Online ebook: “Handbook of the Legion of Mary”

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• 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.’

Free ebooks: “God and Man: Lectures on Dogmatic Theology”, by Rev. L.Labauche (2 volumes)

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• God and Man: Lectures on Dogmatic Theology, authorized translation from the French of the Rev. L.Labauche, S.S. (New York: P.J. Kenedy & Sons, 1916/1917). In 2 volumes.
  • Volume 1, God, and Volume 2, Man, are available at the HathiTrust Digital Library.
  • Volume 1, God, may be read online, and is available in pdf, mobi, epub, and other formats, at Internet Archive, with a 2nd copy at Internet Archive.
  • Volume 2, Man, may be read online, and is available in pdf, mobi, epub, and other formats, at Internet Archive, with a 2nd copy at Internet Archive. It is also available at Google Books, with a 2nd copy at Google Books, and at the HathiTrust Digital Library.

On the Feast of Saint Augustine of Hippo in 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 ebook: “The Church Learned and the Revolt of the Scholars”, by Philip Trower

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• The Church Learned and the Revolt of the Scholars, by Philip Trower (St. Paul, MN: The Wanderer Press, 1979). May be read online through this page of Catholic Culture; and at Christendom Awake through its Philip Trower Home Page (Copyright © Estate of Philip Trower 1979, 2019; Version: 5th March 2019): Chapter I, The First Modernism; Chapter II, The Roots of Modernist Unbelief; Chapter III, Neo-Modernism: An Underground Plague; Chapter IV, Existentialism – The Ugly Intruder; Chapter V, The Essence of Our Present Day’s Tragedy; and Conclusion, The New Religion.

See also the other works of the author on the Philip Trower Home Page, and the texts listed on the 02 May 2020 post “Worth-it book: ‘Christ’s Triumph Over the Darkness of the Age’, by Bishop Athanasius Schneider“.

On the Memorial of Pope St. Pius X 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. Blessed be God in His angels and in His saints!

Online ebook: “Two-Minute Apologetics”, by John Martignoni

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• Two-Minute Apologetics, by John Martignoni (Bible Christian Society, 2002-2020). May be read online on this page of Bible Christian Society; and available in pdf format on this page of Sts. Peter & Paul Catholic Church, Pearl River, Louisiana.

In belated observance of the Feast of St. Nicodemus the Righteous in the Eastern Catholic churches of the Byzantine Rite. See also this earlier post on the Latin Feast of St. Nicodemus in 2019: ‘Online Texts on Being “Born Again”‘.

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 Catechism of Perseverance, by Monsignor Gaume

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• The Catechism of Perseverance; or, an Historical, Dogmatical, Moral, Liturgical, Apologetical, Philosophical, and Social Exposition of Religion, from the Beginning of the World Down to Our Days, by Monsignor Gaume [1802-1879], translated from the 10^th French edition (Dublin: M.H. Gill & Son, 1884). With Imprimatur. May be read online, and available in pdf, mobi, epub and other formats, at Internet Archive: Volume 1; Volume 2; Volume 3; and Volume 4.

On the Feast of St. Augustine Zhao Rong and Companions in the Ordinary Form of the Roman Rite; and of the Holy Martyrs of Gorcum. 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.

“In those days, men will give you up to persecution, and will put you to death; all the world will be hating you because you bear my name; whereupon many will lose heart, will betray and hate one another. Many false prophets will arise, and many will be deceived by them; and the charity of most men will grow cold, as they see wickedness abound everywhere; but that man will be saved who endures to the last.” (St. Matthew xxiv, 9-13)

Free ebook: “A Short and Simple Exposition of Catholic Doctrine”, by Rev. Joseph Faà di Bruno

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• Catholic Belief; or, A Short and Simple Exposition of Catholic Doctrine, by the Very Rev. Joseph Faà di Bruno.
  • The 5th edition  (London, Burns and Oates; New York: Catholic Publication Society, 1884), with a letter from the Archbishop of Westminster, Cardinal Manning, may be read online, and available in pdf, mobi, and epub formats, at Internet Archive.
  • The 2nd edition (London, Burns and Oates; New York: Catholic Publication Society, 1878), with Imprimatur, is available at Internet Archive.
  • The author’s American edition, edited by Rev. Louis A. Lambert (New York, Cincinnati, Chicago: Benziger Brothers, 1884), with Imprimatur, is available at HathiTrust Digital Library.

On the Feast of St. Thomas the Apostle in the Ordinary Form of the Roman Rite, and of St. Irenaeus of Lyon in the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite; and in belated observance of the Memorial or Synaxis of the Twelve Apostles in the Maronite and Byzantine Rites. 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 text: “The Witness of the Martyrs in the Early Church”, by Paolo Prosperi

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• “The Witness of the Martyrs in the Early Church”, by Paolo Prosperi, Communio, volume 41 (Spring 2014): pp. 8-39. Available in pdf format through this page of Communio: International Catholic Review.

