Holy Books

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Our Lady:

 

Taken From The Four Volume Set

The Mystical City Of God

 

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The Faith

Conception Para. 385, Pg. 305 The Proper Use Of Speech (7 Minutes)

Conception Para. 375, Pg. 299 Thank God For The Angels (4 Minutes)

 

Coronation Para. 68, Pg. 91 The Seven Gifts Of The Holy Ghost (15 Minutes) (HQ)

 

Incarnation Para. 141, Pg. 113 The Humility Of Jesus (6 Minutes)

 

Transfixion Para. 293, Pg. 273 Temptations Of Our Lord (9 Minutes)

 

Holy Communion

Incarnation Para. 486, Pg. 408 Reverence To Jesus In The Blessed Sacrament (5 Minutes)

 

Transfixion Para. 489, Pg. 467 Gift Of The Blessed Sacrament (12 Minutes)

 

The Spiritual Life

 

Conception Para. 477, Pg. 368 Conquering The Passions (6 Minutes)

Conception Para. 322, Pg. 259 The Fear And Love Of God (9 Minutes)

Conception Para. 339, Pg. 273 Favors Given To Our Lady And Her Daily Spiritual Exercises (10 Minutes) (HQ)

Conception Para. 529, Pg. 406 Imitate Our Lady In Charity (8 Minutes) (HQ)

Conception Para. 410, Pg. 321 Our Salvation And Free Will (7 Minutes) (HQ)

Conception Para. 426, Pg. 334 The Religious Vocation (5 Minutes)

Conception Para. 644, Pg. 498 Revelations (4 Minutes) (HQ)

Conception Para. 725, Pg. 556 God’s Providence (5 Minutes) (HQ)

 

Coronation Para. 8, Pg. 36 Detach Yourself From Worldly Desires (5 Minutes) (HQ)

Coronation Para. 55, Pg. 79 Imitate Her In Humility And Veneration Of God (7 Minutes) (HQ)

Coronation Para. 388, Pg. 353 Guidance To A Perfect Life (7 Minutes) (HQ)

Coronation Para. 608, Pg. 519 The Purpose Of Life (6 Minutes)

Coronation Para. 692, Pg. 585 Imitate Our Lady (7 Minutes) (HQ)

 

Incarnation Para. 24, Pg. 38 Man’s Dignity Over Creatures (4 Minutes)

Incarnation Para. 175, Pg. 141 Imitate Our Lady (9 Minutes)

Incarnation Para. 405, Pg. 329 Seek Interior Peace (5 Minutes)

Incarnation Para. 435, Pg. 359 Divine Providence And Greed (7 Minutes)

Incarnation Para. 498, Pg. 417 Be Thankful For God’s Blessings (4 Minutes)

 

Transfixion Para. 169, Pg. 155 Prepare Well For Death (10 Minutes)

Transfixion Para. 352, Pg. 335 Humility Is The Key (3 Minutes)

Transfixion Para. 402, Pg. 387 Science Of Suffering (5 Minutes)

Transfixion Para. 620, Pg. 598 Warning To Those Who Have Received Great Graces (10 Minutes)

 

The State Of The Church

 

Transfixion Para. 722, Pg. 694 Why The Church Is In It’s Present State (8 Minutes)

 

Raising Children

 

Conception Para. 238, Pg. 193 Raising Children Catholic (12 Minutes)

 

 

St. Robert Bellarmine:

 

Art Of Dying Well: Chapter 1 (4 Minutes)

Art Of Dying Well: Chapter 2 (12 Minutes)

Art Of Dying Well: Chapter 3 (11 Minutes)

Art Of Dying Well: Chapter 4 (14 Minutes)

Art Of Dying Well: Chapter 5 (9 Minutes)

Art Of Dying Well: Chapter 6 (11 Minutes)

Art Of Dying Well: Chapter 7 (18 Minutes)

 

St. Francis DeSales:

 

During Lent:

Ash Wednesday: Fasting (34 Minutes)

First Sunday In Lent: Temptation (43 Minutes)

Thursday After The First Sunday In Lent: Faith (41 Minutes)

Second Sunday In Lent: Eternal Happiness (32 Minutes)

