Lent and Easter Wisdom from G K Chesterton The Centre for the Study of C S Lewis and Friends NEW G.K. Chesterton is sometimes referred to as the most unjustly neglected writer of our time. Each day's reflection includes a selection from one of his finest works, a suitable bible verse, an appropriate prayer, and an action-oriented exercise. "If we could really fathom the gift of sheer existence, Chesterton tells us, our response would be one of gratitude - of surprise and wonder at simple, ordinary objects; experiences; and above all, people." - from the Introduction. [more details...] Code: B2054 £7.95 Add To Order
Lent and Easter Wisdom from Fulton J Sheen NEW Timeless words from the pen of Bishop Fulton J. Sheen inspire the heart and imagination as readers embark on a Lenten journey towards a better understanding of their spiritual selves. "The executioners expected Jesus to cry, for everyone pinned to the gibbet of the cross had done it before him. Seneca wrote that those who were crucified cursed the day of their birth, the executioners, their mothers, and even spat on those who looked upon them. Cicero recorded that at times it was necessary to cut out the tonges of those who were crucified to stop their terrible blasphemies. Hence the executioners expected a word, but not the kind of word that they heard... Like some fragrant trees which bathe in perfume the very axe that gashes them, the great Heart on the Tree of Love poured out from its depths something less a cry than a prayer - the soft, sweet, low prayer of pardon and forgiveness" - Thursday, 3rd week of Lent. [more details...] Code: B2055 £7.95 Add To Order
Meditation on the Passion ed Fr. Reginald Walsh, O.P. Compiled from various sources, with an introduction by Fr Reginald Walsh, reprint of the 1922 edition. Among the many subjects proposed by the Church to us for mental prayer, there is none more profitable than the sublime mystery of Calvary. For even where everything is supremely holy—namely, in the actions of Him Who is the way, and the truth, and the life—the Passion is the culmination of sanctity, the highest exercise of virtue, the greatest cause of merit. Hence devout meditation on it produces most abundant fruit in souls. And for this reason, Saints and Doctors of the Church—those who are specially enlightened, those who spoke from experience, those who are our best guides in the spiritual life—with one accord praise and glorify it... A Member of the Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary, who, as Mistress of Novices for about thirty years, had gained great experience in the formation of religious as well as in the varied requirements of conventual life, proposed by means of this book to impart to her Sisters the fruit of her own reflections on the Passion, which one so spiritual and enlightened was exceptionally fitted to compile. As might have been anticipated, the excellence of the work, which she had intended for the use of her Sisters, in course of time became known to several persons, in one or other way connected with the Institute of the Blessed Virgin. And among them, some are of opinion that this treasure should no longer be allowed to remain almost hidden in the cloister. They have represented that outside the convents of the Institute there are many devout souls to whom the Meditation would be most acceptable. In accordance with their suggestion, and in compliance with their wish, it is now reprinted. [more details...] Code: B1938 £27.95 Add To Order
The Twenty Four Hours of the Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ Luisa Piccarreta (Jesus said every word read in this book will save a soul.) Pope Puis X said this book should be read on your knees. Our Lord said that if only one person reads The Passion Book, it will ward off the chastisement for that town or city. [more details...] Code: B1039 £17.95 Add To Order
Reflections on the Passion Darlington Carmel From the writings of St Teresa and other Carmelite Saints, reflections on the stations of the cross. [more details...] Code: B0764 £2.50 Add To Order
Fasting and Gluttony Rev Francis Hunolt, SJ Reprinted from 'The Catholic Health Letter', this booklet contains timeless advice from a 16th century Jesuit that applies today just as well. These four sermons from Fr Francis Hunolt, SJ (1740 A.D.) will educate many as to the sins of gluttony and just what they are. Truly Catholic teaching. [more details...] Code: B1930 £3.95 Sorry, temporarily out of stock
