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Seven faceless saints volume 2
Pub. Date
2024.
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After bringing Roz's father's murderer to justice, she and Damian Venturi travel north to Brechaat to save their friends while protecting Ombrazia from a new and dangerous magic which seems to be personally affecting Damian...or whatever is inside him.
3) Menewood
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Hild sequence volume 2
Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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"In the much-anticipated sequel to Hild, Nicola Griffith's Menewood transports readers back to seventh-century Britain, a land of rival kings and religions poised for epochal change"-- Hild is no longer the bright child who made a place in Edwin Overking's court with her seemingly supernatural insight. She is eighteen, honed and tested, the formidable Lady of Elmet, now building her personal stronghold in the valley of Menewood. But Edwin needs his...
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Today, most Catholics would be surprised to learn of the long history of scholarship and devotion regarding St. Joseph.
Every Catholic should understand the indispensable role that St. Joseph played in the life of the Blessed Virgin and in the life of the Son of God. The humble carpenter, loving husband, and holy father is always interceding on our behalf.
The Life and Glories of Saint Joseph will teach you how to know, love, and imitate the...
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In the battle for our children's souls, Catholic parents have a key advantage over the world: our children were made for heaven. God willed us to exist now-in a world that celebrates sin as virtue and punishes Christians as "haters"-as part of His merciful plan. Unbreakable helps Catholic parents raise strong children able to resist the soul-endangering temptation to "get along" to "get ahead" in the world.
Recognizing that what occupies our children's...
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In his illustrious life, Saint Sebastian was the senior commanding officer of the elite forces for the greatest military power on the planet-the Roman Empire. By his glorious death, he became a commander in the greatest military power in the universe-the communion of saints of the Roman Catholic Church.
Throughout the Church's history, countless martyrs have offered their lives to Christ rather than deny Him. One of the most revered is Saint Sebastian,...
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Learn from one of the Church's great mystics, Saint Frances of Rome. In this book, she narrates her visions to her spiritual director, Canon Giovanni Matteoni. He records her visions of the geography of hell and the state of limbo. She describes the punishments for various sins such as perverts, usurers, blasphemers, traitors, murderers, apostates, schismatics, incestuous people, witches and more. She also talks about the particular torments due to...
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En esta obra, Antonio Montes Orozco nos explica cómo madurar nuestra fe hasta unos niveles que nos den paz para vivir, descubriendo las ventajas de estar junto a Jesús. Dichas ventajas conllevan:
Saber que nos salvaremos.
Saber que las decisiones que tomemos serán las acertadas.
Recibir algún milagro que otro.
Tener solvencia económica.
Librarnos de alguna enfermedad.
Dar sentido a nuestra vida.
Poder ayudar a los que nos rodean.
Tener...
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In this work, Antonio Montes Orozco explains how to mature our Faith to levels that give us peace to live, discovering the advantages of being with Jesus. These advantages entail:
Knowing that we will be saved.
Knowing that the decisions we make will be the right ones.
Receiving some miracles.
Having economic solvency.
Getting rid of some diseases.
Giving meaning to our life.
Being able to help those around us.
Having the necessary knowledge to understand...
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Foreword by the Publisher
In the Christian tradition the Patericon is a collection of short stories which contains the description of the lives, spiritual practices and, sometimes, teachings of the Christian practitioners, monks or ascetics. Their experiences on the Path to finding God in their hearts has been a great help to thousands of practitioners who have followed the spiritual Path, strengthening their spirit, protecting them from dangers...
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A Worldwide Educational VisionMadeleine Sophie Barat, a child of pre-revolutionary France, became the founder of a congregation of Catholic sisters who developed a tradition of education that continues today worldwide.
She and her sisters saw in the solid education of women a means of restoring French society devastated by the Revolution, and she saw dedication to the love of God symbolized by the heart of Christ as the basis of that education....
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"The Woman Who Is Always Praying"
Two hundred years ago, Rose Philippine Duchesne set out across the Atlantic to establish the Society of the Sacred Heart and educate the children in the new world. Opening the first Catholic school west of the Mississippi, Mother Duchesne, known as "the woman who prays always," crossed frontiers to bring faith, love, and education to the world.
From a convent in France to the frontier of the New World....a...
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The amazing life of Blessed Nicholas Factor tells of a miracle working saint from the 16th century. As a child of five, Nicholas already manifested signs of his future sanctity. He fasted three times a week and gave the food he did not touch to the poor. With cheerful words he comforted the sick, and on visiting the leper hospital, he would at times kiss the wounds of the afflicted persons. A Moorish maid in his home was so affected at the conduct...
14) Why Can the Dead Do Such Great Things?: Saints and Worshippers from the Martyrs to the Reformation
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"Winner of the 2015 Otto Gründler Book Prize, The Medieval Institute of Western Michigan University" "Winner of the 2013 PROSE Award in European and World History, Association of American Publishers" Robert Bartlett is professor of mediaeval history at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland.
A sweeping, authoritative, and entertaining history of the Christian cult of the saints from its origin to the Reformation
From its earliest centuries,...
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[2014]
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"A secret from a grim page of American history threatens to destroy thousands of lives. Gwen Marcey was tops in her forensic field. Then cancer struck, her husband left, and her teenage daughter engaged in active rebellion. Gwen's best chance to start a new life was a temporary job in Utah reconstructing faces from an 1857 massacre site.The Mountain Meadows Interpretative Center asked Gwen to reconstruct the faces of three intact bodies that were...
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An introduction to St. Francis's life and his most profound teachings of faith
St. Francis of Assisi is one of the most venerated Christian figures, and his profound teachings, deep love of nature, and commitment to simplicity have resonated with generations of followers. St. Francis of Assisi, the latest title in the Essential Wisdom Library, offers a simple and universal introduction to Francis's life, his key teachings, and the spiritual practices...
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The first historical appraisal of the astonishing life and times of a controversial twentieth-century saint.
Padre Pio is one of the world's most beloved holy figures, more popular in Italy than the Virgin Mary and even Jesus. His tomb is the most visited Catholic shrine anywhere, drawing more devotees than Lourdes. His miraculous feats included the ability to fly and to be present in two places at once; an apparition of Padre Pio in midair prevented...
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One of only two patron saints of Italy, the other being St. Francis of Assisi, St. Catherine was ahead of her time. As a political powerhouse in late 14th century Europe, a time of war, social unrest and one of the worst natural disasters of all time-the plague, she worked for peace between Christians while campaigning for a holy crusade against Muslims. She was illiterate but grew into a great writer by dictating to assistants. She was frail and...
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Utilizing both words and images this book animates the lives of a selection of holy men who labored on the North American continent in the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries to give birth to the Orthodox Church in the United States, Canada, and Mexico. Some of these have been formally glorified as saints and others may yet be. This book is much more than a simple historical account or retelling of their lives and particular service in North America:...
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Français
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Issue de l'intelligentsia de Saint-Pétersbourg, exilée à Paris après le renversement du tsar, Marie Skobtsov (1891-1945), née Élisabeth Pilenko, est passée d'un quasi athéisme au don total de soi à Dieu. Devenue moniale après deux mariages et trois maternités, elle a consacré sa vie aux pauvres et aux plus fragiles, en particulier aux émigrés russes en France, considérant que la seule chose importante était de voir en l'homme l'image...
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