents & Journal
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10
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Pure Womanhood
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Crystalina Evert
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Discernment / Self-Help
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71
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Jesus, according to the Gospel of Luke (with CD)
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N/A
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Bible & Commentaries
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73
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The Search for Happiness
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Fr Oscar Lukefahr, CM
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Discernment / Self-Help
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74
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The Return of the Prodigal Son
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Henri Nouwen
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Formation
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75
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Celebrating Christ in the Holy Eucharist
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N/A
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Reflection
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76
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We Live: To Know, Love, and Serve God
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Fr Oscar Lukefahr, CM
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Formation
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77
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Youcat
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N/A
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Formation
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78
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A Biblical Walk Through the Mass
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Edward Sri
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Formation
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79
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A Guide to the New Translation of The Mass
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Edward Sri
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Formation
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80
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