A Must Read

The Cure of Ars: The Priest Who Out-Talked the Devil by Milton Lomask is a book that should be read by Catholic families during this Year for Priests.  A few weeks ago, my husband finished reading the book to my children and me, and we were sorry to have it end.  Milton Lomask captured the life of St. Jean Marie Vianney in words that appeal to both young and old.  He also succeeded in touching the listeners' hearts, giving us a motto to make our own.  Thanks to this book, the words, "Do only what is pleasing to God" are often in our minds and on our lips.

St. Jean Baptiste Marie Vianney, pray for us and our priests!

Worthwhile Listening

Yesterday, I listened to:

Banish Envy from Your Heart

"Banish from your heart this shameful and destructive vice. Let charity reign amongst you, and do not envy one another any more. Rejoice with the joyful, and mourn with the sorrowful. Take a sincere interest in the weal or woe of your fellow man. Grant to every one the good which belongs to him, even to your enemy; and do not refuse your sympathy to any unfortunate person, not even to your enemy."

~ St. Jean Baptiste Marie Vianney

Marriage is a Vocation, Not a Lifestyle Choice

Be Holy as the Holy Family is Holy
"You can tell the strength of a nation, by the strength of the family life in the nation."
~ Fr. Mateo Crawley-Boevey, SS.CC.

Today, I listened to:

11th Hour Salvation: A Reason for Supernatural Hope
Act of Hope
O my God, relying on Thy almighty power and infinite mercy and promises, I hope to obtain pardon for my sins, the help of Thy grace, and life everlasting, through the merits of Jesus Christ, my Lord and Redeemer. Amen.

Mental Prayer is Essential for Salvation
"God has established Holy Communion with the power to transform us into saints."
7 Possible Obstacles to Our Sanctification:
1. Mortal sin
2. Deliberate venial sins
3. A lack of generosity in pursuing God's will and uniting our will to His.
4. Lack of bodily mortification.
5. Lack of interior mortification.
6. Lack of spiritual reading.
7. Lack of mental prayer.
"All the saints became saints because of mental prayer."

Thank you to Jessica for bringing Audio Sancto to my attention a couple of years ago.

40 Days of Prayer for Our Priests

Join the Curé d'Ars Prayer Group from June 19 to August 4 for 40 days of prayer for our priests (the links on the flyer can be reached by adding .htm to the end of the url).

Thank you for the invitation left in the comments. I will be joining them. Will you?

Cure of Ars Books

My two eldest went to Switzerland a couple of years ago. After visiting Ars and seeing the incorrupt body of St. Jean Vianney their aunt gave each of them a copy of The Priest of Ars, by Marie-Therese Fischer. It is an Along the Paths of the Gospel book that I pray will be released in the United States this year, as it provides young children with a means of learning about this great saint.

In 2008, Pauline Books and Media published another book in their Encounter the Saints series, Saint John Vianney: A Priest for all People. This book is illustrated by Ben Hatke.

Two books for slightly older children are the Vision book The Cure of Ars: The Priest Who Out-Talked the Devil by Milton Lomask and the Mary Fabyan Windeatt book The Cure of Ars: The Story of Saint John Vianney, Patron Saint of Parish Priests.

Two books for adults or older teens are The Cure D'Ars : St. Jean-Marie-Baptiste Vianney and The Cure D'Ars Today: St John Vianney.

Happy reading!

St. Jean Marie Vianney, pray for us!