Thursday After The Second Sunday In Lent: Election And Reprobation (37 Minutes)

Third Sunday In Lent: Mutual Charity (35 Minutes)

Thursday After The Third Sunday In Lent: Proper Conduct In Illness (37 Minutes)

Fourth Sunday In Lent: God’s Spiritual Providence (28 Minutes)

Thursday After The Fourth Sunday In Lent: Proper Fear Of Death (38 Minutes)

Passion Sunday: Hearing The Word Of God (28 Minutes)

Palm Sunday: Humility And Obedience (36 Minutes)

Good Friday: The Passion What It Means (68 Minutes)

 

St. John Vianney (The Cure of Ars):

 

Various:

A Curse Will Fall (3 Minutes)

The Armed Crosses (2 Minutes)

At Their Shame It Must Be Said (2 Minutes)

Be Religious Or Be Damned (13 Minutes)

The Beloved Crosses (3 Minutes)

Beware If You Have No Temptations (15 Minutes)

Clear Your Minds (3 Minutes)

Do You Want To Be Happy (4 Minutes)

The Duties Of Mothers (4 Minutes)

The Duties Of Parents (2 Minutes)

First Sunday Of The Year: Where Are You Going (3 Minutes)

The Gift Of Everyday (2 Minutes)

Have A Clean Face (2 Minutes)

Harvest Crosses (4 Minutes)

How Blind The Sinner Is (6 Minutes)

I Come On Behalf Of God (15 Minutes)

If You Know How To Give (7 Minutes)

It Is Necessary To Be Converted (3 Minutes)

Lost Works (2 Minutes)

Merit Absolution (2 Minutes)

Oh Everyone Says So (5 Minutes)

Our Inconsistency (3 Minutes)

The Public Crosses Which Are Worn (5 Minutes)

Repairing The Wrong Done (4 Minutes)

The Service Of The Blessed Virgin (3 Minutes)

The Sewer Of Hell (6 Minutes)

The Tongue Of A Scandal Monger (2 Minutes)

Thoughts On The Way To Church (11 Minutes)

You No Longer Control Them (5 Minutes)

You Will Answer For Their Souls (1 Minutes)

We Are All Wretched Creatures (3 Minutes)

We Are Keeping A Feast (5 Minutes)

When You Go Back Home (3 Minutes)

Who Has Charity (7 Minutes)

The World Is Everything: God Is Nothing (2 Minutes)

 

During Easter:

First Sunday After Easter: Annual Confessions (3 Minutes)

Fifth Sunday After Easter: You Have Not The Time (2 Minutes)

 

During Advent:

Second Sunday In Advent: Follow One Master Only (2 Minutes)

Fourth Sunday In Advent: Thoughts About Penance (8 Minutes)

 

During Epiphany:

Third Sunday After Epiphany: His Prayer Is A Lie (3 Minutes)

Fourth Sunday After Epiphany: Bad Company (3 Minutes)

Fourth Sunday After Epiphany: He Will Help Us (3 Minutes)

 

During Lent:

First Sunday Of Lent: We Are Nothing In Ourselves (4 Minutes)

Fourth Sunday After Lent: The Bad Death (11 Minutes)

 

During Pentecost:

Second Sunday After Pentecost: You Are Surprised But Not I (6 Minutes)

Fifth Sunday After Pentecost: All That You Say Above These Is Evil (48 Minutes)

Sixth Sunday After Pentecost: You Should Come Earlier (5 Minutes)

Seventh Sunday After Pentecost: Have You Religion In Your Heart (7 Minutes)

Seventh Sunday After Pentecost: You Can Become A Good Tree (14 Minutes)

Seventh Sunday After Pentecost: Praying Fasting And Pleasing Ourselves (9 Minutes)

Seventh Sunday After Pentecost: Routine Followers (1 Minutes)

Seventh Sunday After Pentecost: Your Prayers Are Only An Insult (6 Minutes)

Eighth Sunday After Pentecost: We Are Extraordinarily Blind (1 Minutes)

Ninth Sunday After Pentecost: We Must Expect Temptations (5 Minutes)

Tenth Sunday After Pentecost: Not Like The Others (10 Minutes)

Eleventh Sunday After Pentecost: The Evil Tongue (6 Minutes)

