{"title":"New Releases | 2025","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"saint-margaret-of-cortona","title":"Saint Margaret of Cortona","description":"\u003cp\u003eBy François Mauriac\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e“Where sin abounded, grace did more abound.” \u003c\/b\u003eA mistress at the age of seventeen, a mystic at her death, Saint Margaret of Cortona exemplifies these words of Saint Paul. Born in 1247 to a farming family in the village of Laviano, Margaret was just seven years old when her mother died, leaving her headstrong and restless daughter without the steadying influence her character and temperament needed. At seventeen, Margaret took a lover who promised her marriage but provided her only an illegitimate son. After nine years, Margaret’s life was upended when her child’s father was found murdered. Struck to the heart with the magnitude of her sins and the fleeting nature of mortality, Margaret henceforth devoted herself to prayer and penance; in 1277, she was received into the Third Order of Saint Francis and devoted herself to caring for Cortona’s poor and sick until her death in 1297.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eFrom the sanguine pen of François Mauriac comes the riveting account of a great sinner and even greater saint, whose recklessness in sin was outdone only by her zeal in devotion to the Crucified One who had saved her. First published in English in 1948, \u003ci\u003eSaint Margaret of Cortona \u003c\/i\u003eshows its subject as a living person, a poor one made rich by the merciful love of the heavenly Bridegroom.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eLord, Thou hast struck my heart with Thy words and I have loved Thee. \u003c\/i\u003e(Saint Augustine of Hippo)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p3\" style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eI neither seek nor wish for aught but Thee, my Lord Jesus. \u003c\/i\u003e(Saint Margaret of Cortona)\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrançois Mauriac \u003c\/b\u003e(1885–1970) was a French Catholic novelist, essayist, and critic. Critically acclaimed and respected, he received the Grand Prix du roman de l’Académie française, the Grand Cross of the Légion d’honneur, and the 1952 Nobel Prize in Lit­erature. Best-known, in English, among his many works are \u003ci\u003eA Kiss for the Leper\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThérése\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eVipers’ Tangle\u003c\/i\u003e—all available from Cluny.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\" class=\"p1\"\u003e* * *\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback:\u003c\/strong\u003e 166pp.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan data-sheets-root=\"1\"\u003e978-1685954383\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cluny Media","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47717443436763,"sku":"978-1685954383","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0458\/2329\/5645\/files\/ProductImages_5.5x8.5--1426.jpg?v=1760368577"},{"product_id":"the-mystery-of-the-kingdom","title":"The Mystery of the Kingdom","description":"\u003cp\u003eBy Ronald Knox\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhen John the Baptist appears, \u003c\/b\u003eannouncing that the kingdom is at hand, he demands a particular response. When Jesus himself begins to proclaim the Gospel, he repeats that demand: “Jesus began to preach: \u003ci\u003eRepent, he said, the kingdom of heaven is at hand.\u003c\/i\u003e”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eA strange command, to do penance and pursue perfection, given that its inspiration is a mystery. Knowledge of this mystery demands clues; Jesus provides these clues in the form of famous parables and enduring images. In the seventeen sermons of \u003ci\u003eThe Mystery of the Kingdom\u003c\/i\u003e, Monsignor Ronald Knox examines these parables and images. The first series of sermons reflects on the parables as a whole, with uniform principles of interpretation and a firm foundation in Catholic doctrine of the Church and of human salvation thrown into relief against a background of Jewish Messianic speculation. The second series convenes the principal actors in Christ’s Passion, under headings suggested by the parable of the Sower.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003eFaithful to the spirit and the letter of Scripture, dexterous in interpretation, and decisively effective in preaching, Knox’s \u003ci\u003eThe Mystery of the Kingdom \u003c\/i\u003e(originally published in 1928) proclaims the mystery of Christ and sets forth a standard for living and loving the Christian life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding-left: 40px;\" class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eJesus answered him: Believe me when I tell thee this—\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003ea man cannot see the kingdom of God without being born anew.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e(The Gospel of John)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eRonald Knox\u003c\/b\u003e (1888–1957) was an English Catholic priest, theologian, and author, and one of the most prominent twentieth-century converts from Anglicanism to Cath­olicism. Best known for his contemporary English translation of the Scriptures (the “Knox Bible”), he wrote numerous works of apologetics and collections of ser­mons, retreat conferences, and lectures, as well as six detective novels.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\" class=\"p1\"\u003e* * *\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback:\u003c\/strong\u003e 198pp.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan data-sheets-root=\"1\"\u003e978-1685954536\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cluny Media","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47719315964123,"sku":"978-1685954536","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0458\/2329\/5645\/files\/Product247.jpg?v=1760385435"},{"product_id":"philosophy-of-religion","title":"Philosophy of Religion","description":"\u003cp\u003eBy Fulton J. Sheen\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eFor his first mission as a priest, \u003c\/b\u003eFulton J. Sheen sought wisdom. Ordained a priest in 1919, he studied philosophy—first at the Catholic University of America and then at the Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium, earning his doctorate with distinction in 1923. These studies, steeped in the wisdom of the Angelic Doctor, would serve him in great stead over the course of his priestly life, informing his preaching, teaching, and writing with the power of distinction and force of clarity. In \u003ci\u003ePhilosophy of Religion\u003c\/i\u003e, Sheen recalls the philosophical world to the value of reason and its relationship with religion. With assurance and conviction, Sheen examines modernity’s problems with reason and religion: first, the history of the abandonment of reason and the final descent into irrationalism; second, a recall to the right use of reason in discovering the existence and nature of God; third, a study of the impact of the physical and historical sciences on religion; and fourth, the value of the new approach to religion from man instead of nature.