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In the last apparition of Our Lady at Fatima, October 13, 1917, Our Lady appeared as the Queen of the Holy Rosary. In one hand she held the rosary and in the other the scapular. Once she told St. Dominic that the rosary and the scapular would one day save the world. That day is today!
No doubt, the word love is the most misused and misunderstood word in American society. The word love has been used to justify crimes against God and nature. It is often considered synonymous with lust. What is love to the Christian? Father Shamon goes to great lengths to explain what love is by focusing on St. Paul's description in 1 Corinthians 13: 4-7. there are in the end three things that last: faith, hope and love, and the greatest of these is love. A beautiful guide for those seeking insight into Christian love.
Over the years there have been a number of fine books on the life of Christ. In a Graphic life of Jesus the Christ, highly acclaimed author, Rev. Albert J.M. Shamon brings us a new dimension to the world's greatest life story. Fr. Shamon covers the life of Christ from birth through the Resurrection, providing details regarding the culture into which Jesus was born, an overview of the political climate of the times, and illustrations tracing the movements and journeys of our Savior.
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Most everyone knows what prayer is, but not everyone knows how to pray. Using the messages coming from Medjugorje, Father Albert Shamon outlines Our Lady's teachings about prayer and shows how these teachings can be applied to our everyday lives.
A teaching guide to help candidates grasp the essentials of the Faith in preparation for Confirmation. This handbook for candidates and sponsors includes a straight forward discussion of morality, the nature of the Church, and the need for Confirmation. Parish DREs, high school teachers, and catechists will find the discussion questions and activities of great use to them as well. Perhaps its greatest strength is the way this book engages the teenager in a frank discussion of their culture.
Laughter is a gift from God. In fact, St. Francis de Sales used to say, A sad saint is a sorry saint. Smile Awhile is a collection of jokes that Father Shamon uses to soften up his audience while giving lectures on the Faith. This is a real knee-slapping, soup-spittin, ' fall-down-on-the-floor book full of Irish and priestly wit.
The final book of the Bible (Revelation) has been somewhat of a puzzle to many of us. In fact it has been a source of consternation down through the centuries, evoking countless interpretations and just as many misinterpretations. The Apocalypse has always seemed to denote something terrible, an evil, a devastating destruction. And what of all that symbolism?
The Rolling Stone reporter’s “fascinating . . . globe-trotting, first-person spiritual odyssey” into the Catholic Church’s investigations of reported miracles (Seattle Post-Intelligencer). In a tiny, dilapidated trailer in northeastern Oregon, a young woman saw a vision of the Virgin Mary in an ordinary landscape painting hanging on her bedroom wall. After some skepticism from the local parish, the matter was placed “under investigation” by the Catholic diocese. Investigative journalist and Rolling Stone contributor Randall Sullivan wanted to know how, exactly, one might conduct an official inquiry into such an incident. So began his eight year immersion into the world of “Mira...