Online ebook: “A Treatise of Spiritual Life”, translated by D.A. Donovan

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• A Treatise of Spiritual Life: Leading Man by an Easy and Clear Method from the Commencement of Conversion to the Very Summit of Sanctity, 2^nd revised edition,  translated from the Latin of Mgr. Charles Joseph Morrozo, by Rev. D. A. Donovan, O.Cist. (New York and Cincinnati, Fr. Pustet & Co., 1901). With Imprimatur. Available in various formats at Internet Archive and at the HathiTrust Digital Library. An earlier edition (Poplar Bluff, Mich.: published by the author, 1893) is available in pdf, epub, mobi, and other formats at Internet Archive, with a 2^nd copy at Internet Archive.
  • [N.B., Although the text attributes the Latin original of the work to the abbot and bishop Mgr. Charles Joseph Morrozo (Carlo Giuseppe Morozzi), HathiTrust Digital Library cites a scholar who states that the author of the work was Giovanni Bona, whom we assume to have been Giovanni Cardinal Bona.]

Posted on the Feast of Saint Angela of Foligno; with prayer for the souls of the author and translator, requiescant in pace. For other online and legally free ebooks, you may access the List of Free eBooks (Arranged by Title) and the List of Free eBooks (Grouped by Subject).

 

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Online text: “Dante and the Scandals of a Beloved Church”, by Nancy H. Enright

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• “Dante and the Scandals of a Beloved Church”, by Nancy H. Enright, Logos: A Journal of Catholic Thought and Culture, vol. 7, no. 4 (2004): pp. 17-36. Available in pdf format at the University of St. Thomas.

On the anniversary of the election of the Antipope Clement VII (20 September 1378). 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).

“The kingdom of heaven is likened to a man that sowed good seeds in his field. But while men were asleep, his enemy came and oversowed cockle among the wheat, and went his way. And when the blade was sprung up, and brought forth fruit, then appeared also the cockle.

“Then the servants of the master of the house came and said to him: Master, didst thou not sow good seed in thy field? from whence then hath it cockle? And he said to them: An enemy hath done this.

“And the servants said to him: Wilt thou that we go and gather it up? And he said: No, lest perhaps while ye gather up the cockle, you root up the wheat also together with it. Let both grow until the harvest, and in the time of the harvest I will say to the reapers: Gather up first the cockle, and bind it into bundles to burn, but gather the wheat into my barn.” (St. Matthew xiii, 24-29)

Online audiobook & ebook: “Penance”, by Peter Kreeft

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• Penance, by Peter Kreeft (New Haven CT: Knights of Columbus Supreme Council, 2001). With Imprimatur. The ebook may be read online and is available in pdf format, and the audiobook may be listened to online and is available in mp3 format through this page of the Knights of Columbus.

On the Feast of St. Mateo Correa Magallanes of the Knights of Columbus, and of the Saints of the Cristero War, in earnest prayer that all nations may reject the counterfeit compassion whispered by the world, and surrender to the sanctifying and saving mercy proclaimed by our divine Lord Jesus Christ.

“Then said Jesus to them again, Peace be unto you: as my Father hath sent me, even so send I you. And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and saith unto them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost: Whose soever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them; and whose soever sins ye retain, they are retained.” (St. John xxi, 21-23 KJV)

Update (22 May 2018): We just learned that this is our 1000th post. Therefore, unto the Lord our God, in Whom we live, move, and have our being, we join in the thanksgiving of the one true Church:

 

Testi online: “’Veritatis Splendor’ un anno dopo: Appunti per un bilancio”, di Mgr. Angel Rodriguez Luño

Vedere questi testi online:

• “’Veritatis Splendor’ un anno dopo: Appunti per un bilancio (I)” di Mgr. Angel Rodriguez Luño, Acta Philosophica, vol. 4, fasc. 2 (1995): pagg. 223-260. Disponibile in formato pdf su questa pagina di Acta Philosophica.
• “Veritatis Splendor” un anno dopo: Appunti per un bilancio (II)”, di Mgr. Angel Rodriguez Luño, Acta Philosophica, vol. 5, fasc. 1 (1996): pagg. 47-75. Disponibile in formato pdf su questa pagina di Acta Philosophica.

