The trilemma of Joan: liar, lunatic, or Lord's anointed. It took over 500 years for the third to triumph over the first two, both in the Church and in France. But these two canonizations—as a Catholic saint, and as Patroness of France—were separate tasks, performed by separate supporters. These are the writings of the leading promoter of her second canonization: as Patroness of France.Beginning with earlier, more lyrical writings on Joan of Arc, this volume's core is a collection o...

Though the question-and-answer catechism began with Luther, sets of theological questions and answers have been a common teaching form for millennia. The sets of Greek questions-and-answers translated here were falsely ascribed to St. Athanasius of Alexandria (296-378), but their unknown author probably lived in the 7th century.This collection includes various sets of questions-and-answers: the Questions to Antiochos, the Sequential Questions on the Gospels, the

Demoniac, harlot, helper, herald: Mary Magdalene is one of the most fascinating figures in the New Testament. Few verses mention her by name; instead, tradition has conflated many other Gospel women with her, and sometimes even given her an non-Scriptural epilogue.In this work—part treatise, part prayer—Cardinal Pierre de Bérulle combines all the traditions about Magdalene: she is the demoniac, the sinful woman who anointed Jesus, Mary of Bethany, and a hermit in France. Out of thi...

Those skilled in the way of the Rosary can apply each Mystery to their lives, each image in their lives to a Mystery: even their whole life can be seen as one, single Rosary.Such is the way of Dominica, a young girl from Marseille, torn between her desire to serve the Lord and the poor, and her care for a young man and her love of children. A chance encounter with a poor widower and his son outside a hostel in Lourdes sets her off on a path of joy, of sorrow, of glory: on a Rosary ...

Chateaubriand's Genius of Christianity was one of the great stepping stones towards Romanticism, with its defense of Christianity on the basis of aesthetics instead of doctrine and logic. Wildly popular, it was not without its critics. To respond to these critics, Chateaubriand, inspired by Montesquieu's Defense of his Spirit of the Laws, wrote his own Defense of the Genius.Unfortunately for English readers, translations of the Geniu...

Though Cardinal Pierre de Bérulle (1575-1629) was primarily an apostle and devotee of the Incarnation, that in no way meant he ignored the Passion of Christ, for Christ's Incarnation cannot be understood apart from His Passion. This volume collects short writings about the Passion from Bérulle's collection Works of Piety, as well as two excerpts from his master-work, Discourses on the State and on the Grandeurs of Jesus Christ. This small selection provides an insight int...

Fluid distribution during spaceflight and impact on brain and vision health is an emerging field of high-priority research in the NASA human space program. International Space Station astronauts have developed ocular refraction changes during prolonged spaceflight. Within this book, experts review current data related to fluid shifts during microgravity exposure and the impact of fluid shifts on astronaut health.This work also compares current astronaut health problems with Earth-based hea...

Collects Avengers #31-34, New Avengers Annual #1 & Avengers Annual #1. Wonder Man doesn't think that the Avengers are helping the world, and he's willing to do whatever is needed to stop them. Including bringing in his own team...the Revengers! Then, Tony Stark intercepts a signal that may lead the Avengers into the arms of one of their dearest friends...or their greatest enemies.

Come to me, all you that labour, and are burdened, and I will refresh you. Take up my yoke upon you, and learn of me, because I am meek, and humble of heart: and you shall find rest to your souls. For my yoke is sweet and my burden light.;Matthew 11:28-30Christs words ring true for this earthly life that we must endure in order to, hopefully, attain eternal rest with Him in heaven. Our fallen world is full of sufferings and struggles; from the everyday aggravations to the l...

Angst ... Sie hatte Angst ... Todesangst ...! Sie atmete tief ein und versuchte, ohne den geringsten Laut von sich zu geben, aus ihrem Gefängnis zu entfliehen. Ganz langsam bewegte sie ihren Kopf ... Nur ihre Gedanken überschlugen sich ... Es war niemand zu sehen. Doch das täuschte! Wie zwei mächtige Stahlklammern packten die Hände die Frau und zogen sie zu sich. Sie blickte in sein Gesicht, das zu einem breiten diabolischen Grinsen verzerrt war. Er öffnete langsam den Mund ... und dann er...