Online text: Of God and His Creatures (Summa Contra Gentiles), by St. Thomas Aquinas

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• Of God and His Creatures: An Annotated Translation (With Some Abridgement) of the Summa Contra Gentiles of Saint Tho[ma]s Aquinas, by Joseph Rickaby (London: Burns and Oates, 1905). May be read online on this page on this page of the Jacques Maritain Center’s Readings for Philosophers and Catholics. Available in pdf, epub, mobi, and other formats at Internet Archive.
  • Another impression of uncertain year (London: Burns and Oates; St Louis, Mo.: B. Herder) is available at Internet Archive. Its ebook reproduction by the Catholic Primer (© The Catholic Primer, 2005) is available in pdf format on this page of the ANU Catholic Society and on this page. Its ebook reproduction by CCEL (Grand Rapids, MI: Christian Classics Ethereal Library) is available in pdf format on this page of Saint Mary of the Assumption Catholic Church, Waco, Texas, and in various formats at CCEL.

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Note: Updated 23 November 2020 to replace the earlier-indexed work with dead links. The previous and defunct entry was:

• The Summa Contra Gentiles, or On the Truth of the Catholic Faith, by St. Thomas Aquinas, translated by Anton C. Pegis,  James F. Anderson, Vernon J. Bourke, and Charles J. O’Neil (New York: Hanover House, 1955-57). Edited, with English, especially Scriptural references, updated by Joseph Kenny, O.P.  Available at the Dominican House of Studies, Priory of the Immaculate Conception. Parallel texts in Latin and English available at the website of Joseph Kenny. [N.B., We have assumed that the text was lawfully placed online since it is available on a website of a Dominican institution. If this assumption is incorrect, please advise us immediately.]

Free ebook: “The Authority of the Church”, by Saint Francis de Sales

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• The Authority of the Church, an excerpt from The Catholic Controversy, by Saint Francis de Sales, translated by Rev. Henry Benedict Mackey, O.S.B. (London: Burns and Oates, 1886). May be read online at Catholic Apologetics Information. [Caution. When searching for other texts on the site, which has useful apologetical materials in relation to non-Catholic errors, readers without adequate theological formation are advised avoid its materials on the Second Vatican Council, which it deems invalid on the basis of an invalid hermeneutic of discontinuity.] 

On the feast of St. Francis De Sales in the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite. For other legally free ebooks, you may access the List of Free eBooks (Arranged by Title) and the List of Free eBooks (Grouped by Subject). Blessed be God in His angels and in His saints!

Free ebook: “Sacred Rhetoric; or, The Art of Rhetoric as Applied to the Preaching of the Word of God”

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• Sacred Rhetoric; or, The Art of Rhetoric as Applied to the Preaching of the Word of God, by the author of “Programmes of Sermons and Instructions” (New York: Benziger Brothers, 1881). May be read online, and available in pdf, epub, djvu, kindle/mobi, Daisy, and txt formats, at Open Library and Internet Archive.

Posted from Washington D.C. on the Feast of St. John Chrysostom in the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite. For other legally free ebooks, you may access the List of Free eBooks (Arranged by Title) and the List of Free eBooks (Grouped by Subject). Blessed be God in His angels and in His saints!

 

Online text: “Canons of the Particular Law of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church”

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• Canons of the Particular Law of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, English translation by Rev. Andrei Kachur (2006). Available in PDF format on this page of the Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Winnipeg.

On the Feast of Pope St. Sergius I in the Maronite church, and of St. Raymond of Penyafort (Peñafort), O.P., in the Latin church (Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite); and in belated commemoration of the Day of Unity of Ukraine (22 January). For more legally free ebooks, you may access the List of Free eBooks (Arranged by Title) and the List of Free eBooks (Grouped by Subject).

We pray for the Catholics in Ukraine, who have long endured hardship for their God-given Faith, that they might be blessed with unceasing and ever-increasing faith, hope, and charity, unto eternal salvation. And we pray for the whole Ukrainian people, that they might all become in full communion with the one true Church, and live in justice and peace in their most beautiful land. Through Christ our Lord, with the intercession of the Ever-Virgin Theotokos, Saint Josaphat Kuntsevych, and Saint George the Victorious. Amen.

