Saint Joseph Edition Children's Books -- Buy 4, Get the 5th One Free

Evangelize children with colorful children's books for only 1.95 each! Saint Joseph Edition books are intriguing ways to present the Catholic faith to youngsters at a 2nd grade reading level and above. These books make perfect First Communion gifts or religious education supplements. Topics include all elements of the Catholic faith including the Trinity, Sacraments, Rosary, Blessed Mother, seasons of the Church year, and the saints.

Buy 4 books and get the fifth free, in any quantity. For a full selection, see:

http://cfpholyangels.com/childrens-books-st-joseph-edition/

Here are some intriguing samples of Saint Joseph Edition Children's Books.

Don't Forget About Your Valentine and More!

Soft Saint Doll--Saint John Bosco $98.00 to $102.50

Saint John Bosco's Feast Day is January 31st!

To purchase click on this link http://www.cfpholyangels.com/search.aspx?find=bosco

Walnut Wood Box, Hand Crafted $45.00 to $65.00 

Solid Walnut Wood Box with hinged lid, handcrafted. Polished and lined on inside bottom with black velvet. Size 14" x 6" x 7 1/2". Makes lovely jewelry or collectibles box. 

To purchase click on this link http://www.cfpholyangels.com/search.aspx?find=box&page=4

First Communion Girl $24.95 

 Statue stands approximately 11" tall by 4" wide. A beautiful statue for that beautiful First Communion girl. Delicate colors, reverent, with lamb figurine and cross. Free Shipping in the U.S. To purchase click on this link http://www.cfpholyangels.com/statuary.aspx

Madonna and Child Statue $25.00 

Stands approximately 9" tall by 5" wide. Only 1 left! FREE SHIPPING IN THE U.S.

To purchase click on this link  http://www.cfpholyangels.com/statuary.aspx

Autumn Beauty Angel Statue $9.95 

Seraphim Classics Heaven on Earth! Roman Exclusive. Measures approximately 7" tall by 4" wide. Great for a gift or as an addition to a collection! To purchase click on this link http://www.cfpholyangels.com/statuary.aspx

Words On Hope Book $1.00 

An inspirational collection of wise and helpful thoughts from some of the world's greatest people, who have overcome problems in their own lives. Carry it with you and open it to find words of strength and hope. Pocket book size. To purchase click on this link http://www.cfpholyangels.com/search.aspx?find=words+of+hope

Joanna and Susanna Gold Heart Wire Bracelet--small size $4.95 

Wire bracelet with gold heart. Delicate. Perfect for a child's gift. Very pretty. To purchase click on this link http://www.cfpholyangels.com/valentinesday.aspx

Hearts Wall Plaque $1.99 

A Wall Plaque with decorative colored hearts all over it with the words"Let the love of friends give you comfort. Let the love of God give you peace". Approximately 7" tall by 9"wide. Only 1 left. To purchase click on this link http://www.cfpholyangels.com/valentinesday.aspx

Love Is Book $1.50A treasury of timeless quotations about matters of the heart by Dr. Criswell Freeman. Approximately 6" tall by 4" wide. To purchase click on this link http://www.cfpholyangels.com/valentinesday.aspx

The Promises of the Sacred Heart $1.95

To purchase click on this link http://www.cfpholyangels.com/valentinesday.aspx 

I Have Loved Thee With an Everlasting Love Heart Plaque $5.00 

Pretty heart wall plaque with the words I Have Loved Thee With an Everlasting Love. Approximately 6" tall by 7" wide. Ceramic look and feel. To purchase click on this link http://www.cfpholyangels.com/valentinesday.aspx

The Sacred Heart Wall Picture $5.00

To purchase click on this link http://www.cfpholyangels.com/valentinesday.aspx

Saints Of The Week... And For All You Bookworms Out There

Pope St. Pius X Feast Day is August 21!
Only 1 of this statue left!

Our Mother of Perpetual Help (Latin: Nostra Mater de Perpetuo Succursu) also known as Our Lady of Perpetual Help and more formally as Our Lady of Perpetual Succour) is a Catholic title of the Blessed Virgin Mary given by Pope Pius IX. $29.95
http://www.cfpholyangels.com/ourladyofperpetualhelp.aspx 

St. Rose of Lima's Feast Day is August 23!

Soft Saint Doll . Saint Rose $98.00 to $102.50

http://www.cfpholyangels.com/softsaintdollsaintrose.aspx

                    The Queen ship of the Blessed Virgin Mary's Feast Day is August 22!

       The Brown Scapular Booklet $0.95

http://www.cfpholyangels.com/thebrownscapularbooklet.aspx

Proper Offices (full set) of Franciscan Saints and Blesseds for Four Volume Liturgy of the Hours $51.50

http://www.cfpholyangels.com/properofficesfullsetoffranciscansaintsandblessedsforfourvolumeliturgyofthehours.aspx

2014 Christian Prayer Guide (One Volume) for use with the Proper Offices of the Franciscan Saints and Blesseds. Standard type. $5.95 to $93.75

Guide to praying the one volume Christian Prayer for the current liturgical year. This INCLUDES the Franciscan Guide for Saints and Blesseds. Standard type. Begins with the First Sunday of Advent and continues through last Saturday of Liturgical Year. These guides are available at the end of each year for  the following year. Once they are sold out, they are no longer available.