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003eFirst published in 1948, twenty-five years after Sheen’s reception of the Catholic Uni­versity of Louvain’s prestigious Cardinal Mercier Prize for International Philosophy, \u003ci\u003ePhilosophy of Religion: The Impact of Modern Knowledge on Religion \u003c\/i\u003eis a competent affirmation of the validity and transcendent power of reason not only to know the truth but also to believe and love its very Source.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eReligion would seem to take its name from reading over those things which\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003ebelong to Divine worship because we ought frequently to ponder over such\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003ethings in our hearts, according to Proverbs, “In all thy ways think on Him.”\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e(Saint Thomas Aquinas)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eFulton J. Sheen \u003c\/b\u003e(1895–1979) was one of the most renowned Catholic priests of the twentieth century. An eminent scholar, prolific author, and natural entertainer, Sheen provided insight into the truth and beauty of the Catholic faith for millions around the world through his scores of books and countless radio and television programs. 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In the words of the Book of Job: “Blessed is the man whom God correcteth: refuse not therefore the chastising of the Lord.” In \u003ci\u003ePurgatory: Threshold of the Kingdom\u003c\/i\u003e, Marie René-Bazin casts light on the state of the Holy Souls in Purgatory and their needs in the eyes of God. Those needs are best expressed by that ancient prayer: “Grant them, O Lord, eternal rest, and may perpetual light shine upon them.” To enter into rest, one’s work must be complete; to behold the light, one’s blindness must be cured. Purgatory, by fire, water, or whatever mysterious means God has ordained, accomplishes this.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eFirst published in English in 1957, with an Introduction by Monsignor Ronald Knox, \u003ci\u003ePurgatory: Threshold of the Kingdom \u003c\/i\u003eweaves a wealth of instruction and insight from Scripture, the saints, and the treasury of tradition into a series of evocative poems and imaginative fables that illuminate the mystery of Purgatory.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eBefore the Final Judgment, there is a purifying fire. \u003c\/i\u003e(Saint Gregory the Great)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\" style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Lord thy God is a consuming fire. In truth, the fire which is God,\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003econsumes to be sure, but it does not destroy. It burns sweetly. \u003c\/i\u003e(Saint Bernard)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eMarie René-Bazin\u003c\/b\u003e (1883–1970) was a French Catholic author. Finding critical and popular success with her writings, she was awarded the French Academy’s Prix Juteau-Duvigneaux, Prix Louis-Paul-Miller, and Prix Montyon—the last, awarded to works “recommended for their character of moral elevation and usefulness,” for \u003ci\u003ePurgatory\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eRonald Knox \u003c\/b\u003e(1888–1957) was an English Catholic priest, theologian, and author of numerous books, many of which are now available from Cluny.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\" class=\"p1\"\u003e* * *\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback:\u003c\/strong\u003e 140pp.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan data-sheets-root=\"1\"\u003e978-1685954390\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cluny Media","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47719333101787,"sku":"978-1685954390","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0458\/2329\/5645\/files\/Product248.jpg?v=1760385885"},{"product_id":"the-vatican-council-volume-i","title":"The Vatican Council, Volume I","description":"\u003cp\u003eBy Cuthbert Butler, O.S.B.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe First Vatican Council \u003c\/b\u003eis a landmark in the history of the Catholic Church. Not since the momentous Council of Trent, held from 1545 to 1563, had a pope invoked his apostolic authority to open an ecumenical council, as Pope Pius IX did on December 8, 1869, in St. Peter’s Basilica. In 1869 as in 1545, storms buffeted the Barque of the Church, threatening to subvert and submerge its mission. To confront and refute errors which fueled the storms of modernity: this was the mission of the Council.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eTo tell the story of that mission and appraise its success is the work of Cuthbert Butler in his two-volume study, \u003ci\u003eThe Vatican Council\u003c\/i\u003e, based on on the letters of the Benedictine monk and bishop, William Ullathorne, whose attendance at the Council produced reams upon reams of detailed correspondence. From these letters, Butler develops an absorbing account of the Council and of the men who took part in it, their hopes, fears, and motivations, and their efforts to accomplish that mission of teaching and defending Catholic truth and condemning error—as they understood it to be.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eOriginally published in 1930, Butler’s account was the first to appear in English, and its two volumes quickly became the subject’s standard. The book of a generation, in the words of Francis Augustine Walsh, O.S.B., \u003ci\u003eThe Vatican Council \u003c\/i\u003egives a comprehensive, living, and faithful account of this landmark event in Church history.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eIn this Ecumenical Council, supported by the Word of God written and handed down as we received it from the Catholic Church, preserved with sacredness and set forth according to truth, we have determined to profess and declare the salutary teaching of Christ from this Chair of Peter… \u003c\/em\u003e(Dei Filius, \u003ci\u003eDogmatic Constitution on the Catholic Faith\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eCuthbert Butler, O.S.B. \u003c\/b\u003e(1858–1934) was an Irish monk of the Order of St. Benedict and a Church historian. 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Not since the momentous Council of Trent, held from 1545 to 1563, had a pope invoked his apostolic authority to open an ecumenical council, as Pope Pius IX did on December 8, 1869, in St. Peter’s Basilica. In 1869 as in 1545, storms buffeted the Barque of the Church, threatening to subvert and submerge its mission. To confront and refute errors which fueled the storms of modernity: this was the mission of the Council.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eTo tell the story of that mission and appraise its success is the work of Cuthbert Butler in his two-volume study, \u003ci\u003eThe Vatican Council\u003c\/i\u003e, based on on the letters of the Benedictine monk and bishop, William Ullathorne, whose attendance at the Council produced reams upon reams of detailed correspondence. From these letters, Butler develops an absorbing account of the Council and of the men who took part in it, their hopes, fears, and motivations, and their efforts to accomplish that mission of teaching and defending Catholic truth and condemning error—as they understood it to be.