Spiritual Saints

How to increase your Christ consciousness through meditations

Make gospel learning fun, meaningful, and unforgettable! Valiant Primary Children is filled with ideas for engaging games, hands-on activities, and faith-filled experiences designed to help children grow in their understanding of the gospel of Jesus Christ. Whether you're a parent, in the LDS Primary presidency or a Primary teacher, this book will help you teach powerful gospel principles in playful and memorable ways. Every page is packed with testimony-building activities to strengthen family bonds and invite the Spirit into learning moments. Inside you'll find: Scripture-based games and ...

This little book introduces the reader to the Paisian tradition from his time through to the lives of the Optina Elders, giving a brief history of how this spiritual transmission developed from the labors and spiritual hunger of St. Paisius Velichkovsky on Mount Athos to his disciples in the Roslavl forests in Russia to the Optina Monastery which over the course of 100 years produced a series of fourteen charismatic elders. This is the tradition that gives us the Philokalia, The Kollyvades Fathers, and the spiritual renewals of Greece and Russia in the 18th and 19th centuries.

On the Saints is the third volume in the series Sermons by Saint Gregory Palamas, in which the saints of both the Old and New Testaments are presented for the encouragement and edification of the faithful.

St. Joseph obtains favors of any kind, but particularly in family problems, financial needs, purity, dangers, work, housing and a happy death. He is the universal patron - whatever your petition is, you can pray to St. Joseph with confidence. He was the foster father of Jesus Christ on earth, and Jesus still obeys his requests in heaven!

This beautifully illustrated Annotated Selection from Saint Catherine's Spiritual Dialogues, a classic of Christian literature describing the Italian mystic's spiritual transformation, includes a reflection workbook to encourage a deepening of love and understanding in our own lives. Freshly edited and revised for the modern listener, Saint Catherine speaks of Love as Spirit, God, and Human existence in a voice simultaneously profound and simple.

When Father Bredder gets involved with murder--Heaven only knows what will happen next... In the first book in the series, Father Bredder makes a most ungodly discovery--a woman's decapitated head has been left in a pew in the back of his church. Named "A Red Badge Novel of Suspense" alongside Agatha Christie, Michael Innes, and Hugh Pentecost, The Father Bredder Mysteries, written by Leonard Wibberley under the pen name Leonard Holton, inspired a television show starring George Kennedy. “All the reader could ask… adventure, warm humor, and provocative nuggets of wisdom.”—The Los ...

Encounters of Love and Faith with Saint Cyril VI: Stories of Love, Humility, and the Power of Prayer from Contemporary Men of God Dive into inspirational tales of faith and dedication with "Encounters of Love and Faith with Saint Cyril VI," a compelling booklet that illuminates the unique lives and actions of contemporary Coptic Orthodox Church figures, Anba Samuel, Father Saleeb Soryal and Father Matta El-Meskeen with saint Pope Cyril VI. That collection showcases the profound impact of living in Christ according to biblical teachings, emphasizing the undeniable power of prayer, love, and ...

Christian writer, C.S. Lewis once made the point that people tend to either obsess over demons or deny their existence entirely - and the devil is equally pleased either way. The Bible is clear. Our battle is not with flesh and blood, but with spiritual forces (Eph. 6:12). At the same time, however, the Bible makes it clear that the evil forces, devils and demons, are powerless in comparison to God. If God is for us, who can be against us? Even the demons shudder in the presence of God (James 2:19).

A pesar de la abundante información existente actualmente sobre los ángeles, coros angélicos, serafines, etc., (mucho de este conocimiento a veces está poco acertado y tal vez dirige a las personas por caminos espirituales sombríos y peligrosos), gran cantidad de misterios permanecen ocultos sobre estos seres extraordinarios. La presente obra aborda y actualiza variada información retomada de textos místicos cristianos que sacan a la luz antiguas y trascendentales enseñanzas sobre los santos ángeles, aportando un mejor entendimiento sobre el misterio de su orígen, su historia e ...

The Cave of the Saints is a metaphysical and visionary novel that follows Armin Thomas, a student of mysticism and ancient spirituality, as he is drawn intuitively to the Cave of the Saints. There he meets shapeshifting spiritual guide Dona Poireau, his spiritual teacher in earlier lives. Alongside mysteriously appearing saints and deities who appear out of the annals of folklore and mythology, Dona initiates Armin into newly revealed awakening methods like the Tree of the Heart, the Flame of Golden Light, Seeing like the Divine Mother, Feeling with the Innermost Self, and the Purple Flame....

In the heart of 16th-century Lima, Peru, where wealth and poverty collide, a healer emerges whose power transcends the boundaries of the natural world. Martin de Porres, a humble lay brother at the convent of Santo Domingo, has always served those abandoned by society—tending to the sick, comforting the suffering, and bringing hope where hope seems lost. Despite his humble beginnings and the racial prejudice he faces as the son of a Spanish nobleman and an African mother, Martin's life is marked by an unwavering dedication to serving others. But Martin's journey is about to take an ...

This comprehensive guide to the Christian faith focuses primarily on the themes of belief and understanding. It offers insights and guidance for those who seek to deepen their knowledge of the Christian faith and improve their personal and spiritual lives. St. Augustine provides practical advice on how to cultivate hope, faith, and charity and explains how these virtues can help Christians grow. He also addresses how to instruct and care for the needs of those who may be unfamiliar with Christianity and who may be seeking to improve their understanding of Christian faith.

More and more people - especially millennials - are turning to religion as a source of comfort and solace in our increasingly chaotic world. But rather than live a cloistered life of seclusion, the Daughters of Saint Paul actively embrace social media, using platforms like Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook to evangelize, collectively calling themselves the #MediaNuns. In this collective memoir, eight of these Sisters share their own discernment journeys, struggles and crises of faith that they’ve overcome, and episodes from their daily lives.

A New Spirituality of Holiness This book explores the rich traditions of the Celtic saints and their kinship with animals. The accounts of these individuals’ lives constitute the largest body of stories (hagiographies) of any group in Christian history—so to have so many creature stories included in them reveals the deep love early and medieval Celts had for animals, with their saints sharing this quality to the full. As we read these stories, we discover that they not only record what the Celtic saints did for animals but also what the animals did for the saints. This pattern of ...

When Father Bredder gets involved with murder—Heaven only knows what will happen next… To solve two murders and find a missing diamond, Father Bredder must turn for help to a saint who has been dead for nearly 2,000 years. Named “A Red Badge Novel of Suspense” alongside Agatha Christie, Michael Innes, and Hugh Pentecost, The Father Bredder Mysteries, written by Leonard Wibberley under the pen name Leonard Holton, inspired a television show starring George Kennedy. The Father Bredder Mystery Series The Saint Maker A Pact with Satan Secret of the Doubting Saint Deliver Us from Wolves ...

From a best-selling Catholic author! A dictionary and reference guide to all aspects of the Catholic mystical life. Terms and explanations to everything mystical and supernatural. This brief work has a lot of detailed information that will serve as a reference guide for those seeking to understand spiritual growth in the interior life.

If following Jesus involves a life of sacrifice and suffering, is it wrong for a Christian to seek purpose and joy in this world? Many Christians sense tension between their desires to enjoy life in this world--the beauty of God’s creation, the rich love of deep relationships with others--and the reality that this world is fallen and broken, in need of redemption. How can we embrace and thrive in the tension between enjoying creation and promoting redemption?

The Beggar's Banquet is a feast of reflections to savor while meditating on the astounding mystery of God's love for His people. Dr. Regis Martin infuses these discourses on Christ, His Mother, the spiritual life, and the saints with a wide breadth of influences - the writings of popes, mystics, and theologians, great works of literature, and even poetry. The author rekindles the familiar Gospel message with ever deepening wonder, whetting the appetite for that which alone truly satisfies: the Bread of Life.

ABOUT THE BOOK In this divine book are rare teachings on how to feed your physical body cells with the divine life energy instead of the metabolic energy derived from physical food. In this book are also teachings on how t convert the divine energy derived from your spirit into nutrients that can nourish your physical body. There are other teachings in this book too as touching the food of angels and spiritual foods as related to the spiritual world. This is a book that you will surely enjoy which will also enlighten you!!!