Your Secret to Lasting Peace Even in "The Worst of Times"

Fr. Benedict Groeschel

Each day a greater number of Americans are killed by abortion than died on 9/11. This is a national tragedy, but not the only one. At the same time, we are the world's largest producer of pornography. And American Catholicism, riddled by scandal, is sinking, like the rest of the country, back into paganism. Why is this happening? And how can you hope to achieve lasting peace in light of these realities and others to numerous to mention?

The Secret of Devotion

In the three-CD series, Living the Call to Peace, Franciscan priest, psychologist and spiritual director Fr. Benedict Groeschel reveals how the path to peace in life comes through faith and devotion - especially, devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary. As you listen, Father reveals the reasons why devotion has been given a "bad name" in the Church. He relates the dangers and the consequences of an unrealistic approach to devotion that fails to recognize that the dark things in life are necessary to reveal our dependence on God. Most importantly, you'll uncover the secret to achieving the greatest imitation of Our Lady and the Saints.

Wit and Wisdom

With characteristic wit and wisdom, Fr. Benedict explains why those who look to prayer as a magic solution to their problems often fall away. Now you'll more deeply understand what happens when you pray. And that prayer is not a way to change God, but to change you. With many entertaining and enlightening examples from the lives of the saints, Father Benedict shows why devotion to Mary doesn't mean that she will intercede for you so that your life will be without difficulty. On the contrary, she intercedes so that you may find peace even in the midst of your life's most difficult and tragic events.

Mary Queen of Peace

When you order Living the Call of Peace you'll discover that while Mary is the Queen of Peace, she did not live a peaceful life. She was with her Son on the Way of the Cross and at Calvary. But, as this remarkable series reveals, Jesus didn't come to end suffering or to explain it. He came to fill all suffering with His holy presence. According to Father Groeschel, if you are a typical adult, you too will "go to Calvary" two or three times before you die. But if you have peace in your heart it will go there with you. Do you have peace in your heart?

Discover!

• How Christ changed the most evil thing that ever happened into the best thing that ever happened
• How lack of devotion contributes to the "anemia of the Church"
• Why what we learn sometimes stand in the way of our perception of reality
• How Jesus suffers among people who don't even know his name
• What is the greatest imitation of Christ, Our Lady and the Saints
• Why Devotion to Mary apart from her son is idolatry.
• What happens when you pray
• How some of life's greatest blessings "come wrapped as garbage"
• What are the different kinds of peace
• Why the peace of hope cannot be taken away