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 Penance / Reconciliation:

List of websites that live-stream Holy Mass (with 2021 updates)

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.

Texto en línea: “Via pulchritudinis: respuesta de la iglesia a la crisis contemporánea”, por Padre Santiago Canals Coma

Vea este texto en línea:

• “Via pulchritudinis: respuesta de la iglesia a la crisis contemporánea”, por Padre Santiago Canals Coma, Cuestiones Teológicas, Vol. 39, No. 92 (julio – diciembre, 2012): pp. 345-369. Disponible en linea y en formato PDF en SciELO Colombia.

Ver también estos textos:

• The Beauty of Holiness: Sacred Art and the New Evangelization, by Jem Sullivan (New Haven, CT: Knights of Columbus Supreme Council—Catholic Information Service, 2012). With Imprimatur. Part of the New Evangelization series (Michelle K. Borras, Ph.D., general editor). Available in PDF format (on this page) at the Knights of Columbus Supreme Council—Catholic Information Service.
• Letter to Artists, by Saint John Paul the Great (4 April 1999). Subtitled: “To all who are passionately dedicated to the search for new ‘epiphanies’ of beauty so that through their creative work as artists they may offer these as gifts to the world”. The text may be read online on this page of the EWTN Library; at the Holy See (linked from this page of the Institute of Catholic Culture). The audio of excerpts of the Letter, read by students at John Paul the Great Catholic University, is provided in the video “Pope John Paul II’s ‘Letter to Artists’” (published April 21, 2014) at the JPCatholic Youtube channel.

En el aniversario del Concilio de Letrán (769 dC) y en conmemoración del Día Mundial del Arte y del Día Mundial de la Cultura. Para más libros, por favor ingrese a la lista de los libros electrónicos gratis (Ordenados por título) y la lista de los libros gratis (Agrupados por tema).

[And if the grammar is wrong, please correct us. Gracias!]

Online text: “On the Christian Attitude Towards Death”, by Dr. Adrian J. Walker

See this online text:

• “Singulariter in Spe Constituisti Me: On the Christian Attitude Towards Death”, by Professor Adrian J. Walker, Ph.D., Communio, Vol. 39, No. 3 (Fall 2012): pp. 351-363. Available in pdf format through this page of Communio International Catholic Review.

On the Second Monday of Eastertide, and the Memorial of Saint Teresa of the Andes (Teresa de Jesús de Los Andes). 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 Seven Sacraments of the Catholic Church”, by Rev. Henry Formby

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• The Seven Sacraments of the Catholic Church; or, The Seven Pillars of the House of Wisdom: A Brief Explanation of the Catholic Doctrine of the Seven Sacraments, in Connexion with Their Corresponding Types in the Old Testament, by the Rev. Henry Formby, with illustrations by J. Powell engraved by the Dalziel Brothers (Birmingham: H. Formby; London: Burns and Lambert; Dublin: James Duffy, 1856). With the approbation of Bishop W.B. Ullathorne. Available at Google Books and Google Play Books. May be read online, and available in pdf, mobi, epub, and other formats, at Internet Archive and Open Library.

On the Octave Day of Easter (Low Sunday / White Sunday) in the Roman Rite, observed as Divine Mercy Sunday 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.

“Christ also died once for our sins, the just for the unjust, that he might offer us to God, being put to death indeed in the flesh, but brought to life by the spirit…

“Whereunto baptism being of the like form, now saveth you also: not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the examination of a good conscience towards God, by the resurrection of Jesus Christ.

“Who is on the right hand of God, swallowing up death, that we might be made heirs of eternal life: he being gone into heaven, the Angels and powers and virtues being made subject to him.” (I Peter iii, 18, 21-22)

Free ebook: “Pictorial Half Hours with the Saints”, by the Abbe Lecanu

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• Pictorial Half Hours with the Saints, by the Abbe [Auguste François] Lecanu, translated from the French (Dublin, London: James Duffy, 1865). May be read online, and available in pdf, mobi, epub, and other formats, at Internet Archive.

