Worth-it ebook: “Will Many Be Saved? What Vatican II Actually Teaches”, by Dr. Ralph Martin

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• Will Many Be Saved?: What Vatican II Actually Teaches and Its Implications for the New Evangelization, by Professor Ralph Martin, S.T.D. [Sacred Heart Major Seminary, Archdiocese of Detroit] (Grand Rapids: Michigan: Wm. B. Eerdmans, 2012). The ebook and/or the printed book may be purchased at Verbum and Amazon.

See also these related free or online texts/ebooks and media:

Online text: On Reconciliation and Penance, by Pope John Paul II

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• Post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation “Reconciliatio et Paenitentia” on Reconciliation and Penance in the Mission of the Church Today, by St. John Paul the Great (2 December 1984). Available on this page of Catholic Culture; in 2 parts, part 1 here and part 2 here, at Servants of the Pierced Hearts of Jesus and Mary; at the Holy See; and at IntraText.

See also the following related text(s):

• The Sacraments: A Dogmatic Treatise. Volume III, Penance, 2^nd revised edition, by Rev. Joseph Pohle, Ph.D., translated by Arthur Preuss (St. Louis, Mo. and London: B. Herder, 1918). With Imprimatur. May be read online, and available in pdf, epub, mobi, and other formats, at Internet  Archive. The 1^st edition (1917) is also available at Open Library and Internet Archive, with a 2^nd copy at Internet Archive.
• Theory and Practice of the Confessional: A Guide in the Administration of the Sacrament of Penance, 2^nd edition, by Prof. Caspar Erich Schieler, edited by Rev. H.J. Heuser, with an Introduction by Archbishop S.G. Messmer (New York, Cincinnati, Chicago: Benziger Brothers, 1905). With Imprimatur. May be read online, and available in pdf, mobi, epub and other formats, at Internet Archive, with a 2nd copy at Internet Archiveand Open Library, and a 3rd copy at Internet Archive. Also available at HathiTrust, with a 2^nd copy at HathiTrust.

On Holy Wednesday, 2020. 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. We adore You, oh Christ, and we bless You: for by Your holy cross you have redeemed the world.

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 Reconciliation:

Online text: “The Sacrament of Penance and St. Cyprian’s De Lapsis”, by Maurice Bévenot, S.J.

See this online text:

• “The Sacrament of Penance and St. Cyprian’s De Lapsis”, by Maurice Bévenot, S.J., Theological Studies, volume 16, issue 2 (1955): pp. 175-213. Available in pdf format at Theological Studies.

For the Feast of St. Cyprian and Pope St. Cornelius 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).

“Be converted, and do penance for all your iniquities: and iniquity shall not be your ruin. Cast away from you all your transgressions… and make to yourselves a new heart, and a new spirit…  For I desire not the death of him that dieth, saith the Lord God, return ye, and live.” (Ezechiel xviii, 30-32)

Worth-it book: “The Power of Truth: The Challenges of Catholic Doctrine and Morals Today”, by Cardinal Gerhard Müller

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• The Power of Truth: The Challenges of Catholic Doctrine and Morals Today, by Gerhard Ludwig Cardinal Müller (San Francisco: Ignatius Press, 2019).
  • The paperback is available on this page of Ignatius Press and on this page of Leaflet Missals. The Nook book and paperback is available at Barnes & Noble. The Kindle ebook and paperback are available at Amazon.
  • N.B., The work consists of various essays by Cardinal Muller, including the following essays which may be read online:
    • “Faith’s Political Witness: The Demands of Justice and Love”—earlier published on this post at First Things (April 2013);
    • “Testimony to the Power of Grace: On the Indissolubility of Marriage and the Debate Concerning the Civilly Remarried and the Sacraments”—from “L’Osservatore Romano, ed. quotidiana, Anno CLIII, n. 243, Merc. 23/10/2013”, earlier published at the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith;
  • See also the following essays and audio on the work:
    • “Cardinal Müller on the Truth”, by Dr. Jeff Mirus (May 10, 2019) at Catholic Culture;
    •  “May 20 –The Power of Truth: Fr. Joseph Fessio Interview” (podcast), by Amy D’Angelo (May 20, 2019) at My Catholic Faith, which summarizes it thus: “Dr. Tom Curran interviews Fr. Joseph Fessio, Founder and Editor of Ignatius Press, to discuss the book: The Power of Truth, The Challenges to Catholic Doctrine and Morals Today by Cardinal Gerhard Müller.”
    • .“A sorely needed theological justification of the truth of the Catholic faith”, by Eduardo Echeverria (June 18, 2019) at Catholic World Report, which states: “Cardinal Gerhard Müller’s book The Power of Truth addresses the challenges to Catholic doctrines and morals today—not only by the culture at large, but also by elements within the Church.”
    • “A zealous pastor of souls”, by Francis Phillips (5 August, 2019) at Catholic Herald.

