Online Texts & Media on Forgiveness of Sins outside Confession

See these online texts and media on the forgiveness of sins, especially mortal sins, outside the Sacrament of Reconciliation:

List of websites that live-stream Holy Mass

INTRODUCTION

This special post of the Catholic eBooks Project provides:

1. A partial list of websites that live-stream or upload videos of the Holy Mass or Holy Qurbono/Qurbana or Divine Liturgy, alphabetically grouped under the several Rites the one true Church;
2. Suggestions on other means of accessing Holy Mass online; and
3. Resources on exceptional means of observing the Sunday obligation.

This index of resources is offered for the benefit of the faithful who live in areas where authorities have suspended public celebration of the Most Holy Sacrifice of the Mass due to the current pandemic, or who have themselves been quarantined, or who are otherwise unable to hear Holy Mass in person for just and grave reasons.

Free ebook: “The Soldier’s Companion to the Spiritual Exercises”, compiled by the Rev. J. Redman

See this legally free ebook:

• The Soldier’s Companion to the Spiritual Exercises, 2nd edition, compiled by the Rev. J. [Joseph] Redman, D.D. (London: Burns and Oates, 1882). May be read online, and available in pdf, epub, mobi and other formats, at Internet Archive.

Posted in remembrance of General Christophe de Lamoriciere (+11 September 1865), soldier of Christendom, and in joyful commemoration of the Siege of Malta (ended 11 September 1565) and the Battle of Vienna (ended 12 September 1683). For other texts and ebooks, you may access the List of Free eBooks (Arranged by Title), the List of Free eBooks (Grouped by Subject), the List of Worth-It Catholic Books & eBooks, and the main page of the Catholic eBooks Project.

Free ebook: “The Catholic Doctrine of Purgatory”, by Henry James Coleridge, S.J.

See this legally free ebook:

• The Prisoners of the King: Thoughts on the Catholic Doctrine of Purgatory, by Henry James Coleridge, S.J. (London: Burns and Oates, 1889). May be read online, and available in mobi, epub, pdf, and other formats, at Internet Archive; and available in pdf format at Forgotten Books (some pages may be accessed only by members). The 1884 edition is also available at Internet Archive.

On the Feast of Saint Nicholas of Tolentino in the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite. For other online texts and legally free ebooks, you may access the List of Free eBooks (Arranged by Title) and the List of Free eBooks (Grouped by Subject).

Free & worth-it ebook: “Visits to the Most Holy Sacrament and the Blessed Virgin Mary”, by St. Alphonsus de Ligouri

See this legally free and worth-it ebook:

• Visits to the Most Holy Sacrament and the Blessed Virgin Mary, by St. Alphonsus de Ligouri, a new translation edited by the Rev. R.A. Coffin, C.Ss.R. (London: Burns & Lambert, 1855). Available at Google Books. Another imprint (New York: P. J. Kenedy, 1855) is available in pdf format Young & Catholic Nigeria, and may be read online on this page of Good Catholic Books (linked by Traditional Catholic).
  • The printed book and the ebook may be purchased on this page of Tan Books and at Liguori Publications.

On the Feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary. For other texts and ebooks, you may access the List of Free eBooks (Arranged by Title), the List of Free eBooks (Grouped by Subject), the List of Worth-It Catholic Books & eBooks, and the main page of the Catholic eBooks Project.

Online ebook: “Handbook of the Legion of Mary”

See this online ebook:

• The Official Handbook of the Legion of Mary, Revised Edition, 2014 (Dublin: Concilium Legionis Mariae, 2014). With Imprimatur. Available in pdf format through this page of the Legion of Mary.

On the Feast of the Holy Martyrs Stephen Pongracz, Melchior Grodziecki, and Marko Stjepan Krizin, and on the anniversary of the founding of the Legion of Mary. For other texts and ebooks, you may access the List of Free eBooks (Arranged by Title), the List of Free eBooks (Grouped by Subject), the List of Worth-It Catholic Books & eBooks, and the main page of the Catholic eBooks Project. Blessed be God in His angels and in His saints!

From the text (p. 284):

‘It is told in the life of St. Gregory Thaumaturgus that when he was about to die, he enquired of those about him how many unbelievers there were in the city. The reply came quickly: “Seventeen only.” The dying bishop meditated awhile on the figure stated, and then remarked: “Exactly the number of believers whom I found when I became bishop here.” Starting with only seventeen believers his labours had brought faith to all but seventeen! Wonderful! Yet the grace of God has not been exhausted by the passage of the centuries. Faith and courage could draw on it as freely to do the same to-day.’

Notice: Inactive eBook Links & Sources

Sic transit aetherloci mundi, sed verbum semper subsistit.