The Mystery of the Crown of Thorns with Practical Devotions By a Passionist Father Contemplating the Holy Face on the shroud of Turin, one sees a deep wound on the forehead of our Saviour where one of the many thorns of His cruel crown punctured that very spot above His eyes where His members in the Church are marked with ashes who enter rightly into the penitential season of Lent. From the many figures of that spiny diadem in the Old Testament to the reality of the instrument of torture beaten into the head of the Son of God amidst insults and spittle, this terrible book, unforgettable in its endearing pathos, will surely help us to understand something of the true ugliness of sin and the awesome price the Just One had to pay in conquering it. 1999 reprint of 1879 edition. This important book for meditating upon the Passion of Our Divine Saviour is perfect for Lent! [more details...] Code: B1462 £12.50 Add To Order
Sacrament of Reconciliation: The Mercy of Christ Vivian Boland OP Understanding and experiencing the mercy of God. The sacrament of Reconciliation is where every Christian can experience that the joy of repentance and forgiveness is at the heart of Christian life. In a time when the sacrament is experiencing somewhat of a revival Fr Vivian Boland explains and invites all to an encounter with Christ’s mercy. [more details...] Code: B1577 £2.50 Add To Order
Why Go to Confession? Fr John Flader Read about the benefits and practice of the sacrament. The purpose of this booklet is to help those who make use of the sacrament to appreciate it more, and to encourage those who do not, to reconsider its many benefits. Describing the sacrament as 'one of the greatest treasures of the Catholic Church', this booklet considers both the human and spiritual perspectives of Confession. It includes notes on examination of conscience and a helpful Rite to Confession itself. [more details...] Code: B1578 £1.95 Add To Order
Lent with the Saints: Meditations and Prayers JB Midgley All the wisdom and insight of the saints on the season of conversion. Meditations and The forty days of Lent provide Christians, and those preparing for baptism, with an intense period of preparation for the ‘Feast of all Feasts’, Easter, the ‘Passover of the Lord’. This collection of sayings and meditations dwells on the central Lenten themes of prayer, conversion, repentance, fasting, almsgiving and self-denial, as lived from apostolic times until the present day. This little companion to private reflection will offer ready sustenance to those setting out on the joyful road to Easter. [more details...] Code: B1436 £1.95 Add To Order
Liber Hebdomadae Sanctae: Holy Week Gregorian Chant ed Fr. Reginald Walsh, O.P. The most important week for any Catholic is Holy Week. During that time, the Church wants us to reflect upon one of the greatest mysteries of our faith: the passion and death of our Blessed Lord. The Church over the centuries has assembled some of the greatest prayers and ceremonies to commemorate this great act of love of Jesus. And these prayers and ceremonies are all accompanied by beautiful psalms tones and sublime Gregorian chant that normally are only heard during that mournful week. The recently reprinted Liber Brevior being based on the original 1954 edition, does not include the restored Pius XII Holy Week ceremonies and offices. The new Gregorian Chant Holy Week Book was made by taking out those parts from the 1962 Liber Usualis that pertain to the entire week, beginning with the restored Palm Sunday ceremonies up to and including the Easter Vigil. Thus, parishes with those interested in doing the offices of the Sacred Triduum, for example, can find this book most valuable in singing those offices on the last 3 days of Holy Week. And all the other sung ceremonies can be found in this book as well. For choirs on the parish level, this book of 251 pages is smaller, more useful and more affordable for Holy Week, than the larger and bulkier Liber Usualis. Durable hard cover binding for a long life, with one ribbon marker. All the music is in Gregorian notation with the rubrics in English. [more details...] Code: B1940 £10.95 Add To Order
Leaflet: Holy Week and Easter Passing from Death to Resurrection. Explains the liturgical ceremonies of Holy Week and Easter. CTS Essentials 4 fold DL leaflet. [more details...] Code: L0254 £0.25 Add To Order
Leaflet: Lent Making Space for God. Practical suggestions for observing the season of Lent. CTS Essentials 4 fold DL leaflet. [more details...] Code: L0255 £0.25 Add To Order
The Easter Triduum Complete texts for Holy Thursday, Good Friday, Holy Saturday, Easter Vigil, plus a selection of hymns. From this well-known Liturgical book range, for parishes and individuals. Fully revised and redesigned edition incorporating New English Mass translation. Now in stock.
NEW English Mass Translation.
