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Cardinal Ratzinger and Pope John Paul II celebrate Mass together. -- From The Legacy of John Paul II: Images and Memories by Cardinal Ratzinger |
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The Legacy of John Paul II - Images and Memories This is a glorious volume from the new Pope Benedict XVI, who pays tribute to his predecessor, mentor and close friend, Pope John Paul II. As Cardinal Ratzinger he was the closest Vatican prelate to John Paul II, working together with him for almost 25 years in the Vatican. This book unites these two great spiritual leaders in one powerful, deeply moving volume, complete with over 100 truly inspiring, unique photos by Vatican photographer Giancarlo Giuliani (many never before published) of many striking and poignant moments of the pontificate of John Paul II as he traveled around the world. Ratzinger shares his many personal experiences and insights about the man who changed the world, "John Paul the Great". |
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In My Own Words - Pope Set These beautiful books include quotes from the popes' "own words" - taken from speeches, homilies, letters, and prayers. This discounted set includes: Pope John Paul II - In My Own Words Memorial Edition (1920-2005), and Pope Benedict XVI - In My Own Words. Each title also sold separately. Pope John Paul II - In My Own Words Memorial Edition (1920-2005) In this book, the pope addresses everything from the search for truth to the wonder of love, from the holiness of the family to the responsibilities of the priesthood, and from the miracle of life to the mystery of the Incarnation. His words reveal the compassion, joy, and wisdom born of his more that fifty years as a servant of God. Pope Benedict XVI - In My Own Words This book provides a portal into the emerging pontificate of Pope Benedict XVI. Truth and freedom; church and culture; Christian unity, Eucharist, ministry, family, youth, and the Blessed Mother - all emerge as important elements of his vision. In this collection he addresses priest, seminarians, and laypeople; religious orders and other religious traditions; the media; pilgrims; children of all ages; presidents, ambassadors, and other worldwide representatives. Indeed, he speaks to the global community in order to confirm his trust in the Lord, and to make clear his conviction that the Church will go forward. |
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One Year Later - Memorial DVD Set For a limited time only! This 3-DVD set includes EWTN's exclusive presentations of the Solemn Funeral Mass for His Holiness John Paul II), Election of Pope Benedict XVI, and The Solemn Inaugural Mass of Pope Benedict XVI. DVDs also sold separately. Solemn Funeral Mass for His Holiness John Paul II - Raymond Arroyo and Fr. Richard John Neuhaus guide us through the moving and beautiful funeral Mass of His Holiness, Pope John Paul II, in this EWTN exclusive presentation. 3 hrs. Election of Pope Benedict XVI - White smoke, the bells from St. Peter's and the announcement "Habemus Papam!" Join Raymond Arroyo and Fr. Richard John Neuhaus, in this EWTN exclusive presentation.Experience again the first Urbi et Orbi address of Pope Benedict XVI on that spring evening of April 19, 2005. 2 hrs. The Solemn Inaugural Mass of Pope Benedict XVI - Join Raymond Arroyo and Fr. Richard John Neuhaus for this EWTN presentation of the Solemn Inaugural Mass of Pope Benedict XVI. Celebrated on April 24, 2005, this Mass marked the beginning of the pontificate of the 264th successor to the See of Peter. 3 hrs. |
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Pope John Paul II - The Pope of the Rosary CD Let the inspirational words of Pope John Paul II captivate your imagination and reaffirm your belief in this compilation of Rosary broadcasts and homily excerpts.The first CD begins with an excerpt from the homily Pope John Paul II gave during a Mass celebrated in Malta on May 26th, 1990. He encourages all people to commend themselves to Mary as she guides us to her Son, Jesus. Also on this first CD, the Iubilate Deo Choir provides musical meditations as Pope John Paul II leads the people gathered through the Joyful Mysteries (in his own voice, in Latin). On the second CD the Iubilate Deo Choir provides musical meditations as Pope John Paul II leads the people gathered through the Sorrowful and Glorious Mysteries (in his own voice, in Latin). Also on the second CD is a recording of Pope John Paul II's prayer to Mary on Sept 30, 1979 at Shrine of Our Lady of Knock. (Luminous Mysteries are not included on this recording). A Vatican Radio recording. On two compact discs. |
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Values in a Time of Upheaval Joseph Ratzinger (Pope Benedict XVI) exercises his role as teacher and spiritual leader with this impressive work on the crucial topics of the relationship between religion, morality, culture, truth and politics in these troubled times. He passionately defends the vital role that traditional Christian values play in our increasingly pluralistic and multi-cultural world.The book is divided into three main parts: "What Rules Should Guide Our Conduct?"; "Responsibility for Peace"; "What is Europe?". Key Topics Include:
