Free ebook: Commentary on St. Luke, collected out of the Fathers by St. Thomas Aquinas, translated by St. John Henry Newman

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• Catena Aurea: Commentary on the Four Gospels, Collected out of the Works of the Fathers by S. Thomas Aquinas: St. Luke, new edition, translated by John Henry Newman (Oxford, London: John Henry Parker, 1874). Available in 2 volumes:
  • Volume I may be read online, and is available in pdf, mobi, epub, and other formats, at Internet Archive and Open Library, with a 2^nd copy at Internet Archive.
  • Volume II may be read online, and is available in pdf, mobi, epub, and other formats, at Internet Archive and Open Library, with a 2^nd copy at Internet Archive.
• The first edition (Oxford: John Henry Parker; London: J. Rivington, 1843) is also available in 2 parts:
  • Part I may be read online, and is available in pdf, mobi, epub, and other formats, at Internet Archive, with a 2^nd copy at Internet Archive.
  • Part II may be read online, and is available in pdf, mobi, epub, and other formats, at Internet Archive, with a 2^nd copy at Internet Archive.
• Both parts of the first edition are available in a single pdf file at Saints’ Books, with part II beginning of page 393 of the pdf file; and its entire text may be read online, together with the catenae aureae on the other gospels, through this page at e-Catholic 2000, beginning with the preface by J.H.N.
• An edition of the work may be read online on this page at the collection St. Thomas Aquinas’ Works in English maintained at the Dominican House of Studies, Priory of the Immaculate Conception; and through this page (together with other commentaries on the gospel according to St. John), beginning with chapter I, at the Aquinas Study Bible.
• An expanded version of the work, with additional Prooemium and bracketed portions translated by Joseph Kenny, O.P., is available on this page (Latin-English parallel texts) at the collection of St. Thomas Aquinas’ Works in English maintained at the Dominican House of Studies, Priory of the Immaculate Conception. It is reproduced through this page, together with the catenae aureae on the other gospels, beginning with prologue, at Biblia Clerus.
  • [N.B., The translator is identified to be Blessed John Henry Newman in many sources, including on this page of the collection of St. Thomas Aquinas’ Works in English maintained at the Dominican House of Studies, Priory of the Immaculate Conception.]

In belated observance of the Feast of Saint Luke the Evangelist. 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).

“Many have been at pains to set forth the history of what time has brought to fulfilment among us, following the tradition of those first eye-witnesses who gave themselves up to the service of the word. And I too, most noble Theophilus, have resolved to put the story in writing for thee as it befell, having first traced it carefully from its beginnings, that thou mayst understand the instruction thou hast already received, in all its certainty.” (St. Luke i, 1-4)

Online text: “Encyclical on the Council of Chalcedon”, by Pope Pius XI

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• Encyclical on the Council of Chalcedon “Sempiternus Rex Christus”, by Pope Pius XII, 8 September 1951. May be read online on this page of Catholic Culture and on this page of the EWTN Library; and available in pdf format and may be read online at the Holy See.

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“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God…. And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us: and we saw his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth… And of his fulness we all have received, and grace for grace. For the law was given by Moses, grace and truth by Jesus Christ. No man hath seen God at any time: the only begotten Son who is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.” (St. John i, 1-2, 14, 16-18)

“So, following the saintly fathers, we all with one voice teach the confession of one and the same Son, our Lord Jesus Christ… truly God and truly man… begotten before the ages from the Father as regards his divinity, and in the last days the same for us and for our salvation from Mary, the virgin God-bearer as regards his humanity… acknowledged in two natures… a single person and a single subsistent being… one and the same only-begotten Son, God, Word, Lord Jesus Christ”. (Council of Chalcedon, Definition of the Faith)

Libro gratis: “Ofrecimiento del Santísimo Rosario”, por José Ruiz de Sorzano

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• Ofrecimiento del Santísimo Rosario, Segun el Uso de la Sagrada Religion de Nuestro Padre Santo Domingo de Guzman, por Don José Ruiz de Sorzano (Madrid: Imprenta de Aguado, 1823). Disponible en Internet Archive, con una secunda copia en Internet Archive, y Google Books.

