NEW for 2026:
Angelology:
A Guide to the Principal Patristic and Scholastic Sources for Our Beliefs about Angels
St. Thomas Aquinas is known as the Angelic Doctor, not only on account of the heights of his mystical life, his singular genius, but also for his clear and systematic teaching on angels. Of all the sources he uses, he is most indebted to a mysterious 5th or 6th-century writer who put the name Dionysius the Areopagite to a treatise entitled “The Celestial Hierarchy.”
In Angelology, the reader discovers not only that ancient text on angelology but also St. Thomas’ own “De Angelis” (“Treatise on the Angels”) from the Summa Theologica. Both authors and their respective texts are introduced and explained along the way so as to make these ancient gems more accessible to modern readers.
Fr. Ermatinger Introduces Four of His NEW Books
NEW for 2026:
The Servant of God Sister Benigna Consolata:
The Delicacies and the Tenderness of the Love of Jesus for a Little Soul
by Sr. Mary Paulina Finn (Author), Fr. Cliff Ermatinger (Editor)
Shortly after Sr. Benigna Consolata Ferrero’s mission was fulfilled and she went to her eternal reward with her divine Bridegroom, her community of Visitation nuns wrote this text on her life and work – an homage to her vocation as an offering for the salvation of souls and the end of World War I. More than the life of a holy religious, this book reveals the love of the Sacred Heart and how He has chosen to share His mission of love and suffering with chosen souls; specially gifted lovers who not only win souls for Heaven, but bring His Heart much consolation.
Upon reading the words of Christ to His faithful bride, one is struck by the sensitivity and depth of His love, to Whom nothing is unimportant.
NEW for 2026:
by Fr. P. Sutter F.M.S. (Author), Fr. Cliff Ermatinger (Translator)
The most renowned cases of demonic possession are gathered here.
Rather than foment and satisfy morbid curiosity, this book presents not only the tragic suffering of those afflicted, but also the heroic charity of those who helped them and eventually brought them to deliverance.
When this book was first published in 1921 it was wildly popular and was quickly translated into many languages. Now, in this new translation, the book has been expanded with theological commentary and a copious introduction to illustrate many aspects that were left unexplained in its original form.
NEW for 2026:
The Simplest Way to Holiness
Following Christ is not made up of a collection of rules to be lived out in a contractual way but is meant to be a dynamic and loving relationship. In Fidelity to Grace, Fr. Plus teaches us how to thrive in that relationship with Christ, which results in a simple path to holiness. Through attentiveness to the action of grace, prayer, trust, and action, Fidelity to Grace shows us that the way is quite simple and achievable to anyone willing to say “Yes” to Christ.
Translated and Introduced by Fr. Cliff Ermatinger
About the Author
Fr. Raoul Plus, S.J. (1882–1958), wrote more than forty books to help Christians of every degree of education (or lack of it) to understand God’s love for the soul. The content of his books is always profound but simply stated.
NEW for 2026:
The Example and Model of a True Penitent
An erudite 18th century Irish bishop presents us with the extraordinary depravity and even more extraordinary life of grace and penance of this spiritual giant from the 5th Century, St. Mary of Egypt. From prostitute and sex addict to woman of prayer, penance, and whole-hearted surrender to the Spouse of her soul and the object of all our longings, Jesus Christ.
Her story is humbling, edifying, inimitable, but wholly inspiring, showing us that no sin, sincerely confessed, surpasses the Mercy of God. St. Mary shows us how to trust in the Lord through conversion, lived out in prayer and penance rather than in the emotion of a fleeting moment.
This book, older than the United States itself, speaks to our age through the example of St. Mary and the counsels of the holy bishop who penned it.
Throughout the Month of July,
Padre Pio Press Cordially Invites Its Readership to Join in Saying:
Litany of the Most
Precious Blood of Jesus
Sixth Sunday After Pentecost — Homily by Fr. Ermatinger
Pinned Post
Translation of the Epistle for the Sixth Sunday After Pentecost (Rom 6:3-11)
Brethren: All we who have been baptized into Christ Jesus have been baptized into His death. For we were buried with Him by means of Baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ has arisen from the dead through the glory of the Father, so we also may walk in newness of life. For if we have been united with Him in the likeness of His death, we shall be so in the likeness of His resurrection also. For we know that our old self has been crucified with Him, in order that the body of sin may be destroyed, that we may no longer be slaves to sin; for he who is dead […]
CONSECRATION TO THE PRECIOUS BLOOD OF JESUS CHRIST
Conscious, merciful Savior, of my nothingness and of Thy sublimity, I cast myself at Thy feet and thank Thee for the many proofs of Thy grace shown unto me, Thy ungrateful creature. I thank Thee especially for delivering me by Thy Precious Blood from the destructive power of Satan. In the presence of my dear Mother Mary, my guardian angel, my patron saint, and of the whole company of heaven, I dedicate myself voluntarily with a sincere heart, O dearest Jesus, to Thy Precious Blood, by which Thou hast redeemed the world from sin, death and hell. I promise Thee, with the help of Thy grace and to the utmost of my strength to stir up and foster devotion to Thy Precious Blood, the price of our redemption, so that Thy adorable Blood may be honored and glorified by all. In this way, I wish to make reparation for my disloyalty towards Thy Precious Blood of love, and to make satisfaction to Thee for […]
St. Mary of Egypt
Pinned Post
St. Mary of Egypt
A Talk by Fr. Ermatinger
Meet the Author
Fr. Cliff Ermatinger is a priest of the Archdiocese of Milwaukee, where he works full-time as a spiritual consultant and in deliverance ministry. He has a Ph.L and an STL from Regina Apostolorum in Rome and has published 19 books.