On the Feast of Martyrs and All Saints in the Eastern Catholic churches of the East Syriac 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.

Free ebook: “Meditations on the Mysteries of Our Holy Faith”, Volume V, by Father Luis dela Puente

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• Meditations on the Mysteries of Our Holy Faith: Together with a Treatise on Mental Prayer, by the Ven. Father Louis de Ponte [Luis de la Puente], S.J., Translated from the Original Spanish by John Heigham, Revised and Corrected, to which are Added F.C. Borgo’s Meditations on the Sacred Heart, translated from the Italian, Volume V (London, Dublin, Derby: Richardson and Son, 1854).  May be read online, and available in pdf, mobi, epub, and other formats, at Internet Archive; and also available at Google Books and HathiTrust.
  • This volume includes meditations on Our Lord’s Resurrection and the various appearances He made; on His Ascension and the subsequent conduct of His apostles; on the coming of the Holy Spirit; on the first principal events in the history of the Church; and on the life and Assumption of the blessed Virgin.

On the Feast of the Resurrection of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ in the one true and Catholic 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. The Lord is Risen! Alleluia!

Online text: Easter Vigil Homily (2007), by Pope Benedict XVI

See this online text:

• Easter Vigil Homily, by Pope Benedict XVI, on Holy Saturday, 7 April 2007. Available at the Holy See in  English, Deutsch, Español, Français, Italiano, e Portugues.

See also these related texts:

• “An Ancient Homily for Holy Saturday” (also entitled “A reading from an ancient homily for Holy Saturday”, and “The Lord’s descent into the underworld”).  The text may be read online on this page at St. John Cantius Parish; at the Holy See, prepared by Pontifical University Saint Thomas Aquinas; at Catholic Online; and on this page of Universalis (© 1996-2019 Universalis Publishing Limited), as part of the Office of Readings in the Ordinary Form of the Roman Rite for Holy Saturday. [N.B., Various pages attribute the text to Bishop Melito of Sardis or St. Epiphanius, Bishop of Cyprus. Its source is cited by St. John Cantius Parish as PG (Patrologia Graeca) 43, 440A, 452C.]
• “The Anguish of an Absence: Three Meditations on Holy Saturday”, by Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger (Pope Benedict XVI), 30 Days, Issue 03-2006. May be read online (on this page) at 30 Days.
• “He Descended Into Hell”, by Pope John Paul II. General Audience on January 11, 1989. Taken from L’Osservatore Romano, Weekly Edition in English, 16 January 1989. May be read online on this page at Catholic Culture, and on this page of the EWTN Library. (Also available en Español e Italiano: “Descendió a los infiernos”: Audiencia General de Papa Juan Pablo II, Miércoles 11 de enero de 1989. Disponible en la Santa Sede; e Udienza Generale di Papa Giovanni Paolo II, Mercoledì, 11 gennaio 1989. Disponibile presso la Santa Sede.)
• “Holy Saturday and the Harrowing of Hell”, by Dr. Lawrence Feingold STD, Associate Professor of Theology and Philosophy, Kenrick-Glennon Seminary, Archdiocese of St. Louis, Missouri. (Saint Louis, MO: Association of Hebrew Catholics, 2010). This is Talk #7 of Series 6: Themes of the Incarnation, in the Association of Hebrew Catholics Lecture Series: The Mystery of Israel and the Church. The text of the lecture (in pdf format) and the audio of lecture (in mp3 format) together with the audio of questions and answers are available through this page of the Association of Hebrew Catholics.
• “The Meaning Behind ‘He Descended into Hell’”, by Fr. William Saunders, O.P., April 13, 2017. May be read online on this page of Catholic Exchange and on this page of Catholic Straight Answers.

On Holy Saturday, 2021. 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.