Por La Fiesta de la Virgen del Rosario (Nuestra Señora de la Victoria) en rito romano, y el aniversario del Batalla de Lepanto (7 de octubre de  1571). 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).

“Por estos misterios santos de que hemos hecho recuerdo, te pedimos, ¡oh María!, de la Fe santa, el aumento, la exaltación de la Iglesia; del Papa el mejor acierto. Que el gentil conozca a Dios. Que todos los pecadores tengamos arrepentimiento. Que los enfermos tengan la salud. Que en el purgatorio logren las ánimas refrigerio. Y que este santo sacrificio tenga efecto tan completo en toda la cristiandad, que alcancemos por su medio, el ir a alabar a Dios en tu compañía en el cielo. Amén.” (De las Siervas de los Corazones Traspasados de Jesús y María)

[And if the grammar is wrong, pray correct me. Gracias!]

Online ebook: “On the Perpetual Virginity of Blessed Mary”, by Saint Jerome

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• On the Perpetual Virginity of Blessed Mary: Against Helvidius, by Saint Jerome, translated by W. H. Fremantle, with the assistance of the Rev. G. Lewis and the Rev. W. G. Martley; in The Early Church Fathers and Other Works (Edinburgh, Scotland, Wm. B. Eerdmans Pub. Co., 1867); and in Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, edited by Philip Schaff and Henry Wace, Series II, Vol. VI (Buffalo, NY: Christian Literature Publishing Co., 1893.). The text without footnotes may be read online on this page of the EWTN Library (containing a correction of the digital version by the Electronic Bible Society), on this page of New Advent (revised and edited for New Advent by Kevin Knight), and on this page of the Catholic Information Network (copyright 1996 by James Akin). The text with footnotes may be read online at Wikisource, IntraText, and CCEL.

On the Feast of Saint Cleophas. 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).

“And the Lord said to me: This gate shall be shut: it shall not be opened, and no man shall pass through it: because the Lord, the God of Israel, hath entered in by it, and it shall be shut.” (Ezechiel xliv, 2)

“We believe in one God, the Father almighty, maker of all things, both visible and invisible; and in one Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of God… who for us men and for our salvation came down and took flesh, that is, was born perfectly of the holy ever-virgin Mary by the Holy Spirit” (Saint Epiphanius of Salamis, AD 374)

Free ebook: “A Full Catechism of the Catholic Religion”, by Rev. Joseph Deharbe, S.J.

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• A Full Catechism of the Catholic Religion; Preceded by a Short History of Revealed Religion, from the Creation to the Present Time, 6^th American edition, with questions for examination, by Rev. Joseph Deharbe, S.J., translated by Rev. John Fander, revised, enlarged, and edited by the Right Rev. P.N. Lynch, D.D. (New York: Catholic Publication Society, 1889). With Imprimatur. Available in various formats at Internet Archive. The 11th American edition (1889) is available at Internet Archive.

On the Feast of Saint Robert Bellarmine in the Roman Rite. See also the other ebooks and texts listed on the page Catechisms and Explanations of The Faith. 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).

“If you continue in my word, you shall be my disciples indeed: And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.” (St. John viii, 31-32)

“Now this is life everlasting, that they may know thee, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent… I have given them thy word, and the world hath hated them, because they are not of the world: as I also am not of the world. I do not ask that thou take them away out of the world, but that thou preserve them from evil. They are not of the world: as I also am not of the world. Sanctify them in truth. Thy word is truth.” (St. John xvii, 3, 14-17)

 

Free ebook: “The Seven Dolors of the Blessed Virgin Mary”, by Eliza Allen Starr

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• The Seven Dolors of the Blessed Virgin Mary, by Eliza Allen Starr (Chicago, 1898).
  • May be read online, and available in pdf, epub, mobi, and other formats, at Internet Archive and Open Library.
  • Excerpts may be read online at Little Office: “The Seven Dolours of the Blessed Virgin. 2.— The Flight Into Egypt”, “The Seven Dolours of the Blessed Virgin. 3.— The Three Days Loss”, “The Seven Dolours of the Blessed Virgin. 4.— The Meeting between Our Lord and His Mother on the Way to Calvary”, “The Seven Dolours of the Blessed Virgin. 5.—The Crucifixion”, “The Seven Dolours of the Blessed Virgin. 6.—The Deposition”, and “The Seven Dolours of the Blessed Virgin. 7.—The Entombment”.
  • [N.B., The text has no Imprimatur, but the writer was a reputable convert who was honored by Pope Leo XIII.]