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Confession: Its Fruitful Practice Benedictine Sisters of Perpetual Adoration This wonderful and practical little book explains clearly and thoroughly how to make a good Confession but in much greater detail than covered in most catechisms. It includes an examination of conscience; contrition and its necessary qualities; the purpose of amendment and its necessary qualities; avoiding the near occasion of sin; the actual Confession of sins to the priest; and the penance given by the priest. [more details...] Code: B1044 £3.50 Add To Order
The Mystery of Easter Raniero Cantalamessa OFM Cap What does the paschal mystery mean in the context of the rite - past and present- and in Christian life and death? Students of the liturgy and preachers will find in these pages a thoughtful examination of the mystery of Easter. Fr Cantalamessa, the preacher to the papal household, is in full command of both the scholarly and the pastoral implications of the Easter rite. From his words you will gain the insight to articulate this mystery within the liturgy and within life so that it will imbue with hope and awe all those who come to celebrate it. [more details...] Code: B1326 £8.95 Add To Order
The Sinners Guide Ven Louis Of Grenada The author of this book was the favourite writer of St. Teresa of Avila, St. John of the Cross, St. Vincent de Paul, etc. St. Teresa of Avila credited this book with having converted over a million people in her time. This is the most persuasive book we know to encourage people to abandon sin and embrace repentance and virtue. The logic is relentless and effective. For mastery of subject, command of Scripture and total impact on the reader, no book surpasses The Sinner's Guide! [more details...] Code: B1043 £12.95 Add To Order
When I survey the wondrous cross Patrick J Ryan SJ Scriptural Reflections for Lent. The season of Lent - the Church's Spring - begins the celebration of the dying and rising of Jesus, a time of deep personal renewal only completed in the Easter season, and with the rite of Christian initiation of adults, as a time of formation for catechumens. The Liturgical readings of this season can lead us into a deeper experience of our Baptism, our death and rebirth in the Lord. As in the early Church, all of us can take the season of Lent, and especially its forty weekdays of fasting, as an opportunity to turn back to the Lord, our God. Patrick J. Ryan SJ received a PhD in the comparative history of religion at Harvard University, and is President of Loyola Jesuit College, a secondary school in Abuja, Nigeria. [more details...] Code: B0766 £10.50 Add To Order
The New Companion to Lent Booklet A guide to getting more out of Lent. With personal and heartfelt conversion at its centre, this booklet unpacks the Lenten practices of prayer, fasting and almsgiving in preparation for Easter. Drawing from centuries of Christian spirituality and insight and offering practical and realistic advice for people of today, this Companion also offers advice on how to make a retreat, a good confession, and how to grasp some of the key scriptural themes of Lent and Holy Week. Contributors: Fr Jerome Bertram, Fr Tim Finigan, Amette Ley, Fr Richard Rutt, Fr Richard Whinder. [more details...] Code: B0761 £1.95 Add To Order
A New Penance Book Booklet Explains the sacrament, why we need it, how to approach and prepare for it, including helpful prayers and scripture passages. Suitable for all ages and settings. [more details...] Code: B0763 £1.95 Add To Order
The Stational Churches of Rome This 62 page booklet guides the faithful though the 40 days of Lent by taking them on a pilgrimage of the “stational churches” of Rome. How did the Catholic Church in Rome observe Lent in the early centuries of the Church? It went on pilgrimage to the STATIONAL CHURCHES OF ROME. The word “station” seems to come from the Latin “statio,” (i.e. “standing together") alluding to the ancient custom of the Catholic faithful gathering at a particular church with the Bishop for the celebration of the Holy Mass. Before the end of the 1st century, the growth of the Catholic Church in Rome, Antioch, and Alexandria required multiple Eucharistic liturgies in different “domus Dei” (churches in private homes), but the Bishop’s Mass remained the official public liturgy. When periods of persecution died down, official stations were designated for celebrating major feast days in various churches, so that as much of the Catholic faithful as possible might attend Mass with the Bishop. After the Constantinian Peace, the privative “domus Dei” became the “tituli,” titular or parish churches, which numbered 25 by the 5th century. Eventually the Roman stations were reorganized and assigned to these titular churches, plus the new Constantinian basilicas. The number of stational churches gradually increased, especially under the liturgical influences of Jerusalem. Pope Leo III (795-816 A.D.) completed the list of the STATIONAL CHURCHES OF ROME with 94 stations on 92 days, including the 40 days of Lent and the octave of Easter. The STATIONAL CHURCHES OF ROME provides the faithful a way to deepen their Lenten pilgrimage toward the day of Christ’s Resurrection on Easter, by developing devotion to the saints, by encouraging all to pray for the intentions of the Holy Father and by appreciating more profoundly the riches of the Sacred Scripture found in the Traditional Latin Mass (1962 Missale Romanum). 8 1/2" x 11" booklet. [more details...] Code: B1650 £8.50 Add To Order
Walk With Me: Lent 2013 A Lenten Journey of Prayer for 2013 - from Ash Wednesday 13th February, to Easter Sunday 31st March 2013. Each day consists of Scripture extract, meditation, and prayers - you can also write your own The beauty about Walk with Me is the size of the booklet (its an ideal fit for a pocket or handbag), and its approach, it is written in a simple and accessible style. [more details...] Code: B1722 £1.00 Sorry, sold out
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