Inspirational Stories

The Virtues of Holiness: The Basics of Spiritual Struggle - Juan Luis Lorda - Scepter (Paperback) The Virtues of Holiness offers a road-map for navigating our everyday activities: work, family, leisure pursuits. It shows how we can reach the...

Saints in The World -  Rev Jesus Urteaga - Scepter (Paperback) In a vigorous engaging style Fr. Jesus Urteaga challenges men and women of today to live up to the high demands of virtue. He shows the importance of human virtue such as courage,...

Passionately Loving the World - St. Josemaría Escrivá - Scepter (Booklet) In this forceful and illuminating discourse on the obligations of all Christians, the founder of Opus Dei - St. Josemaría Escrivá - shows the way that...

Our Lives in His Hands: An Ordinary Couple's Path to Holiness - Olga Marlin - Scepter (Paperback) One of the young men who accompanied St. Josemaría Escrivá on his escape to freedom during the Spanish Civil War was Tomás Alvira. He...

Ordinary Life and Holiness, Volume 1 - Ernst Burkhart and Javier López - Scepter (Paperback) On May 17, 1992, Pope John Paul II beatified Josemaría Escrivá de Balaguer. Ten years later, on October 6, 2002, he was proclaimed a saint...

No Small Goals: The Life of Dr. Ernesto Cofiño - Thomas A. McDonough - Scepter (Paperback) What is the purpose of professional training and the work derived from it? From the time Ernesto Cofiño returned from Paris with a...

Nine Days to Welcome Peace - Fr. Jacques Philippe - Scepter (Paperback) Peace of heart is not only a blessing but also a necessary condition for the growth of our spiritual lives. How do we not only find peace but then keep it? Step by step, in a...

Nine Days to Rediscover the Joy of Prayer - Fr. Jacques Philippe - Scepter (Paperback) Prayer changes our lives. Through fruitful prayer, God freely graces us with the gifts of joy, peace, courage, and determination. We can often find, however,...

Meditations on the Passion - Susanna Tamaro-  Scepter (Paperback) The cross and the resurrection are central to being Christian. But many of the meditations we read for the Stations of the Cross at Easter seem outdated. Written, it seems, many...

Love in Action -  Fernando Ocáriz - Scepter (Paperback) “If we truly want to serve mankind and the world, and thereby fulfill our Lord’s command, we must love God first. For only in this love and through this love will our...

Living With Good Manners - John Narbona  - Scepter (Paperback) Many young people work and study hard, are happy and sociable, but lack knowledge of decent manners in public — it either hasn’t been passed on through the generations, or...

The Indispensable Dad: A Guide to Cultivating Family Happiness, Virtue, and Success - Stephen Gabriel  - Scepter (Paperback) The best givers of advice are those who encourage while they share their own accounts of learning through failure and...