The Gift of Julian of Norwich
Karen Manton
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A Gentle Jesuit
Philip Caraman, SJ
Gift and Mystery
The Gift of Confession
A Positive Approach to the Sacrament of Reconciliation
Michael de Stoop
Offering a simple guide to the Sacrament of Reconciliation for the modern Catholic, this book provides an invaluable aid for our spiritual development and our growth in holiness of life. A major resource for the home, parishes and schools.
978 0 85244 514 3 168 pages £7.99
The Gift of Self in Marriage
Anita Dowsing
A study of the mutual gift in the act of love in the light of the teaching of the Catholic Church and contemporary thinking and practice. This book seeks to bridge the gap between the official teaching of the Catholic Church and the practice of many of its lay members, by considering the background for the contemporary assumption and by explaining the teaching in a way that can make sense to ordinary people. The author draws on contemporary research and understanding as well as on her own reflections and experience.
978 085244 155 8 208 pages £9.99
The Gift of Julian of Norwich
Karen Manton
0 85244 641 1 £7.99hb
The Gift of Saint Benedict
The Gift of Saint Francis
Glory be to God
A Stonyhurst Prayer Book
This collection of prayers richly reflects the continuing spiritual life of the first English college of Jesuits, Stonyhurst; it was first published in 2003, the bi-centenary of the restoration at Stonyhurst of the Society of Jesus in Britain in May 1803. Some of the prayers go back to the early history of the Church; others have a close link to Stonyhurst traditions, such as the Litany of Loretto.
978-0-9553592-2-4 128 pages illustrated £9.95hb
The Glory of These Forty Days
Reflections on the Lenten Season
James Tolhurst
These reflections are wonderful starting points to a deeper understanding of the Faith. They are supported by the teaching of the Church, as well as from the writings of the many holy men and women down through the ages.
0 85244 035 9 108 pages £5.99
God and the Holocaust
Dan Cohn-Sherbok
0 85244 341 2 £9.99
God's Candidate
The Life and Times of Pope John Paul I
Paul Spackman
Here is a thorough account of the extraordinary life of Albino Luciani (1912-1978), the first full analysis in English of his whole life - not merely another account of the circumstances surrounding his short papacy and death - which lays to rest many popular misconceptions and a great deal of false information. By considering the Pope's whole life, in the context of change and continuity, it is possible to reach a much more mature and balanced view of his papacy and legacy to the Church.
978 085244 187 9 300 pages £12.99
Gospel Chivalry
Franciscan Romanticism
Mark of Whitstable
At its zenith in the high Middle Ages, chivalry embodied the concept of the ideal life of a knight. However, this was an ideal rarely met, and the chivalric code promoting valour, courtesy, generosity and defense of the weak, was often sadly neglected. St.Francis consciously set out to redeem chivalry, or at least, to transform its significance, using its language in a new and revolutionary way for the Gospel life he has chosen.
0 85244 664 0 192 pages £9.99 hb
Hear Our Silence
A Heart for Europe
The Lives of Emperor Charles and Empress Zita of Austria-Hungary
Joanna & James Bogle
0 85244 173 8 £9.99
Heaven Revealed
The Holy Spirit and the Mass
Dom David Bird, OSB
Central to monastic life is the daily celebration of the Eucharist, through which the Church is nourished and nurtured by word and sacrament. The monk's hope and prayer, the focus of his contemplation, is the coming of the Kingdom in the person of Christ. Dom David Bird shares with us the fruits of this experience - the fruits of over fifty years of monastic life in Europe and Latin America - presenting us with insights into the Eucharist as the work of the Holy Spirit. It is the Eucharist that sanctifies us, or, as the Fathers would say, divinizes us, making us what we were created to be, daughters and sons of God. Scripture and theology of both Western and Eastern Churches - especially in the latters' traditions of icon painting - combine in Dom David's reflection to help us to a profound understanding of the Holy Spirit and our experience of the Mass.
978 085244 179 4 192 pages £9.99
The Hereford Mappa Mundi
Holy Daring
The Fearless Trust of St Thérèse of Lisieux
John Udris
0 85244 394 3 £6.99
The Holy Sacrifice of the Mass
The Holy Shroud
Antonio Cassanelli
0 85244 351 X £5.99
How to Pray with Icons
An Introduction
Myroslaw Tataryn
978 0 85244 459 7 £3.99
I See Satan Fall Like Lightning
The Icon in My Pocket
Owe Wikström
Translated by Yvonne King
Practically everyone loves to travel, to discover something new - or to find space and time on their journey to discover new realities. So this book, superbly translated from the original Swedish, reflects on our modern obsession with travel whilst discussing existential questions. But is there something more? The outward journey can be the start of an inner journey. The icon carried in the author's pocket speaks of an inner journey. At a time when many people feel confused and embrarrassed by talk about spirituality, the author puts forward powerful ideas in an eminently readable style.
