Recommended Books for S.K.M.A. Members
The books below are highly recommended for the members of the apostolate. It is very important to have these books for spiritual noursihment. You may look for a better price deal by browsing different online bookstores.
Divine Mercy in My Soul - Diary of Saint Maria Faustina Kowalska
This book is highly recommended for members of the apostolate and to those who wants to know about Saint Faustina and the Divine Mercy.
The books contain the words of Jesus that are found in the Diary of St. Maria Faustina Kowalska, which chronicles Sr. Faustina's great experience
of Divine Mercy in her soul and her mission to share that mercy in the world. When you buy this book look for: Front Cover of the book is the same as the picture shown below. Publisher: Marian Press; 3rd edition (January 1, 2003).
You may buy this book for a price of $7.95 at Amazon.com
Shorter Christian Prayer: The Four-Week Psalter of the Liturgy of the Hours Containing Morning Prayer and Evening Prayer With Selections for the Entire Year [Leather Bound]
Contains morning and evening prayer from the four weekly psalter and selected texts for the seasons and major feasts of the year. It is ideal for Parish use. Publisher: STL DistributorsFormat: PaperbackISBN: 9780899424231
The cost of this prayer book is about $17.95 at Amazon.com
On the Passion of Christ: According to the Four Evangelists : Prayers and Meditations
Highly recommended for members of the apostolate for their meditations of Jesus Passion.
"The Imitation of Christ", Thomas à Kempis reminds the reader that in order to become a follower of Christ one must imitate his life, and to accomplish this he adds: "Let it then be our main concern to meditate on the life of Jesus Christ. It is impossible to imitate Christ without first knowing him, and the best way of getting to know him is by meditating on his life as it is described in the four Gospels."
Thus, in this wonderful meditation book, perfect for Lent, or any time of the year, the great spiritual writer and monk presents profound, short reflections on Gospel passages about the passion and death of Christ. Each chapter, focusing on a specific aspect of the Passion of Our Lord, gives a prayer, a meditation and spiritual advice and closes with another short prayer.
Very much in the same style as his "The Imitation of Christ," this book covers the entire Passion, and makes great spiritual reading for anyone. Illustrated. The Price is about $11.01 at
Amazon.com
Of the Imitation of Christ [Paperback]
Amazon.com Review
The Thomas à Kempis fan club includes St. Ignatius, Thomas Merton, Thomas More, and even Agatha Christie's Miss Marple. (She reads a chapter of The Imitation of Christ every night before sleep.) Imitation has exerted immense influence on Christian worship, ethics, and church structure, because it gives specific yet broad-minded guidance about the central task of Christian life--learning to live like Jesus. Better to read this book a little here and there, now and then, than to try gobbling it cover to cover. Imitation is no triumph of orderly thinking, but it's a great monument and incentive to deep living. --Michael Joseph Gross --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.
The price of this book is about $25 at Amazon.com
The Douay-Rheims Bible: Translated from the Latin Vulgate, Diligently Compared with the Hebrew, Greek and Other Editions in Diverse Languages [Bonded Leather]
The most beautiful and traditional Catholic Bible in English! The first ever digitally typeset edition with newly redrawn colour maps, beautifully bound in leather with gilt edges. This edition brings together the very best of three Douay-Rheims Editions:
The Old and New Testaments - from the 1899 edition published by John Murphy Company, Baltimore, Maryland. Imprimatur: James Cardinal Gibbons, Archbishop of Baltimore (the whole revised and diligently compared with the latin Vulgate by the Servant of God Bishop Richard Challoner). The Old and New Testaments and Historical and Chronological Index have been beautifully retypeset, faithfully to reproduce the original 1899 Gibbons edition. The text is set in the classic Century Expanded font, which was originally used in the 1899 edition, and has been lovingly typed line by line to represent exactly the original edition. The Family Register pages have also been digitally typeset and redrawn. The text is set in CenturyExpandedBT font, size 8.5pt.
Maps - from the 1911 edition published by Wm. Aleiter Co., Catholic Supply House, Indianapolis. Imprimatur: John Cardinal Farley, Archbishop of New York. Eleven coloured maps digitally redrawn by hand and fully coloured.
Engravings - from the 1941 edition published by The Douay Bible House, New York. Imprimatur: Francis J. Spellman, D.D., Archbishop of New York. These thirty-two beautiful engravings recreate key moments in Biblical History. In our edition, they have been scanned, carefully remastered and enhanced, and their captions have been retypeset and corrected to match the appropriate verses in the Bible text.
This bible is about $54.95 at Amazon.com or you may search it in the internet to find best deals.