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Saints of the Roman Calendar PaperbackSince the choice of heroes, models and leaders can have a lasting effect on the development of one's personality and life, the Church has always placed before the eyes of the faithful the example of holiness set by the saints. In the first Preface of the Mass for Holy Men and Women we read: "In their lives on earth you give us an example. In our communion with them you give us their friendship. In their prayer for the Church you give us strength and...

The two-volume set includes Volume One: New Daily Homilies for each day in Ordinary Time, and Volume Two: Seasonal and Sanctoral Cycle covering Advent, Christmas, Lent, and Easter along with selected memorials of the Saints through the year.

Ideally suited for private personal meditation as well as for use in the priest’s regular preparation of short daily homilies for Year Two of the liturgical year, these reflections provide excellent practical applications to the spiritual growth of all the participants at daily Mass. Based on the daily readings from the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass they have been designed for an average weekday congregation and mirror the very best in modern, up-to-date scholarship. This two-volume set includes:...

Author: S. Joseph KrempaCopyright: 2009First Printed: 12-11-2009 Captured Fire: New Daily Homilies, Year TwoCaptured Fire: Seasonal and Sanctoral Cycle, Year Two About the Author: Father S. Joseph Krempa, pastor of Sacred Heart of Jesus church in Winchester, Virginia received his law degree from George Washington University in 1981 and was admitted to the bar in Washington, DC in 1982. He has prior degrees from the State University of New York at Buffalo, the University of Notre Dame and St....

These brief and practical reflections for the Sundays an Holy Days of Cycle A, B, and C are ideally suited for the priest’s regular preparation of homilies, as well as for private personal meditation. Homilists who have made Fr. Krempa’s earlier series of Daily Homilies one of Alba House’s greatest successes will not want to miss these new reflections. Captured Fire – Cycle ACaptured Fire – Cycle BCaptured Fire – Cycle C 3 Books: 540 pages ...

What are the essentials of Roman Catholic doctrine and spirituality? This work takes a detailed look at the most relevant facets and dynamics of such subjects as liturgy, the Mass, prayer, the saints, angels, demons, the Blessed Mother, the Church calendar, the liturgical seasons, apparitions, the supernatural, the "faith and works" argument, the specifics of spiritual warfare, sacramentals, indulgences, and much, much more. What is just as important, the author writes in much the same way as...