Eleventh Sunday After Pentecost: Prisoners Of Sin (6 Minutes)

Eleventh Sunday After Pentecost: Your Heart Is But A Mass Of Pride (2 Minutes)

Twelfth Sunday After Pentecost: Love Your Neighbor (2 Minutes)

Thirteenth Sunday After Pentecost: Renounce Sin For Good And All (5 Minutes)

Fourteenth Sunday After Pentecost: If Man Knew His Religion (5 Minutes)

Fourteenth Sunday After Pentecost: Prayer Commands All (3 Minutes)

Fourteenth Sunday After Pentecost: They Are For The World (16 Minutes)

Seventeenth Sunday After Pentecost: Purity Is Not Known (4 Minutes)

Eighteenth Sunday After Pentecost: The Dreadful State Of The Lukewarm Soul (24 Minutes)

Eighteenth Sunday After Pentecost: A Public Plague (10 Minutes)

Twentieth Sunday After Pentecost: The Duties Of A Pregnant Woman (4 Minutes)

Twentieth Sunday After Pentecost: Getting To Know The Right People (3 Minutes)

Twentieth Sunday After Pentecost: Wine Is His God (5 Minutes)

Twenty-First Sunday After Pentecost: Anger Does Not Travel Alone (7 Minutes)

Twenty-Second Sunday After Pentecost: Death Will Reveal Thieves (7 Minutes)

Twenty-Third Sunday After Pentecost: Model Our Death Upon Jesus Christ (3 Minutes)

 

St. Leonard Of Port Maurice:

 

The Little Number Of Those Who Are Saved (33 Minutes)

 

Father Lawrence Scupoli:

 

Spiritual Combat Part1 Preliminary Words On Perfection (10 Minutes)

Spiritual Combat Part2 Distrust Of Self (5 Minutes)

Spiritual Combat Part3 Confidence In God (5 Minutes)

Spiritual Combat Part4 How To Discover Ourselves (2 Minutes)

Spiritual Combat Part5 Mistake Considering Cowardace A Virtue (1 Minutes)

Spiritual Combat Part6 Distrust Of Self And Confidence In God (2 Minutes)

Spiritual Combat Part7 The Right Use Of The Facilities (3 Minutes)

Spiritual Combat Part8 Obstacles In Forming A Correct Judgment (3 Minutes)

Spiritual Combat Part9 Prevent Deception Of Understanding (4 Minutes)

Spiritual Combat Part10 Exercise The Will (8 Minutes)

Spiritual Combat Part11 Consideration To Incline The Will (2 Minutes)

Spiritual Combat Part12 Opposition To Man’s Nature (5 Minutes)

Spiritual Combat Part13 How To Encounter Sensuality (8 Minutes)

 

Fr. F. X. Schouppe S. J. (1823 –1904):

”Purgatory Explained”

 

pointer-downPurgatory Explained …….. Click to show Playlist

To listen to twenty minutes at a time, try the playlist above. Several chapters have been combined in each video.

Purgatory Protestations of the Author (6 Minutes)

Purgatory Author’s Preface (22 Minutes)

Purgatory_Ch. 1 Purgatory In The Divine Plan (2 Minutes)

Purgatory_Ch. 2 Prayer For The Dead (4 Minutes)

Purgatory_Ch. 3 Catholic Doctrine (3 Minutes)

Purgatory_Ch. 4 Location And Doctrine (5 Minutes)

Purgatory_Ch. 5 Revelations Of Ss. Teresa And Louis (7 Minutes)

Purgatory_Ch. 6 Ss. Francis Of Rome And Magdalen (12 Minutes)

Purgatory_Ch. 7 St. Ligwina (7 Minutes)

Purgatory_Ch. 8 Several More Revelations (11 Minutes)

Purgatory_Ch. 9 The Pains Of Purgatory (9 Minutes)

Purgatory_Ch. 10 The Pain Of Loss (6 Minutes)

Purgatory_Ch. 11 The Pain Of Sense (8 Minutes)

Purgatory_Ch. 12 Pains Of Purgatory (8 Minutes)

Purgatory_Ch. 13 Br. Anthony Pereyra And Ven. Angla (8 Minutes)