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Christianity and the Crisis of Cultures - The Europe of Benedict In this new work, written before his election to the Papal throne, Joseph Ratzinger addresses the "crisis of culture" that is evident in Europe today, and the serious problems that have resulted from that cultural crisis, a crisis that affects not only Europe but the West in general. Some of the results of the crisis are greater threats to security, growing poverty, the dangers of genetic engineering, and a decline in "moral energy."What the Pope offers as an answer to the nihilistic secularism that pervades Europe, and the West, is not politics, but a spiritual renewal based on the powerful example in history of St. Benedict and the amazing cultural impact the Benedictine Order had on a similarly declining Europe in the Middle Ages. Beginning in the 6th century, Benedictine monasteries and spirituality saved Western Europe from a descent into barbarism after the fall of the Roman Empire and subsequently became the continent's main instrument of learning, literature and cultural revival. The book is divided into three main sections titled: "The Crisis of Cultures"; "The Right to Life and Europe"; "What Does it Mean to Believe?" Key Topics Include:
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God Is Love (Deus Caritas Est) Pope Benedict XVI's First Encyclical!"In a world where the name of God is sometimes associated with vengeance or even a duty of hatred and violence, this message is both timely and significant. For this reason, I wish in my first Encyclical to speak of the love which God lavishes upon us and which we in turn must share with others. That, in essence, is what the two main parts of this Letter are about, and they are profoundly interconnected. The first part is more speculative, since I wanted here — at the beginning of my Pontificate — to clarify some essential facts concerning the love which God mysteriously and gratuitously offers to man, together with the intrinsic link between that Love and the reality of human love. The second part is more concrete, since it treats the ecclesial exercise of the commandment of love of neighbour. The argument has vast implications, but a lengthy treatment would go beyond the scope of the present Encyclical. I wish to emphasize some basic elements, so as to call forth in the world renewed energy and commitment in the human response to God's love." |
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Memory and Identity - Conversations at the Dawn of a Millennium Pope John Paul II's last book. Reflecting on the most challenging issues and events of his turbulent times, Pope John Paul II reveals his personal thoughts in a truly historic document. The world's greatest communicator offers a moving insight into his intellectual and spiritual journey and pastoral experience. Each chapter suggests the answer to a question which either exercised his mind or which he provoked in discussion with laymen and priests. Using the encounters at his summer residence of Castel Gandolfo where conversations took place with leading intellectuals - philosophers as well as theologians - Pope John Paul II addresses in his book many of the questions which arose from these discussions. Here he leaves for posterity an intellectual and spiritual testament in an attempt to seek the answer to defining problems that vex our lives. The book ends with the Pope's first ever published comments on the assassination attempt upon his life in 1981. The conversational tone and form of this book indicates to the reader that this is not an academic thesis, more of a friendly talk. Each chapter is, as it were, the answer to a question which many of us carry in our heads or hearts. |
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The Autobiography of G.K. Chesterton Here is a special two-in-one book that is both by G.K. Chesterton and about Chesterton. This volume offers an irresistible opportunity to see who this remarkable man really was. Chesterton was one of the most stimulating and well loved writers of the 20th century. His 100 books, and hundreds of essays and columns on a great variety of themes have made G.K. Chesterton the most widely quoted writers of modern times. Here is Chesterton in his own words, in a book he preferred not to write, but did so near the end of his life after much insistence by friends and admirers. Critic Sydney Dark wrote after Chesterton died that perhaps the happiest thing that happened in Gilbert Chesterton's extraordinarily happy life was that his autobiography was finished a few weeks before his death. Full of Chesterton's wonderful and unique writing, humor, inspiration and humility, with some 40 rare photos, this book will be greatly desired by Chesterton fans, as well as by anyone interested in learning who this colorful and brilliant person was. |
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Common Sense 101 - Lessons from G.K. Chesterton Dale Ahlquist, the President of the American Chesterton Society, and author of G.K. Chesterton - The Apostle of Common Sense, presents a book of wonderful insights on how to "look at the whole world through the eyes of Chesterton". Since, as he says, "Chesterton wrote about everything", there is an ocean of his material to benefit from GKC's insights on a kaleidoscope of many important topics. Chesterton wrote a hundred books on a variety of themes, thousands of essays for London newspapers, penned epic poetry, delighted in detective fiction, drew illustrations, and made everyone laugh by his keen humor. Everyone who knew Chesterton loved him, even those he debated with. His unique writing style that combines philosophy, spirituality, history, humor, and paradox have made him one of the most widely read authors of modern times. |
