Mary Meditations

A curated compendium of poetry and prose from the award-winning poet Mary Oliver, including the book-length masterpiece The Leaf and the Cloud, the collection What Do We Know, andessays from Long Life—with a foreword by fellow Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Postcolonial Love...

In honor of his canonization, this volume draws together Newman’s Marian writings into an anthology of this new saint’s profound writings on our Lady. Some are doctrinal or apologetic, while others are deeply devotional meditations. These two approaches, not only show two sides of Saint John Henry Newman’s character; they will increase your own love and devotion to our Lady. They illuminate the great depths of Marian doctrine from the Church’s treasury with which Newman has so powerfully permeated his own writings and cause us to go to her for aid.

Four powerful missions. One complete journey with Fulton J. Sheen. Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen’s timeless wisdom has inspired millions to deeper prayer and love of Christ. Now, for the first time, his Mission Series is gathered into one collected volume — a treasury of over 100 meditations chosen from his most powerful writings and reflections. Each meditation invites you to pause, ponder, and pray — offering a rich opportunity for your own mini retreat at home or moments of quiet reflection throughout the year. In these pages, you will discover: The Holy Face and the Little Way – ...

In this prayer booklet (one in a series of four), author M D Shamburger invites readers to reflect on the Sorrowful mysteries of the Rosary. Using these mysteries as a starting point, he leads the faithful to explore various elements of their faith lives. By meditating on each of these chapters, it is hoped that the faithful can draw deeper into a relationship with Christ and, eventually, find a home in His heavenly kingdom. May Almighty God abundantly bless you as you read, reflect, meditate, and pray.

Mother Mary is calling out to the world. Listen and hear her call. This book guides you to ways you can have a direct connection to the Holy Spirit and the Divine Mother. There messages, meditations and Prayers from the Mother that the you will be able to use as a resource for a lifetime. Whether you read this book straight through, or open it up randomly for a "message", no doubt you will be guided to a Higher Consciousness heretofore not experienced. You will be well on your way to uncovering your soul's purpose, and therefore to living a prosperous, contented life. I envy anyone who ...

What do we learn from St. Joseph? Saint Joseph teaches us virtue, especially practicing patience and silence, which is very hard to do. Saint Joseph is always calm, always peaceful. He is a great model for interior life. He was in a constant state of communion with God, something we should all imitate. His work was his prayer and his prayer was his work. St. Joseph is a powerful patron. He is, as John Paul II called him, the Guardian of the Redeemer. He humbly accepted his role as guardian, husband and father in the Holy Family. Therefore, St. Joseph’s intercession has been sought for ...

“Behold your mother” (John 19:27). With these words from the Cross, Our Lord entrusted Mary to us—not only as His Mother, but as our own. In this moving volume of The Sheen Mission Series, Al Smith invites readers to journey with the Blessed Virgin Mary at the foot of Calvary. Through Scripture, tradition, and the timeless wisdom of Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen, Behold Your Mother reveals how Mary’s presence at the Cross continues to transform souls, families, and the Church. This book is more than just devotional reflections—it is a mission of reparation. Within these pages, you ...

Introducing our carefully curated collection designed just for you and your family. If you answered yes to any of the questions above, this collection is precisely what you've been searching for. Recognizing the pivotal role of restorative sleep in a child's overall health and happiness, we incorporate proven mindfulness meditation techniques into engaging bedtime stories. Our goal is to seamlessly blend fictional storytelling with fundamental mindfulness activities, making the bedtime routine not only enjoyable but also beneficial for your child's well-being.

The word “contemplate” appears sixty-seven times in Pope John Paul II’s apostolic letter entitled Rosarium Virginis Mariae where he reminds us that we are meant to contemplate on the mysteries of the rosary while we pray it. The predicament, for some of us, is that we have been praying the rosary in a different way for so long that it can be difficult to pray it in a new way – the way it was intended. This book will show us how we can contemplate the mysteries while saying the vocal prayers; and it is easier than it seems. With five basic concepts, anyone can turn the rosary into a ...

Have you ever taken up yoga or meditation classes, had energy healing like Reiki, or watched videos online about any of these subjects? This book is about using meditations with color therapy to unblock your chakras over 22 days. You will have heard about chakras and how they can affect being in flow with energy. Being in flow is so important in so many areas of your life for holistic well-being.