Please be informed that the following webpages / websites that formerly hosted Catholic Christian ebooks and texts are currently defunct, and that, therefore, all links to ebooks and texts in those sites are now inactive pr dead links:

• Abbaye Saint Benoit de Port-Valais. The original website along with its valuable Bibliotheque is defunct, but the 16 November 2017 snapshot states that its contents may be ordered from the Monastère Saint Benoît de Port-Valais.
• Ascension Catholic Community. Includes Catholic Catechism Topics and Bible Study Resources
• Capuchin Beginnings;
• Catechetics Online;
• Catholic Evangelism;
• Catholic Primer. The original website is sadly defunct, but the resources therein may still be accessed at the Internet Archive Wayback Machine, through the 07 September 2011 and 21 October 2012 snapshots of the site.
• Christ’s Faithful People. Sadly the original site is defunct, but a snapshot of the site and its ebooks may be viewed through Internet Archive’s Wayback Engine. Here is the link to the site’s snapshot as of 16 March 2012.
• The Dominican Friars of the Province of St. Albert the Great, USA: The resources contained in the former website are now archived in Dominican Central Archives.
• Evangelical Catholic Apologetics;
• GCatholic.com: Documents and Speeches;
• Hugh McDonald;
• Joseph Kenny, O.P.: Including Thomas Aquinas’ Works in English;
• Le Pater Noster;
• Our Catholic Faith: Downloads. The main website has been purchased by anti-Catholics. The old downloads page has been taken down, and the front page of the website now hosts heretical articles attacking divinely revealed truth. For the sake of their eternal salvation, all readers, especially those without sufficient theological formation, are advised to avoid the site.
• Roman Catholic Resource Index;
• Saint Joseph Software EBooks;
• Saint Wiki;
• Sean O Lachtnain’s Home Page;
• St. Athanasius Press Traditional Catholic Library;
• St. Michael Cyberspace Scriptorium;
• St. Thomas Aquinas’ Works in English (webpage) at the Dominican House of Studies, Priory of the Immaculate Conception. The webpage states: “Due to copyright concerns, this website is no longer hosting English translations of the works of St. Thomas Aquinas.”
• The Summa & Other Matters.

In addition, the following websites / webpages hosting Catholic Christian texts and ebooks have been extensively reconstructed, and therefore, all links to their ebooks and texts are now inactive and require updating:

• Catholic Truth Society Pamphlets.
• EWTN Library. The website of the Eternal Word Television Network, including its valuable library, underwent extensive reconstruction. As far as we can tell based on a search for texts on the new EWTN Library page, the texts have been retained, but with new URLs.

Kindly visit our newly updated page Sources of Catholic eBooks & Texts for the current list of websites / webpages where free and online and worth-it texts and ebooks are legally available.

We are (very slowly) updating the affected links, either by finding replacement links to legally free copies of the texts, or by posting links to worth-it (for purchase) copies. This is an ever incomplete task, however, due to link rot. Therefore, if you encounter a dead link, kindly (a) comment and inform us; (b) suggest a suitable and lawful replacement, if you know of one; and (c) where the website subsists, as in the case of the EWTN Library and Catholic Truth Society Pamphlets, please proceed to that website directly.

In any case, for other texts and ebooks, you may access the List of Free eBooks (Arranged by Title), the List of Free eBooks (Grouped by Subject), the List of Worth-It Catholic Books & eBooks, and the frequently updated blog/updates page of the Project.

May God bless us all.

[This incorporates and reblogs content from the August 21, 2020 post Notice: Inactive eBooks Links.]

Online audio, video, & text: National Prayer Breakfast Address, by Mother Teresa

See this online audio, video, & text:

• National Prayer Breakfast Address, by Mother Teresa (Saint Teresa of Calcutta), delivered on 3 February 1994 at the Washington Hotel, Washington, D.C.
  • The audio recording of the address is available at American Rhetoric.
  • The video recording of the address is also available on this page of the Youtube channel Geremia08, on this page of My Catholic Tube, at Patheos, and at American Rhetoric. It is also included in the complete video recording of the 03 February 1994 National Prayer Breaktast, beginning at 22m10s.
  • The transcript of the address as delivered is available at American Rhetoric. It is also included in the complete transcript of the 03 February1994 National Prayer Breakfast, in Congressional Record, Volume 140, Number 50 (Monday, May 2, 1994), which may be read online at govinfo.
  • What appears to be the prepared text of the address, entitled “Whatsoever You Do…”, may be read online on this page of EWTN Library, on this page of Crossroads Initiative, and on this page of Priests for Life, and is available in pdf format on this page of Priests for Life. Excerpts are provided at Patheos.

