Bob Lord: 195 books

Table of Contents: The Many Faces of Mary Book II Part II Our Lady of the Dawn Gate Our Lady of Macerata Our Lady of Ocotlan Our Lady of Tears Our Lady of All Nations

The Holy Spirit must have had all the Angels of all the cardinals in the conclave whisper in their ears that what the Church needed at this time and place was a diplomat, a man who could appease the powers of Europe, who could ward off an all out attack on the Vatican and the Church. That man was Gioacchino Vincenzo Raffaele Luigi Pecci, forever to be lovingly known as Pope Leo XIII.

Our love story with St. Bernardine or San Bernardino, as we have known and loved him, began a long time ago - about the time we got to know St. Catherine of Siena and the Miracle of the Eucharist of Siena. For, you see, right adjacent to the Basilica of St. Francis is the Oratory of St. Bernardine....

Lanciano is a small, medieval town , nestled in from the coast of the Adriatic Sea in Italy, halfway between San Giovanni Rotondo and Loreto. Everything about Lanciano smacks of the Eucharistic Miracle. Even the name of the town was changed from Anxanum (in ancient times), to Lanciano, meaning “THE...

Saint Alphonsus Ligouri a Doctor of the Church We go to St. Agata dei Goti in Southern Italy, where he was bishop. We visited the museum,and 2 of the 111 books he wrote, for which he is proclaimed as a Doctor of the Church. Continue on to Nocera Pagani,where he founded the Order of Redemptorists and returned after 13 years as bishop of Sant' Agata and where he died.

Table of Contents: The Many Faces of Mary Book II Part III Our Lady of Czestochowa Our Lady of Loreto Our Lady of Akita Our Lady of the Rosary Our Lady of Zapopan

Table of Contents:Saints and Other Powerful Men in the Church Part ISaint Padre PioSaint Francis of AssisiSaint Anthony of PaduaSaint Maxmilian Kolbe

What were his parents thinking about for this, their first baby? Would he continue in the House of Savoie, taking care of the land, his heritage? Would Francis Bonaventure follow in the footsteps of his namesakes? Although we read that both parents were traditional Catholics, could they have had any idea what they were doing when they gave such powerful names to their newborn?

Table of Contents: The Franciscans Biographies the the following Franciscan Saints: Saint Francis of Assisi Founder of the Franciscans Saint Anthony of Padua Saint Bonaventure Second Founder of the Franciscans Saint Bernardine of Siena Saint Joseph of Cupertino The Flying Saint Saint Maxmilian Kolbe Martyr of Auschwitz Saint Padre Pio

Stigmatists Table of Contents: Saint Padre Pio Saint Francis of Assisi Saint Veronica Giuliani Saint Gemma Galgani

"Take the case, my brothers, of someone who has never done a single good act but claims that he has faith. Will that faith save him? If one of the brothers or one of the sisters is in need of clothes and has not enough food to live on, and one of you says to them, `I wish you well; keep yourself...

No sooner had we decided to add this martyr, or that group of martyrs than people came up with yet another martyr for us to consider. And for the most part, these are all Twentieth Century martyrs. We chose to share with you the first martyr of Poland, St. Stanislaus, mostly because he was the first...

When you enter a Roman Catholic Church, your eyes first go to the Altar and the King Who dwells there. The Altar of Sacrifice is there in the Sanctuary, ready for the next Sacrifice of the Mass, the ongoing Sacrifice of the Cross. As your eyes and heart travel, on the walls you see the truth of what...

The situation between the State and the Church had been going downhill for many years. To make matters worse, the Constitution of 1917 took away the Church’s official standing in Mexico. Priests were not allowed to wear clerical garb. Previously, all church property had been confiscated by the State....