Bob Lord: 195 books

How does a just king, a loyal Defender of the Faith, turn on all that he vowed to protect, betraying Church and country? Was it the limitless power he had, the power to decide between life and death, that gave birth to him placing himself above his Pope and Church? Was it the example of other Henrys before him?

We often wonder why Our Lady comes to us, miraculously and cries. When we began our trip to Sicily, we didn't know about Our Lady Who Cried. We went to Siracusa because we heard of the great Greek and Roman amphitheaters. But you cannot visit Syracuse or Siracusa as it is known in Italy, without visiting...

The title of this chapter is Rage and Righteousness. Maybe a better title would be Outrage! When we awakened this morning, and turned on the radio, instead of being upset by the weather report, we were saddened by a new challenge to us and our nation, to pray or not to pray, to stand by and do nothing...

Frances was born in the year 1384, into nobility and great wealth. The luxurious life they led in their palace, did not affect the spirituality of the family. As they were deeply devout, it should have come as no surprise that Frances, at the age of only eleven years, would ask to be allowed to enter...

Table of Contents: Journey to Sainthood Part I Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini “We were sent here by the Holy Father...we cannot go back!” There is a time and a season... Saint Leopold Mandic Saint of Reconciliation Saint Angela Merici “I want to become a Saint, because I love Jesus.” Blessed Frederic a priest and a dream

As we begin our story of Saint Margaret, we need to add another name that has been used to paint a portrait of this gentle, yet powerful Saint: “Magdalen of the Seraphic Order.” A book could be written around that one title. But then let Jesus speak to you.

Table of Contents: Saints and Other Powerful Men in the Church Part II Biographies of these Catholic Saints: Saint Augustine Saint Paul the Apostle Saint John of the Cross Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen

Table of Contents: Martyrs They Died for Christ PartThe Polish MartyrsFather Jerzy Popieluszko11 Nuns of NowogrodekMartyrs of AuschwitzSaint Edith SteinSaint Maxmilian KolbeSaint Joan of ArcArchbishop Oscar Romero

But God's beloved children of Ireland are a paradox in terms. Those who only see the surface of the Irish people, don't know about the years of suffering, persecution, famine, Martyrdom, and near annihilation of them as a people, all for their Faith. When they joke that there are more Irish in Boston...

Saint Nicholas of Tolentino was the pride of the Augustinian Community which flourished in the northeastern section of Italy known as the Marches. He was born in the year 1245, not too far from Tolentino where he spent most of his life as a religious. His elderly parents had not been able to bear a child.

Table of Contents Origin of the True Cross History of the Cross Moses and the Bronze Serpent The Cross, Past and Present Salvation through the Wood of the Cross The Way of the Cross

Our story begins in one of the most unlikely places, in the home of one of the wealthiest bankers of his day, Francis A. Drexel. Toward the end of the Nineteenth Century, at the time Mother Cabrini was being called to aid one suffering minority, the Italian immigrants in the United States - persecuted...

It was the year 1447 and all of Italy was being attacked by a new enemy - the plague. The casualties surpassed the numbers lost in any war. The citizens of Italy were dying by the thousands, as the pestilence spread from city to city and village to village. No one was safe! The plague was nearing...

Biographies of these Saints: Saint Philip Neri Saint Francis de Sales Saint Jane Frances de Chantal Saint Vincent de Paul Coincidence; Holy Coincidence; or Holy Design that two Saints of the Counter-Reformation were born in the same year (1515) that Martin Luther began to espouse his theory on Justification...