Nella festa del Beato Angelo Carletti di Chivasso. Per altri ebook legalmente gratuiti, consultare la nostra lista di e-libri gratuiti (ordinati alfabeticamente) e la nostra lista di e-libri gratuiti (raggruppati per argomento).

“Guai a coloro che chiamano bene il male e male il bene, che cambiano le tenebre in luce e la luce in tenebre, che cambiano l’amaro in dolce e il dolce in amaro… Perciò, come una lingua di fuoco divora la stoppia e una fiamma consuma la paglia, così le loro radici diventeranno un marciume e la loro fioritura volerà via come polvere, perché hanno rigettato la legge del Signore degli eserciti, hanno disprezzato la parola del Santo di Israele.” (Isaia v, 20, 24)

“Se io dico al malvagio: Tu morirai! e tu non lo avverti e non parli perché il malvagio desista dalla sua condotta perversa e viva, egli, il malvagio, morirà per la sua iniquità, ma della sua morte io domanderò conto a te. Ma se tu ammonisci il malvagio ed egli non si allontana dalla sua malvagità e dalla sua perversa condotta, egli morirà per il suo peccato, ma tu ti sarai salvato.

“Così, se il giusto si allontana dalla sua giustizia e commette l’iniquità, io porrò un ostacolo davanti a lui ed egli morirà; poiché tu non l’avraiavvertito, morirà per il suo peccato e le opere giuste da lui compiute nonsaranno più ricordate; ma della morte di lui domanderò conto a te. Se tuinvece avrai avvertito il giusto di non peccare ed egli non peccherà, eglivivrà, perché è stato avvertito e tu ti sarai salvato” (Ezechiele iii, 18-21)

[And if the grammar is wrong , please correct me. Grazie.]

Online text: “The Splendour of Truth and Intrinsically Immoral Acts”, in 2 parts, by Josef Seifert

See the following text, in 2 parts:

• Part I: “The Splendour of Truth and Intrinsically Immoral Acts I: A Philosophical Defense of the Rejection of Proportionalism and Consequentialism in Veritatis Splendor”, by Professor Josef Seifert, Studia Philosophiae Christianae, Vol. 51, No. 2 (2015): pp. 27-67. Available in pdf format (on this page) at The Central European Journal Of Social Sciences And Humanities.
• Part II: “The Splendour of Truth and Intrinsically Immoral Acts I: A Philosophical Defense of the Rejection of Proportionalism and Consequentialism in Veritatis Splendor“, by Professor Josef Seifert, Studia Philosophiae Christianae, Vol. 51, No. 3 (2015): pp. 7-37. Available in pdf format (on this page) at The Central European Journal Of Social Sciences And Humanities.

Posted in observance of Holy Wednesday, 2018, and in honor of Professor Josef Seifert, Defender of the Faith. 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). 

“The Church has always taught that one may never choose kinds of behaviour prohibited by the moral commandments expressed in negative form in the Old and New Testaments. As we have seen, Jesus himself reaffirms that these prohibitions allow no exceptions: ‘If you wish to enter into life, keep the commandments… You shall not murder, You shall not commit adultery, You shall not steal, You shall not bear false witness‘ (Mt 19:17-18) …

“They do not leave room, in any morally acceptable way, for the ‘creativity’ of any contrary determination whatsoever. Once the moral species of an action prohibited by a universal rule is concretely recognized, the only morally good act is that of obeying the moral law and of refraining from the action which it forbids…

“When it is a matter of the moral norms prohibiting intrinsic evil, there are no privileges or exceptions for anyone. It makes no difference whether one is the master of the world or the “poorest of the poor” on the face of the earth. Before the demands of morality we are all absolutely equal.” (Pope St. John Paul II, Encyclical Letter “Veritatis splendor”, paras. 52, 67, 96. Red lettering supplied)

Online talk: “A Church in Crisis”, by Bishop Athanasius Schneider

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• “Bishop Schneider Speaks: A Church in Crisis”, by Bishop Athanasius Schneider. Address/lecture delivered at the Catholic Identity Conference 2017 (October 2017). With an introduction by Michael J. Matt. The video of the address may be viewed on this page of Gloria TV; on this page of the Youtube channel of José Martí (linked from this page of Catholicism Pure & Simple); at the Remnant Video Youtube channel; and at the 3 Days of Darkness Youtube channel. [N.B., Some of the other videos in the last channel may require correction with the hermeneutic of reform and continuity propounded by Pope Benedict XVI; hence, persons with insufficient theological formation are counseled to avoid them.]

