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As seen on EWTN, bestselling author Scott Hahn unveils the mysteries of the Mass, offering readers a deeper appreciation of the most familiar of Catholic rituals.
Of all things Catholic, there is nothing that is so familiar as the Mass. With its unchanging prayers, the Mass fits Catholics like their favorite clothes. Yet most Catholics sitting in the pews on Sundays fail to see the powerful supernatural drama that enfolds them....
Of all things Catholic, there is nothing that is so familiar as the Mass. With its unchanging prayers, the Mass fits Catholics like their favorite clothes. Yet most Catholics sitting in the pews on Sundays fail to see the powerful supernatural drama that enfolds them....
3) Second touch
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A.D. chronicles volume 2
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A retelling of New Testament events and history at the time of Christ.
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Christ the Lord volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 13
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A novel about the childhood of Christ the Lord based on the Gospels and on the most respected New Testament scholarship.
5) Third watch
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A.D. chronicles volume 3
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A retelling of New Testament events and history at the time of Christ.
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[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 1
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"This picture book written and illustrated by John Hendrix focuses on the Biblical accounts of miracles performed by Jesus and concludes with the Crucifixion and the Resurrection. There is a detailed author's note and a list of Biblical passages."--
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[This book] explores how Christianity began by tracing its earliest texts, including the secret Gospel of Thomas, rediscovered in Egypt in 1945 ... [The author explores] historical and archeological sources to investigate what Jesus and his teachings meant to his followers before the invention of Christianity as we know it ... [She] compares such sources as Thomas' gospel ... with the canonic texts to show how Christian leaders chose to include some...
9) Fifth seal
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A.D. chronicles volume 5
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Hurtful gossip swirls around newlyweds Yosef and Mary concerning the timing of Mary's pregnancy, while the prophetess Hannah foretells the birth of Israel's true King, and astronomer Melchior notes the changes in the night sky signifying the birth of Jesus.
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2021.
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"Darwin, 1942. As Japanese bombs rain down on her hometown, newly orphaned Molly Hook looks to the skies and runs for her life. Inside a duffel bag, she carries a stone heart and a map that will lead her to Longcoat Bob, the deep-country sorcerer whom she believes cursed her family. Accompanying her are the most unlikely traveling companions: Greta, a razor-tongued actress, and Yukio, a Japanese fighter pilot who's abandoned his post. With messages...
13) Ben-Hur
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9.1 - AR Pts: 31
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Judah Ben-Hur lives as a rich Jewish prince and merchant in Jerusalem at the beginning of the 1st century. His old friend Messala arrives as commanding officer of the Roman legions. They become bitter enemies. Because of an unfortunate accident, Ben-Hur is sent to slave in the mines while his family is sent to leprosy caves. As Messala is dying from being crushed in a chariot race, he reveals where Ben-Hur's family is. On the road to find them, Ben-Hur...
14) Fourth Dawn
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A.D. chronicles volume 4
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Mary and Yosef must deal with the Annuciation.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9.1 - AR Pts: 31
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A man's life can change in an instant. For Ben-Hur, a young Jewish aristocrat, that time comes when he accidentally knocks a roof tile onto a Roman official's head. He is condemned to the galleys, but the most fateful moment of his life is yet to come: the day he meets Jesus.
16) Ten canoes
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[2007], c2006
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In the distant past, Dayindi covets his older brother's wife. To teach him the proper way, he is told a parable of forbidden love from the mythical past, a story of wrong love, kidnapping, sorcery, and revenge gone wrong.
17) Unafraid
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Lineage of grace volume 5
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This is the final book in the Lineage of grace series, the story of Mary, the mother of Jesus. Rivers fleshes out the biblical accounts with more emotional and everyday incidents, including some which were never recorded in the Bible but which could have happened. She emphasizes the maternal feelings which Mary had for Jesus and her sadness at "losing" him to his ministry.
20) Gospel of John
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"The Gospel of John, the best-loved of the four Gospels, vividly comes to life in a faithful and powerful dramatization of the biblical text. The Gospel of John meticulously re-creates the era of Jesus during a tumultuous period that changed the course of history"--Container.