Welcome to the One More Soul Christmas Gift Guide. See the categories at left for gift ideas that inspire and enlighten this Christmas season, from the anticipation of Advent to Christmas Day and the joyful season that follows!
Miscellaneous
This book is easy to understand and it will give you a sense of the capability of the new women's health science NaProTECHNOLOGY. "What every woman has a right to know about her body…her health…her future!"offers solutions to gyn problems that millions of women suffer, but few physicians can morally and effectively treat. Everyone concerned with women's health should read this book.
Birthing and raising 14 children (not including 5 already with the Lord) sounds almost easy when Jim and Kathleen share “anecdotes and a philosophy of life from a family of sixteen” in this wonderful book. They spell out for us the great rewards and the challenges of large family living, and they urge “the reader to reevaluate the possibility of having another child [and to be] open to God’s will, with a supernatural, faith-filled perspective. . . .There is a great feeling of freedom and peace that one experiences when one steps out in love and trust in our infinitely loving God.” You’ll want to read this book all in one sitting.
This handbook by Dr. Clowes covers topics as Contraception, Abortion, End of life issues, Homosexuality, The Sacrament of Matrimony and Assisted Reproductive Technologies so pastors, seminarians, teachers and any lay person will have a correct understanding of the issues and the Church's response. This book will be a valuable tool in spreading the Gospel of Life and Love and will help people to save lives and souls.
This excellent study guide to John Paul II's Theology of the Body is designed to help you reflect upon and appropriate the pope's astonishing message: True, lasting love—that which humanity enjoyed in the beginning, before the Fall—is possible here and now. In nine straightforward lessons, Men and Women Are from Eden introduces the reader to the pope's warm, deeply biblical understanding of God's original plan for men and women, a plan that brings with it healing of mind in regard to sexuality and the body.
Saint Josemaria Escriva, founder of the Opus Dei movement for the laity, was an inspired and enthusiastic advocate of the holiness of the sexual relationship in Christian marriage. Fr. De Torre here compiles St. Escriva's teaching on marriage, intertwining it with Pope John Paul II's teaching on sexuality. They wonderfully complement each other!
Christopher West illuminates love’s two dimensions—eros (human) and agape (divine), using key passages from Benedict XVI’s first encyclical, God Is Love. He helps us appreciate the interplay, distinctiveness, and relationship of these dimensions of love. West succeeds as probably no other author could in marrying John Paul II’s Theology of the Body with Benedict’s God Is Love. This is one of those rare books that makes you wish the end would not come so soon.
Ten Marian scholars apply Pope John Paul II's Theology of the Body to the life and person of the Virgin Mary. New insights are gained as the Theology of the Body is examined in light of Marian dogmas, the building up of a Culture of Life, and the Mariologies of Adrienne von Speyr, John Henry Newman, and others. Thought-provoking questions such as "Was Mary really an 'unwed mother' are also addressed.
Dr Grossman looks into the origins of the sex education movement in the US and the philosophy and lifestyles of its founders. Example: sexuality training for teachers normally included filims. Learn why she believes sexuality educators "send these kids into a minefield". Don't assume her message is simply about abstaining from sex, as her approach focuses on biological truths and hard science. Our children are not being given the most up to date, accurate information in their sex ed classes. They are being misled about things such as condom failure rates, percentages of sexually transmitted diseases. "When it comes to sex, there is no such thing as too much information".
"Theology of the Body In Context" is not a beginner's book on John Paul's teachings; the book assumes a general familiarity with the "theology of the body" and the Pope's other works. In addition, May's writing is almost as thick as the Pope's, requiring patience and discipline to fully comprehend. For these reasons, "Theology of the Body In Context" will primarily appeal to advanced students of the "theology of the body", those interested in the full depth of John Paul's teachings.
We all know that love is the answer to the challenges of our world, great and small. In this short (40 pages) document, Pope Benedict XVI helps us focus anew on what life is all about. He uses language that speaks straight to the heart and opens up the secrets of God's Heart. This is medicine of life for a world gone sour, and a key we all can use for unlocking the problems of our time.
This novel tells the intertwining stories of the lives of Emily Greer and her great-grandmother Katherine. Well-written and hard to put down. it is about the love of husbands and wives, the love of parents for their children, and the agonizing moral choices we sometimes face. It is also about real people—not perfect people but ones who are trying—and about being witnesses to a culture of life in a world shadowed by the culture of death.
The stories of 15 physicians who do not prescribe contraceptives and who promote Natural Family Planning. These are powerful accounts of conversion, courage, and conviction. Learn what moved these doctors to risk losing patients, income, and the respect of their peers. Many physicians have been converted after reading this book.
Within the Theology of the Body, John Paul II composed wonderful teachings on the Song of Songs and on the story of Sarah and Tobias from the book of Tobit. In this book Christopher West takes these treasures and embeds them in stories of people he has known who received healing for their distorted sexual values. This is the best book on sexuality I have ever read.
John Paul II's philosophical masterpiece Love and Responsibility has been called THE great book of the 20th Century. It takes our understanding of human sexuality and of male-female relationships to levels not previously experienced outside the Bible. ES takes the philosophical language of Love and Responsibility and opens it up for us with wonderful clarity and effectiveness.
An experienced professional goes into bio-ethical issues to help everyone in finding the moral questions pertaining to the Catholic health care. The pressure on Catholic medical institutions and health care workers is at an alarming rate as they struggle to uphold their faith in an industry that is confronting bio-ethical dilemmas. Essential reading for Catholic Health Care Providers.
The encyclical Humanae Vitae proclaimed the beauty of marital sex unburdened by the need to put obstacles in the way of fertility. A modern explanation and defense of this teaching on the beauty of sexuality. Topics include dissent from Humanae Vitae, Scripture teaching on birth control, Natural Family Planning, the population explosion, and much more.
TB courageously brings to the table an issue rarely discussed - the abortifacient nature of hormonal birth control. Even more uniquely, it shares the testimonies of couples who have suffered anguish, grief, and guilt after realizing that they aborted some of their own children. She strives to warn others from going down the same path to destruction that contraception led them. For pastors, counselors,and the well informed pro-lifer.















