Married Saints and Blesseds
Married Saints and Blesseds

Author: Ferdinand Holbock

Publisher: Ignatius Press

Published: 2017-06-21

Total Pages: 516

ISBN-13: 1681497530

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Countless saints have been priests or religious, living out lives of penance and sacrifice for the good of the Church. But many Catholics don't realize that married couples are called to holiness as well. Fr. Holböck's tells the inspiring stories of over 200 married saints and blesseds from the Virgin Mary and St. Joseph to Margaret of Scotland, King Louis of France, Thomas More, and modern examples like Gianna Molla and Louis and Zélie Martin, parents of St. Thérèse of Lisieux. The example of these holy men and women is essential to living a truly Catholic married life. Important Church documents and scripture passages are also included to further guide and enlighten the reader. Many illustrations.

Thirty Days with Married Saints
Thirty Days with Married Saints

Author: Kent Lasnoski

Publisher: Pauline Books and Media

Published: 2024-03-01

Total Pages: 182

ISBN-13: 0819875562

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30 Days with the Married Saints will help you to pray with a variety of holy married men and women of the Church—from well-known couples like Mary and Joseph to lesser-known couples like Luigi and Maria Beltrame Quattrocchi (the first couple to be beatified together). Each day contains vivid portraits of heroically virtuous married saints as well as prayers, moving reflections, questions, and practical suggestions to enrich your marriage and inspire you and your spouse on your journey of sanctity.

Modern Saints
Modern Saints

Author: Ann Ball

Publisher: TAN Books

Published: 1991-11

Total Pages: 600

ISBN-13: 1505102499

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Stories of 55 saints, beati, and holy people of the past 200 years, along with their pictures; most are actual photographs. Includes St. Gemma Galgani, St. Bernadette, St. Maria Goretti, St. John Neumann, Padre Pio, Edith Stein, St. Peter Julian Eymard, St. Frances Cabrini, St. Maximilian Kolbe, St. John Bosco, St. Dominic Savio, and many, many more. Will bring hours and hours of pleasure and entertainment to the entire family.

Blessed Among All Women
Blessed Among All Women

Author: Robert Ellsberg

Publisher: Crossroad

Published: 2007-04

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780824524395

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Ellsberg offers devotional sketches on history's greatest women and gives insight into the way that women of all faiths and backgrounds have lived out the lives of sanctity, mysticism, social justice, and world reform.

Habits for a Healthy Marriage
Habits for a Healthy Marriage

Author: Dr. Richard Fitzgibbons

Publisher: Ignatius Press

Published: 2019

Total Pages: 282

ISBN-13: 1621642410

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Drawing on his experience of forty years as a psychiatrist, Dr. Richard Fitzgibbons presents twelve habits that can foster healing and growth in Catholic marriages. This books helps couples to identify and resolve the major emotional conflicts that weaken their relationships and hurt their marriages. Habits for a Healthy Marriage is unique because it draws on the field of positive psychology, which focuses on growth in virtues. Each chapter names a common marital problem along with a particular virtue that can help couples to overcome that problem. It shows that the road to healing is paved with forgiveness, not only between spouses but also within their families of origin. Along the way the author incorporates the luminous writing of Saint John Paul II on marriage and the timeless wisdom of the Catholic Church. Whether you are newly engaged, recently married, or married for many years, the conflict-resolving strategies described in this book—the habits of a healthy marriage—can help you to protect your relationship from the emotional storms that often lead to quarrelling and mistrust, and sometimes to separation and divorce.

Blessed Are the Nones
Blessed Are the Nones

Author: Stina Kielsmeier-Cook

Publisher: InterVarsity Press

Published: 2020-09-08

Total Pages: 253

ISBN-13: 0830853375

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When her husband left Christianity several years into their marriage, Stina Kielsmeier-Cook was left struggling to live the Christian life on her own. In this memoir, she tells the story of her mixed-faith marriage and how she found unexpected community with an order of Catholic nuns, discovering that she was not "spiritually single" after all—and that no one really is.

Secular Saints
Secular Saints

Author: Joan Carroll Cruz

Publisher: Tan Books

Published: 1999-12

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780895556585

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A monumental Lives of the Saints: people who lived and died as laymen and laywomen. No priests, nuns or monks here--people who often had to overcome incredible difficulties to achieve holiness or who had committed outrageous sins prior to their conversions. Fully indexed by topic. Purposely written to inspire and encourage lay people today. Unique in Catholic literature! 800 pgs 192 Illus, PB

Blessed Among Us
Blessed Among Us

Author: Robert Ellsberg

Publisher: Liturgical Press

Published: 2016-07-07

Total Pages: 792

ISBN-13: 0814647456

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Since the early centuries, Christians have held up the saints as models of living the Gospel of Jesus Christ. While the church officially recognizes a relatively small number of saints, the actual roster is infinitely wider. Blessed Among Us explores this eclectic “cloud of witnesses”—lay and religious, single and married, canonized and not, and even non-Christians whose faith and wisdom may illuminate our path. Brought to life in the evocative storytelling of Robert Ellsberg, they inspire the moral imagination and give witness to the myriad ways of holiness. In two stories per day for a full calendar year, Ellsberg sketches figures from biblical times to the present age and from all corners of this world—ordinary figures whose extraordinary lives point to the new age in the world to come. Blessed Among Us is drawn from Ellsberg’s acclaimed column of the same name in Give Us This Day, a monthly resource for daily prayer published by Liturgical Press.