 | If you still drag your feet about making your Lenten Confession, here's how to overcome that reluctance and open your soul to the reservoir of mercy found in this Sacrament. |
Fr. John Kane's wise, down-to-earth advice in How to Make a Good Confession shows you how to transform your annual Lenten Confession from a mumbling embarrassment into a profound experience of God's tender love. 
Written in the darkest days of World War II, when the future looked more forbidding than it does even today, How to Make a Good Confession shows you how Confession can be for you a powerful antidote to the fear and discouragement that plagues even faithful Catholics in times like these. This slim volume details the three elements essential to a good Confession, lists the steps of an ordinary Confession (who says what when), includes a list of questions to help you make a proper examination of conscience, and even provides you three Acts of Contrition you can carry with you into the confessional. But Fr. Kane wants your Confession to be more than rote fulfillment of another obligation. | That's why he shows you how --- before you ever enter the confessional --- you can awaken in yourself those attitudes of mind that will enable you quickly to identify your sins (particularly the hidden ones), grow truly sorry for them, and do your penance as God wants it done. Better yet: he shows you how sustaining these attitudes in your soul between Confessions will protect you from new sins and ward off the worry and discouragement that afflict us all. * How to Make a Good Confession:
it's not just a Lenten book;
it's a spiritual classic . . .
. . . a work you'll turn to time and again throughout the year when you feel the need to examine your conscience, bring your life back into conformity with the gospel, and experience the blessing of God's mercy.
"A marvelous book. Can provide spiritual nourishment throughout the whole process of repentance, confession, and spiritual growth."
Fr. Mitchell Pacwa, S.J. "A welcome blessing. Deals with the reality of sin, balancing that with the wonderful gift of God's mercy. It offers a very fine examination of conscience, ideally presented to meet today's needs. It also stresses and encourages growth in virtue as an important sequel to Confession, so that our life in Christ may reach maturity."
Fr. Andrew Apostoli, C.F.R. "This magnificent handbook helps you deepen your repentance and make it lasting. Don't go to Confession without it!"
Patrick Madrid
Envoy Magazine "It is a great thing to make a good confession, and this is a good book about how to do it."
Fr. George Rutler 
How to Make a Good Confession
A Pocket Guide to Reconciliation with God
by Fr. John A. Kane
144 pgs leatherette $10.95
Fr. John A. Kane (1883-1962)
was a priest of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia. In his many writings, he put into everyday language the best thoughts of the masters of the spiritual life. His books are clear and scriptural and bespeak a profound love of Christ. He is also author of The School of Mary and Transforming Your Life through the Eucharist. | | |
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Also for Lent: In the book of Thessalonians,
Christ urges us to
pray without ceasing,
but when we try to do so,
most of us simply
cease without praying. We're distracted by troubles or duty
or we quit because it's late already
and we're tired. Now there's a remedy
that actually works: 
Written nearly a century ago, and used since then by generations of grateful Catholics, this no-nonsense prayer manual dispels the false notions of prayer we all have and shows how we can, in fact, pray without ceasing --- even at times when exhaustion cripples us and cares threaten to sweep us away. Drawing on the experience of dozens of saints, Fr. Raoul Plus here explains sure ways we can recollect ourselves before prayer so that once we begin to pray, our prayers will be richer and more productive. He teaches us how to practice interior silence habitually, even in the rush and noise of the world. And he explains each of the kinds of prayer and shows when we should --- and should not --- employ each. * The result? Even in the midst of busy days, we're soon able to pray always by keeping our wills united to God even when our minds must be directed elsewhere. In a word, How to Pray Always is one of those rare books that actually fulfills the promise of its title: in just over a hundred pages, it shows us how to love God and to live prayerfully and constantly in His loving presence. | Some of the many saints
whose teachings are found
in this book: St. Aloysius Gonzaga (1568-1591), St. Anthony (251-356), St. Augustine (354-430), St. Bernard of Clairvaux (1090-1153), St. Francis de Sales (1567-1622), St. Francis of Assisi (1182-1226), St. Francis Xavier (1506-1552), St. Ignatius of Loyola (1491-1556), St. Jerome (c. 342-420), St. John Berchmans (1599-1621), St. John of the Cross (1542-1591), St. John Vianney (1786-1859), St. Leonard of Port Maurice (1676-1751), St. Margaret Mary Alacoque (1647-1690), St. Mary Magdalen of Pazzi (1566-1607), St. Paul of the Cross (1694-1775), St. Philip Neri (1515-1595), St. Teresa of Avila (1515-1582)
Raoul Plus, S.J. (1882-1958)
wrote more than forty books to help Christians understand God's love for the soul. His works stress the vital role of prayer in the spiritual life and show how you can live the truths of the faith. |
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