Books on Holy Spirit

The Little Book of the Holy Spirit
BY BEDE JARRETT

$9.95
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Meet the Holy Spirit - who dwells within you, loving you, sanctifying you, guarding you, and leading you in the ways of prayer and virtue

In these pages, Fr. Bede Jarrett helps you penetrate the great mystery of God's presence in our hearts. He explains the ineffable dignity that this presence of the Holy Spirit gives you, no matter how lowly your station or how small you may feel.

He shows you how to listen for the soft voice of the Spirit calling you from within, inviting you to know Him, to love Him, and to cooperate with Him in all things great and small.

No longer need you struggle alone. Let Fr. Jarrett show you how to grow close to the Holy Spirit - the Consoler - who Jesus sent to assuage your loneliness and renew your strength and your hope.

Among the things you'll learn in The Little Book of the Holy Spirit:

Why you mustn't be troubled when you can't feel the Spirit's presence in your soul
You can increase the presence of God's Spirit in your soul: what you must do
Why God's presence in your soul doesn't overwhelm your personality
How the dignity of each human soul depends on God's presence in it
Your vision of Heaven can start right away: learn how in these page
The gift of God that's greater than creation itself. Fr. Jarrett explains it
How the presence of God enables you to see everything in a new light
It's a fact, not a metaphor: you really participate in the divine nature
Can you hear God as He speaks to you constantly? You can learn how
Where to find the strength to do the right thing, day in and day out
"The fear of God": what it really means - and why it's a gift from God
Plus: many other topics to help you know the God who dwells within you

True Devotion to the Holy Spirit
BY ARCHBISHOP LUIS MARTINEZ

$19.95
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Huge in scope, yet simple and readable, True Devotion to the Holy Spirit covers virtually everything there is to know about the Spirit's role in our salvation - and it does so with a refreshing reliance on God's Word, not on opinions or subjective visions.

Luis M. Martinez, the former Archbishop of Mexico City, maintains that as the Spirit is God's supreme gift, so your devotion to Him should be profound and encompassing. In beautiful, practical terms, Martinez illuminates the difference the Spirit can make when He's given His proper place in your soul. This handbook explains how you should respond to the Spirit, how the Spirit helps you grow in virtue, and the characteristics of true love of the Spirit.

Even more, each of the Spirit's gifts and fruits get detailed treatment here. Martinez shows how each contributes to the maturing of the soul, so that by means of the Spirit's active help, you can conquer your sins, learn how to make proper use of the things of this world, become master of yourself, and fully realize the greatness that is available to you as a Christian. This is an essential guide for everyone who longs to know and to love the Holy Spirit more fully.

You'll learn virtually everything we can know about the Holy Spirit's work in the world and in your soul, including:

Why you will never attain true holiness without the Holy Spirit's constant help
How the Holy Spirit tenderly teaches you all that you need for salvation Inspirations of the Holy Spirit: they're not extraordinary and superfluous in the spiritual life! How to become attuned to them
How the Holy Spirit teaches you not just to know and love God, but to enjoy Him
Maturity in Christ: it doesn't happen automatically as you grow older. How the Holy Spirit can help you gain it today
The virtues and the gifts of the Holy Spirit: the distinctive role of each in your salvation
Consecration to the Holy Spirit: why it must be total - or it's useless
How the presence of the Spirit in your life will increase your faith, hope, and love
Three main characteristics of devotion to the Father, inspired by the Spirit: examine your soul in their light
The Cross: how and why the Holy Spirit will teach you to love it in your own life
The gifts of the Holy Spirit: how to understand them properly - and gain their help in your soul's perfection
And much more that will help you not only to know the Holy Spirit better than ever, but to gain His help in your salvation!

Drawing Close to the Holy Spirit
Keys to a Transformed Life and Joyful Heart

BY SR. MARY ANN FATULA, O.P., SR. MARY ANN FATULA, O.P.

$14.95
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What a marvelous difference drawing close to the Holy Spirit makes in our lives!

Regardless of our past, or the trials afflicting us now or those we may face in the future, when we draw near to the Holy Spirit, our lives change for the better. Closeness with the Holy Spirit is the “secret” of holiness and happiness.

In this short yet penetrating work, Sr. Mary Ann Fatula reflects on how tenderly and powerfully the Holy Spirit offers us the precious gift of intimacy with Himself. Through the graces of our Baptism and Confirmation, the Holy Spirit— the Third Divine Person who is the Father’s and Son’s sublime Love for Each other — gives Himself to us to be our “Beloved,” our mighty Healer, our intimate Friend and Consoler, our constant Companion and Strength, our gentle Teacher and Guide.