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eOriginally published in 1930, Butler’s account was the first to appear in English, and its two volumes quickly became the subject’s standard. The book of a generation, in the words of Francis Augustine Walsh, O.S.B., \u003ci\u003eThe Vatican Council \u003c\/i\u003egives a comprehensive, living, and faithful account of this landmark event in Church history.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eIn this Ecumenical Council, supported by the Word of God written and handed down as we received it from the Catholic Church, preserved with sacredness and set forth according to truth, we have determined to profess and declare the salutary teaching of Christ from this Chair of Peter… \u003c\/em\u003e(Dei Filius, \u003ci\u003eDogmatic Constitution on the Catholic Faith\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eCuthbert Butler, O.S.B. \u003c\/b\u003e(1858–1934) was an Irish monk of the Order of St. Benedict and a Church historian. Abbot of Downside Abbey (1906–1922), Butler was also an accomplished author, contributing over fifty articles on monasticism and saints for the \u003ci\u003eEncyclopedia Britannica \u003c\/i\u003e(1911); his books include \u003ci\u003eWestern Mysticism \u003c\/i\u003e(1922), \u003ci\u003eReligions of Authority and the Religion of the Spirit \u003c\/i\u003e(1930), and his best-known work, the two-volume \u003ci\u003eThe Vatican Council \u003c\/i\u003e(1930).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e* * *\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback:\u003c\/strong\u003e 306pp.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan data-sheets-root=\"1\"\u003e978-1685954413\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cluny Media","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47719368392923,"sku":"978-1685954413","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0458\/2329\/5645\/files\/ProductImages_5.5x8.5--1441.jpg?v=1760387616"},{"product_id":"the-story-of-saint-nicholas","title":"The Story of Saint Nicholas","description":"\u003cp\u003eBy Mildred Corell Luckhardt\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eChristmas is the feast of giving. \u003c\/b\u003eOn the first Christmas, God gave the human race His only-begotten Son, Jesus Christ. And thereupon came three kings from the East, bearing gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003eTo a third-century young boy named Nicholas, this generosity was marvelous—wonderful treasures offered by men who did not give their own names, but only returned quietly to their homes.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eIn time, he would follow their example. As a bishop, Nicholas of Myra secretly gave away many gifts. Like the Magi, he knew that the right response to God’s perfect generosity is to give good gifts in our turn: first to God, with loving praise and thanksgiving, and then to one another, with tokens of kindness, affection, and Christian charity.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e“Every best gift, and every perfect gift, is from above,  coming down from the Father of lights.” \u003c\/i\u003e(Epistle of Saint James)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eIllustrated by Gordon Laite and based on a wide reading of history and legend, Mildred Corell Luckhardt’s \u003ci\u003eThe Story of Saint Nicholas\u003c\/i\u003e is an absorbing account of the Wonderworker’s life and deeds, to which is added a summary of the legends and their fruits—most popular among which (of course) is Santa Claus.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eFirst published in 1960, \u003ci\u003eThe Story of Saint Nicholas \u003c\/i\u003eis a proper introduction to the saint whose silent giving, faithful first to the wondrous gift of God’s Incarnation, has inspired Christmas joy down through the ages.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p3\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eMildred Corell Luckhardt \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e(1898–1990) was an American Christian author, educator, and lyricist. Luckhardt wrote and edited over a dozen books, including \u003ci\u003eChristmas Comes Once More: Stories and Poems for the Holiday Season \u003c\/i\u003e(1962) and \u003ci\u003eThanksgiving: Feast and Festival \u003c\/i\u003e(1966). Her 1964 story \u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(188, 148, 78);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ca style=\"color: rgb(188, 148, 78);\" href=\"https:\/\/clunymedia.com\/collections\/allta\/products\/good-king-wenceslas\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eGood King Wenceslas\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eis now available from Cluny in its ALLTA Collection.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\" class=\"p1\"\u003e* * *\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHardcover: \u003c\/strong\u003e128pp.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p3\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 978-1685954444\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p3\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(255, 128, 0);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(188, 148, 78);\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/clunymedia.com\/collections\/allta\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: rgb(188, 148, 78);\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eALLTA Collection\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/clunymedia.com\/collections\/allta\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: rgb(255, 128, 0);\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e | \u003cem\u003eBook Seven\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cluny Media","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47879232454875,"sku":"978-1685954444","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0458\/2329\/5645\/files\/ProductImages_5.5x8.5--1445.jpg?v=1761832316"},{"product_id":"secrets-of-the-saints","title":"Secrets of the Saints","description":"\u003cp\u003eBy Henri Ghéon | Afterword by G. K. Chesterton\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe secret of the saints \u003c\/b\u003eis simple and straightforward: they love God. This, holds Henri Ghéon, is the measure of their greatness—regardless of whether they know it surely or catch merely an odd or occasional glimpse of it during their journey through this valley of tears. \u003ci\u003eSecrets of the Saints \u003c\/i\u003eoffers vivid presentations of the lives of four faithful servants of Christ and His Church: John-Marie Vianney, the Curé d’Ars and pastor par excellence; Thérèse Martin of Lisieux, the Little Flower and author of the “Little Way” of following Jesus Christ; Margaret Mary Alacoque, the disciple of the Sacred Heart of Jesus; and John Bosco, priest, patron, and educator of youth. Thanks to Ghéon’s dramatic gifts, the saints practically leap off the page—their lives, their personalities, their very selves, evident as tangible, exciting, and salvific testimonies to the grace of God and the power of men and women to co-operate with the same.