Religious Saints

In 1892, a young man left his home in the coastal foothills of Lebanon in search of a better life. Coming to America with his newlywed wife, he found work as a traveling peddler, before settling on a small farm in central Nebraska. Years later, personal tragedy and an unexpected midnight visit from a saint changed the course of his life. Seeing the desperate need of his fellow orthodox Christians and heeding God’s call, he would spend the rest of his life traversing the Great Plains as a circuit-riding priest, known to his thousands of parishioners as Father Nicola Yanney.

Before he was the world's foremost Catholic biographer, Joseph Pearce was a leader of the National Front, a British nationalist, white supremacist group. Before he published books highlighting and celebrating the great Catholic cultural tradition, he disseminated literature extolling the virtues of the white race and calling for the banishment of all non-whites from Britain. In Race with the Devil: My Journey from Racial Hatred to Rational Love, Pearce himself takes the listener through his journey from racist revolutionary to Christian.

An insane king. His fleeing daughter. Estranged brothers, with a scarred past, risking everything to save her from a fate worse than death. Toss in a holy priest and a lovable wolfhound, and get ready for a wild race across Ireland. For the first time ever, the legend of Saint Dymphna, a 15-year old Irish princess who lived in the 7th century, is brought to life in this contemporary novel for teens. When Dymphna's mother dies, her insane father believes Dymphna is his wife. With three friends, Dymphna manages to escape, but is pursued by the king's soldiers across Ireland.

While all of us are capable of holiness, canonization is the Church’s official recognition that a particular person displayed an extraordinary degree of holiness, or devotion to God, during his or her time on Earth. There is much to be learned from the words, acts, and lives of the saints of the Roman Catholic Church. They provide undeniable examples of the best that humankind is capable of - virtues like kindness, charity, love for each other, especially for the lowest and the least among us, courage in the face of adversity, humility, and selflessness.

St. Malachy of Armagh lived in an age of turmoil, yet his life radiated holiness, reform, and unwavering devotion. Composed by his cherished friend, St. Bernard of Clairvaux, this compelling biography chronicles Malachy's extraordinary journey from his humble beginnings in Ireland to his apostolic labors, miracles, and untimely death at Clairvaux.

Choisis pour la musique de la langue de leurs auteurs, voici 15 contes narrés à deux voix pour cheminer entre truculence et tendresse du ciel. Bulle ou fil rouge selon la taille et l'ambiance, mystiques ou farceurs selon la courbe des émotions, ils vont vous ouvrir la porte de la réjouissance de Dieu car, même s'ils passent parfois par le tragique, tous finissent dans la Gloire et nous laissent méditatifs.

Poucos homens deixaram uma marca tão profunda na humanidade quanto São Francisco, o humilde monge de Assis. Neste audiolivro, Paramahamsa Prajnanananda, extraordinário mestre da Kriya Yoga que reflete as muitas qualidades divinas de São Francisco, examina os valores que o grande santo adotou para alcançar o auge da realização divina. Com beleza, sensibilidade e precisão, Prajnananandaji elabora as formas de se incorporar esses princípios em nossas vidas diárias para que possamos acelerar a nossa própria evolução espiritual.

Considerada por muchos el testamento espiritual de Miguel de Unamuno, esta pequeña obra maestra aborda la dialéctica entre la fe y la duda a través de la vida de un protosanto moderno llamado don Manuel, párroco de un pueblecito de la provincia de Zamora. Quien nos trasmite sus recuerdos de ese hombre excepcional es la última de sus discípulas, y su relato crea una auténtica tensión dramática gracias a la riqueza espiritual de los personajes.

"Le jour comme la nuit" : Mgr Patrick Chauvet. Pendant la marche vers la fête de Pâques, nous avons la possibilité de parcourir nos vies, de relire nos gestes et nos paroles, de jeter sur nous-mêmes un regard franc et profond en communion avec le Seigneur. Mgr Chauvet nous propose des applications concrètes, parfois étonnantes d'humanité.