These guides will give exact page references for praying the Liturgy of the Hours (Divine Office) for the following year.  You must be sure to order the guide that goes with the Office book that you have so that the pages in the guide will correspond to the volume(s) that you have. Also comes in Large Type Print.

http://www.cfpholyangels.com/liturgyofhoursguideOneVolumeRomanFranciscanChristianPrayer-1-1-1-1.aspx

Four Volume Set of Liturgy of the Hours - LARGE TYPE $195.00

Also comes in Standard Print.

http://www.cfpholyangels.com/fourvolumeliturgyofthehoursstandardprint-2-1-1-1-1-1.aspx

Offers countless tips to help you practice your faith in the heart of your home. $19.95
http://www.cfpholyangels.com/thelittleoratorybook.aspx

A Spiritual Bouquet For You and Your Intentions Prayer Card $0.25 to $6.00

http://www.cfpholyangels.com/aspiritualbouquetforyouandyourintentionsprayercard.aspx

Cravings: A Catholic Wrestles with Food, Self-Image, and God $13.95

http://www.cfpholyangels.com/cravingsacatholicwrestleswithfoodself-imageandgod.aspx

Pillar of Fire, Pillar of Truth: The Catholic Church and God's Plan for You $1.00

http://www.cfpholyangels.com/pillaroffirepillaroftruththecatholicchurchandgodsplanforyou.aspx

Saints for Young Readers for Every Day: July - December $15.95

http://www.cfpholyangels.com/saintsforyoungreadersforeverydayjanuary-june-1.aspx

Anima Christi Prayer Card $0.25 to $6.00

http://www.cfpholyangels.com/animachristiprayercard.aspx

Saints of March

March is a great month for some great saints so before the month gets away from us, we'd like to introduce them to you via the CFP Holy Angels Gift Shop.

First, Saint Patrick, whose memorial is March 17 and whom we all know and love--the great Bishop of Ireland who brought the Catholic faith to the Emerald Isle. Taken to Ireland as a slave when young, he could have turned his back on the Irish people but, instead, was freed from slavery, seemingly miraculously, only to return to convert his captors. He was known to go throughout Ireland with a bevy of builders and would convert a town, build a church, ordain a priest for the new parish, and move on. What a way to evangelize!

Saint Patrick Soft Saint Doll $98

Saint Patrick Scapular 6.50

Who can forget Saint Joseph, foster Dad to Jesus, the first man to see the face of God! His feast day March 19 is a Solemnity in the Church, and rightly so. This is the man who cared for Jesus in His youth. Can you imagine Joseph cuddling the Infant Christ, hearing him coo, helping him walk, teaching him how to plane a board, instructing him in prayer? What a joy Joseph must have had in his son and in his wife the Blessed Mother!

Saint Joseph Chaplet 9.99

Saint Joseph Soft Saint Doll $98

Saint Joseph Medal 50c

The great Father of Western Monasticism, Saint Benedict, is commemorated on March 21. Benedict was responsible for giving the Church the Rule that bears his name and for establishing monasteries that have held the faith secure for all the centuries since sixth century which was blessed by his life. The medal of Saint Benedict carries with it great promises if it is used with faith.

Crucifix with Saint Benedict Medal 9.95

St. Benedict Medal 1.00

Saint Benedict Medal Pewter Pendant 12.95

Saint Benedict Rosary (beads are St. Benedict Medals) 14.95

On March 25 the Church celebrates the Annunciation and Incarnation of Jesus in the womb of the greatest of all saints, the Blessed Mother who, by her yes, welcomed Jesus in the flesh into our world. All of Mary's life was a yes to God. What other saint can claim that?

Memorare Prayer Bookmark with room on back for personal message 50c

Meditating with Icons of the Blessed Mother book 16.99

Hail Mary Music CD by the Franciscan Sisters of the Immaculate 14.95

Mary, Undoer of Knots Scapular 2.95

The above are examples of the many items for these saints in the CFP Holy Angels Gift Shop. Many oher selections exist on line. Thank you for your support as all funds go to assist the Confraternity of Penitents.  May God reward you!

