Category: Catholic Adult Audiobooks

A Royal Son and Mother tells the story of the devout and long-suffering “Apostle of the Alleghenies”, as Fr. Demetrius Augustine Gallitzin came to be known. Born the son of noble parents, Prince Dimitri Alexeievich, a Russian ambassador to the Netherlands, and the Prussian Countess Adelheid Amalie von Schmettau, Dimitri’s early life was one of inherited privilege . He was raised Russian Orthodox, lived very nominally by his family. However, in his teens his mother returned to the Faith of her youth, and Dimitri influenced greatly by her circle of friends, intellectuals, and priests, converted to the Catholic Faith, following her miraculous recovery from a serious illness. Although the ambassador had planned a military career for his son and had sent him to America for an education, he was shocked to learn that his son had renounced his inheritance and had entered a seminary instead. Demetrius was ordained a Catholic priest in 1795 and devoted his life to ministering to the pioneers of rural Maryland and Pennsylvania. Braving every sort of danger and forgoing personal comfort, he established numerous missions in remote settlements across the Allegheny frontier. During his years as pastor in Loretto, Pennsylvania, his spiritual children grew in number from a dozen to over ten thousand. The story of this mother and son is a beautiful tale, like many seen through the ages, of a devout mother , holy and good, and the ensuing strong Faith of her child, who learned from the hand that rocked their cradle to love the Good God and serve him to heights of holiness that affected many.

1 hour and 29 minutes.

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Not a “love story”, A Story of Love, is rather the story of love, the love of God, which He has for each of us, and the experience of its beauty and wonder when we unify ourselves to Our Divine Creator. As Father Cassilly explains, this love, which every man and woman was created to experience, is an ardor so intense and fulfilling that it scarcely seems possible to grasp, yet one that is offered to every human person who opens his heart and mind to its beauty and wonder. He shows how this ultimate love is the basis of all true love that we experience and how it introduces itself at the beginning of our lives and faithfully endures throughout our lives, leading to its ultimate fulfillment at the end of our earthly pilgrimage.

4 hours and 7 minutes.

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Considered by many to be the greatest single book of Marian spirituality ever written, A Treatise on the True Devotion to the Blessed Virgin, is St. Louis de Montfort’s classic statement on the spiritual way to Jesus Christ though the Blessed Virgin Mary. In this volume Montfort goes through the various aspects of this devotion explaining what is true devotion and outlining what is false devotion, explaining that devotion to Mary is not an optional devotion like any other devotion to the Saints. He boldly claims that devotion to Mary is necessary in becoming a living image of Christ in this world, making no distinction between devotion to Mary and devotion to Jesus. In this book the Saint invites those that are capable of understanding this devotion to embark on a journey of entering more deeply into the inner life of Jesus and Mary and by so doing to grow in holiness. Included are a series of meditations and prayers that assist in making a consecration to the Blessed Virgin Mary.

5 hours and 2 minutes

Continue reading A Treatise on the True Devotion to the Blessed Virgin by St. Louis-Marie Grignon De Montfort

Go through the year in the footsteps of the saints! This excellent volume emphasizes one virtue for each month with quotes and stories from the lives of the saints, helping teach and inspire that particular virtue in us. For January, Perfection; February, Humility; March, Mortification; April, Patience; May, Meekness; June, Obedience; July, Simplicity; August, Diligence; September, Prayer; October, Confidence; November, Charity; and December, Union. As  Pope Clement I said,  “Those who follow the saints, will themselves become saints.” Make this year A Year With the Saints!

12 Hours and 22 Minutes

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Father Finn’s beautiful little tale But Thy Love and Thy Grace can be read in an hour or so, but it conveys a lesson which ought to be of longer duration. The interest of the story is chiefly theological, turning, as it does, on the refining and ennobling effects of frequent confession and communion on the soul; yet it is so simply put that any child can understand it.

