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St. Alphonsus writes: "a single bad book will be sufficient to cause the destruction of a monastery." Pope Pius XII wrote in 1947 at the beatification of Blessed Maria Goretti: "There rises to Our lips the cry of the Saviour: 'Woe to the world because of scandals ' (Matthew 18:7). Woe to those who consciously and deliberately spread corruption-in novels, newspapers, magazines, theaters, films, in a world of immodesty " We at St. Pius X Press are calling for a crusade of good books. We want to restore 1,000 old Catholic books to the market. We ask for your assistance and prayers. This book is...

As no sensible person would make a long road trip without first consulting a map, so the person intent upon gaining Heaven should first resort to a competent guide to reach that Goal of all goals. And no better guide to Heaven exists than An Introduction to the Devout Life by St. Francis de Sales (1567-1622), Doctor of the Church. It is at once easy to read, being laid out in short chapters, yet thorough, authoritative, reliable, kind and gentle a mirror of its author. It is a book, moreover, for all, because all are called to the devout life. True devotion to God, the author points out,...

Note this work is a compilation of consoling thoughts from many sources. Heaven seems to have blessed this little book, begun, at first, as an expression of consolation and of love. Since, thought we, the happy child who suggested it can no longer take an active part in the Society of the Holy Childhood, let his memory be a link in the chain of good works which his parents have begun in his name. To console some grief-stricken mother. To lead some little one to heaven-such is the twofold mission of this book, and if this be attained, the short sojourn on earth of our little angel will not...