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The greatest gift we have received is the Passion and Death of Our Lord.How often have we meditated upon this treasure so dearly bought for us?Learn from a saint’s reflections on the greatest act of love, and pray the stations of the Cross with a Doctor of the Church: St. Alphonsus Liguori.With this pocket-sized booklet, you will have easy access to the most beloved version of the Way of the Cross. The method of St. Alphonsus is spiritually enriching and prayerfully composed. In this booklet, all fourteen Stations of the Cross are complemented by traditional illustrations and the Stabat Mater in both Latin and English.This booklet is great for:<ul><li>Church events</li><li>Family devotions</li><li>Personal devotions</li><li>Religious Education</li><li>Youth and Young Adult Groups</li><li>And Catholic groups of any kind!</li></ul>Included with the method of St. Alphonsus in this accessible devotional are:<ul><li>A preparatory prayer</li><li>A prayer to Jesus Crucified</li><li>Steps to gain a partial or plenary indulgence</li></ul>This booklet gives you the chance to deepen your devotion to Christ Crucified no matter what you’re doing or how busy you are. Because it is compact, clearly organized, and complete with traditional prayers, it is perfect for every Catholic!

The Way of the Cross

Fr. Edward Looney reads from chapter 11 of book 5 and then comments on the five precepts of the Church, Our Lady&#39;s nudges for us to go to confession and make frequent visits to the Blessed Sacrament.

Year 2, Day 194: Volume 3, Book 5, Chapter 11, Paragraphs 129-134

Hilaire Belloc stands as one of the most important Catholic writers in English of the twentieth century. Going toe-to-toe against purveyors of modernist, irreligious, scientistic, and secularist views of the worlds in the early part of the twentieth century, he brought his immense dedication and personal willpower to his unabashedly Catholic and intensely passionate work. Running through all his thought is a dedication to the Christianized society that developed in Europe throughout the Middle Ages and that, since the Reformation and especially the Enlightenment, was in swift and grotesque decline. In this collection, entitled Essays of a Catholic, the storied Catholic writer turns his powerful mind, wide-ranging erudition, robust common sense, and supreme confidence in the Catholic Faith to a host of topics, in such essays as:"The New Paganism,""Legend,""Usury,""The Schools,""The Two Cultures of the West,""The Catholic Church and the Modern State,"And much more!Belloc's work predicted and explains much of the chaos we now witness. Although he was unable to prevent the onslaught in his own time, his wisdom as to the present crisis of decadent Western civilization provides the balm to soothe our ills—or at least the diagnosis to properly understand the horror of what has been wrought in our formerly Christian society. This brilliant work is a tonic sorely needed by Catholics today.Hilaire Belloc was born in 1870 in France to a French father and an English mother. After his Father's death, his mother took him and his sister to England to grow up. After pursuing a degree at Oxford, Hilaire became a writer and served a stint in the French military necessary to retain citizenship. He fell deeply in love with an American woman named Elodie, and after six years of suffering-laden courtship, they were finally married. Belloc continued to write for a living, serving for a time also as one of the few Catholic members of the British parliament. He became a notorious debater and essayist, and was good friends with fellow English Catholic writer G. K. Chesterton. Throughout all his work, he proclaimed one particular idea, emblematized in one of his most famous quotes: "Europe is the Faith, and the Faith is Europe." To modern observers, Belloc as staunch defender of Christ and Christendom appears eerily prescient and convincingly truthful. Essays of a Catholic will show you why.

Essays of a Catholic

Fr. Edward Looney reads from chapter 18 of book 4 and then offers a reflection on the privileges of Mary, the prayers of Jesus, and the poor approaching Our Lady.