On the Feast of St. Nikephoros I of Constantinople. 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).

“The apostasy must come first; the champion of wickedness must appear first, destined to inherit perdition… At present there is a power (…) which holds him in check, so that he may not shew himself before the time appointed to him; meanwhile, the conspiracy of revolt is already at work; only, he who checks it now will be able to check it, until he is removed from the enemy’s path. Then it is that the rebel will shew himself; and the Lord Jesus will destroy him with the breath of his mouth…

“We must always give thanks in your name, brethren… God has picked you out as the first-fruits in the harvest of salvation, by sanctifying your spirits and convincing you of his truth; he has called you, through our preaching, to attain the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ. Stand firm, then, brethren, and hold by the traditions you have learned, in word or in writing, from us. So may our Lord Jesus Christ himself, so may God, our Father… encourage your hearts, and confirm you in every right habit of action and speech.” (II Thessalonians ii, 3, 6-8, 12-16)

 

Online ebook: “A Guide to Confession”

See this online ebook:

• A Guide to Confession (Knights of Columbus, 2007). Available in pdf format (here) and may be read online (here) through this page of the Knights of Columbus.

Those who would like to know more about the sacrament of reconciliation may read this online ebook:

• Penance, by Peter Kreeft (New Haven CT: Knights of Columbus Supreme Council, 2001). The ebook may be read online (here) and is available in pdf format (here), and the audiobook is available in mp3 format (here) and may be listened to (here) through this page of the Knights of Columbus.

On the Feast of St. Conrad of Piacenza. 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).

Online ebook: “Of Holy Virginity”, by St. Augustine

Cropped from a photo by the Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, MO-1621, online at Wikipedia.

See this online ebook:

• Of Holy Virginity [De Virginitate], by St. Augustine, translated by Rev. C. I. Cornish, M.A., of Exeter College. In Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, First Series, Vol. 3, edited by Philip Schaff (Buffalo, NY: Christian Literature Publishing Co., 1887). The text, as revised and edited by Kevin Knight, may be read online (here) at New Advent’s Church Fathers library, and at the Logos Virtual Library. The text as printed may be read at Christian Classics Ethereal Library and at WikiSource.

One may also see the following related works, the links to most of which were previously posted on the Project:

• Concerning Virginity, by Saint Ambrose of Milan, translated by H. de Romestin, E. de Romestin and H.T.F. Duckworth, Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Second Series, Vol. 10, edited by Philip Schaff and Henry Wace. (Buffalo, NY: Christian Literature Publishing Co., 1896.) Revised and edited for New Advent by Kevin Knight. May be read online at New Advent: Book I, Book II, Book III. Available in PDF format atSaints’ Books. (See also the brief comments on this work by Sponsa Christi.)
• Draft of a Dogmatic Constitution on Chastity, Marriage, the Family, and Virginity, by the Preparatory Theological Commission for the Second Vatican Council, translated by Fr. Joseph A. Komonchak (2012). Available in pdf format (on this page) at In Verbo Veritatis.
• Encyclical “Sacra Virginitas” on Consecrated Virginity, by the Venerable Pope Pius XII, 25 March 1954. May be read online at the Holy See and Papal Encyclicals.net. With an explanation in relation to priestly celibacy at EWTN Library.
• On Virginity, by St. Gregory of Nyssa (about 370 AD), translated by William Moore and Henry Austin Wilson, in Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Second Series, Vol. 5, edited by Philip Schaff and Henry Wace. (Buffalo, NY: Christian Literature Publishing Co., 1893). (A) The audiobook, read by Geremia, is available at Internet Archive and LibriVox. (B) The text, as revised and edited by Kevin Knight, may be read online (here) at New Advent’s Church Fathers library. The text as printed may be read at WikiSource and at Elpenor.
• Sponsa Verbi: The Virgin Consecrated to Christ: Spiritual Conferences, by Blessed Columba Marmion, O.S.B., translated from the French by Dom. Francis Izard, O.S.B. With 1925 Imprimatur. May be read online (on this page) at Liturgia Latina. Available in PDF format through this page of Consecrated Virginity: Chapter 1, Chapter 2, Chapter 3, Chapter 4, and Chapter 5. Also available in PDF format through this page (which is possibly a mirror of Consecrated Virginity): Chapter 1, Chapter 2, Chapter 3, Chapter 4, and Chapter 5.

On the Feast of Saint Agatha, and in advance of the Feast of Dorothea of Caesarea, in the Roman 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).

“To the unmarried, and to the widows, I would say that they will do well to remain in the same state as myself, but if they have not the gift of continence, let them marry… 

“I would have you free from concern. He who is unmarried is concerned with God’s claim, asking how he is to please God; whereas the married man is concerned with the world’s claim, asking how he is to please his wife; and thus he is at issue with himself. So a woman who is free of wedlock, or a virgin, is concerned with the Lord’s claim, intent on holiness, bodily and spiritual; whereas the married woman is concerned with the world’s claim, asking how she is to please her husband… I am thinking of what is suitable for you, and how you may best attend on the Lord without distraction…

“Thus, a man is well advised to give his ward in marriage, and still better advised not to give her in marriage.” (I Corinthians vii, 8-9, 32-35, 38)

“If any one saith, that the marriage state is to be placed above the state of virginity, or of celibacy, and that it is not better and more blessed to remain in virginity, or in celibacy, than to be united in matrimony; let him be anathema.” (Council of Trent, Session XXIV, canon x)

Online text: “Answering Arguments for Abortion Rights”, by Dr. Francis J. Beckwith

3D ultrasound image of an unborn child at 17 weeks. Image from Wikipedia

See this online text:

• Answering Arguments for Abortion Rights, by Professor Francis J. Beckwith, Ph.D. (1990-1991). May be read online at the Christian Classics Ethereal Library: Part One: “The Appeal to Pity”; Part Two: “Arguments from Pity, Tolerance, and Ad Hominem”; Part Three: “Is The Unborn Human Less Than Human?”; Part Four: “When Does a Human Become a Person?”
  • [N.B.1, Although it was written before Professor Beckwith converted from “Evangelical” Protestant heresy to the Catholic Faith in 2007, this essay nonetheless provides intellectually solid arguments that Catholic Christians may find useful.]
  • [N.B.2, Christian Classics Ethereal Library (CCEL) is a non-Catholic website, though it contains a number of Catholic works as well. Catholic Christians without sufficient theological formation are counseled to sift other materials on the website with prayerful caution.]

In solidarity with the 2018 March for Life in the United States, and in advance of the anniversary of the decision of the Supreme Court in Roe v. Wade (22 January 1973). 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).

“The first right of the human person is his life… It does not belong to society, nor does it belong to public authority in any form to recognize this right for some and not for others: all discrimination is evil, whether it be founded on race, sex, color or religion. It is not recognition by another that constitutes this right. This right is antecedent to its recognition; it demands recognition and it is strictly unjust to refuse it.

“Any discrimination based on the various stages of life is no more justified than any other discrimination… In reality, respect for human life is called for from the time that the process of generation begins. From the time that the ovum is fertilized, a life is begun which is neither that of the father nor of the mother, it is rather the life of a new human being with his own growth. It would never be made human if it were not human already.”

(Declaration on Procured Abortion, by the Sacred Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, November 18, 1974, nos. 11-12)

Online ebook: “Eucharistic Meditations of the Curé d’Ars”, by St. John Vianney

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• Eucharistic Meditations of the Curé d’Ars, by St. John Baptist Mary Vianney (Carmelite Publications, 1961). Available in pdf format (here) at through this archive of the Irish Province of the Order of Carmelites; and also available at Yumpu.

On the Feast of Pope St. Marcellus I in the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite. From the text:

“How many there are who have the temerity to come to the Holy Table with sins unconfessed or disguised in Confession. How many have not the contrition that the good God demands of them, and keep a secret will to commit sin again and not to make every effort to correct themselves… If ever you have been in these dispositions when going to Holy Communion, you have been guilty of sacrilege…

“The unworthy communicant is a traitor and a hypocrite… The unworthy communicant is an ungrateful person… The unworthy communicant is a parricide.”