For related texts, see the texts indexed in our 08 April 2018 post “Online texts: Commentaries on “Amoris Laetitia”” and on the subject index page “Marriage and the Family“, as well as the following texts:

• Apostolic Exhortation “Familiaris Consortio” on the Role of the Christian Family in the Modern World, by Pope St. John Paul II (22 November 1981). May be read online at the Holy See.
• Encyclical “Arcanum” on Christian Marriage, by Pope Leo XIII (10 February 1880). May be read online at the Holy See.
  • Included in the larger work: The Great Encyclical Letters of Pope Leo XIII: Translations from Approved Sources, with Preface by Rev. John J. Wynne, S.J. (New York, Cincinnati, Chicago: Benziger Brothers, 1903). With Imprimatur.
    • The ebook may be read online, and is available in pdf, epub, mobi, and other formats at Internet Archive, with a 2^nd copy at Internet Archive and Open Library. It may also be read online at Wikisource; and it is available in pdf format at Today’s Catholic World.
    • The audiobook, read by Maria Therese, may be listened to online and downloaded in mp3 and other formats at LibriVox and at Internet Archive. [N.B., The recording states that it is in the public domain.]
    • The LibriVox audio is also reproduced for Youtube in 2 parts at Classic Catholic Audiobooks: Part 1 of 2 (11:16:51) and Part 2 of 2 (7:70:43), said Part 2 being also available at Padre Manuel Antonio Garcia Salcedo; and in 2 parts at Full Audiobooks: Part 1/2 (9:10:55) and Part 2/2 (9:56:40); and in 13 parts at Priceless Audiobooks: Part 1/13, Part 2/13, Part 3/13, Part 4/13, Part 5/13, Part 6/13, Part 7/13, Part 8/13, Part 9/13, Part 10/13, Part 11/13, Part 12/13, and Part 13/13.  A portion of the recording (4:26:34) is available at Padre Manuel Antonio Garcia Salcedo and Free Audio Books, and likewise, a part (10:42:14) is available at GreatAudioBooks In Public Domain.
• Exhortación Apostólica “Familiaris Consortio” sobre la misión de la familia cristiana en el mundo actual, del Papa San Juan Pablo II (22 de noviembre 1981). Disponible en la Santa Sede, y Catholic.net, y la Vicaria de Pastoral, Arquidiocesis Primada de Mexico.
• The Juridical and Christian Anthropological Study of the Indissolubility of Canonical Marriage in the Light of Canon 1056, by Clothilde Ngwe Wanki (Rome, 2011). Doctoral thesis in canon law at the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross – Faculty of Canon Law. 580 pages. Available in pdf format at Bibliotecanonica.
  • [N.B., This is an admirably comprehensive historical-theological overview of Catholic Christian teaching on the unity and indissolubility of marriage, which shows (i) its fidelity to divine revelation and natural law, seen in the continuity of apostolic, patristic, scholastic, and modern canonical legislation, especially on sacramental marriages; and (ii) its development on matters subject to positive law, such as the effect of privileges in favour of the faith on non-sacramental marriages.]
• Lettre Encyclique “Casti Connubii” sur le Mariage Chrétien Considéré au Point de Vue de la Condition Présente, des Nécessités, des Erreurs et des Vices de la Famille et de la Société, du Souverain Pontife Pie XI (31 décembre 1930).  Disponible sur le site officiel du Saint-Siège. [D’apres Wikipedia : « Elle forme l’essentiel de l’enseignement doctrinal de l’Église sur le sacrement matrimonial et la vie conjugale. »]

On the Feast of the Beheading of Saint John the Baptist. 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).

