The phrase 'a turning to God' comes from Cardinal Hume's homily for Ash Wednesday 1977 and it is a theme which reappears frequently in his writing and preaching, particularly in his Lenten addresses. ...

This anthology contains over 60 hymns from all ages and traditions. Each one is presented with a profile of the hymn's author, the personal and cultural context in which it was written, a note on the ...

How was it early Christian reflection on Jesus emerged so rapidly and with such a high degree of definition? What patterns of interpretation, already in known in late second temple Palestine, crystall...

Prayer and reflection at each of the fourteen Stations of the Cross, ever present in Catholic and Anglo-Catholic churches, is an ancient Christian devotion that is undertaken privately and publicly th...

“This book is a little masterpiece: it informs and it explores, it recounts history and it provokes a religious quest. It is a personal book, yet it explores the great questions of theology; it is f...

Some Christians claim to reject Tradition in preference to a supposedly "Bible only" Christianity. Catholics, on the other hand, venerate Tradition, yet often without adequately understanding it. In t...

This is the third volume of a trilogy that began with Thoughts Matter: The Practice of the Spiritual Life and continued with Tools Matter for Practicing the Spiritual Life. Thoughts Matter was an upda...

Christians worldwide have been blessing themselves with the sign of the cross for centuries. But few who use this simple, familiar gesture know its impact as a powerful prayer. Author Bert Ghezzi sho...

At the heart of the Christian faith is the mystery of the Incarnation--God manifesting his love for us by becoming man. In this book, which he had been working on in the months before his death, Cardi...

At the heart of the Christian faith is the mystery of the Incarnation--God manifesting his love for us by becoming man. In this book, which he had been working on in the months before his death, Cardi...