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Available now:
The St. Jude devotional page has been revised with specific
instructions on how to pray the St. Jude chaplet and a novena.
Changes are coming for the library, which has been badly
neglected for far too long! Our new sections will be
how to pray the rosary, chaplet prayers, writings of the
Saints and popes, and art and literature of the clergy.
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Prayer Guides
Learn to pray the rosary; chaplet & novena prayers
Learn how to pray the full rosary, with standard rosary prayers, information on the mysteries and suggestions concerning contemplative prayer.
Also included are instructions in praying the different chaplets of
the Saints and Novenas.
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Original Homilies
Father Shields writes for you & takes your questions
Homilies written just for you by Father Shields, Society of Jesus. Interact with him on his question and answer page.
Father S. has a great talent for simplifying the straight path, and we hope you will benefit much
from his gentle guidance.
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Walking the Path
The truest inspiration
The joys and struggles of the human soul set down in words by our greatest spiritual teachers.
Even generations removed, these texts retain their relevancy. They are wonderful guides and sources
of inspiration in the growth toward Christ.
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Literature
The divine in poetry & prose
Great works of art from the
literary masters.
Excerpts from poems and other works which speak to virtue, striving, love or the author's experience of the spirit.
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In his Papal Encylical, Rosarium Virginis Mariae, Pope John Paul II decried
a modern trend away from teaching rosary prayer.
If you never learned how to pray the Catholic rosary,
our picture guide will teach you.
The standard prayers will likely be quite familiar to you.
What may not be familiar is the call to the contemplation of the Mysteries,
where we are shown the face of Christ through the gospels
and experiences of our Blessed Mother, Mary.
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The four Mysteries--Joyful, Luminous, Sorrowful and Glorious--are fully explained to you,
as these are the heart and great benefit of rosary prayer.
Also in this section, you will find the common prayers for the chaplets,
which are bead sets used in prayer for the intercession of individual Saints,
as well as instructions on how to pray Novenas, or nine set prayers.
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Words have the power to uplift,
to change a life, to end isolation, to bring hope and spread love.
In our Library section are excerpts from books of the Bible,
as well as the amazing writings of the Saints and Popes.
On a diligent road toward Christ, these are our guides.
And in a modern time, where it is so difficult to discern what is our own will
from submission to God, we need our teachers more than ever.
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We have also included the poetry and prose of some literary masters, for their experience
of spirit or love, their vision of good and evil or redemption from sin.
While these should be taken in a different manner than the Bible or the writings
of the Blessed and our Holy Fathers,
they have merit in touching us in the shared human experience.
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MHR is honored to present to you our steadfast friend,
Father Shields of the Society of Jesus.
He has kindly accepted our invitation to write original homilies
for you to enjoy. We love his easy, succinct style, and hope that
you will too.
Father S. has also expressed a sincere interest in getting to know you,
or helping you should you have spiritual questions.
So we have also set up a separate page, Ask Father Shields,
where we will post your questions and his responses.
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Contact Father Shields with your questions or with topics that you would like him to discuss
in his homilies by writing in to him at:
ajesuitscorner@meinssenhandmaderosaries.com
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"So shall my word be that goes forth from my mouth; It shall not return to me void, but shall do my will, achieving the end for which I sent it." Isaiah 55:11
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