Free ebook: “Against Lying”, by Saint Augustine of Hippo

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• To Consentius: Against Lying, by Saint Augustine of Hippo. May be read online as originally printed in English at Internet Archive, Internet Archive (2^nd copy), Google Books, Hathitrust Digital Library, and Hathitrust Digital Library (2^nd copy). Also available (with modernized spellings, by way of the Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers series) on this page of New Advent: Fathers of the Church, and at Wikisource.
  • Originally printed on pages 426–469 of Seventeen Short Treatises of S. Augustine, Bishop of Hippo, translated [by C.L. Cornish and H. Browne, according to Hathitrust Digital Library], with notes and indices (Oxford: John Henry Parker; London: F. and J. Rivington, 1847), which is volume XXII of A Library of Fathers of the Holy Catholic Church, Anterior to the Division of the East and West, translated by members of the English church, with notices of the respective Fathers, and brief notes by the editors, where required, and summaries of chapters and indices, edited by Rev. E.B. Pusey, Rev. John Keble, and Rev. C. Marriott. Available at Google Books, Hathitrust Digital Library and Internet Archive, with a 2^nd copy at Internet Archive.

See also these related texts:

• “Augustine, Aquinas, and the Absolute Norm Against Lying”, by Christopher Tollefsen, American Catholic Philosophical Quarterly, Vol. 86, No. 1 (2012): pp. 111-134. Uploaded by C. Tollefsen at Academia.edu.
• The Eighth Commandment: Truth, by Peter Kreeft (New Haven, CT: Knights of Columbus Supreme Council, 2001). Part of the Luke E. Hart Series: Basic Elements of the Catholic Faith (General Editor, Father John A. Farren, O.P.). The audiobook may be listened to, and is available in mp3 format, and the ebook may be View Online and is available in pdf format, at the Catholic Information Service of the Knights of Columbus.’
• On Lying, by Saint Augustine of Hippo. May be read online as originally printed in English at Internet Archive, Internet Archive (2^nd copy), Google Books, Hathitrust Digital Library, and Hathitrust Digital Library (2^nd copy). Also available (with modernized spellings, by way of the Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers series) on this page of New Advent: Fathers of the Church, and at Wikisource.
  • Originally printed on pages 382–425 of Seventeen Short Treatises of S. Augustine, Bishop of Hippo, translated, with notes and indices (Oxford: John Henry Parker; London: F. and J. Rivington, 1847) (translated by C.L. Cornish and H. Browne, according to Hathitrust Digital Library), which is volume XXII of A Library of Fathers of the Holy Catholic Church, Anterior to the Division of the East and West, translated by members of the English church, with notices of the respective Fathers, and brief notes by the editors, where required, and summaries of chapters and indices, edited by Rev. E.B. Pusey, Rev. John Keble, and Rev. C. Marriott. Available at Google Books, Hathitrust Digital Library and Internet Archive, with a 2^nd copy at Internet Archive.
• [Treatise on Truth and Falsity], by Saint Thomas Aquinas. Questions 109-113 of the 2^nd Part of the 2^nd Part (Secunda Secundae) of the Summa Theologica, translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province (New York, Cincinnati, Chicago by Benzinger Brothers, 1917). May be read online:
  • At New Advent: Q. 109. Truth, Q. 110. Lying, Q. 111. Dissimulation and Hypocrisy, Q. 112. Boasting, and Q. 113. Irony;
  • At the Dominican House of Studies, Priory of the Immaculate Conception: Q. 109. Of Truth, Q. 110. Of the Vices Opposed to Truth, and First of Lying, Q. 111. Of Dissimulation and Hypocrisy, Q. 112. Of Boasting, Q. 113. Of Irony;
  • At Wikisource: Q. 109 – Of Truth (Four Articles), Q. 110 – Of the Vices Opposed to Truth, and First of Lying (Four Articles), Q. 111 – Of Dissimulation and Hypocrisy (Four Articles), Q. 112 – Of Boasting (Two Articles), Q. 113 – Irony* (Two Articles) (*Irony here must be given the signification of the Greek (eironia), whence it is dericed; dissimulation of one’s own good points. ).
• What is a Lie? Why Is Lying Wrong?, by John Skalko. Uploaded by John Skalko on Academia.edu: Chapter I: What is a Lie?; and Chapter II: Why Is Lying Wrong? Aquinas’s Argument.
• “Why Redefining Lying with the Qualifier ‘Right to Know’ is a Mistake”, by John Skalko. CTS Colloquium Series (Friday, January 30^th, 2015, with slight revisions February 4^th). Uploaded by John Skalko on this page of Academia.edu.