Online text: “On the Bishop, Servant of the Gospel of Jesus Christ”, by Pope John Paul II

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• Post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation “Pastores Gregis” on the Bishop, Servant of the Gospel of Jesus Christ for the Hope of the World, by Pope John Paul II (16 October 2003). May be read online on this page of Adoremus; on this page of Catholic Culture; on this page of the EWTN Library; at IntraText; at the Holy See.

On the Feast of St. Timothy in the Maronite Rite. For more legally free ebooks, you may access the List of Free eBooks (Arranged by Title) and the List of Free eBooks (Grouped by Subject). Blessed be God in His angels and in His saints!

Free ebook: “Guide for Catholic Young Women, Especially for Those Who Earn Their Own Living”

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• Guide for Catholic Young Women, Especially for Those Who Earn Their Own Living, 35^th ed., revised, by the Rev. George Deshon (New York: The Columbus Press, 1910). May be read online, and available in pdf, epub, mobi/kindle, djvu, Daisy and txt formats at Internet Archive and Open Library. The 29^th edition (New York: Catholic Books Exchange, 1893) is available in at Internet Archive and Open Library.

On the Feast of Saint Agnes in the Latin church. For more legally free ebooks, you may access the List of Free eBooks (Arranged by Title) and the List of Free eBooks (Grouped by Subject). Blessed be God in His angels and in His saints!

Online ebook: “Hebrew Catholics and the Mission of the Church”

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• You Shall Be My Witnesses: Hebrew Catholics and the Mission of the Church (Saint Louis, MO.: Association of Hebrew Catholics, 2010, 2012). Available in PDF format on this page of the Association of Hebrew Catholics.

On the anniversary of the vision of Marie-Alphonse Ratisbonne, N.D.S. (20 January 1842), and in remembrance of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the Holy See and Israel (19 January 1994). For other legally free ebooks, you may access the List of Free eBooks (Arranged by Title) and the List of Free eBooks (Grouped by Subject). 

Let us also pray for the Jews: that our God and Lord may illuminate their hearts, that they acknowledge that Jesus Christ is the Savior of all men. (From the Revised Good Friday Prayer for the Jews, translated by Father John Zuhlsdorf)

Online text: “Aspects of Christian Meditation”, by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith

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• Letter “Orationis Forma” to the Bishops of the Catholic Church on Some Aspects of Christian Meditation, by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, October 15, 1989. May be read online on this page at CatholicCulture.org, on this page at EWTN Library, and at the Holy See through the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.

On the Feast of Saint Macarius of Egypt in the Maronite church. For other legally free ebooks, you may access the List of Free eBooks (Arranged by Title) and the List of Free eBooks (Grouped by Subject). Blessed be God in His angels and in His saints!

Online ebook: “Friends of God”, by Saint Josemaria Escriva

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• Friends of God, homilies by Saint Josemaria Escriva. May be read online on this page of Josemaria Escriva Works (© Studium Foundation).
• Contains the following homilies: The Richness of Ordinary Life; Freedom, a gift from God; Time is a Treasure; Working for God; Human Virtues; Humility; Detachment; In the Footsteps of Christ; Getting to know God; Open to God and Men; For They Shall See God; Living by Faith; The Christian’s Hope; The Strength of Love; A Life of Prayer; That All May Be Saved; Mother of God and Our Mother; and Towards Holiness.

On the Feast of Saint Charles of Sezze, OFM. Blessed be God in His angels and in His saints!

Online text: “What to Do about Temptation”, by Donald F. Miller

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• What to Do about Temptation, by Donald F. Miller, C.Ss.R. With 1959 Imprimatur. Available in PDF format on this page of Internet Archive’s 2 June 2013 snapshot of Catholic Pamphlets.net [N.B., Catholic Pamphlets.net appears to be defunct, as the website stated on 14 January 2014 that: “This account has been suspended.” However, the 2 June 2013 snapshot of Catholic Pamphlets.net, through which one may access the texts on the website, may be found at Internet Archive, along with other snapshots from other dates.]

On the Feast of St. Anthony of Egypt in the Catholic Church. For other legally free ebooks, you may access the List of Free eBooks (Arranged by Title) and the List of Free eBooks (Grouped by Subject). Blessed be God in His angels and in His saints!