All proceeds from the sale of this book are donated to Advaita Ashrama, founded by Swami Vivekananda.In these volumes we have not only a principles to the world at large, but also, to its own children, the Charter of the Hindu faith. For the first time in history, Hinduism itself forms here the subject of generalization of a Hindu mind of the highest order. What Hinduism had needed was the organizing and consolidating of its own idea, a rock where she could lie at anchor, and an authoritative utterance in which she might recognise herself. What the world had needed was a faith that had no fear of truth. Both are found in the words and writings of Swami Vivekananda. It is the latest principles or beliefs of a modern Prophet of religion and spirituality to the mankind.

    Though originally published nearly seventy years ago, the book maintains its relevance today.

    These prayers were destined to become one of Bishop Nikolai’s most popular and deeply loved works, and when they first appeared in print they were greeted with exceptional enthusiasm--as is evidenced by the initial review of the book by Fr. Justin Popovich at that time (translated and published in this volume[...]). The prayers contained in this volume[...]are more than simple supplications to God by Bishop Nikolai. They are philosophical and theological explorations of the relationships between eternity and time, heaven and earth, life and death, reality and illusion, Creator and creation, God and man.”

    By the time of the 1917 Bolshevik revolution, Fr Pavel had become a leading voice in Russia's great movement in religious philosophy, a movement whose roots lay in the rich ground of nineteenth-century Russian monasticism and whose branches included the work of Bulgakov, Berdiaev, and Solovyev. In the 1920s and 1930s the Soviets violently destroyed this splendor of Russian religious thought. In 1922, Fr Pavel was silenced, and, after a decade of forced scientific work for the regime, he was arrested on false charges, tried, imprisoned, and, in 1937, murdered by KGB directive. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn honored Fr Pavel in The Gulag Archipelago. Iconostasis is Fr Pavel's final theological work. Composed in 1922, it explores in highly original terms the significance of the icon: its philosophic depth, its spiritual history, its empirical technique. In doing so, Fr Pavel also sketched a new history of both Western religious art and the Orthodox icon: a history under the direct operation of the Holy Spirit. The work is original, challenging and profoundly articulate. This translation is the first complete English version.

    Written by the priest-author who spent seven years in Fatima (1943-1950), this is the true story of the 1917 Fatima apparitions, including interviews with the three shepherd children, their parents and various family members, and other eye-witness accounts. Highlighting the lives of each of the three children (including the deaths of Blessed Francisco Marto and Blessed Jacinta Marto), this book features various transcripts of interrogations made of the children, eye-witness accounts of the apparitions and of the Miracle of the Sun, the two consecrations made by Pope Pius XII, and affirms that the "Third Secret" of Fatima was to be released by 1960. Includes the updated 1952 Appendix, which features a critical examination of the "Great Miracle," and also corrects a popular but erroneous fiction regarding Blessed Francisco and the first apparition on May 13, 1917. With photos and linked Table of Contents and endnotes, this easily readable book which tells the true and beautiful story of Fatima is for everyone---children, teens, and adults.

    Unique in presenting the Faith in a clear, persuasive and understandable manner. Since its demise in 1962 after selling nearly 500,000 copies, no other textbook in English has repeated Sheehan's successful presentation of the Faith. The new Baronius edition has been updated by Fr. Peter Joseph, of Wagga Wagga, Australia, and is fully endorsed by Cardinal Archbishop Pell.

    Romano Guardini speaks with poetic wisdom about the fundamental language of symbols out of which the Sacred Liturgy is woven. When we speak this language fluently, we can offer ourselves, body and soul, more completely to the Lord.