On the Feast of the Seven Sorrows of the Blessed Virgin Mary in 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).

“And Simeon blessed them, and said to Mary, his mother: Behold, this child is set for the ruin, and for the resurrection of many in Israel, and for a sign which shall be contradicted. And thy own soul a sword shall pierce, that out of many hearts thoughts may be revealed.” (St. Luke ii, 34-35)

Online ebook and audio: “Letter to the Friends of the Cross”, by St. Louis de Montfort (English et Francais)

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• Letter to the Friends of the Cross, by St. Louis de Montfort.
  • The text may be read online on this page of the Company of Mary [which states that “[t]hese texts are copyright © The Montfort Missionaries 1987… may be used for private study only, and may not be reproduced or published in any way whatever, without permission.”], and on this page of the EWTN Library (reconstructed website); and it is available in pdf format on this page at Montfort Missionaries and on this page (with the first 2 paragraphs by the editor) at the Devout Life Library.
  • The text with preface (Bay Shore, L.I., N.Y. Montfort Publications, 1950), with Imprimatur, may be read online at e-Catholic 2000 [N.B., this copy has images], and on this page of Sensus Fidelium. A copy that includes the Saint’s poem “The Triumph of the Cross”, rendered in English by Clifford J. Laube, Litt.D., may be read online on this page at Catholic Tradition.
  • The audio of the text with preface is available on this page of the Youtube channel Sacred Heart Publications (published on Feb 27, 2018), and on this page of the Youtube channel Classic Catholic Audiobooks (published on Jul 31, 2017).

The text and audio of work in the original French is also available (and if the grammar below is wrong, please correct me):

• Lettre Circulaire aux Amis de la Croix, par Saint Louis de Montfort.
  • Le texte est disponible sur cette page de la Basilique de Saint Louis-Marie Grignion de Montfort est sur le website Au Couer de Jesus et Marie: partie 1 et partie 2
  • La microforme de la Lettre Circulaire du Bienheureux Louis-Marie Grignion de Montfort aux Amis de la Croix (Ottawa: La Compagnie d’Imprimerie d’Ottawa, 1920], avec Imprimatur, est disponible a Internet Archive et Hathitrust Digital Library.
  • L’audio est disponible sur cette page de Propaganda Fide, et sur cette page de Gloria.tv.

On the Feast of the Exaltation of the Cross in 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). From the text (citations omitted):

Dear Brethren, these are the two groups that appear before you each day, the followers of Christ and the followers of the world…

To the right, the little flock that follows Jesus can speak only of tears, penance, prayer and contempt for worldly things… Worldlings, on the contrary, rouse one another to persist in their unscrupulous depravity. “Enjoy life, peace and pleasure,” they shout, “Enjoy life, peace and pleasure. Let us eat, let us drink, let us sing, let us dance, let us play. God is good, He did not make us to damn us; God does not forbid us to enjoy ourselves; we shall not be damned for that; away with scruples; we shall not die.” …

In answer to the gracious invitation which Jesus extends, let us rise above ourselves… Let us look up to the unique Author and Finisher of our faith, Jesus crucified. Let us fly from the corrupting concupiscence and enticements of a corrupt world. Let us love Jesus in the right way, standing by Him through the heaviest of crosses. Let us meditate seriously on these remarkable words of our beloved Master… “If any man will come after Me let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me”.