978 085244 667 6 194 pages £7.99
If God Be With Us:
The Maxims of St.Philip Neri
Edited by Father F.W.Faber
978 085244296 8 80 pages £5.99
Illustrissimi
Inklings of Heaven
Sean Connolly
This work explores and systematises the eschatology of C.S.Lewis and subjects it to theological scrutiny. In particular assessing Lewis' thought in the light of Christian theological sources and uses some contemporary theological giants, especially Jurgen Moltmann and Karl Rahner. The author examines Lewis' use of metaphor and the relationship of imagination to reason within his work. Although there are many books on Lewis, there are few that make a rigorous and critical assessment of his theology, and none that examine his eschatology in depth. This book is written for academics and students of C.S.Lewis, as well as for students of theology.
978 0 85244 659 1 312 pages £17.99
Jesus and the Eucharist
Job and the Mystery of Suffering
John Henry Newman:
Snapdragon in the Wall
Jonah, The Reluctant Missionary
D.Peter Burrows
The Book of Jonah is the one book in the Bible to which Jesus refers as revealing his own understanding of his mission: "I give you one sign, the sign of Jonah." With Jonah Jesus reveals his own mind and plan, and ties his life and work firmly to the tradition of Israel, and Israel's task of making the Lord God known to the world.
This book is written on several levels. It is first of all a verse by verse commentary on the Book of Jonah, with a short prologue on how to read the Bible as parable - always and everywhere true but not using the modern criteria for truth, that is history and science. It also draws from the traditions of Jewish commentary and liturgical life. While being a thoughtful and careful commentary, it makes no claims to exhaustive exegesis or higher critical methodology. It offers, rather, a work of biblical spirituality, more akin to a Christian midrash, than biblical theology.
Jesus' sign of Jonah is in fact the sacrifice which both Jonah and Jesus make of their lives in order to save the nations (Gentiles), and this book presents a self-consciousness of Jesus as the anointed High Priest (the older priestly Messiah rather than the later kingly one). It explores the sacrifice on the cross as the liturgy of the high priest on the Day of Atonement - but, again like Jonah - a sacrifice for the nations. At the heart of the argument is the belief that the "best" Christianity is one that is engaged in loving and respectful Mission - God's mission - just as the best of Israel's life is when it is spent in accomplishing the Mission of God as the Suffering Servant of the Lord.
978 0 85244 652 2 148 pages £7.99
Keeping in Touch
Michael Ivens SJ
Whilst writing his commentary of the Spiritual Exercises Michael Ivens compiled an extensive glossary of Ignatian words and topics. Following his death this work has been completed and edited by Joseph Munitiz SJ. Here it is accompanied by some personal diary entries, his funeral homily and tributes written by his friends.
978 085244 145 9 230 pages £12.99
Labour and Justice
The Worker in Catholic Social Teaching
Gavan Duffy
An enlightening and thoroughly researched work looking at concepts of social justice and Catholic social teaching from the earliest times to the 20th Century. The Church proclaims a social system capable of caring for the poor, while ensuring the dignity and worth of every man.
978 085244 686 7 352 pages £17.99
Lauds and Vespers
Contains the texts from the Liturgy of the Hours for Lauds and Vespers for the entire liturgical year in Latin/English. The purpose of this volume is to promote the use of Latin in the Liturgy of the Hours. This new enlarged edition contains all the material in the first edition, plus texts for the seasons of Advent, Christmas, Lent and Easter, as well as a section on "How to Pray Lauds and Vespers".
0 070 4022 9 5 1,600 pages with colourful ribbon markers £35.00 hb
Letters to a Young Catholic
The Life of Mary
Edited by Inos Biffi Colour illustrations by Fanco Vignazia
This vibrantly illustrated meditation on the life of the Mother of God draws the reader into a greater appreciation of her role in the life of her son and the Church. It simply and touchingly chronicales 11 major events from the Gospels and ancient tradition, beginning with the joy of the Annunciation, through the sorrow of the Crucifixion and death of Jesus, to the glory of the Assumption.
0 85244 120 7 30 pages £5.99 hb
Living the Mystery
Monastic Markers on the Christian Way
Dom Hugh Gilbert, OSB
In this book, following the highly successful Unfolding the Mystery, Abbot Hugh reflects before his monastic brethren on some of the elements common to the life of all Christians - from baptism to the hope of eternal life. Here it is a question of Living the Mystery, that is, of allowing the revelation of Christ in us, present in the Church, to take possession of our whole life, personal and social.
978 085244 692 8 204 pages £9.99
The Lost Princess
George MacDonald
0 85244 219 X £5.99hb
Louis and Zélie Martin
The Seed and The Root of The Little Flower
Rev Paulinus Redmond
The story of Louis and Zélie is written in the form of letters to their daughter, St Thérèse of Lisieux, each letter linked to the next forming a continuous narrative. Described also are the brief lives of Thérèse's two brothers and two of her sisters. A fuller account is given of her sisters Marie, Pauline and Céline who all became Carmelite nuns, and also of Léonie who joined the Visitation Order.