Regina O’Connell is a poor factory girl whose earnings support herself and her bedridden sister. She is simplicity itself—one of those rare beings whom unselfishness and genuine humility make heroines in the true sense of the word. She is a weekly communicant, and is trying her best to keep to the narrow path, but she cannot yet say from her heart the beautiful prayer of St. Ignatius:—” Take, O Lord, all my liberty, my memory, my understanding, my whole will.” She is tried, sorely tried. At times the pathos is almost unendurable, but she learns her lesson at last. “Give me but Thy love and Thy grace,” she whispered, “for these are sufficient for me.” “And she received His love and His grace, and in the receiving her heart throbbed with a bliss seldom known upon earth, for His love and His grace were indeed sufficient.”
But Thy Love and Thy Grace is not devoid of humorous touches. Father McNichols’ catalogue of his penitents and Regina’s poor attempts at grandeur are amusing, while the description of the bazaar and of the raffle for the diamond ring are bright and vivid.

1 Audio CD –  76 Minutes.

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When tragedy strikes with the sudden illness of his father, young Teddy Thornton is forced to take on the work of a man, leaving school to find work and help support his family. Unintentionally, he is thrown into a world of crime and counterfeiting. Will he do the right thing, or will he be drawn down the wrong path? And will the mystery of Heron Hall be solved?  Captain Ted is full of suspense and adventure, this story will keep you on the edge of your seat as you wait to hear each new chapter’s exciting twists and turns.

3 Hours and 37 Minutes

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Collected together here are some of the most popular and well-known prayers and works of St. Patrick that have come down through the ages.

St. Patrick’s Breastplate – one of his most well -known works, is attributed to St. Patrick and his disciples. It contains some Celtic pagan elements (historically this is not unusual, prayers most often do contain the influence of the era or culture in which they are written ), but is definitely a Christian prayer asking God for protection through daily life.

A Letter to the Soldiers of Coroticus – a letter he wrote to the soldiers of Coroticus–also Christians–who had raided parts of Ireland and taken away prisoners who were Christians and sold into slavery. The letter is a wonderful demonstration of Patrick’s rhetorical fire. The contents of this letter are just as autobiographically revealing of his character as the Confession.

Confession – A short autobiography in which he tells of being abducted by Irish pirates from his home in England ,sold into slavery, and taken to Ireland. After six years, during which God really moved in His heart and converted to the Faith, he escaped and returned to his family. During his time back in England he was ordained, and soon heard God calling him back to Ireland to bring souls to him. His works there spread like wildfire, baptizing thousands of people, becoming the true “Apostle of Ireland”

1 Hour

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Come Rack Come Rope is a tale of the struggles and sufferings of Catholic Recusants (Catholics who refuse to convert to the Church of England) under Queen Elizabeth I of England. In this story of deep tragedy and terror Msgr. Benson portrays the conflict between natural, tender human passion and divine love, and its heroic resolution worked out in the hearts of the two principal characters, Robin Audrey and Marjorie Manners. The two young people, only seventeen, and secretly engaged, struggle with many emotions and trials as did any faithful Catholic in that age of English History, but when they both come to the belief that God would have them give up their earthly love for each other for a deeper calling to His service, their mettle is tested, and their love is transformed into a deeper, more spiritual love as they undertake the work God calls them each to. Robin goes abroad to become a priest and returns as a covert outlaw to minister the sacraments to the recusant Catholics in his homeland. Margaret becomes the hostess of a safe-house and covert chapel from which priests may come and go in safety. Adventures abound and emotions run high in this classic tale of Catholic life in Elizabethan England.

A note to Parents: Some portions of Come Rack Come Rope are very intense and difficult to read, but integral to the story.  As the author notes in a preface, however, it is in fact an accurate description of Catholic experience at the time. Please exercise caution with the age appropriateness of this book.

14 Hours and 10 Minutes

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Conceptions of Divine Love was written by St. Teresa with the idea of explaining and reflecting upon the meaning of certain words and phrases found in the Book of Canticles, commonly known as the Song Of Solomon or Song of Songs. Typical of the writings of the great mystic, the sublime reflections on the contemplative life in this title share a great affinity with her thoughts in The Interior Castle and The Way of Perfection. Such a lover of God as St. Teresa of Avila could not help but be inspired by the sublime depths of the mystical conceptions mined from the within the most ardent and luxuriant love-song contained in the world’s literature. She often had the occasion, in the Divine office, to read passages from the Book of Canticles, and, dwelling upon these as she did, with loving thought, she desired to make the results of her meditations known to others.

57 Minutes.

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