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003eIn the words of F. J. Sheed, Ghéon saw the mysteries of the faith, not simply as doctrines proposed for belief, but as “plain ever-present facts.” Animated by this vision, \u003ci\u003eSecrets of the Saints \u003c\/i\u003eaccomplishes the mission which its author held for all his work: “the restoration of the conversation between heaven and earth.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eOf all great hearts, the greatest is still the heart of a saint.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eFor it wants to contain not only its neighbour, strangers,\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eall suffering, sinful, warring humanity—but God Himself. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e(Henri Ghéon)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eHenri Ghéon \u003c\/b\u003e(1875–1944) was a French Catholic doctor and author. While serving for the Red Cross in World War I, Ghéon returned to the Catholic faith he had abandoned as a teenager. After the War, he devoted himself to reviving Christian art, founding the theatrical group Companions of Our Lady (for which he wrote sixty plays) and writing poetry, novels, and lives of the saints.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\" class=\"p1\"\u003e* * *\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback:\u003c\/strong\u003e 378pp.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan data-sheets-root=\"1\"\u003e978-1685954451\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cluny Media","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47879883849947,"sku":"978-1685954451","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0458\/2329\/5645\/files\/ProductImages_5.5x8.5--1455.jpg?v=1761840806"},{"product_id":"literary-distractions","title":"Literary Distractions","description":"\u003cp\u003eBy Ronald Knox\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e“The written word \u003c\/b\u003ewas but the score of a musical composition; there must be no sentence which was not worthy of being read aloud.” Monsignor Ronald Knox wrote these words in homage to Robert Louis Stevenson. Well might he have written them of himself, for the principles he proposes were invariably brought to life in his own writing: his sermons, retreat conferences, detective stories, Scripture translations—and the seventeen essays in \u003ci\u003eLiterary Distractions\u003c\/i\u003e. Focused on figures and matters of literary interest, the volume includes the famous “Detective Stories,” enshrining the “Ten Commandments of Detective Fiction,” and the essential “On English Translation”; tributes to Chesterton, Pascal, and Stevenson; studies of Crashaw and Johnson\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eand as well as Trollope’s novels and Belloc’s verse; tangents on “A Neglected Poet,” “The Man Who Tried to Convert the Pope,” and “The Ingoldsby Legends”; and equally witty and insightful reflections on “Going On Pilgrimage,” “Birmingham Revisited,” and “French with Tears.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003eCompiled by Evelyn Waugh and first published in 1958, just months after Knox’s death at the age of sixty-nine, the essays in \u003ci\u003eLiterary Distractions \u003c\/i\u003eare of unremitting quality, each one as marvelously amusing as it is exquisitely written.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding-left: 40px;\" class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eNobody wrote the scholarly but relaxed literary essay more gracefully, or with happier wit and humor, when his subject inspired him, than Ronald Knox. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e(Vincent Starrett)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eRonald Knox \u003c\/b\u003e(1888–1957) was an English Catholic priest, theologian, and author, and one of the most prominent twentieth-century converts from Anglicanism to Catholicism. Best known for his contemporary English translation of the Scriptures (the “Knox Bible”), he wrote numerous works of apologetics and collections of ser­mons, retreat conferences, and lectures, as well as six detective novels.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e* * *\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback:\u003c\/strong\u003e 270pp.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan data-sheets-root=\"1\"\u003e978-1685954468\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cluny Media","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47880094515419,"sku":"978-1685954468","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0458\/2329\/5645\/files\/ProductImages_5.5x8.5--1447.jpg?v=1761840942"},{"product_id":"manalive","title":"Manalive","description":"\u003cp\u003eBy G. K. Chesterton\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eA high wind springs up one day in London, \u003c\/b\u003ehaving in it something more inspired and authoritative even than the old wind of the proverb—for it was the good wind that blows nobody harm. Arriving on the back of this wind at Beacon House, Innocent Smith quickly introduces to its inhabitants an air of excitement, of mirth, and of wonder. Buoyed and buffeted alike by this air, those in Smith’s fellowship are forced to examine life in a new light, encountering the enigma of Smith and his fresh, perhaps even holy, foolishness, and entreating him for explanation. When enigma does give way to explanation, it does so with an explosive force that both shatters deception and illusion and sheds brilliant light on the power of innocence.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e“\u003ci\u003eThe glory of God is man alive.\u003c\/i\u003e” Easy enough as they are to exclaim, these words of Saint Irenaeus are yet difficult to plumb to their depths. Innocent Smith, however, is game to take up the challenge. In telling the story of \u003ci\u003eManalive\u003c\/i\u003e, Chesterton offers a practically irresistible invitation to join in the awesome, almost wild, merriment of that sport.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003eCompiled by Evelyn Waugh and first published in 1958, just months after Knox’s death at the age of sixty-nine, the essays in \u003ci\u003eLiterary Distractions \u003c\/i\u003eare of unremitting quality, each one as marvelously amusing as it is exquisitely written.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e“Innocent Smith’s principle can be quite simply stated: he refuses to die while he is still alive. He seeks to remind himself, by every electric shock to the intellect, that he is still a man alive, walking on two legs about the world.”\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eGilbert Keith Chesterton \u003c\/b\u003e(1874–1936) was an immensely prolific English writer, poet, and journalist. A convert to the Catholic faith, he is best known for his infl­u­ential works in apologetics, such as \u003ci\u003eOrthodoxy\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHeretics\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Everlasting Man\u003c\/i\u003e; his fascinating novels, like \u003ci\u003eThe Man Who Was Thursday\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Napoleon of Notting Hill\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Ball and the Cross\u003c\/i\u003e; and his ingenious Father Brown detective stories.