Preserving Christian Publications, Inc. TRADITIONAL CATHOLIC BOOKS Specializing in Used and Out-of-Print Titles Catalog 185 November-December 2018 Preserving Christian Publications, Inc. is a tax-exempt not-for-profit corporation devoted to the preservation of our Catholic heritage. All charitable contributions toward its used-book and publishing activities (not including payments for book purchases) are tax-deductible. abandoning the priestly ministry. This was a blow to the new bishop, who HOLY COMMUNION was before a diocese that already had very few priests (there had been no Communion in the Hand: Documents & History priestly ordinations in the previous 18 years, and at that time there was Some Reflections on Spiritual Communion only one seminarian). However, his courage and his gifts of government and the State of Grace enabled him to find a way to reverse the situation. Since the beginning he made his priority the care of vocations: their By Most Rev. Juan Rodolfo Laise number, and above all their solid formation, creating in 1980 the diocesan With a Preface by Bishop Athanasius Schneider seminary “St. Michael the Archangel.” Thirty years later, when he turned 75 and had to leave his diocese, there were more than fifty seminarians, From the Preface of Bishop Athanasius Schneider: “The Church in and a young and numerous clergy who worked actively in the towns and our times has the urgent need of courageous voices in defense of her villages of the province. Similarly, he promoted the installation of greatest treasure, which is the mystery of the Eucharist. Often today there various religious congregations. Since the beginning his activity has been arise voices in defense of the many human and temporal needs, but rare multiple and incessant: the foundation of religious houses, of schools, of are the voices that defend the Eucharistic Jesus. With his book a Catholic University extension, numerous churches and chapels for the Communion in the Hand His Excellency Most Rev. Juan Rodolfo Laise, new districts of a province whose population is constantly growing, and Bishop Emeritus of San Luis (Argentina), has for several years raised his the organization of congresses and conferences. The apostolic directives voice in defense of the Eucharistic Lord, showing with convincing followed one another, in the spirit and decisions of Bishop Laise, at a argumentation the inconsistency of the modern practice of Communion in feverish pace. However, as a Capuchin religious he knew well that the hand from a historical, liturgical and pastoral perspective...I consider activity, even the most noble one such as that of the apostolate, is not it an honor and joy to be able to present this book of the most worthy fruitful if it does not nourish its roots in contemplation. That is why he Bishop Juan Rodolfo Laise, “decus episcoporum Argentinae”. I hope this also encouraged the establishment in the diocese of contemplative prophetic voice of an elderly bishop, who has retained his youth and communities. purity of faith and reverent love for the Eucharistic mystery, may But if in anything he has stood out in a special way, it has been in his enkindle readers with the same faith and the same love and contribute to Eucharistic piety and devotion, which have been translated in a special the universal restoration of the more sacred and reverent manner of way into the Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament – which by his express receiving the Lord’s Body.” will has been exposed throughout the day in the diocesan Cathedral since Bishop Laise was born on the ‘80s – and in his care for the organizing of the feast of Corpus Christi, February 22, 1926 in Buenos Aires. with a procession of the Blessed Sacrament through the streets of the city, He entered the Capuchin Order, in and in his homilies for the occasion. which he received priestly ordination For all these reasons it is understandable that when, in 1996, he found in 1949 when he was only 23 years himself confronted with a responsibility, that of making a decision about old. Later he obtained his licentiate the possibility of resorting to an indult to give Holy Communion in a less in canon law from the Gregorian devout manner, which makes less clear the Real Presence and the University in Rome, and his Priesthood, and which furthermore was obtained through a frontal doctorate in civil law from the disobedience to the Pope, he did not ask to avail himself of this, and, in national university of Córdoba the same way, he more recently has reacted to the possibility of giving (Argentina). In 1969 he was named Provincial Superior of the Capuchins Communion to someone who is not in the state of grace. After his of Argentina. retirement in 2001 he returned to the Franciscan conventual life and he In 1971 he was appointed by Paul VI coadjutor bishop of the Diocese chose the Shrine of Padre Pio in San Giovanni Rotondo (Italy), where is of San Luis, whose bishop was seriously ill. The clergy of that diocese, found his venerated tomb. There he spends the mornings hearing the although scarce, were deeply divided because of liberation theology. Due confessions of the pilgrims. He often agrees to travel to occasionally to the strong resistance of the ideological and rebellious sector, it was not collaborate elsewhere, having performed numerous ordinations for possible to organize the episcopal consecration in what would be his various religious congregations, and accompanied pilgrims to Lourdes, Episcopal see, but 500 miles away, in the chapel of a Capuchin school Rome, etc., during these nearly two decades. In the photo on this cover he near Buenos Aires. As soon as he became bishop of San Luis, the is seen on one of those occasions, celebrating a Pontifical Mass on the reaction of the group of highly politicized priests did not delay, and they Altar of the Chair of St. Peter in the Vatican Basilica on October 24, left the diocese, moving to a neighboring diocese where the environment 2015. 2018 218 pages $18.00 #63233 was more akin to their ideas. Some went even further by directly ______________________ back in print: 1962 PARISH RITUAL: Designed to Aid Parish Priests in the Regular Exercise of the Pastoral Ministry Edited by Father Frederick R. McManus in association – pages 105-109; Sacrament of Penance – pages 109-120; with Father Bede Babo, O.S.B. Administration of Holy Communion outside of Mass – pages 121- [Latin/English] 124; Forty Hours – pages 125-138; Benediction – pages 139-140; Baptism – pages 1-104; Confirmation of the Sick in Danger of Death Extreme Unction – pages 141-149; Communion of the Sick – pages 150-155; Visitation and Care of the Sick – pages 156-165; Manner Cross, longer Act of Consecration to the Sacred Heart – pages 1*- of Assisting the Dying – pages 166-184; The Funeral Rite – pages 16* reprint of 1962 ed. 314p+16* bonded leather / gilt edges / 185-220; Celebration of Marriage, Silver or Golden Wedding ribbon $76.00 #63239 Anniversary, etc. – pages 221-250; Blessings – pages 251-296; Litanies – pages 297-308; Prayer for the Church and Civil Available December 2018 Authorities – pages 209-310; Index – pages 311-314; Appendix: Hymns, Blessing of St. Benedict Medal, Solemn Benediction of the death, or is it above all an assault of a spiritual nature? If we study Fatima in relation to the vision of Pope Leo XIII, the logical THE SAINT MICHAEL PRAYER conclusion is that Fatima represents not merely physical chastisements, but above all a spiritual crisis resulting from an AND POPE FRANCIS assault of the devil against all members of the Church, leading all the way to the Chair of Peter. Pope Leo XIII and the Prayer to St. Michael For these reasons it is necessary to study the vision of Leo XIII Second Enlarged Edition and the apparitions of Fatima in relation to one another. Pope Francis’s call to recite the Prayer to St. Michael, even in the midst of By Kevin J. Symonds uncertainties about his reasons for making this appeal at the present Foreword by Bishop Athanasius Schneider time, serves as a reminder to the universal Church of the role of St. Michael, and ultimately of Our Lady, which is also brought to light 2018 ix + 242p IL $18.00 #55990 in the book by Kevin Symonds. With this in mind we wish to call the We are happy to announce the publication of the second attention of our readers to two other titles that we enlarged edition of Pope Leo XIII and the offer. One is the booklet Mary Crushes the Prayer to St. Michael by Kevin J. Symonds. Serpent (see page 27 of this catalog), an account Shortly after this new edition became available, of the experiences of a nineteenth century exorcist the Vatican announced that the Pope had which is related to the vision of Leo XIII, and requested that the Prayer to St. Michael be said therefore merited having an entire chapter devoted after the recitation of the Rosary during the to it in Kevin Symonds’ book. The second is our booklet Fatima month of October. However, this request from and The Third Secret: A Historical Examination based on a Letter of the Pope has come in the midst of a Sister Lúcia & the Carmelite Biography (see page 26 of the catalog), controversy within the hierarchy of the Church, which defends the Third Secret against speculation about a missing and the announcement has brought uncertainty document or “fourth secret,” all of which has distracted many who to some Catholics. are devoted to Fatima from considering the Third Secret, and its The web site LifeSiteNews reported that since the Pope in supernatural message regarding the present trials facing the Church recent homilies has spoken of the devil as “the Accuser,” some are Kevin Symonds, the author of Pope Leo XIII and the Prayer to therefore wondering if Archbishop Viganò, the author of serious St.