See also this related text:

• “Charity: the Soul of Missionary Activity”, by Mother Teresa of Calcutta, L’Osservatore Romano, April 8, 1991. May be read online on this page of Catholic Culture.org.

Posted for the Feast of Saint Teresa of Calcutta, and on the secular observance of the International Day of Charity. For other texts and ebooks, you may access the List of Free eBooks (Arranged by Title), the List of Free eBooks (Grouped by Subject), the List of Worth-It Catholic Books & eBooks, and the main page of the Catholic eBooks Project.

“Then the King will say to those who are on his right hand, Come, you that have received a blessing from my Father, take possession of the kingdom which has been prepared for you since the foundation of the world. For I was hungry, and you gave me food, thirsty, and you gave me drink; I was a stranger, and you brought me home, naked, and you clothed me, sick, and you cared for me, a prisoner, and you came to me… Believe me, when you did it to one of the least of my brethren here, you did it to me.

“Then he will say to those who are on his left hand, in their turn, Go far from me, you that are accursed, into that eternal fire which has been prepared for the devil and his angels. For I was hungry, and you never gave me food, I was thirsty, and you never gave me drink; I was a stranger, and you did not bring me home, I was naked, and you did not clothe me, I was sick and in prison, and you did not care for me… Believe me, when you refused it to one of the least of my brethren here, you refused it to me.

“And these shall pass on to eternal punishment, and the just to eternal life.” (St. Matthew xxv, 34-36, 40-43, 45-46)

“Religion, pure and immaculate with God and the Father, is this: To visit the fatherless and widows in their tribulation, and to keep one’s self immaculate from this world.” (St. James i, 27)

Online ebook: “Communications of Our Lord regarding Priests and Religious to Blessed Dina Belanger”

See this online ebook:

• For Consecrated Souls: Communications of Our Lord regarding Priests and Religious to Blessed Dina Belanger, taken with permission from the Autobiography of Dina Belanger (2013). Available in pdf format at SicutInCælo. [Note: The text states that it was “compiled and typeset by Robert T. Hart. Published here for free downloading with permission of Les Religieuses de Jésus-Marie — Sillery (Quebéc) Canada”]

Posted on the Feast of Blessed Dina Belanger, in earnest prayer that her once-Christian homeland may repent of the Quiet Revolution’s apostasy and return to its first allegiance to Christ our divine Lord and His one true Church. For other texts and ebooks, you may access the List of Free eBooks (Arranged by Title), the List of Free eBooks (Grouped by Subject), the List of Worth-It Catholic Books & eBooks, and the main page of the Catholic eBooks Project. Blessed be God in His angels and in His saints!

Free ebook: “Liturgical Prayer: Its History & Spirit”, by Abbot Fernand Cabrol

See this legally free ebook:

• Liturgical Prayer: Its History & Spirit, by the Right Reverend Fernand Cabrol, O.S.B. [1855-1937], translated by a Benedictine of Stanbrook (New York: P. J. Kenedy & Sons, 1922). With Imprimatur. May be read online, and available in pdf, mobi, epub, and other formats, at Internet Archive, with a 2^nd copy at Internet Archive.

On the Feast of Saint Gregory the Great (Pope Gregory I) in the Ordinary Form of the Roman Rite. For other texts and ebooks, you may access the List of Free eBooks (Arranged by Title), the List of Free eBooks (Grouped by Subject), the List of Worth-It Catholic Books & eBooks, and the main page of the Catholic eBooks Project.

Online & worth-it ebook: “Catholics in the Public Square”, by Bishop Thomas J. Olmsted

See this online and worth-it ebook:

• Catholics in the Public Square, revised 4th Edition, by the Most Rev. Thomas J. Olmsted, Bishop of the Diocese of Phoenix, with a Foreword by Jose H. Gomez, Archbishop of Los Angeles (Charlotte, NC: Saint Benedict Press, 2016). May be read online on this page at the Diocese of Phoenix (linked by this page of Catholic Culture.org). May be purchased at Amazon in kindle and hardcover formats.

See also these related texts on the ethics of voting:

Free ebook: “A Manual of Prayer”, compiled by Father Aegidius Henneman

See this legally free ebook:

• A Manual of Prayer, Compiled from Various Books of Catholic Devotion, by Father Aegidius Hennemann, O.S.B. (Munich: Hermann Manz, 1869). may be read online, and is available in pdf, mobi, epub, and other formats, at Internet Archive.

On the Feast of Saint Simon the Stylite in the Maronite Church  and of Saint Giles the Hermit in the Latin Church  (Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite). For other texts and ebooks, you may access the List of Free eBooks (Arranged by Title), the List of Free eBooks (Grouped by Subject), the List of Worth-It Catholic Books & eBooks, and the main page of the Catholic eBooks Project.