1 899163 08 5 278 pages illustrated hardback £14.95 Special Offer £9.99
Love Strong as Death
The Autobiography of Fr Ronald Walls
These pages offer a valuable insight into many "nooks and crannies" of Scottish life during the 20th century. From the middle-class respectability of Edinburgh's suburbs to the idyll of Highland rural life in Logie Easter. From the friendly banter of the Glasgow tram to the evocative calm of Nunraw Abbey. Fr Ronnie's writing skill is such that the reader will soon feel quite at home in these and many other locations, and will follow with increasing interest the boy becoming a man, finding happiness in an exemplary marriage to Helen, his soul-mate, and settling down to parish ministry.
Born in Edinburgh in 1920 he began adult life as a minister in the Prebyterian Church of Scotland. In 1948, with his wife and three sons, he was received into the Catholic Church. In a road accident in 1974 he was badly injured and his wife Helen was killed. In 1977 he was ordained priest by Mario Conti, Bishop of Aberdeen.
978 085244 515 0 328 pages £12.99
Marian Apparitions, the Bible, and the Modern World
Mary: A Catholic-Evangelical Debate
Dwight Longenecker and David Gustafson
0 85244 582 2 £9.99
Mary: The Virgin Mary in the Writings of Newman
Editor: Philip Boyce
0 85244 526 6 £25.00 hb
Mary for Earth and Heaven
Essays on Mary and Ecumenism
Edited by William McLoughlin and Jill Pinnock
0 85244 556 3 £20.00
Mary for Time and Eternity
Essays on Mary and Ecumenism
Edited by William McLoughlin and Jill Pinnock
Foreword by Fances M.Young
Centres our attention at various points on the spectrum of Mary - Ecumenism: particular attention is given to the Blessed Virgin's increasing importance in the various ecumenical dialogues such as ARCIC - Anglicans with Roman Catholics, Roman Catholics with Lutherans and with Methodists, and the interdenominational Groupe des Dombes. Special attention is given to the prayed mariology of heart and mind as exemplified by both Orthodox and Catholic theologians, and is drawn also to Mary's place, not always apparent, in Protestant thought as well as in non-Christian religions.
978-085244-651-5 386 pages £20.00
Mary in the Christian Tradition
Kathleen Coyle
0 85244 380 3 £7.99
Mary is for Everyone
Essays on Mary and Ecumenism
Edited by William McLoughlin and Jill Pinnock
0 85244 429 X £17.99
The Mary of the Celts
Andrew Breeze
There has been a huge growth of interest in Celtic spirituality in recent years. This important study of Marian themes and images in medieval Welsh and Irish poetry, which explores Marian legends and traditions in art and other medieval literature, provides an unprecedented exposition of the source documents. This book is essential reading for anyone who wishes to understand the reality of Celtic devotion to Mary. It will be of certain interest to students of medieval devotion, literature and iconography, as well as the enthusiast of the Celtic spiritual experience.
978 085244 539 6 198 pages £9.99
Meister Eckhart:
The Man From Whom God Hid Nothing
Michel de Certeau or Union in Difference
George B York, II
An important introduction to the thought of Michel de Certeau (1925-1986). It emphasizes with great sensitivity, how Certeau, an authority in several disciplines, not least the history of spirituality and the sociology of religion, ultimately presents himself as the opposite of an expert. It shows the reader a humble searcher after truth who is content to acknowledge a genuine Socratic ignorance.
978 085244 684 3 124 pages £9.99
Mr.Wason...I Think
Must There Be Scapegoats?
Violence and Redemption in the Bible
0 85244 509 1 £15.99
The Mystery of Christian Marriage
Peter Jeffery CSSp
Reviewing the theology of marriage, the author reveals the riches of the sacrament, guiding the married Christian to see the presence of God in marriage and to understand both the central place of marriage in the life of the Church, and the place of the Church in the life of the family.
0 85244 622 5 288 pages £14.99
The Mystery of Creation
The Mystery of Mary
The Mystery of Reason
Mystery of the Church
Paul Haffner
Presents a global picture of the main themes of current ecclesiology. First, it deals with the institution of the Church and her essential nature. Subsequently the four hallmarks of the Church are described. Her unity and holiness are guaranteed by the sanctity of Christ her Head despite the sinfulness of her members. The catholicity of the Church is also examined from the perspective of Eastern Christendom. The apostolicity of the Church leads to a description of the Petrine Office. The Church is seen as the instrument of salvation, and her relationship with the State and with science is investigated. Finally the Church is pictured as leading to the Kingdom of God.
978-085244-133-6 332 pages £14.99
Mystical Flora of St.Francis de Sales