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11/27/2024

Journey to Bethlehem this Advent! Join Fr. Patrick Briscoe starting on Sunday, Dec. 1 for a spiritual pilgrimage to this humble and holy place in preparation for Christmas.

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This year, together as a My Daily Visitor community, we will make a spiritual pilgrimage to Bethlehem, the birthplace of our Savior. In the weeks leading to ...

09/23/2024

"Pray, hope, and don't worry." - Padre Pio

On the Feast Day of St. Pio of Pietrelcina (1887-1968), let us reflect on victim souls. Padre Pio, a beloved Capuchin priest and stigmatist, suffered intense pain of both body and soul throughout his life.

Learn more about Padre Pio and other victim souls:
https://www.simplycatholic.com/what-is-a-victim-soul/

Padre Pio, pray for us!

To speak of certain holy individuals whom we collectively call "victim souls" takes us into territory that many Christians often fail to understand: the redemptive power of human suffering. A victim soul is an individual

09/13/2024

Completely occupied by the constant care necessary for her son's medically complex situation, Theresa Kiser struggled to reconcile with the physical, emotional, social, and mental tolls it took on her family. But when she stumbled upon the devotion of the Seven Sorrows of Mary, she was surprised - and deeply relieved - to discover that Our Lady walked this caregiving road before her.

In Caring for a Loved One with Mary, you'll walk step-by-step through the Seven Sorrows of Mary, an ancient yet lesser-known Marian devotion. Theresa's story and the experiences of other Catholic caregivers demonstrate that times of suffering and limitation do not indicate a departure from God's plan. Rather, they are how he brings us to his joy, as he did for Our Lady.

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09/11/2024

The truth is most of us find the cross bitter. We’d rather not have to carry it, and we wonder why God demands it of us.

In Sweet Cross: A Marian Guide to Suffering, Laura Phelps reveals not only why suffering is a necessary part of our Christian life, but how we can learn to carry our cross without fear or complaint — and even to find that it is sweet. The secret is Mary.

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09/09/2024

It's no secret we live in a time of confusion, scandal, and chaos. Our response is often despair, hopelessness, or uncertainty of what to do next. The world, however, needs to be repaired; what is broken needs to be rebuilt. Jesus famously asked Saint Francis of Assisi to rebuild his Church. Today, so many Catholics want their lives, families, nation, and Church repaired as well.

Let Us Begin highlights the unmatched witness of Francis on how to repair the brokenness of the human heart as well as to restore a world in need of renewal. As Francis realized more than 800 years ago, personal conversion is the key to renewing our Church and our culture.

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09/07/2024

Built into our very nature is a desire to know about the world around us. The big questions of human existence are inescapable: Who am I? Why am I here, and where am I going? Why is there evil in the world? What is the meaning of life?

In Science, Reason, and Faith, Fr. Robert Spitzer, SJ, explores in depth the Bible and the intersection of three realms that the secular world tells us are separate and incompatible.

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09/05/2024

Infertility is a crisis, often silently brewing, within the fabric of our families, communities, and Church. According to the CDC, one in six couples now face a diagnosis of infertility. Infertility deeply affects the hearts and minds of couples everywhere, and we need better support and resources.

Holding Space for Joy helps women struggling with infertility make this much-needed prayer journey and offers solidarity along the way. This prayer companion presents nine concepts that helped author Mary Bruno find true peace even before she became permanently infertile. With original prayers, song suggestions, and journal prompts, this book can assist in the healing process.

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09/03/2024

Padre Pio was well known during his lifetime as a spiritual director to many souls all over the world. What if you, too, could receive his guidance and counsel? You will find just that in the treasures of his letters, written about 100 years ago to his spiritual directors and to his spiritual daughters.

Written by a Capuchin friar who served as Padre Pio's secretary in 1967, Dearest Soul offers spiritual guidance for every soul in Padre Pio's own words, drawn from those letters.

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08/30/2024

The author of a new book wants women struggling with infertility to know: You are a gift.

“That’s the key, no matter how your journey or your story unfolds, is to remember: Okay, I am a gift. I am special. I have these gifts, these talents. I am meaningful and have purpose for the world, just as I am,” Mary Bruno, the author of “Holding Space for Joy: A Prayer Companion for Women Struggling with Infertility,” told Our Sunday Visitor.

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08/28/2024

In this volume from the Fathers of the Faith series, you’ll be introduced to Saint Augustine of Hippo. Who was he? What did he teach? Where and when did he live? Why is he an important figure in the history of the Church?

In this accessible, bite-sized introduction, renowned author, speaker, and television host Mike Aquilina gives an overview of Augustine’s life as a proud North African in the fourth and fifth century. His conversion from sinful young man to Catholic priest and bishop is well known from his autobiography, Confessions.

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08/26/2024

In Confessions, Augustine tells the story of his sinful youth and conversion to Christianity. He describes his ascent from a humble farm in North Africa to a prestigious post in Milan, his struggle against his own sexuality, his renunciation of secular ambition and marriage, and the recovery of his faith. Augustine’s concerns are often strikingly contemporary, and the confessional mode he invented can be seen in writings today.

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08/23/2024

Get 15% off of our book of the month, but only through August 31!

Becoming Wife explores what it means for a woman to fulfill this vocation. Catholic wife, mother, speaker, and author Rachel Bulman shares - like a friend over a cup of coffee - how being a wife is at once a calling and a purpose.

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