“Now this, ‘he ascended,’ what does it mean but that he also first descended into the lower parts of the earth? He who descended, he it is who ascended also above all the heavens, that he might fill all things.” (Ephesians iv, 9-10)

“It was thus that Christ died as a ransom, paid once for all, on behalf of our sins, he the innocent for us the guilty, so as to present us in God’s sight. In his mortal nature he was done to death, but endowed with fresh life in his spirit, and it was in his spirit that he went and preached to the spirits who lay in prison… He sits, now, at the right hand of God, annihilating death, to make us heirs of eternal life; he has taken his journey to heaven, with all the angels and powers and princedoms made subject under his feet.” (1 Peter 3:17-19,22, formatting supplied)

Free ebook: Meditations on the Passion of our Lord Jesus Christ, by St. Alphonsus Liguori

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• The Mysteries of the Faith: The Redemption; Containing Reflections, Meditations, and Devotions on the Passion of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the Novena of the Sacred Heart, by St. Alphonsus Maria De Liguori, translated and edited by, Robert A. Coffin (London:  Burns & Lambert, 1861). With Rescript from Pope Pius IX and Imprimatur from Cardinal Wiseman. May be read online, and available in pdf, mobi, epub, and other formats, at Internet Archive.

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Free ebook: “The Passion and the Death of Jesus Christ”, by St. Alphonsus Liguori

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• The Passion and the Death of Jesus Christ, by St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori (New York, Cincinnati, St. Louis: Benziger Brothers, 1886). Volume 5 of The Complete Works of Saint Alphonsus De Liguori, Doctor of the Church: The Ascetical Works, translated from the Italian, edited by Rev. Eugene Grimm, C.Ss.R. With approbation. Available in pdf format on this page of Saints’ Books. May be read online, and available in pdf, mobi, epub, and other formats, at Internet Archive.

On Good Friday, 2021. 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: “Meditations on the Mysteries of Our Holy Faith”, Volume IV, by Father Luis dela Puente

See this legally free ebook:

• Meditations on the Mysteries of Our Holy Faith: Together with a Treatise on Mental Prayer, by the Ven. Father Louis de Ponte [Luis de la Puente], S.J., Translated from the Original Spanish by John Heigham, Revised and Corrected, to which are Added F.C. Borgo’s Meditations on the Sacred Heart, translated from the Italian, Volume IV (London, Dublin, Derby: Richardson and Son, 1853).  May be read online, and available in pdf, mobi, epub, and other formats, at Internet Archive; and also available at Google Books and HathiTrust. The 1861 impression is also available at HathiTrust.
  • Volume IV includes Meditations on the events from the ascent to Jerusalem, until the washing of the feet; and Meditations on the most Holy Sacrament of the Altar; Meditations on the events until the Lord’s seizure in the garden; and Meditations on mysteries of the Passion.

On Holy Thursday, 2021. 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 Sinner’s Guide”, by Venerable Luis de Granada

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• The Sinner’s Guide, by Venerable Louis of Granada, O.P., a new and revised translation by a Father of the same Order (New York: P.J. O’Shea, 1890). With Imprimatur; and containing approbatory letter of Pope Gregory XIII. May be read online, and available in pdf, mobi, epub, and other formats, at Internet Archive. 
• Another translation is also available:
  • The Sinner’s Guide, in Two Books; Book I. Containing a Full and Ample Exhortation to the Pursuit of Virtue, with Instructions and Directions How to Become Virtuous; Book II. The Doctrine of Virtue, with Necessary Instructions and Advice for Making a Man Virtuous, by the Rev. F. Lewis of Granada, Provincial of the Order of St. Dominick, in the Kingdom of Portugal, translated from the Spanish (Philadelphia: Henry. McGrath, 1844). With the favorable recommendation of the Bishop of Philadelphia. Available in pdf format on this page of Saints’ Books; and may be read online, and available in pdf, mobi, epub, and other formats, at Internet Archive.

See also these related ebooks: