Audiobooks

Catholic psychotherapist Deacon Dr. Bob McDonald provides a spiritual and psychological prescription for overcoming the sinful anger that poisons the mind of Christ within, causing alienation and division. His practical wisdom shows that only by learning how to forgive can we hope to promote healing and understanding in our relationships and enjoy the blessings of a forgiving heart.

Is the Church wrong on contraception?

In a world that practically worships the pursuit of sexual pleasure, the Catholic Church’s teaching on contraception can seem unintelligible. Critics say it is outdated, harmful, and theologically unfounded and even faithful Catholics can have difficulty explaining this moral teaching.

That’s why Catholic Answers Studios is releasing Trent Horn’s DVD, The Case Against Contraception. In this dynamic presentation, Trent reveals:

• The logical case against contraception rooted in natural law principles that can be known from reason alone
• The uniform condemnation of contraception in scripture and Church history
• The real story behind the infamous pontifical “birth control commission” that recommended Pope Paul VI change the Church’s teaching on contraception
• Answers to common objections against the Church’s teaching and evidence that contraception has had a negative impact on women and society
• How families can space the births of their children without relying on intrinsic evils like contraception or abortion

Using natural law, Scripture, papal and magisterial teaching, and new insights provided by social science and medicine, Trent puts forward a compelling case with charity and persuasive graciousness.

As we pass the fiftieth anniversary of Humanae Vitae and critics continue to attack its reaffirmation of the Church’s teaching on contraception, this presentation will give you the tools to explain why the Church is unabashedly always on “the side of life.”

Scripture tells us that Jesus learned obedience through what He suffered. Much of our suffering is wasted because we do not see its purpose in the Christian life. God has so much to teach us about the place of suffering in our lives and the fruits that it can bear, not only for us, but for others.

First comes loves, then comes marriage ... then what? If sex is natural, why are we so eager to make it artificial? In this presentation, Jason Evert presents the case for Natural Family Planning as he unveils the beauty of God's plan for sexuality. Jason has spoken about chastity to more than one million people around the world and is the author or more than a dozen books.

Jeff Cavins explores and responds to some of the reasons why so many people have left the Catholic Church for evangelical Christianity. As he presents the story of his return to Catholicism, Cavins also builds a case for why the Catholic Church is the Church founded by Christ.

The Theology of the Body helps answer three extremely crucial questions that everyone should be asking:

Why am I here?

Where am I going?

How do I get there?

Throughout the history of the world, most people have asked these questions. That is, until fifty years ago. For reasons unknown, this generation and the generation before it, stopped asking these questions. But unless we ask these questions, how is it we are living?

1. In the Image of God He Created Them

Pope St. John Paul II used his exegesis on Matthew 19 as a starting point for Theology of the Body. In Matthew 19 Jesus points the Pharisees back to Genesis. In this talk Fr. Riccardo explains that if we are to understand human life we have to go back to the beginning of creation and take a look at God’s plan.

2. In The Beginning it Was Not So

In the beginning, Adam and Eve had an interior freedom because the will and the body were in perfect harmony. As a result of the Fall that perfect harmony no longer exists. In this talk Fr. Riccardo explains that as a consequence it now requires extreme effort and hard work to truly love.

3. You Have Been Purchased At a Great Price

We will never be able to go back to Eden and to how life was before the fall. Yet in the power of Jesus’ death and resurrection we have the grace and the strength to live a new life. In this talk, Fr. Riccardo moves beyond what we lost in the fall and discusses what is still possible with the grace of God.

4. Neither Married Nor Given in Marriage

Heaven will be a place where there is no conflict within us. Pope St. John Paul II said Heaven will be a “completely new state of life.” Our will and our body will be in perfect harmony. In the final talk of this series, Fr. John Riccardo reflects on our own resurrection and the great appeal of Heaven.