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\" class=\"p1\"\u003e* * *\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback:\u003c\/strong\u003e 214pp.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan data-sheets-root=\"1\"\u003e978-1685954475\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cluny Media","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47880279556315,"sku":"978-1685954475","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0458\/2329\/5645\/files\/ProductImages_5.5x8.5--1451.jpg?v=1761841138"},{"product_id":"whence-come-wars","title":"Whence Come Wars","description":"\u003cp\u003eBy Fulton J. Sheen\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eWar always begins from within, \u003c\/b\u003efrom the heart of man. Before forces are mustered, weapons amassed, or battlelines drawn, the conflict has already arisen; the material and physical fighting and destruction which follow are but the extension of this initial, spiritual rebellion. “Man revolting against God,” declares Fulton J. Sheen, “is the miniature of the war of man revolting against his fellowman.” In \u003ci\u003eWhence Come Wars\u003c\/i\u003e, Sheen bluntly reckons with both causes of war and what can constrain humanity from waging it. Neither ideology, nor economics, nor politics, compel one nation to fight against another, but rather the fruit of original sin—mankind’s fall from grace—sets brother against brother in warfare’s duel of death. The antidote to this poison, the cessation of conflict, can be found only in God: without the return to God and the rebirth of the spirit of prayer, mankind will not know peace.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003eOriginally published in 1940, as the beginnings of World War II wreaked havoc across the globe, \u003ci\u003eWhence Come Wars \u003c\/i\u003eexamines bluntly and clearly the reasons for war, whether it can be waged justly or unjustly, and what are the proper remedies for the wounds which it inevitably inflicts.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding-left: 40px;\" class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhat leads to war, what leads to quarrelling among you? I will tell you \u003cbr\u003ewhat leads to them: the appetites which infest your mortal bodies. \u003c\/i\u003e(Epistle of Saint James)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eFulton J. 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Martínez\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e“\u003ci\u003eI will ask the Father, and he will give you another Paraclete, one who is to dwell continually with you forever. It is the truth-giving Spirit…\u003c\/i\u003e”\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eOn the day\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003ebefore he was to suffer, on the night of the Last Supper, Jesus spoke these words in revelation of the Third Person of the Trinity. It is no coincidence that, shortly following these words, Jesus then calls his disciples “friends.”\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p3\"\u003eAs Archbishop Luis M. Martínez eloquently explains: “The love of friendship is mutual. 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Martínez\u003c\/b\u003e (1881–1956) was Archbishop of Mexico City and a distinguished spiritual author and theologian. In 1951, he was named the first official Primate of Mexico. In addition to \u003ci\u003eThe Holy Spirit\u003c\/i\u003e, his works in English include \u003ci\u003eLiturgical Preludes\u003c\/i\u003e;\u003ci\u003e Only Jesus\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eThe Priest: Mystery of Love\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eSecrets of the Interior Life\u003c\/i\u003e—all available from \u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(188, 148, 78);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/clunymedia.com\/collections\/luis-martinez\" style=\"color: rgb(188, 148, 78);\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eCluny.\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\" class=\"p1\"\u003e* * *\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHardcover: \u003c\/strong\u003e296pp., with ribbon\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p3\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 978-1685954499\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p3\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\" style=\"color: rgb(188, 148, 78);\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eA\u003c\/em\u003e BENE \u003cem\u003eBook\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cluny Media","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47880424784091,"sku":"978-1685954499","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0458\/2329\/5645\/files\/ProductImages_5.5x8.5--1461.jpg?v=1761842137"},{"product_id":"the-water-and-the-fire","title":"The Water and the Fire","description":"\u003cp\u003eBy Gerald Vann, O.P.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e“Where there is no vision, the people perish.” \u003c\/b\u003eNever one to mince his words, Gerald Vann, O.P., confirms this warning from the Book of Proverbs. The people are perishing and the preacher’s task is of the utmost urgency: to restore vision before the darkness is absolute.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eThe deep evil underlying the common misery and discontent of the post-war world is a \u003ci\u003epsychological\u003c\/i\u003e crisis. This crisis of the human soul threatens to destroy humanity more completely than anything material, replacing the redeemable messiness of reality with the irredeemable void of unreality. It is this impoverishment of spirit which dictates the defects of technocratic society: the frenzied tempo, the severance of natural and domestic roots, the loss of symbols, of the vocation of woman, of organic community life, the disintegration of education, and the degradation of matter. To both these characteristics and their cause, Vann offers remedy, resolving the modern dilemma in the strong light of Christian charity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left; padding-left: 40px;\" class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eWater and fire deride\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe sacrifice that we denied. \u003c\/i\u003e(T. S. Eliot)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003eOriginally published in 1954, \u003ci\u003eThe Water and the Fire \u003c\/i\u003eis a sober acknowledgment that all things pass away and staunchly hopeful avowal that truth forever endures. With faith both in God and in those made in His image and likeness, Vann issues a call to repentance and renewal, so that men and women can rekindle the fire in the hearth and restore to hearts the warmth and tenderness of love.