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Audiobooks Narrated by Luz Elena Sandoval-Lord
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The Rosary The Life of Jesus and Mary The Sorrowful Mysteries
The Agony in the Garden
The Scourging at the Pillar
The Crowning of Thorns
Jesus Carries His Cross
Jesus Dies on the Cross
The Agony in the Garden
Our Lord Jesus loves us so much, He made detailed preparations for our well-being, right up to the end of His life. He wanted to have a last supper with His disciples. He had instructions for them. He wanted to be sure they understood their role in Salvation History, and how they were to conduct themselves. He wanted to leave them and His Church ammunition for the days ahead.
Elizabeth Ann Seton really fits the description of a woman for all seasons. She is truly a role model for women of today. Although she was always a very refined lady, she never shrunk from any kind of work which would help her or her family, whether it be her children or her ladies. She was a personification of motherhood all her life. She was a Protestant who converted after the death of her husband. She was a widow, a single mother, raising five children under the most impossible circumstances in a male-oriented world; she became a nun, and founded a religious community; you name it, Elizabeth Seton did it. Perhaps because she was such a beautiful girl, and was raised in New York society of the period, it seemed to many that she was able to just breeze through life doing wonderful things for the people of God, for the Church and for her family, without raising a bead of perspiration. Her life was anything but that.
All our Popes are Heroes. But Bob and Penny Lord have chosen special Popes who have done battle for the Church against the powers of Hell. Sometimes they were victorious; sometimes they received their reward in Heaven.
We want to share some of the Popes and their struggles to save the Church and the world.
Pope Gregory the Great – One of only two Popes declared Great - Doctor of the Church
Pope Pius VII – Did battle with Napoleon Bonaparte
Blessed Pope Pius IX
Fought against the Unification of Italy- Became a pope in exile in the Vatican
Pope Leo XIII – Called the Great Diplomat
Fought to bring about peace with the countries of Europe.
Pope St. Pius X - Called the Pope of the Eucharist
Promoted frequent Communion and changed the age of reason to 7 years old
Pope Benedict XV – Unsung Hero of World War I
Pleaded with warring powers for peace – Tried to create a moratorium at Christmas time
Pope Pius XI – Fought against Mussolini, Hitler and the rising Japanese Empire
Tried to bring back part of Papal States taken away by the Italians.
Fought against Nazi hostility towards Christianity
Pope Pius XII – Victim of the Second World War
Was ordained Pope five months before Hitler invaded Poland
Pope John Paul II – Called by many Pope John Paul the Great
Brought about the end of the Soviet Union
The Pope we’re bringing you now is Pope Benedict XV who reigned from 1914-1922. There are so many facets to this Pope of the First World War, who served only seven years, the bulk of his term having to do directly with the war, or the aftermath of the war. Pope Benedict XV was ignored, ridiculed, and copied by the powers of Europe during the war, and after it was over. His Papal Peace Note of 1917 was rejected and denigrated by our own President Woodrow Wilson and then ultimately copied and made his own by Wilson in the Treaty of Versailles in 1919. He was elected Pope on September 3, 1914, just a month after World War I was declared. And he had only been a Cardinal for three months before his election to the Papacy. Talk about out of the frying pan into the fire!!
But we must begin at the beginning. He was born Giacomo della Chiesa in Pegli, a suburb of Genoa of the aristocracy of The House of Savoy in November 1854. At the time of his birth, Pegli was in the kingdom of Sardinia. It was part of the House of Savoy. This was after Napoleon’s rule in Italy had ended, but before the Unification of Italy under Victor Emmanuel II in 1861. So for all intents and purposes, he was part of the upper crust of the Piedmont section of Italy.
It is popularly believed Arius was born in Libya, in 270 A.D. He is credited with having started one of the most deadly heretical sects to attack the Early Church that of Arianism. It has continued assaulting the Church until today, under many titles.
Our first encounter with Arius is somewhere between 300-311 A.D., when he joined up with a group of heretics called Meletians. Evidently, he did not find what he was searching for; he left them.