Every page of this exquisite book will speak to your heart. Using the Church’s hymns and prayers, you will learn to pray to the Holy Spirit with love and tenderness, entrusting Him with your every concern, and inviting Him to possess you and anoint your every breath and moment of your life.

The saints show us how the Holy Spirit truly is our fierce “Protector” who loves us and “fights” powerfully for us. When we are weighed down with problems and worries, when we long for more joy and serenity, the Holy Spirit invites us to draw close to Him and let Him do for us what we cannot do ourselves.

It is the Holy Spirit who lifts us up when we are discouraged and fills us with His comfort and peace when we are sad and lonely. The Holy Spirit is the One who deepens our intimacy with the Father and the Son, and who gives us a heart full of empathy for others.

Drawing Close to the Holy Spirit invites you to taste the sweetness of the Holy Spirit and savor in your own life the wonders He accomplishes in those who draw close to Him.

The Seven Gifts of the Holy Spirit
Every Spiritual Warrior's Guide to God's Invincible Gifts

BY KEVIN VOST

$18.95
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Many of us fail to recognize that obtaining the seven gifts of the Holy Spirit is absolutely essential to getting to heaven. We often block their reception through our own faults. We fail to see how they are passed on or strengthened in the sacraments. And, sadly, we forget to petition God in prayer to bestow these gifts upon us.

In these pages, Dr. Kevin Vost - best-selling author of The One-Minute Aquinas - provides us with a substantive yet readable introduction to the seven gifts and how we can humbly submit our wills to the stirrings of the Holy Spirit.

As Dr. Vost explains, these God-given gifts help us to conform our lives to His image, intellect and will. They prevent us from being drawn into frustration - and possibly self-destruction - by following our own sensual appetites. Indeed, the gifts of the Holy Spirit are the only path to being fully happy on earth and in the life to come.

With St. Thomas Aquinas and St. Bonaventure as his guides, Dr. Vost introduces you to the special charism of the Holy Spirit before explaining each gift one by one. You'll discover the special meaning behind each of the natural and theological virtues, and you'll learn the indispensible link between the seven gifts and the Beatitudes. You'll also learn:

How the seven gifts differ from the fruits of the Holy Spirit.
The three ways to perfect fear of the Lord.
The one sacrament that helps you fortify fortitude - it's not the one you think.
How the gift of knowledge differs from the gift of understanding.
The seven steps to unwrapping - and sharing - each of the Holy Spirit's gifts.
The greatest of the seven gifts - and why you must possess it to attain heaven.
Are the seven gifts habits we must develop, or does the Holy Spirit instill the habits in us?
Don't let another year go by without unwrapping and enjoying the gifts of the Holy Spirit. Read this book, and then accept the seven gifts the Holy Spirit so desperately wants to give you.

Journey into His Heart
How the Holy Spirit Led Me into the Catholic Church

BY BARBARA HEIL

$18.95
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Growing up without any kind of faith life, Barbara Heil had a life-transforming experience at sixteen years of age, when she encountered an outpouring of Jesus’ love. As a result, she began to attend a Spirit-filled Protestant Church and later became a missionary, an evangelist, and eventually a pastor, bringing others to the Lord. Her fascinating journey from brokenness to healing took Barbara to more than fifty nations, where she shared the gospel and witnessed what only God can do as He moves in people’s lives.

Not believing that Catholics were even Christian, Barbara took a class to learn how to lead them to Christ. Many years later, someone handed her a book that sparked a hunger to learn about the saints and Doctors of the Church, who she learned, to her astonishment, were all Catholic with faith lives centered on the Eucharist!

Through Barbara’s personal encounter with Jesus’ Real Presence in the Eucharist, you will learn what spoke to her heart most intensely and fanned the flame of His love in her life. You will also discover:

The shocking secret Barbara never knew about herself and was amazed to find out
How the “Man in the Sky” tenderly awaits and comforts you, especially in your darkest hour
The healing graces God longs to unleash upon you when you open your heart to Him
The intimate gift of God’s ever-present love that can be found only in the Catholic Church
How obedience to our Heavenly Father’s will brings true freedom and blessings
This story of a soul wrestling with what she thought she knew about the Catholic Church, only to learn what the Church actually teaches, and then taking the steps needed to enter the Church’s embrace is exhilarating and not to be missed.