On the Feast of Saint Bartholomew the Apostle 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). 

Free ebook: “God Our Father”, by a Father of the Society of Jesus

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• God Our Father, by a Father of the Society of Jesus (Rev. F.J. Boudreaux, S.J.) (London: Burns and Oates, 1878). May be read online, and available in pdf, epub, mobi, and other formats, at Internet Archive. An earlier impression (Baltimore: John Murphy & Co.; New York: Catholic Publication Society, 1873) with Imprimatur and superior’s approbation is available at Internet Archive and Open Library.

See also these other texts relating to God the Father:

• Catechesis on God the Father, by Pope John Paul II (General Audiences from December 16, 1998 through December 1999). Indexed and linked on this page of Pierced Hearts.
• General Audience of 23 May 2012, by Pope Benedict XVI. May be read online in Deutsch, English, Español, Français, Magyar, Italiano, e Portugues at the Holy See.

• “I believe in God: the almighty Father”, by Pope Benedict XVI (General Audience of 30 January 2013). May be read online in عربى , Deutsch, English, Español, Français, Magyar, Italiano, e Portugues at the Holy See; and may be read online in English at the Catholic News Agency (which provides a summary on this page). A video of the audience, in which the address delivered in English is much shorter than the prepared text, is available on Youtube. Both the prepared text and the text as delivered may be read online at Zenit.

See also these texts and audio on the Lord’s Prayer (“Our Father”, “Pater Noster”):

• The Lord’s Prayer, by Frederick N. Lynk, S.V.D. (Techny, Illinois: Mission Press, S.V.D., 1915). May be read online, and available in pdf, epub, mobi, and other formats, at Internet Archive. [Legal Notice: We believe that this work is in the public domain in the United States in view of its year of publication; but we are uncertain if it is in the public domain in other jurisdictions, as we are unable to determine the year of the author’s decease. Advice on this point would be highly appreciated.]
• The Lord’s Prayer, by Peter Kreeft (New Haven, CT:  Knights of Columbus Supreme Council—Catholic Information Service, 2001). With Imprimatur. The audiobook may be listened to, and is available in mp3 format, and the ebook may be viewed online and is available in pdf format, at the Catholic Information Service of the Knights of Columbus.
• The “Our Father”: A Booklet for Young and Old, from the German of F.X. Wetzel (St. Louis, Mo., B. Herder, 1899). May be read online, and available in pdf, epub, mobi, and other formats, at Internet Archive. [No Imprimatur, but printed by a reliably faithful and orthodox publishing house]
• The Our Father, Analyzed According to the Doctrine of St. Thomas Aquinas, by Rev. J.G. Haen, S.J., translated by a Visitation Nun (New York, Cincinnati, Chicago: Benziger Brothers, 1903). With Imprimatur. May be read online, and available in pdf, epub, mobi, and other formats, at Internet Archive.
• Saint Teresa’s Pater Noster: A Treatise on Prayer, by Joseph Giuseppe Frassinetti, translated by William Hutch, D.D. (London: Burns & Oates; New York: Catholic Publication Society Co., 1887). With Imprimatur. May be read online, and available in pdf, epub, mobi, and other formats, at Internet Archive.