Purgatory_Ch. 14 Apparition Of Foligno (9 Minutes)

Purgatory_Ch. 15 Stanislaus Chocosca And Bl. Catherine (6 Minutes)

Purgatory_Ch. 16 Ss. Antoninus And Bro. Angelicus (7 Minutes)

Purgatory Ch. 17 Bl. Quinziani And Emperor Maurice (6 Minutes)

Purgatory Ch. 18 St. Perpetua, St. Gertrude, And St. Catherine (9 Minutes)

Purgatory Ch. 19 St. Magdalen De Pazzi And Sr. Benedicta (8 Minutes)

Purgatory Ch. 20 Diversity Of The Pains (10 Minutes)

Purgatory Ch. 21 Diversity Of The Pains: St. Bernardine (9 Minutes)

Purgatory Ch. 22 Duration Of Purgatory: Opinions Of The Doctors (6 Minutes)

Purgatory Ch. 23 Duration Of Purgatory Pope Innocent III (10 Minutes)

Purgatory Ch. 24 Duration Of Purgatory (10 Minutes)

Purgatory Ch. 25 Purgatory’s Duration Abbey Of Latrine (6 Minutes)

Purgatory Ch. 26 Ven. Catherine Paluzzi And St. Peter (8 Minutes)

Purgatory Ch. 27 Cause Of Suffering (5 Minutes)

Purgatory Ch. 28 Matter Of Expiation: Sins Of Lust (6 Minutes)

Purgatory Ch. 29 Matter Of Expiation: Worldliness (7 Minutes)

Purgatory Ch. 30 Matter Of Expiation: Sins Of Youth (3 Minutes)

Purgatory Ch. 31 Matter Of Expiation: Scandal Given (8 Minutes)

Purgatory Ch. 32 Matter Of Expiation: Life Of Pleasure (4 Minutes)

Purgatory Ch. 33 Matter Of Expiation: Tepidity (8 Minutes)

Purgatory Ch. 34 Matter Of Expiation: Negligence (3 Minutes)

Purgatory Ch. 35 Matter Of Expiation: Want Of Respect (6 Minutes)

Purgatory Ch. 36 Matter Of Expiation: Immortification Of The Senses (5 Minutes)

Purgatory Ch. 37 Matter Of Expiation: Intemperance (4 Minutes)

Purgatory Ch. 38 Matter Of Expiation: Failure In Matters Of Justice (5 Minutes)

Purgatory Ch. 39 Matter Of Expiation: Sins Against Charity (5 Minutes)

Purgatory Ch. 40 Matter Of Expiation: Lack Of Charity (8 Minutes)

Purgatory Part 2 Ch. 1 Fear And Confidence: The Mercy Of God (11 Minutes)

Purgatory Part 2 Ch. 2 Confidence: Mercy Of God Towards Souls (6 Minutes)

Purgatory Part 2 Ch. 3 Consolations Of The Soul (6 Minutes)

Purgatory Part 2 Ch. 4 Location Of Purgatory (5 Minutes)

Purgatory Part 2 Ch. 5 Consolation Of The Soul: The Blessed Virgin (3 Minutes)

Purgatory Part 2 Ch. 6 Consolation Of Purgatory: The Blessed Virgin The Privilege Of Saturday (6 Minutes)

Purgatory Part 2 Ch. 7 Consolation Of Purgatory: The Angels (11 Minutes)

Purgatory Part 2 Ch. 8 Consolation Of Purgatory: The Angels The Saints In Heaven (4 Minutes)

Purgatory Part 2 Ch. 9 Assistance Given The Holy Souls (7 Minutes)

Purgatory Part 2 Ch. 10 Assistance Given The Holy Souls: Holy Mass (6 Minutes)

Purgatory Part 2 Ch. 11 Assistance Rendered To The Souls (6 Minutes)

Purgatory Part 2 Ch. 12 Means Of Assisting The Souls In Purgatory (6 Minutes)

Purgatory Part 2 Ch. 13 Relief Of The Souls (8 Minutes)

Purgatory Part 2 Ch. 14 The Thirty Masses of Saint Gregory (8 Minutes)

Purgatory Part 2 Ch. 15 Relief Of The Holy Souls (7 Minutes)

