A Catholic Gardener’s Spiritual Almanac


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A Catholic Gardener’s Spiritual Almanac is the first book to offer gardeners spiritual resources and creative projects that connect a love of gardening with their Catholic faith. Margaret Realy, master gardener, retreat leader, and writer, presents this spiritual companion that follows the natural and liturgical seasons and offers gardening tips and easy-to-do projects for each month of the year. A Catholic Gardener’s Spiritual Almanac explores the riches of the Catholic spiritual tradition in conjunction with all things gardening. Realy offers meditations and scripture passages on a spiritual theme for each month, reflections on the liturgical seasons and feasts, and delightful stories of saints who have special relevance to gardening. Readers also will discover the connection between the conversion of St. Paul and the canna seed, how the flight into Egypt was saved by a miraculous growth of seed, and the many miracles that made St. Brigid patroness of farmers. Additionally, there are creative ideas for garden design, practical tips and techniques, suggestions on unique plants, and a table of biblical plants. Gardeners at any level of proficiency and dedication will be enchanted by what they find in this extraordinary book.




The American Catholic Almanac


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What do Buffalo Bill, John F. Kennedy, Ponce de Leon, Dorothy Day, Andy Warhol, and Al Capone have in common? They're all Catholics who have shaped America. In this page-a-day history, 365 entries offer inspiring stories celebrating the Catholic American experience. From famous figures to ordinary people, The American Catholic Almanac tells the facinating, funny, uplifting, and unlikely tales of Catholics' influence on American culture and politics. Spanning the scope of the Revolutionary War to Tom and Jerry cartoons to Notre Dame football, this unique devotional will appeal to anyone curious about how the Catholic faith has intersected with public life over the last three hundred years in America.




The Church Almanac


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The Christian Almanac


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The new second edition of The Christian Almanac is a day-by-day recounting of the significant moments of Christian and Western history. In it are famous births, deaths, world events and notable anniversaries of the last 2000 years. Each day of the calendar year receives a two-page treatment, beginning with an essay about a significant event that took place on that day. The entry for each day also has a list of the most significant events that occurred on that day, battles, political events, key moments in Christian history and so forth. Each day also contains suggested Scripture readings and actions or suggestions that may include music to appreciate, books to read, events to celebrate, or service to render.




The Old Hermit's Almanac


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Contains a reflection for each of the 365 days of the year (each entry approximately one page long), celebrating holy days and holidays, feast days and famous days of the past and glimpses into the future. It marks accomplishments of yesterday that call the reader to live well tomorrow and points out "pedestrian" prophecies of the past, off-target predictions that show the folly of forecasting, especially those predictions that limit our possibilities. This is not a one-year almanac but will take ten years to digest its wisdom and wit.While debunking prophets of gloom and doom, The Old Hermit's Almanac does challenge readers to change themselves, to examine themselves for any narrowness off heart and mind, any prejudices, injustice or lack of faith, for a leisureless lifestyle that squeezes out silence, a sense of meaning, Compassion and playfulness. It invites the reader to live with hope in the




The Prophetic Almanac 2022


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Have you ever heard of the Farmer's Almanac? Well, now you have a spiritual equivalent called the Prophetic Almanac!!! This book will release a spiritual vision for your personal life and a prophetic forecast for our nation, so you can know in advance what God expects of you and what you can expect of God in 2022. In order to discover this godly understanding, we will look at the number 22 in the Bible to give you information, inspirtation, and divine revelation from the scriptures. Studying the numbers of the Bible is an innovative way of digging deeper into the Word of God to search and find the secrets of God. I want to be clear that what I am giving you is not a spiritual guess or some weird Christian calculation to release some new revelation. I am not trying to sanctify numerology or decieve you with a new doctrine. Christianity and the occult do not go together any more than Christianity and murder go together. This is an exciting book that will not only educate you be rekindle your enthusiasm for God. It will school you to rule and train you to reign in 2022. In this book you learn: - God's prophetic plan and vision for 2022 - What the number 22 means when it is mentioned in the Bible - What it means to be born on the 22nd day of the month - God's commands for His church in 2022 - Fun and entertaining facts about the number 22 - A spiritual forecast for the United States in 2022 - How each chapter 22 of the books of the Bible provide wisdom and guidance for 2022 - Specific dates, places, and people to watch in 2022 - Key scriptures for 2022







Limestone County Almanac


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'The bible of prairie life was once the almanac. Limestone County Almanac is a beautifully honed collection of loosely related stories about the people of Mount Nebo, a farm town in southern Illinois. The four parts of the book correspond to the seasons that governed country life-planting, growing, harvesting, and hunkering down for winter ... Through the eyes of the mysterious rural postman, Denton Kamermeyerer, you will come to know a marvelous assembly of characters whose lives intertwine with secrets, joys, and the occasionally tragic costs of everyday life ... "--Back cover.