See also these texts relating to the Blessed Trinity:

• Catechesis on the Holy Trinity, by Pope John Paul II (General Audiences from November 16, 1997 to December 15, 1999). Indexed and linked on this page of Pierced Hearts.
• Conferences on the Blessed Trinity, by the Rev. Dr. J.J. O’Connell, O.S.B. (New York: Catholic Publication Society, 1882). With Imprimatur. May be read online, and available in pdf, epub, kindle/mobi, Daisy, djvu, and txt formats at Open Library and Internet Archive.
• “Dear Priests: The Top 5 Heresies to Avoid This Trinity Sunday“, by Brantly Millegan, May 28, 2015, at ChurchPOP.
• The Divine Trinity: A Dogmatic Treatise, by the Rev. Joseph Pohle, Ph.D., D.D., authorized English version with some abridgment and numerous additional references, by Arthur Preuss. With Imprimatur. Volume II of the Dogmatic Theology series of Professor Joseph Pohle and Arthur Preuss.
  • The 1^st edition (St. Louis, Freiburg, London: B. Herder, 1912) is available at the Hathitrust Digital Library; and in pdf, epub, kindle, and other formats at Internet Archive (linked from this page of Ite Ad Thomam), with a 2^nd copy at Internet Archive (linked from “Scholastic’s Bookshelf, Part IV (UPDATED)” at Edward Feser), a 3^rd copy at Internet Archive and Open Library (with some pages missing from table of contents), and a 4^th copy at Internet Archive and Open Library.
  • The 2^nd edition (St. Louis, Freiburg, London: B. Herder, 1915) is available at the Hathitrust Digital Library; and in pdf, epub, kindle, and other formats at Internet Archive, with a 2^nd copy at Internet Archive.
• “A Meditation on the Feast of the Holy Trinity”, by Msgr. Charles Pope, May 25, 2013, at Community in Mission.
• “The Trinity and our spiritual life”, by Father Ryan Erlenbush, 19 June 2011, at The New Theological Movement.

Posted for the Feast of the Holy Trinity in the one true and Catholic Church; and in solidarity with the celebration of Father’s Day in the United States and other nations. [N.B., And is it not a gift of our provident Lord that, in this evil year when both the Divine Paternity and men’s spiritual and physical fatherhood are obscured by error and sin, Father’s Day is being celebrated on the same day as the Solemnity of the Triune God? Pater noster, sanctificetur nomen Tuum!]

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“[G]o out, making disciples of all nations, and baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost, teaching them to observe all the commandments which I have given you.” (St. Matthew xxviii, 19-20)

“[W]hen he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will teach you all truth… All things whatsoever the Father hath are mine. Therefore, I said, that he shall receive of mine, and will shew it to you” (St. John xvi, 13, 15)

Online text and audio: “Stations of the Cross”, by Saint Alphonsus Liguori

See these online ebooks/texts and audio:

• Stations of the Cross, composed by Saint Alphonsus Liguori [or St. Alphonsus De Liguori] (Alexandria, VA: Sacred Spaces Liturgical Design Inc., 2011). Produced by the Holy Trinity Catholic Church, Gainesville, Virginia, with verses from the hymn “Stabat Mater” and “pictures of the Stations of the Cross taken from Church of the Holy Trinity, Gainesville, Virginia by TimeLine Media”. Available in pdf format on this page at The New Evangelization: Share Your Catholic Faith, by Father Francis J. Peffley and on this page at Holy Angels Catholic Church.
• The text of a similar version with the verses of the “Stabat Mater” may be read online on this page at the-latinmass.com, and on this page at Catholic Prayers; and is included in:
  • The Way of the Cross: Traditional and Modern Meditations: Traditional Meditations by Saint Alphonsus Ligouri, Modern Meditations by Father Stefano Penna (New Haven CT: Knights of Columbus Supreme Council, 2003-2017), which may be read online and is available in pdf format through this page of the Knights of Columbus Supreme Council – Catholic Information Service.