Purgatory Part 2 Ch. 16 Relief Of The Holy Souls: Liturgy Of The Church (4 Minutes)

Purgatory Part 2 Ch. 17 Relief Of The Holy Souls: John Of LaVereno (7 Minutes)

Purgatory Part 2 Ch. 18 Relief Of The Holy Souls: St. Malachy (6 Minutes)

Purgatory Part 2 Ch. 19 Relief Of The Holy Souls: Through The Holy Sacrifice Of The Mass (7 Minutes)

Purgatory Part 2 Ch. 20 Relief Of The Holy Souls: Through The Holy Sacrifice Of The Mass (7 Minutes)

Purgatory Part 2 Ch. 21 Relief Of The Holy Souls (4 Minutes)

Purgatory Part 2 Ch. 22 Relief Of The Holy Souls: The Holy Rosary (5 Minutes)

Purgatory Part 2 Ch. 23 Relief Of The Holy Souls: Fasts, Penances, And Mortifications (5 Minutes)

Purgatory Part 2 Ch. 24 Relief Of The Holy Souls: Holy Communion (5 Minutes)

Purgatory Part 2 Ch. 25 Relief Of The Holy Souls: The Stations Of The Cross (5 Minutes)

Purgatory Part 2 Ch. 26 Relief Of The Holy Souls: Indulgences (6 Minutes)

Purgatory Part 2 Ch. 27 Relief Of The Holy Souls: Indulgences (4 Minutes)

Purgatory Part 2 Ch. 28 Relief Of The Holy Souls: Indulgences (4 Minutes)

Purgatory Part 2 Ch. 29 Relief Of The Holy Souls: Alms (7 Minutes)

Purgatory Part 2 Ch. 30 Relief Of The Holy Souls: Almsgiving (4 Minutes)

Purgatory Part 2 Ch. 31 Relief Of The Holy Souls: The Heroic Act Of Charity (7 Minutes)

Purgatory Part 2 Ch. 32 Relief Of The Holy Souls (6 Minutes)

Purgatory Part 2 Ch. 33 Relief Of The Holy Souls (8 Minutes)

Purgatory Part 2 Ch. 34 Motives For Assisting The Holy Souls (6 Minutes)

Purgatory Part 2 Ch. 35 Motives For Aiding The Holy Souls (6 Minutes)

Purgatory Part 2 Ch. 36 Motives For Assisting The Holy Souls: Intimate Ties To Them (5 Minutes)

Purgatory Part 2 Ch. 37 Motives For Assisting The Holy Souls: Felicity In Relieving Them (5 Minutes)

Purgatory Part 2 Ch. 38 Motives For Assisting The Holy Souls: Examples Of Holy Persons (6 Minutes)

Purgatory Part 2 Ch. 39 Motives And Incentives To Devotion To The Holy Souls (6 Minutes)

Purgatory Part 2 Ch. 40 Motives For Assisting The Holy Souls (10 Minutes)

Purgatory Part II Ch. 41 Motives Of Justice (6 Minutes)

Purgatory Part II Ch. 42 Motives Of Justice: Barren (5 Minutes)

Purgatory Part 2 Ch. 41 Motives of Justice (7 Minutes)

Purgatory Part 2 Ch. 42 Motives of Justice: Barren Tears (7 Minutes)

Purgatory Part 2 Ch. 43 Motives of Justice: Prayer for Departed Parents (9 Minutes)

Purgatory Part 2 Ch. 44 Motives and Incentives to Devotion Toward the Holy Souls – Saint John of God (7 Minutes)

Purgatory Part 2 Ch. 45 Advantages of Devotion to the Holy Souls – Their Gratitude (8 Minutes)

Purgatory Part 2 Ch. 46 Advantages – Gratitude of the Souls (8 Minutes)

Purgatory Part 2 Ch. 47 Advantages – Temporal Favors (8 Minutes)

Purgatory Part 2 Ch. 48 Advantages – Temporal Favors (8 Minutes)

Purgatory Part 2 Ch. 49 Advantages – Spiritual and Temporal Favors (12 Minutes)

Purgatory Part 2 Ch. 50 Advantages – Prayers of the Souls for Us (8 Minutes)

