A Manual of Moral Theology, vols 1-2 by Rev. Thomas Slater, S.J.
Fr. Slater’s classic contains the principles one needs to apply to moral questions and equips the Catholic reader with sound and clear explanations for our Faith lived out.
~Fr. Ermatinger
Spiritual Theology — Fr. Jordan Aumann O.P.
The mainstays for sound spiritual theology over the last 100 years have always been Tanquerey and Garrigou- Lagrange. And I highly recommend them. But Fr Auman has distilled what they’ve taught down to a more digestible size and translates them into easier to comprehend language for those who are somewhat new to this area of theology.
Fundamentals of Catholic Dogma — Ludwig Ott
We have the Catechism of the Council of Trent and John Paul II’s Catechism of the Catholic Church, which have proven to be excellent sources. But rather than a reference book, Ludwig Ott’s Fundamentals of Catholic Dogma is a […]
TREATISE ON PURGATORY — by St. Catherine of Genoa
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CHAPTER I
STATE OF THE SOULS IN PURGATORY, HOW THEY ARE FREE FROM ALL SELF-LOVE
This holy soul, yet in the flesh, found herself placed in the purgatory of God’s […]
A Prayer for Pope Leo XIV
V. Let us pray for Leo, our Pope.
R. May the Lord preserve him, and give him life, and make him blessed upon the earth, and deliver him not up to the will of his enemies. [Psalm 40:3]
The Our Father and the Hail Mary are then said.
A Prayer for the Repose of the Soul of Pope Francis
God, Who, in Thine ineffable providence, didst will that Thy servant Francis should be numbered among the high priests; grant, we beseech Thee, that he, who on earth held the place of Thine only-begotten Son, may be joined forevermore to the fellowship of Thy holy pontiffs.
Through the same Jesus Christ, Thy Son, Who liveth and reigneth with […]
Prayers for Year’s Close and Year’s Beginning
Te Deum
traditionally said to close the year in thanksgiving to our Heavenly Father for the good gifts that we have received from and by His hand throughout the year.
We praise thee, O God:
we acknowledge thee to be the Lord.
All the earth doth worship
Thee the Father everlasting.
Act of Consecration to Our Lady of Guadalupe
O Holy Virgin Mary, Mother of God and my compassionate Mother,1 I, with Saint Juan Diego, your faithful and courageous messenger, prostrate myself before your Beloved Image.2 With all my heart, I, too, desire to be your messenger. With Saint Juan Diego, may my heart be totally one with your Sorrowful […]
Prayer to Our Lady of Sorrows
cir. 1480-1500
O Mother of Sorrows, by the anguish and love with which thou didst stand at the Cross of Jesus, stand by me in my last agony. To thy maternal heart, I commend the last three hours of my life.
Offer these hours to the Eternal Father in union with […]