Confession and Sacraments

The Secret of Confession Including the Wonders of Confession
Including The Wonders of Confession
by Fr. Paul O'Sullivan, EDM OP, STL 

Probably the most intriguing and consoling book ever written about the Sacrament of Confession.

This little gem contains a host of true stories about Confession, plus quotes from the Bible and the Saints of the early Church. Shows how even Protestants admire Confession, how it comes from Our Lord Himself, and gives renewed courage and youthfulness of spirit to the heart and soul.

Says that by means of weekly Confession any sin can be conquered! Filled with warmth and love.

Paperback, size 7" x 4.25", 94 pages

My Picture Book of First Confession
by Brother Maria Cassianus Versteeg

This beautifully illustrated book, with its companion, My Picture Book of First Communion, was originally written by a Dutch religious, Brother Maria Cassianus Versteeg, as one among a series of books for children printed by their Orphanage Printing House.

The original Dutch needed a good deal of adaptation during the translation process, so in reconstructing the text, we borrowed heavily from the work of Mother Mary Loyola, who would have been a rough contemporary.

The result is a brief yet comprehensive preparation for these important Sacraments which pairs nicely with the more thorough presentation of the same in the books of Mother Mary Loyola, which were long considered the "gold standard" in Catechesis.

Hardcover, size 11" x 8.5", 36 pages

The Blessed Sacrament
The Works and Ways of God
by Fr. Frederick William Faber

Fr. Faber's brilliant work on the Eucharist, The Blessed Sacrament: The Works and Ways of God considers the magnificent gift Our Lord has given us in this holiest of mysteries: the Mystery of His very Body and Blood. His aim is to inspire a reverential awe and love for God's greatest work, the compendium of all miracles, and Summit of the Sacraments. Included are Fr. Faber's insights into the theology of transubstantiation (rendered all the more useful by Fr. Faber's upbringing in and countering of Protestant denials of this truth), as well as descriptions of Our Lord's five Eucharistic sufferings. Fr. Faber urges reparation to the Sacred Heart of Jesus in the Most Blessed Sacrament.

As usual, Fr. Faber ranges over the entire Catholic Faith in this work, not limiting his wisdom's scope, and enlightening our minds and inflaming our souls with a more deeply Catholic outlook on life.

Paperback, size 8.5" x 5.5", 464 pages

Great Penitents
by Fr Hugh Francis Blunt, LL.D.

In this selection of more unknown penitents, there is the design to show that every age is the age of penitence; that every day the Prodigal Son is coming back home to his father, in the twentieth century as well as in the third, joyfully testifying to the old truth that it profiteth a man nothing to gain the whole world and suffer the loss of his own soul. These men whose stories are told here are witnesses to the wisdom and the beauty of the penitential life. Their sacrifices were heroic. Yesterday their lives a scandal, today an inspiration to all.

Includes lives of:

The Fool of God - St John of God	The Jesuates founded by Bl. John Colombini	The Gambler - St Camillus de Lellis	Abbot De Rance
Silvio Pellico	Paul Feval	Father Hermann: Musician and Monk	J. B. Carpeaux
Francois Coppee	J. K. Huysmans	Paul Verlaine	A Litany of Penitents

Paperback, size 7.5" x 5.4" 270 pages

'Everyone, unfortunately, will see his or herself described in the pages of this booklet, as all of our sins are traceable to these seven roots: Pride, Covetousness (Avarice), Lust, Anger, Gluttony, Envy and Sloth. The Seven Capital Sins explains the true nature, degrees, acts and relationships between these seven vices, and it gives the remedies and safeguards against them. 62pp'

Teaching the Ten Commandments
by Sister Mary Agnesine & Sister Mary Catherine

This book, based on a series of articles in the Catholic School Journal from 1929, lays out the essential doctrine of the Commandments for middle school students, then adds an array of concrete cases from home and school to aid in application to real life.

Paperback, size 5.5" x 8.5", 208 pages

' Large traditional full colour cards for boys and girls. Blanks for name, date, church and pastor. '

'The nature of sin and its consequences. How venial sin leads to mortal, and sins of omission to sins of commission, why sin is worse than disease, etc. Consoling emphasis on how grace and penance bring pardon and healing. Written by Cardinal Manning, the Archbishop of Westminster. 182pp'

First Communion & First Confession
by Our Lady's Catechists

First published in 1954 by "Our Lady's Catechists," this book complements very well the standard Question & Answer format of catechetical instruction.

This single edition contains both the First Confession (broken into 12 Lessons) and First Communion (broken into 14 Lessons) books, making it a complete guide to understanding and preparing for these two sacraments.

Paperback, 68 pages