Purgatory Part 2 Ch. 51 Advantages – Gratitude of the Divine Spouse of Souls (6 Minutes)

Purgatory Part 2 Ch. 52 Advantages – Charity Towards the Holy Souls Recompensed by Jesus Christ (10 Minutes)

Purgatory Part 2 Ch. 53 Advantages – Charity Towards the Dead Rewarded (13 Minutes)

Purgatory Part 2 Ch. 54 and 55 Advantages – Salutary Thoughts; Salutary Instruction (16 Minutes)

Purgatory Part 2 Ch. 56: Advantages – S\Salutary Instruction -Saint Magdalen de Pazzi and Sister Benedicta (13 Minutes)

Purgatory Part 2 Ch. 57: Advantages: Stimulant To Fervor (7 Minutes)

Purgatory Part 2 Ch. 58: Means to Avoid Purgatory: Great Devotion to the Blessed Virgin (9 Minutes)

Purgatory Part 2 Ch. 59 Means to Avoid Purgatory: Privileges of the Holy Scapular and Appendix 2 (14 Minutes)

Purgatory Part 2 Ch. 60 Means to Avoid Purgatory: Charity and Mercy (10 Minutes)

Purgatory Part 2 Ch. 61 Means to Avoid Purgatory: Blessed Margaret Mary and the Suffering Souls (6 Minutes)

Purgatory Part 2 Ch. 62 Means to Avoid Purgatory: Christian Mortification (6 Minutes)

Purgatory Part 2 Ch. 63 Means to Avoid Purgatory: The Sacraments (8 Minutes)

Purgatory Part 2 Ch. 64 Means to Avoid Purgatory: Confidence in God (5 Minutes)

Purgatory Part 2 Ch. 65 Means to Avoid Purgatory: HolyAcceptationofDeath (12 Minutes)

 

Fr. Michael Meuller, C.S.S.R:

“The Blessed Eucharist: Our Greatest Treasure”

pointer-downThe Blessed Eucharist …….. Click to show Playlist

In the youtube playlist above, you will find a chapter or partial chapter in each video of 20 – 30 minutes.

Eucharist: Protest and Preface of the Author

Eucharist: Chapter 1: The Doctrine of the Eucharist according to the Church Fathers

Eucharist: Chapter 1: The Doctrine According to the Account of Saints

Eucharist: Chapter 1: The Doctrine Supported by Miracles

Eucharist: Chapter 2 A: On the Reverence Due to Jesus Christ in the Blessed Sacrament

Eucharist: Chapter 2 B: On the Reverence Due to Jesus Christ in the Blessed Sacrament

Eucharist: Chapter 3A: On the Love of Jesus Christ in the Blessed Sacrament

Eucharist: Chapter 3B: On the Love of Jesus Christ in the Blessed Sacrament

Eucharist: Chapter 4: On Visiting Jesus Christ in the Blessed Sacrament

Eucharist: Chapter 5: On the Great Desire of Jesus Christ to Enter Into Our Hearts In Holy Communion

Eucharist: Chapter 6: On Preparation for Communion

Eucharist: Chapter 7: On Thanksgiving After Communion

Eucharist: Chapter 8: On the Effects of Holy Communion

Eucharist: Chapter 9: The Excuses of Those Who Do Not Communicate Frequently

Eucharist: Chapter 10: On Unworthy Communion

Eucharist: Chapter 11: On Spiritual Communion

Eucharist: Chapter 12: The Virtues Jesus Teaches in the Most Blessed Sacrament of the Altar

Eucharist: Chapter 13: The Most Holy Festival of Corpus Christi and It’s Origin

Eucharist: Chapter 14 Part A: Examples Relating to the Real Presence

Eucharist: Chapter 14 Part B: Examples Relating to the Real Presence

Eucharist: Chapter 15 Part A: The Most Holy Sacrifice of the Mass

Eucharist: Chapter 15 Part B: The Most Holy Sacrifice of the Mass

Eucharist: Chapter 16: On the Ceremonies of the Mass

Eucharist: Chapter 17: An Exhortation to Hear Mass Devoutly

Eucharist: Chapter 18: Examples Relating to the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass