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A collection of Free Catholic Audiobooks in the Open Domain Subscribe to this podcast, many will still come. If they are not public, please share with me and I'll remove. Personal favorites: Imitation of Christ and Dark Night of the Soul Supported by https://twitter.com/glass_zealot/ on Twitter
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On the Holy Spirit - St Basil

source: https://ccel.org/ This classic exposition of Trinitarian doctrine eloquently sets forth the distinction yet perpetual communion of the divine Persons. Without explicitly calling the Spirit "God, " St Basil demonstrates that He, like the Son, is of the same nature with the Father.

Jan 16, 2022•3 hr 53 min

Confessions [2/2] - St Augustine

Confessions is generally considered one of Augustine's most important texts. It is widely seen as the first Western Christian autobiography ever written, and was an influential model for Christian writers throughout the Middle Ages . Professor Henry Chadwick wrote that Confessions will "always rank among the great masterpieces of western literature." The work is not a complete autobiography, as it was written during Saint Augustine's early 40s and he lived long afterwards, producing another impo...

Jan 15, 2022•8 hr 2 min

Confessions [1/2] - St Augustine

Source: https://www.ccel.org/ Confessions is generally considered one of Augustine's most important texts. It is widely seen as the first Western Christian autobiography ever written, and was an influential model for Christian writers throughout the Middle Ages . Professor Henry Chadwick wrote that Confessions will "always rank among the great masterpieces of western literature." The work is not a complete autobiography, as it was written during Saint Augustine's early 40s and he lived long afte...

Jan 15, 2022•8 hr

Eugenics and Other Evils - G K Chesterton

read by David Grizzly Smith . Source: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIQTLNiaJzSWOFz5lSfdn6Q In Eugenics and Other Evils , Chesterton attacked eugenics as Parliament was moving towards passage of the Mental Deficiency Act 1913 . Some backing the ideas of eugenics called for the government to sterilise people deemed "mentally defective"; this view did not gain popularity but the idea of segregating them from the rest of society and thereby preventing them from reproducing did gain traction. The...

Jan 14, 2022•6 hr 49 min

The Everlasting Man [2/2] - GK Chesterton

Read by David Grizzly Smith: https://www.youtube.com/c/DavidGrizzlySmith The Everlasting Man is a Christian apologetics book written by G. K. Chesterton, published in 1925. It is, to some extent, a deliberate rebuttal of H. G. Wells' The Outline of History, disputing Wells' portrayals of human life and civilisation as a seamless development from animal life and of Jesus Christ as merely another charismatic figure. Chesterton detailed his own spiritual journey in Orthodoxy, but in this book he tr...

Jan 12, 2022•6 hr 27 min

The Everlasting Man [1/2]- GK Chesterton

Read by David Grizzly Smith: https://www.youtube.com/c/DavidGrizzlySmith The Everlasting Man is a Christian apologetics book written by G. K. Chesterton, published in 1925. It is, to some extent, a deliberate rebuttal of H. G. Wells' The Outline of History, disputing Wells' portrayals of human life and civilisation as a seamless development from animal life and of Jesus Christ as merely another charismatic figure. Chesterton detailed his own spiritual journey in Orthodoxy, but in this book he tr...

Jan 11, 2022•7 hr 36 min

Fulton Sheen on Communism and other topics

Several radio programs by the man himself Topics: Communism and the Church The Philosophy of Communism How to meet Communism Daily Holy Hour Crisis in Christendom - Some Barnacles on the Ship Democracy Good and Evil Spectators and Actors in the Drama of the Cross The Mass

Jan 10, 2022•3 hr 49 min

Open Letter to Confused Catholics - Archbishop Lefebvre

A popular study of the crisis in the Church written for all to understand. Covers the Mass, Sacraments, Priesthood, the New Catechisms, Ecumenism, etc., and demonstrates the new spirit in the Church which has caused doubt and confusion among the faithful. Has served as a beacon for thousands; certain to become a classic. Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XcG733oDZ58 (SSPX YouTube)

Dec 19, 2021•6 hr 35 min

On Holiness of Life - St Bonaventure

St. Bonaventure, the Seraphic Doctor, and also called the “Second Founder” of the Fransican order offers this brief work on the way of holiness. Written at the request and for Blessed Isabella a Poor Clare and friend of Bonaventure (who was the sister of St. Louis King of France) it is a brief, but complete treatise on ascetical and mystical theology. Wit and charm abound in the work, such is the chapter where Bonaventure discusses chattering nuns and so is the seriousness of devotion in the Cha...

Nov 24, 2021•1 hr 17 min

The Life of St. Patrick

St. Patrick was Christs chosen servant to bring the Irish people out of the darkness of paganism and into the light of Christianity. He was a mighty miracle worker, an apostle of Rome, a healer of lepers, a destroyer of idols, a scourge to evil men, a severe Ascetic, he had the both the gifts of prophecy and of mystical prayer. This book written by Father William Morris provides an overview of his entire life from the most reliable historical records and will leave the listener amazed at the mig...

Nov 14, 2021•2 hr 13 min

12 degrees of humility + Saint Bernard the Wonderworker

12 degrees of humility + Saint Bernard the Wonderworker Book 1: Excerpts of: Mills, Barton Reginald Vaughan. Saint Bernard the twelve degrees of humility and pride. London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge ; 1929. and is in the Public Domain. Book 2: Saint Bernard the wonder worker, excerpts from the Life and Times of Saint Bernard by Abbot Theodore Ratisbonne and Heroic Virtue: A Portion of the Treatise of Benedict XIV on the Beatification and Canonization of the Servants of God Volume...

Nov 13, 2021•2 hr 13 min

St Bernard Homilies [3/3]: For Christmas Eve and Christmas

St Bernard of Clairvaux is considered the last father of the Church and is called the Doctor Mellifluus, or the honey doctor, because his Praise of Jesus Christ flowed like honey. St Bernard instructs us on: The Left Hand and the Right Hand of our infant Lord. How the pride are blind? The difference between the widom of the world and flesh versus what is peaceable and chaste. How the infant Christ was the fountain of devotion spoken of by Isaiah. How the Nativity is medicine from the Good Physic...

Nov 12, 2021•1 hr 33 min

The Vigil of the Nativity and Advent Homilies of St Bernard [2/3]

Colloquy of the Blessed Virgin and the Angel Part 1 Colloquy of the Blessed Virgin and the Angel Part 2 The Annunciation and the Blessed Virgins Consent Part 1 The Annunciation and the Blessed Virgins Consent Part 2 On the Joy His Birth Should Inspire On the Miraculous Nature of His Nativity Sources Bernard, of Clairvaux, Saint. Sermons of St. Bernard on Advent and Christmas : including the famous treatise on the incarnation called “Missus est”. London: R.T. Washbourne, 1909. All of these writin...

Nov 11, 2021•1 hr 10 min

Homilies on Advent and Nativity [1/3] - St Bernard of Clairvaux

The Advent of Our Lord and its 6 Circumstances Part I The Advent of Our Lord and its 6 Circumstances Part II Ask Thee a Sign The Praises of the Virgin Mother The Mission of the Angel Part I The Mission of the Angel Part II Sources Bernard, of Clairvaux, Saint. Sermons of St. Bernard on Advent and Christmas : including the famous treatise on the incarnation called “Missus est”. London: R.T. Washbourne, 1909. All of these writings have been published before 1923 and are in the public domain. Origi...

Nov 10, 2021•1 hr 10 min
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