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eGerald Vann, O.P. \u003c\/b\u003e(1906–1963) was an English Dominican priest and author of numerous bestselling works of philosophy, spirituality, and theology. A gifted preacher and scholar, he was in great demand as a lecturer and retreat-master, and appeared frequently in the United States on the National Council of Catholic Men’s weekly radio program, “The Catholic Hour.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e* * *\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback:\u003c\/strong\u003e 220pp.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan data-sheets-root=\"1\"\u003e978-1685954604\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cluny Media","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47978840785115,"sku":"978-1685954604","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0458\/2329\/5645\/files\/ProductImages_5.5x8.5--1534.jpg?v=1764101133"},{"product_id":"bernadette-and-lourdes","title":"Bernadette and Lourdes","description":"\u003cp\u003eBy Michel de Saint Pierre\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe French town of Lourdes \u003c\/b\u003elies at the bottom of a valley as though in the palm of a hand. In this simple place, on Thursday, February 11, 1858, in the sixth year of the reign of Emperor Napoleon III, a young girl named Bernadette Soubirous beheld a vision of a Lady in white. Over the next four months, this Lady would appear to Bernadette a total of eighteen times, assuring her of happiness not in this world but the next; exhorting her to pray and to do penance on behalf of sinners; bringing a spring of healing water up from the ground; and eventually telling to Bernadette her name: “I am the Immaculate Conception”—identifying herself as the Mother of God, Mary most holy.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003eFirst published in English in 1954, \u003ci\u003eBernadette and Lourdes\u003c\/i\u003e recounts the story—the “song”—of Bernadette and drama of Lourdes in full. Based on a deep study of all the relevant documents and historical, religious, psychological, and medi­cal research, Michel de Saint Pierre’s account exercises discretion in the face of controversy and faithfulness in light of the sacred and miraculous nature of the apparitions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left; padding-left: 40px;\" class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Lady said to me, \u003c\/i\u003e“I am the Immaculate Conception.”\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eAnd the divine words swept through Lourdes and the countryside.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003eA “human and moving witness,” in the words of Bishop Patrice Flynn, de Saint Pierre vividly narrates both the visions and Bernadette's later life as a religious sister, painting the real Bernadette and the Lady of Lourdes with such rich, living color that the chronicle reads like a novel and resonates like a testament.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eMichel de Saint Pierre \u003c\/b\u003e(1916–1987) was a French Catholic author and novelist. For his part in the French Resistance during the Nazi occupation of France, he received the Legion of Honor. After the War, he proved successful and popular with both his novels and his religious works. The French Academy awarded him the Grand Prix du Roman for his 1954 novel \u003ci\u003eThe Aristocrats \u003c\/i\u003eand the Prix Montyon for \u003ci\u003eBernadette and Lourdes\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e* * *\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272pp.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN: \u003c\/strong\u003e978-1685954574\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cluny Media","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47983656665307,"sku":"978-1685954574","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0458\/2329\/5645\/files\/ProductImages_5.5x8.5--1522.jpg?v=1764101521"},{"product_id":"the-concept-in-thomism","title":"The Concept in Thomism","description":"\u003cp\u003eBy John Frederick Peifer\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eAristotle’s Metaphysics \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003efamously begins with the words: “\u003ci\u003eAll men by nature desire to know.\u003c\/i\u003e” The scope of this simple assertion is immense. Its premises and its implications extend practically to the outermost limits of human thought, encompassing metaphysics, epistemology, anthropology, cosmology, and even aesthetics, and encroaching upon the domain of divinity. “\u003ci\u003eAll men by nature desire to know.\u003c\/i\u003e” But what do, and can, they know? How do they know? How do they share it? How do they discern truth from falsehood? This is the problem of human knowledge; its solution serves as the key to any philosophical synthesis. \u003ci\u003eThe Concept in Thomism\u003c\/i\u003e, originally published in 1952, gives the Thomistic account of knowledge and helpfully describes the Thomistic response to the various modern epistemological variations.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e“\u003ci\u003eThat which the intellect first conceives as most known,\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eand into which it resolves all other concepts, is being.\u003c\/i\u003e”\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e(St. thomas Aquinas, \u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eDe veritate\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eJohn Frederick Peifer anchors his study in Aquinas’s own writings as well as those of such figures from the Commentatorial Tradition as Thomas de Vio Cajetan and John of St. Thomas. Describing the impetus for his work, Peifer cites Pope Pius XII: the philosophy of Thomas Aquinas “safeguards the genuine validity of human knowledge, the unshakeable metaphysical principles of sufficient reason, causality, and finality, and finally the mind’s ability to attain certain and unchangeable truth.” The eighth volume in The Thomist Tradition Series, \u003ci\u003eThe Concept in Thomism \u003c\/i\u003eshows that the door of human thought, far being from closed on itself, in fact opens upon the whole of reality.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn Frederick Peifer \u003c\/b\u003e(1921–1980) was an American Catholic priest and a professor of philosophy.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eBrian Chrzastek, O.P., \u003c\/b\u003eis a Dominican priest of the Province of St. Joseph. He currently serves as Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Secretary of Studies at the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception, in Washington, DC.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e* * *\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback:\u003c\/strong\u003e 360pp.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 978-1685954437\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cluny Media","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47983662465243,"sku":"978-1685954437","price":27.