Our Lady of Guadalupe--Feast December 12

Soft Saint Doll of Our Lady of Guadalupe

You will recall that the Blessed Mother appeared to Saint Juan Diego in Mexico on December 12, 1531, at  Tepeyac Hill near Mexico City, the site of a former pagan temple. She told him of her love for the Mexican people and asked the bishop to build a church in honor of her on the  hill. When the bishop asked for proof of the apparition, the Blessed Mother appeared to Juan Diego, asked him to pick some roses which were miraculously in bloom, and bring them to her. This he did while she arranged them in his tilma (cloak). She told him to bring these to the bishop as a sign of the legitimacy of the apparition and of the sincerity of her request to build a church. When Juan Diego opened his cloak, the roses tumbled out and the image of the Virgin appeared on the tilma. The tilma is still preserved, and experts cannot explain how the image came to be there. It is imprinted into the fibers, in color. It is not painted onto the tilma.

Soft Saint Doll of Juan Diego

The words of the Blessed Virgin of Guadalupe (which means She Who Crushes the Stone Serpent, an Aztec God) to Juan Diego, are as follows (not necessarily in the order spoken):

"Juanito, dearest Juan Diego."

"Listen, Juan, my dearest and youngest son, where are you going?"

Gold Framed and Accented Image of Our Lady of Guadalupe

"Know, know for sure, my dearest, littlest, and youngest son, that I am the perfect and ever Virgin Holy Mary, Mother of the God of truth through Whom everything lives, the Lord of all things near us, the Lord of heaven and earth. I want very much to have a little house built here for me, in which I will show Him, I will exalt Him and make Him manifest. I will give Him to the people in all my personal love, in my compassion, in my help, in my protection: because I am truly your merciful Mother, yours and all the people who live united in this land and of all the other people of different ancestries, my lovers, who love me, those who seek me, those who trust in me. Here I will hear their weeping, their complaints and heal all their sorrows, hardships and sufferings. And to bring about what my compassionate and merciful concern is trying to achieve, you must go to the residence of the Bishop of Mexico and tell him that I sent you here to show him how strongly I wish him to build me a temple here on the plain; you will report to him exactly all you have seen, admired and what you have heard. Know for sure I will appreciate it very much, be grateful and will reward you. And you? You will deserve very much the reward I will give you for your fatigue, the work and trouble that my mission will cause you. Now my dearest son, you have heard my breath, my word; go now and put forth your best effort."

"Listen to me, my youngest and dearest son, know for sure that I do not lack servants and messengers to whom I can give the task of carrying out my words, who will carry out my will. But it is very necessary that you plead my cause and, with your help and through your mediation, that my will be fulfilled. My youngest and dearest son, I urge and firmly order you to go to the bishop again tomorrow. Tell him in my name and make him fully understand my intention that he start work on the chapel I'm requesting. Tell him again that I am the ever Virgin, Holy Mary, the Mother of God, who is sending you."

"That is fine, my youngest and dearest son; you will return here tomorrow so that you may take the sign he asked for. Then, he will believe and no longer doubt or be suspicious of you; and know, my dear son, I shall reward your care, work and fatigue in my behalf. Go now; tomorrow I shall be here waiting for you."

"What is happening, dearest and youngest of my sons? Where are you going? Where are you headed?"

"Listen, put it into your heart, my youngest and dearest son, that the thing that disturbs you, the thing that afflicts you, is nothing. Do not let your countenance, your heart be disturbed. Do not fear this sickness of your uncle or any other sickness, nor anything that is sharp or hurtful. Am I not here, I, who am your Mother? Are you not under my shadow and protection? Am I not the source of your joy? Are you not in the hollow of my mantle, in the crossing of my arms? Do you need anything more? Let nothing else worry you, disturb you. Do not let your uncle's illness worry you, because he will not die now. You may be certain that he is already well."

"Go up, my dearest son, to the top of the hill, to where you saw me and received my directions and you will find different kinds of flowers. Cut them, gather them, put them all together, then come down here and bring them before me."

"My youngest and dearest son, these different kinds of flowers are the proof, the sign that you will take to the Bishop. You will tell him from me that he is to see in them my desire, and therefore he is to carry out my wish, my will. And you, who are my messenger, in you I place my absolute trust. I strictly order you not to unfold your tilma or reveal its contents until you are in his presence. You will relate to him everything very carefully: how I sent you to the top of the hill to cut and gather flowers, all you saw and marveled at in order to convince the Governing Priest so that he will then do what lies within his responsibility so that my house of God which I requested will be made, will be built."

Source: Br. Francis Mary, "Nican Mopohua: Original Account of Guadalupe," in A Handbook on Guadalupe. 

The CFP Holy Angels Gift Shop has several items honoring Our Lady of Guadalupe. These include medals, prayer cards, Conception is Life Rosary, Soft Saint Dolls, a Rosary CD, and book.

Framed image of Our Lady of Guadalupe as the image appeared on the tilma of Juan Diego

How comforting to recall the words of the Blessed Virgin of Guadalupe! May her words ring true in our lives as we come to her as children to the most loving of Moms.

"Am I not here, I, who am your Mother? Are you not under my shadow and protection? Am I not the source of your joy? Are you not in the hollow of my mantle, in the crossing of my arms? Do you need anything more? Let nothing else worry you, disturb you."