Free ebook & audiobook: “True Devotion to the Blessed Virgin”, by Saint Louis de Montfort

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• A Treatise on the True Devotion to the Blessed Virgin, by Saint Louis-Marie, Grignion de Montfort, translated by Frederick William Faber (London: Burns and Lambert, 1863).
  • The ebook may be read online, and available in pdf, mobi, epub and other formats, at Internet Archive; and may be read online on this page of e-Catholic 2000. The 2nd edition is available in pdf format on this page of Militiae Immaculatae.
  • The audiobook, read by Michael Portelli and Maria Therese, is available at Internet Archive.

See also this related text:

• The Message of Montfort: A Modern Commentary on the Treatise on the True Devotion to the Blessed Virgin, by Patrick Fannon, D.D. (Liverpool: The Montfort Press, 1964). With Imprimatur. Available in 2 parts at Christendom-Awake.org: Part 1, and Part 2.

Posted on the Feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary; and in belated observance of the anniversary of the founding of the Legion of Mary. 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).

“And Mary said: My soul doth magnify the Lord: And my spirit hath rejoiced in God, my Saviour. Because he hath regarded the humility of his handmaid: for behold, from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed. For he that is mighty hath done great things to me: and holy is his name” (St. Luke i, 46-49)

Online Texts on Being “Born Again”

See these online tracts, articles, and essays on authentic Christian teaching about being “born again”:

• “Are Catholics Born Again?” at Catholic Answers (with 2004 Imprimatur).
• “Are Catholics Born Again?” at Catholic Bridge.
• “Are Catholics Born Again?” by Mark Brumley at Ignatius Insight.
• “Are Catholics Born Again?” by Mark Brumley at the Catholic Education Resource Center.
• “Are Catholics ‘Born Again’?” by Deacon Michael Bickerstaff (January 12, 2014) at Integrated Catholic Life.
• “Are Catholics ‘Born Again’?” by Graham Osborne at the Catholic Education Resource Center.
• “Are Catholics Born Again Christians?” by Fr. Dwight Longenecker (April 16, 2012) at Fr. Dwight Longenecker.
• “Are Catholics Born-Again Christians?” by Fr. Dwight Longenecker (April 9, 2018) at National Catholic Register.
• “Are You Born Again?” by Steve Ray (March 21, 2018) at Catholic Convert.
• “Baptism, Babies, and Being Born-Again” by Adam Crawford (26 April 2016) at Catholic365.com.
• “Baptism: Initiation and Regeneration” at Catholic Biblical Apologetics
• “Born Again” (28 April 2019) at Catholic Daily Reflections.
• “Born Again : Baptism in the Early Fathers” at Evangelical Catholic Apologetics.
• “Born Again – The Bible Way” by Tim Staples at Catholic Answers.
• “Born Again in Baptism” (Tract with 2004 Imprimatur) at Catholic Answers.
• “Frequently Asked Questions about being BORN AGAIN” at Catholic Doors Ministry.
• “How should I respond to someone who asks me if I’ve been saved, or born again?”. Part of Two Minute Apologetics at Bible Christian Society.
• “Of Water and the Spirit” by Alex Jones at Catholic Answers.
• “Born Again in Water Baptism”. Part of “Sacrament Of Baptism” at Scripture Catholic.
• “Baptism, Born Again in Water & Spirit – Basil”, excerpt from On the Holy Spirit by St. Basil the Great (ca. AD 360), at Crossroads Initiative.
• “The True Meaning of ‘Born Again’ Isn’t What You Think” by Stephen Beale (July 11, 2016) at Catholic Exchange.
• “What Does It Mean To Be Born Again?” at Catholic Strength.

