The Power of the Cross (free PDF)
Amy Welborn, who has written many wonderful books herself, is giving away a free eBook edition of The Power of the Cross: Applying the Passion of Christ to Your Life (Our Sunday Visitor, 2004).
The book was written by her late husband, Michael DuBruiel, and now that it is of print, Amy is giving it away. This isn't a contest or drawing--Amy is simply making the book available for free. If you haven't yet chosen a good book for Lent this would be a great choice.According to the publisher's description, you'll learn to see Jesus' suffering and death not as some spectacle or theatrical production, but as a blueprint for how to live your life. You'll experience the radical teaching of Our Lord presented in a series of concrete steps that you can take at your own pace including:
- How to follow Christ more closely.
- God’s unique purpose and mission for you.How to overcome the evil that you have suffered at the hands of others.
- To find God’s presence in difficult times.
- The keys to unleashing the power of the Cross in your life.
And on a related note, I strongly recommend Michael's How-To Book of the Mass, a clear, intelligent primer on the liturgy.)
Papal Encyclical eBooks
If you're a theo-nerd like me who salivates over things like apostolic exhortations and conciliar documents, you'll really appreciate PapalEncyclicals.net. The site, run by a tech-savy layman, has digitized and formatted every papal encyclical in Church history and made them really easy to navigate. You can sort the encyclicals by Pope, by chronology, or by title.
For a while the encyclicals were only available online, but the site has recently converted hundreds of them to both MOBI (Kindle) and ePub formats. Right now you'll only find eBook version of encyclicals prior to 1903--which does include the brilliant writings of Pope Leo XIII--but the writings of recent popes like John Paul II and Benedict XVI should be available soon.
The Weekly Benedict
Pope Benedict XVI is one of the most prolific popes in recent history. Almost every day he delivers a new speech or document. For the last few months, Jimmy Akin has been compiling Pope's Benedict's weekly teachings--his statements, addresses, quotes, writings, and speeches--into a weekly digest, and Jeff Miller has joined forced to convert them to Kindle and ePub formats.
You can follow Jimmy's Benedict feed for links to the actual documents, or follow Jeff's blog to get the weekly teachings in eBook form.
Where are some more places to find free Catholic eBooks?
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