Free ebook & audiobook: “Bethlehem”, by Dr. Frederick William Faber; & other ebooks on Christmas

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• Bethlehem, by Frederick William Faber, D.D. (London, Dublin, Derby: Thomas Richardson and Son, 1860)
  • The ebook may be read online, and is available in pdf, mobi, epub, and other formats, at Internet Archive; and it is available at Google Books
  • The ebook of another impression (New York: Paulist Press) is available through this page of CatholicSaints.mobi and at Internet Archive.
  • The audiobook, read by InTheDesert and produced by LibriVox, is available at LibriVox and Internet Archive, and a video with the audiobook is available at Youtube.

See also these related texts:

• Apostolic Letter “Admirabile Signum” on the Meaning and Importance of the Nativity Scene, by Pope Francis, 01 December 2019. May be read online on this page of Catholic Culture; on this page of the EWTN Library; at the Holy See Press Office; and at the Holy See.
  • See also this summary of the text: “A gift to all: Pope Francis’ Apostolic Letter on the Nativity Scene”, by Dr. Jeff Mirus, December 05, 2019, at Catholic Culture.
• The Incarnation, Birth, and Infancy of Jesus Christ, or, The Mysteries of the Faith, by Saint Alfonso Maria de’ Liguori [St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori], ed. Eugene Grimm (New York, Cincinnati, and Chicago: Benziger Brothers, 1886). With Approbation from the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer. Available on Internet Archive and Open Library (Digitizing sponsor: MSN; Book contributor: Kelly Library, University of Toronto). May be downloaded in PDF format through the Saints’ Books index.
• Liturgical Year 2020-2021, Vol. 1, Advent and Christmas, by Jennifer Gregory Miller and Darden Brock (editors). (Manassas, VA: Trinity Communications / CatholicCulture.org 2020). Available in pdf, mobi, and epub formats on this page of Catholic Culture (which requires a very brief free registration.)
  • According to the text, it is the “First of six volumes covering the 2020-2021 Catholic liturgical year, including all the days of the Advent and Christmas seasons.”
• The Liturgical Year: Christmas, by the Right Rev. Dom Prosper Guéranger, Abbot of Solesmes, translated by the Rev. Dom Laurence Shepherd. In 2 volumes, which form the 2nd and 3rd volume of Abbot Guéranger’s monumental 15-volume series, The Liturgical Year.
  • The work was republished with the Jubilee Year 2000 Limited Edition of the 15-volume The Liturgical Year (Fitzwilliam, NH: Loreto Publications, 2000). The printed book may be purchased, singly or as part of the series, on this page of Loreto Publications, and at Angelus Press.
  • The 3rd edition (Worcester, Stanbrook Abbey; London: Burns & Oates, R. & T. Washbourne, Art & Book Co.; Dublin: James Duffy & Co.; St. Louis: B. Herder, 1904) is available in pdf, mobi, epub, and other formats at Internet Archive: Volume I and Volume II.
  • The 2nd edition (Dublin: James Duffy, 1886) is likewise available at Internet Archive: Volume I and Volume II; and at Open Library: Volume I and Volume II. Volume I is also available at Forgotten Books.
  • The 1st edition (Dublin, London: James Duffy, 1868) is similarly available at Internet Archive: Volume I and Volume II. It is also available, together with the entire 15-volume series, The Liturgical Year, at the HathiTrust Digital Library. Volume II also available at Forgotten Books.
• The Nativity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, from the Meditations of Blessed Anne Catherine Emmerich, translated by George Richardson (London: Burns & Oates; New York, Cincinnati, Chicago: Benziger Brothers, 1899). With Imprimatur.
  • The ebook is available in various formats (pdf, epub, kindle/mobi, etc.) at Internet Archive and Open Library; and may be read online (on this page) at e-Catholic 2000. May be read online (here) and available in epub format and mobi/kindle format at CatholicSaints.info.
  • The audiobook is available at Internet Archive and LibriVox (linked from CatholicAudioBooks).
  • [N.B., This account, though neither public revelation nor history, may aid us when reflecting on Christian mystery and in deepening our love for God. As stated in the work: “The statements made by Sister Emmerich must be regarded only as those of a devout Nun, and must not be confounded with statements of facts supported by the testimony of the Church.”]
• The Prince of Peace: Meditations, by the Most Rev. Alban Goodier, S.J., Archbishop of Hierapolis [1869-1939] (London: Burns Oates & Washbourne). With 1915 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.
• Sermons of St. Bernard on Advent and Christmas; including the Famous Treatise on the Incarnation called “Missus Est”, by St. Bernard of Clairvaux, compiled and translated from the 1508 edition of his Sermons and Letters, with Introduction by the Right Rev. J.V. Hedley, OSB, Bishop of Newport (London, Manchester, Glasgow: R.T. Washbourne; New York, Chicago, Cincinnati: Benziger Bros., 1909). With Imprimatur. May be read online, and available in pdf, epub, djvu, txt, Daisy, and kindle/mobi formats at Open Library and Internet Archive.
• Sermons on the Feast of the Nativity, by Saint Leo the Great / Pope Leo I, comprising Sermons XXI-XXIV and XXVI-XXVIII.
  • The text may be read read on pages 128 – 144, of: The Letters and Sermons of St. Leo the Great, Bishop of Rome, translated, with notes, introduction, and indices, by Charles Lett Feltoe, in A Select Library of Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers of the Christian Church, Second Series, translated into English with Prolegomena and Explanatory Notes, under the editorial supervision of Philip Schaff and Henry Wace (New York: The Christian Literature Company; Oxford, London: Parker and Company, 1895), Volume XII, Leo the Great. Gregory the Great. The volume is available in pdf, mobi, epub and other formats at Internet Archive.
  • The text of the individual sermons, as edited by Kevin Knight, indexed as the Sermons of St. Leo the Great, is available at New Advent’s Fathers of the Church collection: Sermon 21; Sermon 22; Sermon 23; Sermon 24; Sermon 26; Sermon 27; and Sermon 28.
  • The text of the individual sermons is also available at Catholic Culture: Sermon XXI: on the Feast of the Nativity, I; Sermon XXII: on the Feast of the Nativity, II; Sermon XXIII: on the Feast of the Nativity, III; Sermon XXIV: on the Feast of the Nativity, IV; Sermon XXVI: on the Feast of the Nativity, VI; Sermon XXVII: on the Feast of the Nativity, VII; and Sermon XXVIII: on the Festival of the Nativity, VIII.

On the Feast of the Nativity of our divine Lord and Savior Jesus Christ (Christmas) 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.