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St. Thomas Aquinas and St. Francis of Assisi Here, together in a single volume, are the two biographies that many critics consider both Chesterton's best, and the best short portraits ever written of these two great saints. St. Francis of Assisi is a profoundly Catholic work, explaining and illuminating the life of St. Francis in a way no other biography has. The spiritual kinship the author felt with his subject enables the reader to delve into insights on the character of Francis that have eluded many. St. Thomas Aquinas is enriched by the author’s unique ability to see the world through the saint’s eyes, a fresh and animated view that shows us Aquinas as no other biography has. Acclaimed as the best book ever written on Aquinas by such outstanding Thomists as Jacques Maritain, Etienne Gilson, and Anton Pegis, this brilliant biography will completely capture the reader and leave him desirous of reading Aquinas’ own monumental work. |
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Orthodoxy Chesterton's timeless exploration of the essentials of Christian faith and of his pilgrimage to belief is now reissued with an incisive Introduction by bestselling author Philip Yancey. For G.K. Chesterton, orthodoxy carries us into the land of romance, right action, and revolution. In Orthodoxy, a classic in religious autobiography, he tells of his pilgrimage there by way of the doctrines of Christianity set out in the Apostles' Creed. Where science seeks to explain all things in terms of calculation and necessary law, Chesterton argues on behalf of the Christian doctrines of mystery and free will. For him, right thinking is a waste without right action. For Chesterton the populist, political action often spells revolution. He discovers in the doctrines of original sin and the divinity of Christ ever-present seedbeds of revolt in the face of the tyrannies of money and power. |
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St. Thomas Aquinas, The Dumb Ox Considered by many to be the best book ever written about St. Thomas Aquinas, The Dumb Ox is the classic portrait of the Angelic Doctor, the greatest of medieval philosophers, by G.K. Chesterton, one of the greatest of modern religious writers. But besides being merely the best book ever written about St. Thomas, Chesterton's lively tome has the virtue of being the most reader-friendly: "To the question 'Is there anything?' St. Thomas begins by answering 'Yes'; if he began by answering 'No', it would not be the beginning, but the end. That is what some of us call common sense. Chesterton's brilliant sketch of the life and thought of Thomas Aquinas is as relevant today as when it was first published in 1933. |
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Father Brown of the Church of Rome This is a unique collection of ten of Chesterton's famous Father Brown stories which puts special emphasis on the role that Brown's Catholic faith played in helping him solve murder mysteries. This edition includes generous footnotes (not available in other editions) which help to clarify the literary and historical allusions made by Father Brown. It is based on the texts of the original editions by Chesterton for assurance of complete authenticity, and is set in easily readable type. These are excellent short detective yarns in the classic British tradition of Sherlock Holmes - puzzling concoctions of mysterious crimes, dubious suspects and ambiguous clues. They are among the very best of the Father Brown stories. |
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The Everlasting Man What does evidence from archaeology, ancient history, and comparative religion really teach us about ourselves? How is man is different from other animals? Why are there so many religions? Writing in a time when social Darwinism was rampant, outstanding apologist G.K. Chesterton takes on evolutionism, feminism, cultural relativism and other modernistic notions that are still prevalent today. In the classic book, The Everlasting Man, Chesterton combines a sincere reverence for his subject matter with a devastating sense of humor and a knack for turning accepted secular dogmas on their heads - while presenting Catholic dogmas as sensible and enlightened. In fact The Everlasting Man is a sort of rebuttal to H.G. Wells' agnostic Outline of History. Ever the staunch defender of Catholicism, Chesterton believed that Christianity alone had the answers to life's dilemmas and paradoxes. His Catholic Faith illuminated his mind and opened his heart to truly experience the love of God revealed in Christ Jesus. Chesterton also used the tremendous gifts he was blessed with to address burning issue of his day (and ours). |
Shortly before his death, when asked what Christian writers had helped him most, famous Christian convert C.S. Lewis remarked, "The contemporary book that has helped me the most is Chesterton's The Everlasting Man."