See also these related texts earlier posted in the Project:

• “Catholic Faith and Martyrdom”, lecture by the Most Rev. Athanasius Schneider, Auxiliary Bishop of Astana, Kazakhstan. The audio of the lecture, together with the question-and-answer session that followed, is available at Soundcloud, posted by Radio Maria; and the text of the lecture be read online at Echt Katholiek.
• “Christian Martyrdom in the Thought of the Servant of God, Father John A. Hardon, S.J.” (lecture), by Raymond Cardinal Burke. Delivered 13 March 2012, at the 15th Annual Lenten Symposium on “The Christian Vocation: A Call to Martyrdom” of the Holy Trinity Apostolate. A video of the lecture, entitled, Cardinal Burke on Fr John Hardon’s ‘Call to Martydom’, published on 12 March 2013, may be viewed on this page of the Youtube channel of Sensus Fidelium. Another copy of the same video, entitled Call to Martyrdom talk by Cardinal Burke, published on 22 February 2013, may be viewed on this page of the wwwtldmorg Youtube channel.
• “Religious Freedom, Persecution of the Church, and Martyrdom”, by Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò, Apostolic Nuncio to the United States. Address delivered at the University of Notre Dame, 4 November 2012. Th text of the address is available in PDF format on this page of the Institute for Church Life, Notre Dame University. The video of the address may be viewed on this page of the Institute for Church Life Youtube channel.
• The Victories of the Martyrs: The Lives of the Most Celebrated Martyrs of the Church, by Saint Alphonsus De Liguori (New York, Cincinnati, Chicago: Benziger Brothers; London: R. Washbourne; Dublin: M.H. Gill & Son, 1886).  (The Complete Works of Saint Alphonsus De Liguori: The Ascetical Works, Volume IX, translated from the Italian, edited by Rev. Eugene Grimm). With the approbation of the Superior. Available in PDF format on this page of Catholic Kingdom’s ebooks library; and also in PDF format on this page of Saints’ Books. [N.B.—The 26-page Introduction contains “Useful Reflections, By Which We May Derive Great Fruit From The Reading Of The Combats And The Victories Of The Martyrs”.]

On the Feast of the First Martyrs of the Church of Rome. 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).

“In those days, men will give you up to persecution, and will put you to death; all the world will be hating you because you bear my name; whereupon many will lose heart, will betray and hate one another. Many false prophets will arise, and many will be deceived by them; and the charity of most men will grow cold, as they see wickedness abound everywhere; but that man will be saved who endures to the last.” (St. Matthew xxiv, 3-4, 9-13. Formatting supplied.)

Online text: Questions of Present Importance in the Life of the Church, by Cardinal Müller

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• [Reflections on Questions of Present Importance in the Life of the Church], by Gerhard Ludwig Cardinal Müller. Available at First Things in 5 parts:
  • “What Does It Mean to Say ‘I Absolve You’?” (December 15, 2017);
  • “By What Authority? On the Teaching Office of the Pope” (January 16, 2018);
  • “Development, or Corruption? (Can there be “paradigm shifts” in the interpretation of the deposit of faith?)” (February 20, 2018);
  • “Is There a Saving Truth? The Salvific Relevance of the Rule of Faith” (March 13, 2018); and
  • “Who May Receive Communion?” (April. 20, 2018)

Posted for the Feast of Saints Peter and Paul 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.

“Jesus answered him, Blessed art thou, Simon son of Jona; it is not flesh and blood, it is my Father in heaven that has revealed this to thee. And I tell thee this in my turn, that thou art Peter, and it is upon this rock that I will build my church… From that time onwards Jesus began to make it known to his disciples that he… must be put to death, and rise again on the third day. Whereupon Peter… began remonstrating with him; Never, Lord, he said; no such thing shall befall thee. At which he turned round and said to Peter, Back, Satan; thou art a stone in my path; for these thoughts of thine are man’s, not God’s…” (St. Matthew xvi, 16-18, 21-24)

“But some one will ask, How is it then, that certain excellent persons, and of position in the Church, are often permitted by God to preach novel doctrines to Catholics?… Blessed Moses… writes thus in Deuteronomy… ‘For the Lord, your God, trieth you, to know whether you love Him with all your heart and with all your soul.’” (St. Vincent of Lerins, Commonitorium)

“The Roman Pontiff – like all the faithful – is subject to the Word of God, to the Catholic faith, and is the guarantor of the Church’s obedience… He does not make arbitrary decisions, but is spokesman for the will of the Lord, who speaks to man in the Scriptures lived and interpreted by Tradition; in other words, the episkope of the primacy has limits set by divine law and by the Church’s divine, inviolable constitution found in Revelation.” (Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, “The Primacy of the Successor of Peter in the Mystery of the Church”, quoted by Bishop Athanasius Schneider)

Free ebook: “An Explanation of the Apostles’ Creed”, by H. Rolfus

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• An Explanation of the Apostles’ Creed: A Thorough Exposition of Catholic Faith; With Numerous Examples from Holy Scripture, The Fathers, and Other Sources, by H. [Hermann] Rolfus (New York, Cincinnati, Chicago: Benziger Brothers, 1907). With Imprimatur. May be read online, and available in pdf, mobi, epub, and other formats, at Internet Archive.

On the Feast of the Ascension of Our Lord Jesus Christ in the Latin Church. For similar texts, see the pages Catechisms and Explanations of the Faith and Education. 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.

“[Y]ou shall receive the power of the Holy Ghost coming upon you, and you shall be witnesses unto me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea, and Samaria, and even to the uttermost part of the earth. And when he had said these things, while they looked on, he was raised up: and a cloud received him out of their sight.” (Acts i, 8-9)

Worth-it book: “Christ’s Triumph Over the Darkness of the Age”, by Bishop Athanasius Schneider

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• Christus Vincit: Christ’s Triumph Over the Darkness of the Age, by Bishop Athanasius Schneider, in conversation with Diane Montagna (Brooklyn, NY: Angelico Press, 2019). May be purchased on this page of Angelico Press, at Amazon, and at Barnes & Noble. May be read for free by Kindle Unlimited members.

See also the videos included in the playlists Talks by Bishop Athanasius Schneider and About: Crises in the Church; and the following texts and media (both free and worth-it) relating to contemporary errors: