St. Thomas: An Apostle Who Was Sent

by | Jul 5, 2021 | Ad maiorem Dei gloriam and the salvation of souls!, Apostles, Missions, Saints, Sanctity

Modern readers tend to see the Gospel through a filter of tradition. We see individual characters as we have been trained to see them: as the sum of the sermons preached about them. The text may present them as complex, with a variety of competing virtues and failings, but our mental shorthand reduces them to […] Source: St. Thomas: An Apostle Who Was...

Parents Of The Saints: The Hidden Heroes Behind Our Favorite Saints

by | May 11, 2021 | Ad maiorem Dei gloriam and the salvation of souls!, books, Children, Evangelization, Family MInistry, On Sale, Parenting, Saints, Salvation, Spiritual Life, Teens and Young Adults

$27.95 Author: Patrick O’Hearn Description Additional Information As parents, helping our children get to Heaven is of the utmost importance. The only other alternative is Hell, and both destinations are for eternity. As we look back through history and study the lives of the Saints, it is oftentimes easy to forget the role that the parents of these holy men and women played in their formation and ultimate salvation. In this book, discover the hidden heroes behind Sts. Faustina, Giana Molla, Josemaría Escrivá, Pope John Paul II, Maximilian Kolbe, Padre Pio, Thérèse, and countless others. Learn how over 100 parents formed their children into great Saints by way of their virtuous lives. There are seven hallmarks we can associate with the success of these saintly parents:  Sacramental Life Surrender Sacrificial love Suffering Simplicity Solitude Sacredness of Life Each chapter of this book examines a particular hallmark in depth. If we want our children to get to Heaven, there are few examples we should pay more attention to than the ones put forth here. The time is now to fulfil our vocations as parents and lead our children down the straight and narrow path to...

Saint Alphonsus, a teacher of mercy for the evangelization of the least – Vatican News

by | Mar 24, 2021 | Ad maiorem Dei gloriam and the salvation of souls!, Merciful Compassion, Pope Francis, Saints

The Pope: Saint Alphonsus, a teacher of mercy for the evangelization of the least Pope Francis sends a message on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of the proclamation of Saint Alphonsus Maria de Liguori as a Doctor of the Church. By Vatican News staff reporter In a message to the Rev. Fr. Michael Brehl, C.Ss.R., Superior General of the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer (Redemptorists) and Moderator General of the Alphonsian Academy, Pope Francis writes that 150 years on from this “joyous anniversary,” the example of Saint Alfonsus “vigorously indicates the main road to bring consciences closer to the welcoming face of the Father, because the salvation that God offers us is the work of his mercy.” Advocate of the most vulnerable The Pope notes that this Doctor of the Church was a “listener,” a teacher of mercy and a person who welcomed “the fragility of the most spiritually abandoned men and women.” Allowing himself to be challenged by life itself, says the Pope,  Saint Alphonsus was also an “advocate of the least, the fragile and those discarded by the society of his time.”   The path this Saint chose to tread, writes Pope Francis, led him...