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Narnia and Beyond - A Guide to the Fiction of C.S. Lewis At last! A book about C.S. Lewis that doesn't sound like a term paper, a book that is a joy to read, a book written with Lewis' own passionate power with words, mercurial magic. At last a book that shows us things we didn't see or appreciate in Lewis before... Regarded as one of the best authorities on the fiction of C.S. Lewis, Thomas Howard presents in this work brilliant new insights into Lewis' fiction and helps us to see things we may not have seen nor appreciated before. Focusing on Narnia, the space trilogy and Til We Have Faces, Howard explores with remarkable clarity the moral vision in the imaginary world of the master storyteller Lewis.
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C.S. Lewis - The Man Who Created Narnia Michael Coren, an expert on the life and writings of Lewis, presents an engrossing biography for young people and adults of the man "who created Narnia". Following in the wake of the first of several theatrical major feature films from Lewis's "Chronicles of Narnia", this biography, lavishly illustrated with numerous photos from the whole life of Lewis, is written in a captivating way that it will appeal to all ages, youth and adults alike. Starting with "Beginnings", Coren tells of the fascinating details of the childhood and youth of Lewis, one that was, in Lewis's own words full of "long corridors, attics explored in solitude, sunlit rooms and endless books". It continues with his studies at Oxford, his subsequent celebrated teaching career at Oxford, his wonderful friendships with other great writers like J.R.R. Tolkien, Charles Williams, G.K. Chesterton and George Sayer, his meeting and marriage with Joy Davidman, and how he dealt with the sorrow of her death. The book especially focuses on how Lewis created his wonderful Narnia tales which became seven books that resulted in perhaps the most widely read set of children's Christian allegories, The Chronicles of Narnia. |
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The Screwtape Letters In this humorous and perceptive exchange between two devils, C. S. Lewis delves into moral questions about good vs. evil, temptation, repentance, and grace. Through this wonderful tale, the reader emerges with a better understanding of what it means to live a faithful life.
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Mere Christianity The late C.S. Lewis, Oxford professor, scholar, author, and Christian apologist, presents the listener with a case for orthodox (conforming to the Christian faith) Christianity. Lewis employs logical arguments that are eloquently expressed. He describes those doctrines that four major denominations (Anglican, Methodist, Presbyterian, and Roman Catholic) would have in common, e.g., original sin, the transcendent Creator God, and the divinity of Jesus as well as His atonement and bodily resurrection. Mere Christianity (along with The Screwtape Letters) is the most popular of C. S. Lewis’s works of nonfiction, with several million copies sold worldwide. Heard first as radio addresses and then published as three separate books -- The Case for Christianity, Christian Behavior, and Beyond Personality -- this book brings together Lewis’s legendary broadcast talks of the war years, talks in which he set out simply to "explain and defend the belief that has been common to nearly all Christians at all times." |
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A Grief Observed Written with love, humility, and faith, this brief but poignant volume was first published in 1961 and concerns the death of C. S. Lewis's wife, the American-born poet Joy Davidman. Written in longhand in notebooks that Lewis found in his home, A Grief Observed probes the "mad midnight moments" of Lewis's mourning and loss, moments in which he questioned what he had previously believed about life and death, marriage, and even God. Lewis writes his statement of faith with precision, humor, and grace. Yet neither is Lewis reluctant to confess his continuing doubts and his awareness of his own human frailty. This is precisely the quality which suggests that A Grief Observed may become "among the great devotional books of our age." |
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C.S. Lewis and the Catholic Church There are many Protestants and Catholics who have
been deeply affected and spiritually changed by the writings of C.S. Lewis,
including many converts to Catholicism who credit C.S. Lewis for playing a
significant role in their conversion. But the ironic and perplexing fact is that
Lewis himself, while “Catholic” in many aspects of his faith and devotion,
never became a Roman Catholic. Many have wondered why. |
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The Chronicles of Narnia (Modern Cover) Boxed Set Collection includes all seven novels in The Chronicles of Narnia series by C.S. Lewis. Titles also sold separately. The
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