Entre tragédias pessoais e fatos inesperados, a vida de Irmã Dulce (1914-1992) sempre foi definida por reviravoltas: filha de uma família privilegiada, ela descobriu a fé e abandonou o conforto material, deixando as angústias do povo pobre penetrarem em seu coração.

Soldat à Amiens, Martin partage son manteau pour en donner la moitié à un pauvre. Deux ans plus tard, il quitte l'armée et se met au service de Dieu. Commence l'aventure qui le conduira à devenir évêque de Tours. À sa mort, son culte se développe dans toute l'Europe. Retrouvons, en la vie exemplaire de Martin racontée par Chloé Berthier, animée par dix voix et accompagnée de plus de trente morceaux de musique classique.

Learn about the life of Saint Martin De Porres.

Although he was born in what was considered the backwaters of the Roman Empire, Saint Augustine of Hippo has long been renowned for his early religious and philosophical thought. He has been called a doctor of the Church for his unrivaled ability of patching up even the most complex of theological questions. He tackled such things as the condition of the soul and the omnipotence of God. During the course of his tenure as bishop of the North-African city of Hippo, Augustine often gained as many critics as he did followers.

Big Bang Theory vs. the Bible has a truly unique comparison between two seemingly opposite perspectives. It brings religion and science together by using the truths of the Big Bang Theory, evolution, astronomy, mathematics, statistical probabilities, and the solar system. It reconciles the calendar of the creation recorded in the Book of Genesis with the calendar of the Big Bang Theory—as the two calendars perfectly and mathematically correlate.

In 1384, a poor and illiterate peasant woman named Ermine moved to the city of Reims with her elderly husband. Her era was troubled by war, plague, and schism within the Catholic Church, and Ermine could easily have slipped unobserved through the cracks of history. After the loss of her husband, however, things took a remarkable but frightening turn. For the last 10 months of her life, Ermine was tormented by nightly visions of angels and demons.

Iconic images of medieval pilgrims, such as Chaucer's making their laborious way to Canterbury, conjure a distant time when faith was the only refuge of the ill and infirm and thousands traveled great distances to pray for healing. Why, then, in an age of advanced biotechnology and medicine, do millions still go on pilgrimages? Why do journeys to important religious shrines - such as Lourdes, Compostela, Fátima, and Medjugorje - constitute a major industry? In Miracle Cures, Robert A. Scott explores these provocative questions and finds that pilgrimage continues to offer answers for many.

Johannes Joergensen, scrittore danese convertitosi al cattolicesimo, in seguito ad un suo lungo soggiorno ad Assisi scrisse nel 1907 questa sua biografia del Santo, attenta non solo alle fonti, ma penetrata di fede e di dolcezza nelle sue descrizioni della natura. Il successo di tale lavoro gli valse la nomina di cittadino onorario di Assisi.

En canonisant le Padre Pio, Jean-Paul II reconnaissait dans le moine de Pietralcina "l'image vivante du Christ souffrant et ressuscité". Découvrez la vie édifiante de celui qui eut, dès l'âge de quatre ans, les manifestations du démon et reçut pendant cinquante ans les stigmates du Seigneur. Cette version sonore de sa vie est animée par dix voix et accompagnée de plus de trente morceaux de musique classique - Dès 8 ans - présenté dans un coffret digipak avec un livret de 16 pages.

C'est le château de Montségur, en pays cathare, qui sert de décor au récit de la vie de saint Dominique. Le fondateur de l'ordre dominicain consacra toute sa vie à défendre la foi catholique notamment auprès des cathares dont il fut l'évangélisateur. Voyagez au coeur de l'une des pages les plus mouvementées de l'histoire. Cette version sonore de la vie de Dominique est animée par huit voix et accompagnée de plus de trente morceaux de musique classique.

Ils sont douze, comme le nombre des tribus d'Israël et symbolisent le peuple de la nouvelle Alliance ; douze choisis par Jésus pour être ses compagnons et ses témoins.