He then managed to get himself ordained a deacon of the Catholic Church by Peter of Alexandria who was Bishop at the time. Evidently his loyalties were still with the Meletians, because when they were censured, he bitterly criticized the Church, and came out against her. He was excommunicated by the same Bishop who had ordained him deacon, Bishop Peter of Alexandria!
'Our walk with our most precious Pope John Paul II began in June of 1979. We had come back to our Church four years before and once we tasted of the vine (our 2000 years of unbroken heritage), we couldn’t stay away from all that was Catholic and Church. We took every opportunity to return to the roots of our Faith - the Holy Eucharist, Mother Mary, the Saints, the Angels, and the Martyrs, making Journeys of Faith to Europe, the Holy Land,Mexico, and Canada.'
'THE SACRIFICE OF THE MASS - THE ONGOING SACRIFICE OF THE CROSS
Your heart will burn as you discover what is really happening during the Mass. Walk with Jesus and Mary to Calvary. Trace the Old and New Testament roots of the Mass For those who want a deeper relationship with Jesus, For those who have left the Church, Read! Who is Jesus, Who comes to us under the appearance of Bread and Wine? Read! The Mass - the ongoing Sacrifice of the Cross. Read! How Jesus and the Mass fulfill the Old Law.'
1. Baptism in the Jordan
2. Marriage Feast at Cana
3. Proclamation of the Kingdom of God and the Call to Conversion
4. Transfiguration
5. Institution of the Holy Eucharist
“Born poor and humble of heart, “Undaunted champion of the Catholic Faith, “Zealous to restore all things in Christ, “Crowned a holy life with a holy death”[1] Who was Pope Saint Pius X? This is the story of a Pope who refused to stay buried in the annals of history. The boy who became Pope always worked with the image of Mother Church and her founder Jesus Christ before him, leading the way, as if on a path, beckoning him to follow. He never ceased being the boy who worked and struggled endlessly to keep alive the true teachings of the Church!
We could not think of writing a book about Saints and Powerful Men who have changed the course of our lives and not include Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen. I must admit I never watched Fulton J. Sheen on television, nor was I influenced by him while he was alive. But, as we began to discover our Catholic Faith as adults, his words, and his living out of those words, became a strong part of our journey of faith toward new life in the Lord.
One of the great Mystics of the 16th Century, St. Frances was a wife, mother, foundress of a community and defender of the Church. A good deal of her life took place during the Great Western Schism. Her family was greatly affected by this difficult time in the Church.
She had a great love for and devotion to the Poor Souls in Purgatory. Our Lord Jesus asked her to go into Purgatory to feel the pain of the poor souls there. She had an Angel who stayed with her all her life. She always worked with the poor in Rome. During the plague, she worked tirelessly to save those whom she could, and bury those who died. After her husband died, she wento to live with the community she had founded. She had many visions.
The Seven Sacraments
Introduction
Baptism
Confirmation
The Holy Eucharist
Penance
Anointing of the Sick
Holy Matrimony
Holy Orders
Introduction to the Seven Sacraments
The Sacraments are one of the greatest sources of strength the Lord has given us, major weapons against Satan and his fallen angels. Why do you think the Sacraments have been under attack since the beginning of the Church? You know that Satan is going to try to destroy any of these gifts the Lord has given us because he knows the power they wield.
God loves us so much. These Sacraments are just one more way of Our Lord's keeping the promise He made to us, 'I will not leave you orphans; I will be with you until the end of the world.' He knew we would have needs as individual Christians and also as members of the Body of Christ. He knew we would need strength to complete the journey to Him in paradise. He gave us the means to reach out and touch Him and by touching Him, fill ourselves with His Spirit. He gave us Sacraments!
Sacraments are 'Powers that come forth' from the Body of Christ, which is ever-living and life-giving. They are actions of the Holy Spirit at work in His Body, the Church. They are 'the masterworks of God' in the new and everlasting covenant.