There is no better way to Christ than through his mother. That’s why St. Louis de Montfort’s traditional method of total consecration to Jesus through Mary is the time-honored, saint-tested way to grow closer to our Lord. This is the traditional method devised by St. Louis de Montfort himself. And now, we’ve made it available in this audiobook, perfect for preparation for a total consecration and for yearly renewal. This classic and revered devotional is essential for every Catholic home.

Coronary Heart Disease (CHD) or Coronary Artery Disease or Ischaemic Heart Disease is now proving to be one of the leading causes of death in the world. The main cause of this disease is the deposition of cholesterol and fat in the inner smooth lining of the blood vessels (Coronary arteries ) supplying blood to the heart resulting in their blockages and obstruction to blood through them. This book is based on a Ph.D. thesis on "Effect of Relaxation, Meditation, and Visualization on Coronary Heart Disease Patients". These methods were very effective on Coronoray Heart Patients who followed ...

This is my testimony. Everything in here is true. It is my personal journey through some supernatural wonders in my life. Some dabbling's in the world of aliens, channeling, Buddhism, astral projection, psychics, and ghosts. It's a story of how I was led and molded throughout life for a purpose; how I began to hear the Spirit and how the Spirit revealed to me that the supernatural is indeed very real. I was shown the truth of it all and what the purpose of life is. I call it a love story; a story of the ultimate rescue.

The Art of Vinyasa takes a unique look at Ashtanga yoga as meditation in motion that produces profound inner change. Two of the most well-respected teachers of the Ashtanga style of yoga, Richard Freeman and Mary Taylor, explore this rigorous practice not as a gymnastic feat but as a meditative form.

Blessed Anne Catherine Emmerich, was privileged by Almighty God with sensory visions disclosing the earthly life of God Incarnate, of His Holy Mother, the Virgin Mary and of the progression of salvation history from Genesis to the Apocalypse. In this book, the reader will find a carefully collated set of rosary meditations faithfully drawn from the texts of these visions. Meditations taken directly from our saint’s writings are provided for every bead of the rosary, allowing you to ponder at greater depth the secrets revealed to Blessed Anne Catherine and enable you to truly immerse ...

"A Sky Full of Stars must be an obligatory reference material for religion teachers and seminarians. Presenting the faith in its original clarity, it helps the reader to see the Virgin Mary within the perspective of sound biblical theology and solid Catholic tradition... [and is] also easy to understand..." - Archbishop Socrates Villegas The Litany of the Blessed Virgin Mary (aka the Litany of Loreto) is a prayer usually said after the rosary, which invokes many of Mary’s titles. The meanings of some titles, like “Mystical Rose, Tower of David, Tower of Ivory, House of Gold, and Morning...

Unleash the power of your mind and discover your potential. Do you wish you had the power to become all that you can be? All good-intentioned programming works best when you reach a deeper state of mind. The secret is in accessing those states through easy life-changing techniques. The instructions in this audiobook are meant for those wishing to learn and use the techniques of self-hypnosis and/or meditation for self-improvement. Easy, yet powerful scripts are provided to produce desired changes. You can change your life today.

St. Bridget of Sweden, whilst still in her girlhood, was seized in ecstasy with a vision of her Blessed Saviour hanging upon the wood of the cross. This was the first of thousands of visions and dialogues between our saint and the heavenly court. This volume, for the first time, brings before the reader the most profound and insightful experiences of this medieval mystic and collates them according to the mysteries of the rosary. For each bead of the rosary, you will find a choicely selected point of meditation to ponder over, and an opportunity to join St. Bridget of Sweden as she ...

In her luminous new memoir in essays, Mary Pipher—as she did in her New York Times bestseller Women Rowing North—taps into a cultural moment, to offer wisdom, hope and insight into loss and change. Drawing from her own experiences and expertise as a psychologist specializing in women, trauma and the effect of our culture on our mental health, she looks inward in A Life in Light to what shaped her as a woman, one who has experienced darkness throughout her life but was always drawn to the light.

This publication is the first translation into English of a Latin work, entitled Libellus de Corona Virginis, or The Little Book on the Crown of the Virgin. Traditionally, it has been ascribed to St. Ildephonsus of Toledo, a great monk, abbot, and bishop of the 7th century. St. Ildephonsus contributed powerfully to the dissemination of the doctrine of the Perpetual Virginity of Our Lady in Western Europe, and to the popularization of fervent Marian devotion in Spain.