The 10 Commandments for Everyday Life
“The realization of a vocation came to me out of the blue,” writes Fr. Max Oliva in The Ten Commandments for Everyday Life. I was 24 years old, had a full social life, was driving the car of my dreams…
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Friday Favourites: The Reluctant Disciple
“It is always a privilege to be invited to speak at a conference,” David Wells says in his newest book The Reluctant Disciple, especially when it is in the province of Alberta in Canada. When I first went there someone listened…
Friday Favourites: Martin Sheen (People of God series)
Martin Sheen has a bit part in Selma. He’s not credited and he’s only in one scene, but it’s definitely him. He plays Judge Frank Minis Johnson, who holds the hearing that finally allows the Selma to Montgomery march to…
Living the Ten Commandments Each Day
In an age where all morality seems relative, is there still a place for the Ten Commandments? Can their unrelenting insistence that some things are right and some are wrong still teach us anything today? Jesuit Father Max Oliva thinks…
Friday Favourites: Óscar Romero: Love Must Win Out
Love Must Win Out opens with the assassination of Óscar Romero, and it has all the elements of a thriller: secret teams of gunmen in silent cars, the archbishop lifting the host above his head in grave prayer, the shot…
Tips on Becoming a Missional Parish
Our friends at Salt and Light TV recently posted a fantastic review of Fr. James Mallon’s recently published book, Divine Renovation. Mallon’s book is one of our bestselling books from last season. If you haven’t read it yet, order yours today…
Friday Favourites: The Unquiet Monk
It’s impossible to talk about Thomas Merton, the subject of this book, like some kind of expert. I know that he’s an important philosopher and theologian in Catholicism: there are so many books coming out about him this season, so…
Friday Favourites: Divine Renovation
Last week, at our annual Living With Christ dinner and lecture, it was snowing hard. It was snowing really hard: huge gusts of wind, thick heavy flakes falling to blanket the streets with wet slush. And I am astounded and…
Prayers and Rituals for the Home
“I am well aware that the material in this book is only a smattering of what family prayer can entail,” says Kathy Hendricks in the closing pages of her book: “Some of it will fit your family while other parts…
Prepare for Christmas: Books for the Advent Season
Daylight comes late and ends early in November. The cooling temperatures and shorter days are harbingers of the looming winter, but also of the spiritual season of Advent. This pre-Christmas period is a time of preparation, of “making straight” the…