    It was sent to that periodical by a zealous and devout missionary and is a pious document based on alleged conversations between a nun and a soul in Purgatory. No one can deny off-hand the possibility, or in fact, the reality of such apparitions of souls in Purgatory to persons still living. Such apparitions are not rare and there are many accounts of them. They are of frequent occurrence in the lives of the Saints. We will quote only one example from the life of St. Margaret Mary Alacoque. She says: "When I was praying before the Blessed Sacrament on the feast of Corpus Christi, a person enveloped in fire suddenly stood before me. From the pitiable state the soul was in, I knew it was in Purgatory and I wept bitterly. This soul told me it was that of a Benedictine, who had once heard my confession and ordered me to go to Holy Communion. As a reward for this, God permitted him to ask me to help him in his sufferings. "He asked me to apply to him all I should do or suffer for a period of three months. Having obtained my superior's leave, I did what he asked. He told me that the greatest cause of his sufferings was that in life he had preferred his own interests to those of God, in that he had been too attached to his good reputation. His second defect was lack of charity to his brethren. The third was his all too natural attachment to creatures. It would be difficult for me to describe what I had to endure during those three months. He never left me and seeing him, as it were on fire and in such terrible pain, I could do nothing but groan and weep almost incessantly. My superior, being touched with compassion, told me to do hard penances, particularly to take the discipline . . . After the three months I saw the soul radiant with happiness, joy, and glory. He was about to enjoy eternal happiness, and in thanking me he said he would protect me when with God." The testimony of theologians and of historical documents are not less numerous or convincing, but let it suffice for us to mention Canon Ribet's Divine Mysticism, (Vol. II, Ch. VIII) and the other outstanding works of this master of mystical theology.

    Louis Massignon (1883-1962), France's most celebrated Islamic specialist in this century and a leading Catholic intellectual, wrote of a man who was for him a personal inspiration.From reviews of the four-volume translation: Abridged from the four-volume The Passion of al- Hallaj, one of the major works of Western orientalism, this book explores the life and teaching of a famous tenth- century Sufi mystic and martyr, and in so doing describes not only his experience but also the whole milieu of early Islamic civilization. Louis Massignon (1883-1962), France's most celebrated Islamic specialist in this century and a leading Catholic intellectual, wrote of a man who was for him a personal inspiration.From reviews of the four-volume translation:

    This is truly good news: No one on the planet is outside the love of God.At a time when Christian mission has too often been reduced to social work or proselytism, this book invites us to reclaim the heart of Jesus’ great commission, quietly but confidently incarnating the love of Christ and trusting him to do the rest.

    Most of the relationships of life are voluntary; we enter into them or not as we please.

    Henry Memorial Awards to reward the very best short stories published during the previous year with cash prizes. 1921 was a particularly productive year with sterling and brilliantly varied examples of the art of short story writing as are included here. The selection committee struggled to agree on these, but finally, here they are for us to enjoy and record. The length varies but most are sufficiently long for a reader to get their teeth into and enjoy. The stories are listed in a rough order of how they were judged, but all are excellent. Summary by Phil ChenevertThis collection contains:The Heart of Little Shikara by Edison Tesla Marshall, read by Mike PeltonThe Man who Cursed the Lilies by Charles Tenney Jackson, read by Christine DufourThe Urge by Maryland Allen, read by Christine DufourMummery by Thomas Beer, read by David HinsonThe Victim of His Vision by Gerald Chittenden, read by meridiculousMartin Gerrity Gets Even by Courtney Ryley Cooper and Leo F. Creagan, read by Fred SandalStranger Things by Mildred Cram, read by Jothi TharavantComet by Samuel A. Derieux, read by Jothi TharavantFifty-two Weeks for Florette by Elizabeth Alexander Heermann, read by Wendy AlmeidaWild Earth by Sophie Kerr, read by Mike PeltonThe Tribute by Harry Anable Kniffin, read by Garth BurtonThe Get-away by Orlando Faulkland Lewis, read by Graham McMillan'Aurore' by Ethel Watts Mumford, read by Michele FryMr. Downey Sits Down by L. H. Robbins, read by Christine DufourThe Marriage in Kairwan by Wilbur Daniel Steele, read by Graham McMillanGrit by Tristram Tupper, read by Mike Pelton