Help for Your Sunday Homilies

You know that preparing your homily is important. To help, The Living Word features tools that will connect you with your parishioners spiritually. A meaningful homily will enrich your listeners at Mass, and they will look forward to your next one.

Each quarterly issue of The Living Word has wording you can use that can be understood by parishioners of all ages. Included in the text for each Sunday:

• Introduction

• Penitential Act

• Scripture readings

• A theme and an illustration

• A reflection on the Gospel reading

• Suggestions for practical application

• Summary questions for reflection

• Prayer of the Faithful

Available as a digital download for $39.00 per year or 4 print editions for $68.00

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What’s New

Children can meet new friends in our latest Saints for the Beatitudes series, and Liguorian columnist Fr. Bob Pagliari will both amuse and inspire you to “put your interior faith into exterior practice.”

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Filling Catechetical and Spiritual Needs

Our Parish Community and Explaining God’s Word bulletins, Journey of Faith for OCIA (RCIA), sacrament-preparation materials, books, pamphlets, devotionals for Advent and Lent, and more have received honors throughout the history of Liguori Publications.

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Keeping Catholics Up to Date

Catholic Update addresses timely topics for the faithful with new editions eleven times each year for parishes, discussion groups, and individuals seeking insight from Church leaders and other inspirational writers.

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Inspired by a Doctor of the Church

Saint Alphonsus Liguori (1696–1787)—moral theologian, bishop, and doctor of the Church—founded the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer (Congregatio Sanctissimi Redemptoris; CSsR) in 1732. Liguori Publications is honored to continue the work of this visionary Redemptorist and prolific writer. Page 14

Leading Catholics in their Journey of Faith

Available in English and Spanish, Journey of Faith and Jornada de Fe deliver lessons and leader guides crafted for adults, teens, and children seeking initiation into the Catholic Church. Page 20

Providing a Spiritual Home for More than a Century

Since its humble beginnings at the Redemptorist seminary in Oconomowoc, Wisconsin, in the early 1900s, Liguorian (first edition, 1913) has long been one of the most authoritative Catholic periodicals in the world. Today’s readers find it a valuable source for all things Catholic. Page 40

NEW! Saints and Me! Saints of the Beatitudes

CarLo Acutis

Blessed Are the Righteous

Faustina Kowalska: Blessed Are the Merciful

Faustina Kowalska: Blessed Are the Merciful, the first book in the new Saints of the Beatitudes group, is now available. Written by Barbara Yoffie and illustrated by Chris Sharp, this collection will add eight books to our informative and colorful Saints and Me! series, one for each Beatitude that Jesus spoke of in his Sermon on the Mount.

Saints and Me! booklets 5.5 x 8.5 / 32 pages; full-color 9780764-828799 $7.49

Coming Soon!

Carlo Acutis: Blessed Are the Righteous 9780764-828805 • Release date: 8/1/23

Patrick: Blessed Are the Poor in Spirit 9780764-828621 • Release date: 1/1/24

Also Coming in 2024

Katharine Drexel: Blessed Are the Meek Bernadette: Blessed Are the Pure of Heart

Monica and Augustine: Blessed Are the Mournful Pope John XXIII: Blessed Are the Peacemakers Jude the Apostle: Blessed Are the Persecuted

To learn more about our other Saints and Me! collections, go to page 30.

Alcohol Abuse: Recovery for the Catholic Family

Despair, anger, and fear reign when alcoholism is in charge. This book attempts to define the crippling disease of alcoholism, describe its impact on the family, and present some ideas for how to get help before it is too late. The content is not meant to be a definitive presentation on alcoholism. It’s directed toward those who live with the confusion, frustration, and despair of alcoholism.

NEW! Alcohol Abuse

Recovery for the Catholic Family

FR. TED LAWSON, CSSR

128 -page paperback

9780764-828645 $13.99

Release date: 11/1/23

Holy Homework: Putting Our Interior Faith Into Exterior Practice

Using anecdotes and stories from his sermons, Fr. Bob Pagliari challenges readers to put their interior faith into practice for all to see.

My hearty congratulations and thanks to Catholic New York and Liguori Publications for publishing this inspiring collection of Holy Homework columns written by the spirited professor, Fr. Bob Pagliari, CSsR. Carrying out the easy tasks he proposes is a fine way for all of us to put our faith into practice.

I give this book an A+ and my enthusiastic endorsement.

—TIMOTHY CARDINAL DOLAN, Archbishop of New York

Holy Homework is a memorable read. Fr. Pagliari is plain-spoken, yet deep and full of practical wisdom. The “homework” is much needed by any of us who would walk out our faith. Sunday school teachers and students, parents, grandparents, children, and we everyday readers should love and remember these homespun stories, for they celebrate our own experience.

—Marsha Sinetar, author, Ordinary People as Monks & Mystics and Dreams unto Holiness

NEW! Holy Homework

Putting Our Interior Faith Into Exterior Practice

FR. BOB PAGLIARI, CSSR

140-page paperback

9780764-828638 $16.99

Scripture 101

An Intro to Reading the Bible

FR. WILLIAM J. PARKER, CSS R

144-page paperback

9780764-817007 $13.99

Mass 101

Liturgy and Life

EMILY STRAND, MA

154-page paperback

9780764-822254 $13.99