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0458\/2329\/5645\/files\/ProductImages_5.5x8.5--1528.jpg?v=1764101859"},{"product_id":"our-lady-of-wisdom","title":"Our Lady of Wisdom","description":"\u003cp\u003eBy Maurice Zundel\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eCreation is a mirror of the Creator. \u003c\/b\u003eIn the words of St. Paul: “From the foundations of the world men have caught sight of God’s invisible nature, his eternal power and his divineness, as they are known through his creatures.” \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eThe world, as Maurice Zundel writes, can thus be seen as a parable: “Every reality looks towards God; every one of our needs is the repercussion of our one single need for God who is the one thing necessary.” The sanctification of one’s soul, the life of virtue, the Christian pilgrimage: these depend on an acknowledgment of this fundamental fact, an acceptance of divine poverty, and a wholehearted attendance upon the promptings of the Spirit of God. The Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of God, is the epitome of this self-emptying, self-giving ordination to the life and light of the Divine Word.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eMary is not Wisdom but the Seat of Wisdom; she is not Life but the enclosed garden in which the river of Life springs up. In her, as in the Church, it is always Jesus we meet. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e(\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eMaurice Zundel)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003eTranslated into English by F. J. Sheed in 1940, \u003ci\u003eOur Lady of Wisdom \u003c\/i\u003eis a beautiful and instructive meditation on Mary as the exemplar and mirror of sanctity, the Seat of Wisdom \u003ci\u003epar excellence\u003c\/i\u003e, mediating God’s grace to the faithful and showing unto them the blessed fruit of her womb, in whom are all the treasures of wisdom, knowledge, and love.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eMaurice Zundel \u003c\/b\u003e(1897–1975) was a Swiss Catholic priest and theologian. After earning a doctorate in philosophy, written under the direction of Reginald Garrigou-Lagrange, from the Angelicum in 1927, Zundel lectured and preached widely through Europe and the Middle East and wrote numerous books, including \u003ci\u003eThe Splendour of the Liturgy \u003c\/i\u003e(1939) and \u003ci\u003eIn Search of the Unknown God\u003c\/i\u003e (1959).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e* * *\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback:\u003c\/strong\u003e 120pp.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan data-sheets-root=\"1\"\u003e978-1685954550\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cluny Media","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47983666725083,"sku":"978-1685954550","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0458\/2329\/5645\/files\/Product255.jpg?v=1764102909"},{"product_id":"the-school-of-love","title":"The School of Love","description":"\u003cp\u003eBy Alban Goodier, S.J.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e“The school of Christ is the school of love.” \u003c\/b\u003eEchoing these words of St. Robert Bellarmine, Pope Benedict XVI describes love as the heart of the Christian faith and the fundamental decision of the Christian life. “God is love and we have learned to recognize the love God has in our regard, to recognize it, and to make it our belief,” in the words of St. John the Evangelist. The hand of God has bestowed on mankind a loving nature; the meaning of life is nothing more and nothing less than the development of this nature. In the school of self-love, it can be clipped or stunted into a caricature of itself. In the school of true love, it is cultivated and fostered, grown to its full stature of perfection in Christ Jesus the Lord.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding-left: 40px;\" class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eA hungry heart is the foundation of a saintly heart…. And God so loves\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003ea hungry heart that He will stir the hunger in a hundred ways. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e(Alban Goodier, S.J.)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe School of Love\u003c\/i\u003e, Archbishop Goodier offers a course of study in this school, with lessons on the cultivation of charity and chastity by prayer, piety, and proper friendship; the remedy of impediments to love, such as loneliness, cravings, and grief; and the sustenance of love by concord with neighbor, the promise of eternity, and union with God. Published in numerous editions since 1920, \u003ci\u003eThe School of Love \u003c\/i\u003eimparts clearly and directly its blend of sound doctrine and deep spiritual insight, each of its nineteen essays fortifying faith by inflaming love.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlban Goodier, S.J. \u003c\/b\u003e(1869–1939) was an English Catholic priest of the Society of Jesus and author of numerous books of spirituality and theology. 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High praise, considering that McNabb himself set little in store by the power and weight of words themselves. “The best or the worst of all sermons is a life led,” McNabb said. “We should measure the words by the life, not the life by the words.” The life of this Irishman, however, inspired and informed his words: remarkable for his holiness, as Belloc and innumerable others noticed, McNabb acted out his hope, faith, and charity, and these deeds quickened his preaching of the Word of his beloved friend and master, Jesus Christ.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eStars of Comfort \u003c\/i\u003eis ample evidence of this. Selected from verbatim notes of McNabb’s retreat conferences, these thirty-six addresses form an engaging study of the spiritual life, its principles and guiding lights, its ways and means.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eSayings of our Lord must be remembered again and again, and\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003ci\u003ewe will find they will never come into our mind without\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003ci\u003ebringing their attendant stars of comfort with them. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e(\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eVincent McNabb, O.P.)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003eWhen asked for permission to publish these retreats, McNabb agreed upon one condition: “If they would help souls.” First published in 1958, \u003ci\u003eStars of Comfort \u003c\/i\u003ebears the imprint of their preacher’s candor and originality, delivering quietly the life-changing invitation to come and follow after Christ, the true help of souls.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eVincent McNabb, O.P. \u003c\/b\u003e(1868–1943) was an Irish Dominican priest and scholar. Active in apologetics and catechesis, he authored dozens of books and hundreds of articles, served as professor of philosophy, and filled numerous roles for his Domini­can province. Such was his sheer presence that G. K. 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By the unique and definitive sacrifice of his suffering and death, Jesus established “the source of eternal salvation,” taking away the sins of the world and restoring fallen humanity to communion with God in the reconciliation of his blood. In light of this, the Passion narratives found in the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John together represent the ultimate story—telling of the events upon which hung the eternal destiny of every man, woman, and child who has walked or ever will walk the earth.