• The audio of a similar version is provided in the video “Stations of the Cross by St. Alphonsus Liguori – Sacred Art Series” at the Youtube channel of Will Bloomfield. It is narrated by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf (“Fr. Z”) of www.wdtprs.com, with the verses of the “Stabat Mater” chanted, visually accompanied by the “Stations of the Cross painted by Pietro Rudolfi, St. Ignatius Church, San Francisco, California”, and with “Crux Fidelis during closing credits by Schola Sanctae Scholasticae, UK; St. Cecilia’s Abbey UK”.
• The text of a similar version with the verses of the “Stabat Mater”, with responses, is provided in:
  • The Stations of the Cross according to the Method of St Alphonsus Liguori (St Mary’s Shrine, Warrington). Produced by St Mary’s Shrine Catholic Church, Archdiocese of Liverpool, served by the Priestly Fraternity of St Peter (FSSP). Available in pdf format (on this page) at Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish, Balornock.
• The text of a similar version, with Scriptural references and the stanzas of the Stabat Mater (in Latin and English), may read online at Fish Eaters. [N.B., The text is hosted on a website that rejects the hermeneutic of continuity and reform proposed by Pope Benedict XVI; hence readers are advised to exercises prayerful caution if they peruse the site.]
• The version without the verses of the “Stabat Mater” is available in pdf format on this page at Holy Angels Catholic Church, and, under the title “Traditional Stations of the Cross”, on this page at Sophia Institute for Teachers; and it may be read online on this page at e-Catholic2000 and at Daily Catholic. [N.B., The last-mentioned host of the text, Daily Catholic, appears to reject the hermeneutic of continuity and reform proposed by Pope Benedict XVI; hence readers are advised to exercises prayerful caution is they peruse the rest of the site.]
• The text of what appears to be a shorter version may be read online on this page at National Shrine of the Divine Mercy.

See these other meditations on the Way of the Cross:

• Scriptural Stations of the Cross, based on the stations celebrated by Pope John Paul II on Good Friday, 1991. May be read online (on this page) at United States Conference of Catholic Bishops.
• Via Crucis, or, The Holy Way of the Cross: containing a novena for the passion of Our Lord, a devout method for performing the stations of the cross, prayers at mass, &c.; with concise instructions on the scapular, and the novena of St. Francis Xaverius &c. &c. &c. compiled for the congregation of St. Patrick’s Church. (Quebec: Augustin Cote & Co., 1844) With episcopal approbation. Available at Internet Archive and Open Library.
• The Way of the Cross, by St. Josemaria Escriva.
  • The ebook may be read online using its Table of Contents accessible through this page (containing the synopsis) at Josemaria Escriva (© Studium Foundation, rights reserved).
  • A leaflet version of the text, entitled “Stations of the Cross” and containing brief summaries of the meditations for the stations, is available in pdf format on this page of San Josemaria Escriva, Fundador del Opus Dei. [N.B., Notwithstanding the availability of the summary, we heartily recommend the use of the original longer text for meditation.]
  • The ebook and paperback of the text are available for worth-it prices at this page of Scepter Publishers (linked by this page of Opus Dei); on this page of Young Catholuc Mums; at Amazon; and at Barnes & Noble.
  • The paperback may be purchased on this page of Casa Maria Bookstore; on this page of Sinag-Tala Publishers (for purchasers in the Philippines); and at St Paul’s (for Australian and international customers).
• Way of the Cross at the Colosseum, Good Friday 2005: Meditations and Prayers, by Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger (Pope Benedict XVI).
  • May be read online at the Catholic News Agency (courtesy of Libreria Editrice Vaticana), Zenit, TotusTuus-Totus2us, and at the Holy See; and available in .docx format on this page at xt3.
  • The audio in English may be listened to at TotusTuus-Totus2us, which also has links to the audio in French, Spanish, and Portuguese.
  • The audio, read out by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf, is available in mp3 format on this page of Fr. Z’s Blog, and it is published on this video (embedded in this post) at the bedwere Youtube channel. [The meditations and prayers for each Station are in English, while the responses are in Latin.]

Posted on Holy Friday (Good Friday), 2019 in the one true and Catholic Church. 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). We adore You, oh Christ, and we bless You, for by Your holy cross You have redeemed the world!

Online ebook: “The Chief Sources of Sin”, by Michael V. McDonough

See this online ebook:

• The Chief Sources of Sin: Seven Discourses on Pride, Covetousness, Lust, Anger, Gluttony, Envy, Sloth, by Michael V. McDonough [b. 1863] (New York, Baltimore: John Murphy Company, 1910). With Imprimatur. May be read online, and available in pdf, epub, mobi,. And other formats at Internet Archive and Open Library.
  • [N.B., This work appears to be in the public domain under US law. As to other jurisdictions, an online search yielded a date of death of 02 November 1933 for a certain Rev. Michael V, McDonough, chaplain of St. Mary’s Home, New Bedford (vide Anchor, October 29, 2010, p.19). If this is the author, then the work would also have entered the public domain in jurisdictions where the copyright period is reckoned based on the author’s lifetime + 70 years. Advice on this matter would be appreciated.]