See also these texts and ebooks on the sacrament of baptism, the means appointed by our divine Lord for our second birth:

• “Baptism” at FishEaters. [N.B., While this site has much valuable material, please exercise prayerful caution when perusing those that refer to the 2nd Vatican Council, as these do not view the Council according to the hermeneutic of continuity and reform.]
• “Baptism”, by William Fanning, The Catholic Encyclopedia, vol. 2 (New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1907). Part of The Catholic Encyclopedia at New Advent, transcribed for New Advent by Charles Sweeney, S.J. (© 2017 by Kevin Knight).
• “Baptism and Christian Life” by Jean Evenou at Jubilaeum (Holy See).
• Instruction on Infant Baptism “Pastoralis Actio”, by the Sacred Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, approved by Pope St. John Paul II, October 20, 1980. May be read online at the Holy See, the EWTN Library and the Catholic Information Network.
• The Sacraments: A Dogmatic Treatise. Vol 1. The Sacraments in General, Baptism, Confirmation, by Joseph Pohle, translated by Arthur Preuss (St. Louis, Mo.: B. Herder, 1917) With Imprimatur. Volume VIII of the Dogmatic Theology series of Pohle and Preuss. Available on multiple formats at Open Library and Internet Archive (Digitizing sponsor: MSN, Book contributor: Regis Library, University of Toronto).
• “Sacrament of Baptism” at Scripture Catholic.
• “The Sacrament of Baptism: Gateway to New Life” at beginningCatholic.com.
• “The Sacraments of Baptism and Confirmation” by Father John A. Hardon, S.J at the Catholic Education Resource Center.
• A Treatise on Baptism: also a Treatise on Confirmation, by Francis Patrick Kenrick, Archbishop of Baltimore (Baltimore: Hedian and O’Brien, 1852). May be read online, and available in various formats (pdf, mobi/kindle, epub, text, etc.), at Internet Archive and Open Library, with a 2^nd copy at Internet Archive and Open Library and a 3^rd copy at Internet Archive. Also available at HathiTrust and HathiTrust (2nd copy) through this page as indexed by the Online Books Page on Archbishop Kenrick.
• A Treatise on Baptism; with an Exhortation to Receive It, Translated from the Works of St. Basil the Great; to which is added, a Treatise on Confirmation, by Francis Patrick Kenrick, then Bishop of Philadelphia (Philadelphia: M. Fithian, 1843). Available at Internet Archive and Open Library, with a 2^nd copy at Internet Archive and Open Library, and a 3^rd copy at Internet Archive. Also available at Google Books, Google Books (2nd copy), and at HathiTrust (through this page as indexed by the Online Books Page on Archbishop Kenrick).

In belated observance of the Feast of St. Nicodemus. 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).

Online ebook: “The Lord of History”, by Msgr. Eugene Kevan

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• The Lord of History: Christocentrism and the Philosophy of History, by Msgr. Eugene Kevan (The Miriam Press, 2003).
  • May be read online through this page of the Association of Hebrew Catholics:
    • Introduction (with references here);
    • Chapter I, History and Philosophy in the Classical Culture (with references here);
    • Chapter II, Hebrew and Christian Historical Understanding (with references here);
    • Chapter III, The Patristic Understanding of History (with references here);
    • Chapter IV, The Modern View of History (with references here);
    • Chapter V, The Emergence of Post-Modern Thinking (with references here);
    • Chapter VI, The Philosophy of History in Christian Philosophy (with references here);
    • Chapter VII, Modernity as Apostasy from God (with references here), with another copy (St. Paul Editions, 1980) that may be read online on this page of Catholic Culture;
    • Chapter VIII, Intellectual Victory Over Modernism (with references here);
    • Chapter IX, The Lord of History and His Parousia (with references here); and
    • Epilogue, The Centenary of ‘Aeterni Patris’ (with references here).
  • Also available for worth-it prices: ebook and hardcover at St. Paul Center, paperback at Barnes & Noble, paperback and hardcover at Amazon, and kindle and hardcover (Emmaus Road Publishing, 2018) at Amazon.
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On the Feast of Saint Augustine of Hippo in 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). 

“I am alpha and omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end. Blessed are they that wash their robes in the blood of the Lamb: that they may have a right to the tree of life, and may enter in by the gates into the city. Without are dogs, and sorcerers, and the unchaste, and murderers, and those that serve idols, and every one that loveth and maketh a lie. I, Jesus, have sent my Angel, to testify to you these things in the churches. I am the root and stock of David, the bright and morning star.” (Apocalypse xxii, 13-16)