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eHe was wounded for our iniquities, he was bruised for our sins: the chastisement of our peace was upon him, and by his bruises we are healed. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e(Book of Isaiah)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003eFirst published in 1918, Archbishop Goodier’s \u003ci\u003eThe Crown of Sorrow \u003c\/i\u003efittingly begins with a harmony of the Four Evangelists’ Passion accounts, from the Agony in the Garden to the Entombment, the different scenes and sayings seamlessly woven together, followed by a series of fifty-two meditations on the various aspects of the Passion. Pithy and profound, these meditations are direct and earnest examinations of the mystery of Christ’s suffering and death, unburdened by anything cumbersome or cloying, which clearly and helpfully apply to the Christian life, purchased so dearly by the Man of Sorrows.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlban Goodier, S.J. \u003c\/b\u003e(1869–1939) was an English Catholic priest of the Society of Jesus and author of numerous books of spirituality and theology. 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The task of the Christian is to follow suit. In the words of the \u003ci\u003eImitation of Christ\u003c\/i\u003e, the Christian “will always find he has some suffering to bear, whether he likes it or not; he will always find the cross.” And this, as Pie-Raymond Régamey sets forth in \u003ci\u003eThe Cross and the Christian\u003c\/i\u003e, is cause for rejoicing: the Cross of Jesus redeems suffering and makes of it a means of union with God.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eThere is no other way. Our salvation lies solely in the cross of Jesus,  and we participate in this cross only if we also have our own. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e(\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003ePie-Raymond Régamey, O.P.)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003eRecognizing contemporary society’s discomfort with this truth, Régamey assesses its four main reactions to suffering: escape in comfort and pleasure; surrender to suffering; resistance against the inevitability of pain; and dolorism, which sees good in suffering as such. First published in English in 1954, \u003ci\u003eThe Cross and the Christian \u003c\/i\u003eis a firm yet gentle declaration that none of these, but only the Christian response to suffering, is a true way of life—for it is a pledge of hope and joy, sanctified by Christ and His cross and sustained by faith, hope, and charity, and the sacramental life of the Church.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003ePie-Raymond Régamey, O.P. \u003c\/b\u003e(1900–1996) was a French Dominican priest, art historian and author. After serving France in World War I, he converted from Protestantism to the Catholic faith. Along with \u003ci\u003eThe Cross and the Christian\u003c\/i\u003e, his works in English include \u003ci\u003ePoverty\u003c\/i\u003e (also available from Cluny), \u003ci\u003eReligious Art in the Twentieth Century\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eWhat Is an Angel? \u003c\/i\u003e(part of Henri Daniel-Rops’ \u003ci\u003eTwentieth Century Encyclopedia of Catholicism\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\" class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e* * *\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback:\u003c\/strong\u003e 220pp.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 978-1685954697\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cluny Media","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48278175318235,"sku":"978-1685954697","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0458\/2329\/5645\/files\/ProductImages_5.5x8.5--15502.jpg?v=1771428697"},{"product_id":"pardon-and-peace","title":"Pardon and Peace","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBy Alfred Wilson, C.P.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Sacrament of Penance \u003c\/b\u003eis a proof of love, evidence—if it were needed—that Jesus is “yesterday, today and the same for ever,” still “the friend of publicans and sinners, who came not to call the just but sinners to repentance.” Sadly, this proof is too often ignored, the Sacrament itself too little understood, too little appreciated. In \u003ci\u003ePardon and Peace\u003c\/i\u003e, Passionist Father Alfred Wilson addresses the roots of this problem, offering with candor and sympathy alike a complete and intensive consideration of the Sacrament, its formula and technique; the realities of mortal and venial sins; the role of conscience; the acts of attrition and of contrition; facts of scrupulosity and satisfaction; and, above all, the supreme grace of Confession—that it is Christ Himself who absolves sinners and restores them to the life of grace.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding-left: 40px;\" class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eConfession is simply a Hospital of Souls, where the Good Samaritan, through the instrumentality of priests, goes about binding up wounds and pouring in oil and wine: a hospital where the Divine Physician displays His healing art. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e(\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding-left: 40px;\" class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eAlfred Wilson, C.P.)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003eFirst published in 1947, \u003ci\u003ePardon and Peace \u003c\/i\u003ewas immediately received as a brilliant guide to Confession. Among its devotees was Caryll Houselander, who described its author as magnificently understanding and its pages as an effective prescription for all souls—the oversensitive, the sensitive, the scrupulous, and the hardened—with the central emphasis on the tremendous love and mercy of God, the Divine Physician whose hands bring healing.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlfred Wilson, C.P., \u003c\/b\u003ewas an English Catholic priest of the Congregation of the Passion of Jesus Christ and well-regarded spiritual author and confessor. Besides \u003ci\u003ePardon and Peace\u003c\/i\u003e, he also wrote one of the earliest biographies of Blessed Dominic Barberi, the Passionist priest who received St. John Henry Newman into the Catholic Church.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e* * *\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288pp.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 978-1685954703\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cluny Media","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48278177284315,"sku":"978-1685954703","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0458\/2329\/5645\/files\/ProductImages_5.5x8.5--15498.jpg?v=1771429057"}],"url":"https:\/\/clunymedia.com\/collections\/new-releases-2025.oembed","provider":"Cluny Media","version":"1.0","type":"link"}