See also these related texts:

• Encyclical Letter “Veritatis splendor”, by Pope St. John Paul II (6 August 1993).  Available at the Holy See and at IntraText. [According to Wikipedia: “The encyclical is one of the most comprehensive and philosophical teachings of moral theology in the Catholic tradition”]
• Sin and its Consequences, 2^nd edition, by Henry Edward Manning (London: Burns and Oates, 1874). Available in various formats at Internet Archive, with a 2^nd copy at Internet Archive and Open Library. A microfilm copy of the 3^rd edition (London: Burns and Oates, 1876) is available at Internet Archive and Open Library. Another edition (New York, Montreal: D. & J. Sadlier & Company) is available at Internet Archive and Open Library, with a 2^nd copy at Internet Archive and Open Library; and yet another edition (New York: P.J. Kenedy & Sons) is available at Internet Archive and Open Library.
• Some Fundamental Principles of Catholic Morality, by Peter Kreeft. General Editor Father John A. Farren, O.P. (New Haven, Connecticut: Catholic Information Service/Knights of Columbus Supreme Council, 2001). The ebook may be read online and is available in PDF format, and the audiobook may be heard in MP3 format through this page, at the Knights of Columbus Supreme Council, Catholic Information Service.
• “The Splendour of Truth and Intrinsically Immoral Acts: A Philosophical Defense of the Rejection of Proportionalism and Consequentialism in Veritatis Splendor”, by Professor Josef Seifert. Part I, in Studia Philosophiae Christianae, Vol. 51, No. 2 (2015): pp. 27-67, is available in pdf format (on this page) at The Central European Journal Of Social Sciences And Humanities. Part II, in Studia Philosophiae Christianae, Vol. 51, No. 3 (2015): pp. 7-37, is available in pdf format (on this page) at The Central European Journal Of Social Sciences And Humanities.

On Holy Wednesday (or Spy Wednesday), 2019 in the one true and Catholic Church. 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, when I say to the wicked, Thou shalt surely die: thou declare it not to him, nor speak to him, that he may be converted from his wicked way, and live: the same wicked man shall die in his iniquity, but I will require his blood at thy hand. But if thou give warning to the wicked, and he be not converted from his wickedness, and from his evil way: he indeed shall die in his iniquity, but thou hast delivered thy soul.” (Ezechiel iii, 18-19)

“Jesus found him in the temple, and said to him, Behold, thou hast recovered thy strength; do not sin any more, for fear that worse should befall thee” (St. John v, 13)

^“If any man see his brother sin a sin which is not unto death, he shall ask, and he shall give him life for them that sin not unto death. There is a sin unto death… and there is a sin not unto death.” (II John v, 16-17 KJV)

Free ebook: A Dogmatic Treatise on Penance, by Joseph Pohle and Arthur Preuss

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• The Sacraments: A Dogmatic Treatise. Volume III, Penance, 2^nd revised edition, by Rev. Joseph Pohle, Ph.D., translated by Arthur Preuss (St. Louis, Mo. and London: B. Herder, 1918). With Imprimatur. May be read online, and available in pdf, epub, mobi, and other formats, at Internet  Archive. The 1^st edition (1917) is also available at Open Library and Internet Archive (Digitizing sponsor: MSN, Book contributor: New York Public Library), with a 2^nd copy at Internet Archive.
  • [N.B., This is the 10th volume of the Dogmatic Theology series by Rev. Joseph Pohle, Ph.D., translated by Arthur Preuss.]

Posted in belated observance of the Memorial of Mary, Mother of Mercy, in the Roman Rite (national calendar of Ukraine), and the Feast of Saint Mary of Egypt: Sanctae Mariae, orate pro nobis peccatoribus! For other online texts and more legally free ebooks, you may access the List of Free eBooks (Arranged by Title) and the List of Free eBooks (Grouped by Subject).

“Once more Jesus said to them, Peace be upon you; I came upon an errand from my Father, and now I am sending you out in my turn. With that, he breathed on them, and said to them, Receive the Holy Spirit; when you forgive men’s sins, they are forgiven, when you hold them bound, they are held bound.” (St. John xx, 21-23)