Spiritual Reading with Scepter Publishers

As we close out August, we're sharing an excerpt from the beginning portion of Charles Belmonte's book, Understanding the Mass.

As we continue to honor the Blessed Virgin Mary with the celebration of her Queenship this Friday, we're sharing the second part of St. Josemaria's homily for the feast of the Assumption: The Blessed Virgin, cause of our joy from the book Christ is Passing By

As we celebrate today, the Assumption of Our Lady into Heaven we share the first half of St. Josemaria's homily found in the book Christ is Passing By. Stay tuned for part II next week.

Today, August 6th, we celebrate the feast of the Transfiguration with an excerpt from In Conversation with God, Volume 7.

Are you having trouble making a decision or knowing what God's will is? This passage from Jacques Philippe's Searching for and Maintaining Peace will give you some helpful tips on making decisions when you feel restless.

This week, we are sharing a portion of the first chapter of James Stenson's book, Compass: A Handbook on Parent Leadership. This section provides a big picture approach to what character is.

Did you know Scepter has a collection of several dozen free ebooks? We do! This is an excerpt from one of the free ebooks! This one is titled Work as Fulfillment: In the Thought of St. John Paul II and was written by John Coverdale.

We're jumping into the middle of the book Wind and Waves to share a section on correspondence to Grace and the role of the emotions in the interior life.

In preparation for the solemnity of Sts. Peter and Paul on June 29th, this is the meditation from In Conversation with God for the feast.

Listen to St. Josemaria Escriva's homily Towards Holiness from his book Friends of God. Here he encourages all of us to seek sanctity in the everyday.

In this bonus episode, you'll hear from Scepter author Rob Marco on his new book Coached by Philip Neri: Lessons in Joy! Learn about this great Saint and how he can be an example to Christians today!

Listen to the introduction and first chapter of Scepter's newest title, Coached by Philip Neri: Lessons in Joy. This book was written by Rob Marco and is now available for purchase on our website.

As we prepare for the coming of the Holy Spirit, and just completed the month of Our Lady, this is a meditation from In Conversation with God Volume 2.

This week, we are sharing a favorite passage from Fr. Jacques Philippe's book Interior Freedom on the importance of accepting ourselves. Here he discusses the importance of knowing we are sinners and working to become Saints.

As the Easter season comes to an end, we are sharing an excerpt from this FREE Scepter download: The Apostle Who Couldn't Believe by George Chevrot. You can download this free ebook on our website along with dozens of other ebooks.

To celebrate Pope Leo XIV's election, we're sharing snippets of St. Josemaria's homily "Loyalty to the Church," which discusses how we should look at our Roman Pontiff and our mother, the Church.

In this bonus episode, we talk with author Kevin Wells about his new book: Coached by the Curé: Lessons in Shepherding with St. John Vianney, He shares insights he gained from researching and writing this book, as well as advice for parents and priests alike!

Dive into the first chapter of our newest title: Coached by the Cure, lessons in shepherding with St. John Vianney by Kevin Wells.

Today's reading comes from Alban Goodier's book, The Risen Jesus, How Jesus Led the Disciples from Denial to Belief.

As we enter into Holy Week, this is an excerpt from the chapter entitled Good Friday from the Scepter title: The Sacred Passion by Luis De La Palma.

As we continue living this Lenten Season and prepare for Holy Week, here is a passage from St. Thomas More's The Sadness of Christ for us to consider.

In honor of St. Joseph's feast day on March 19th, we're sharing a portion of the first chapter of Federico Suarez's book Joseph of Nazareth

For this first week of Lent, we are sharing the beginning portion of St. Josemaria's homily In the Footsteps of Christ from the book Friends of God.

In this bonus episode you'll hear from author Angela Fortunato on what inspired her book Wholeheartedly: God's Mystery of Love in the Call to Celibacy.

This week's episode features the first chapter of our newest Scepter title, Wholeheartedly: God's Mystery of Love in the Call to Celibacy. Author Angela Fortunato shares how celibacy in the Church is being like Christ.

This week we teamed up with the Fairest Love podcast to bring you an interview with the author of Rekindled Hearts.

In this episode licensed marriage and family therapist Doug Hinderer shares insights on building a strong, enduring marriage through intentionality, prayer, and forgiveness.

He highlights the importance of daily investment in the relationship, practicing gratitude, and understanding the spiritual aspects of suffering within marriage.

Doug also introduces his book, Rekindled Hearts: A Spiritual Journey to Marital Healing, which offers a faith-based approach to marital healing, blending spiritual growth with practical guidance.

As we begin the month of February - the month of love - today's spiritual reading comes from Francisco Ugarte's short book From Resentment to Forgiveness: a Gateway to Happiness.

Listen to the first chapter of our newest Scepter Title, Rekindled Hearts: A Spiritual Journey to Martial Healing by Doug Hinderer.

This excerpt from the first chapter of St. Josemaria Escriva's Christ is Passing By, is actually from his meditation at the start of Advent. But these paragraphs focus on the beautiful virtue of Holy Purity.

This week's spiritual reading excerpt comes from Joseph Tissot's work, How To Profit from Your Faults. You'll hear about God's mercy and the confidence we can have in it.

Meet our author, Fr. Nathan Cromly, and learn a little about what inspired him to write the book Coached by Paul the Apostle: Lessons in Leadership. He shares with us how St. Paul is a great example of what the world needs today, how studying topography helped him understand Paul better, and even his favorite chapters in the book!

As we live the Unity Octave and prepare for the feast of St. Paul the Apostle on January 25th, here is a portion of Chapter 3 of Fr. Nathan Cromly's book Coached by Paul the Apsotle: Lessons in Leadership.

In preparation for the Christian Unity Octave which begins January 18th, we are sharing the first meditation from In Conversation with God, Volume 6. There is a meditation for each day of the unity octave!

As the Christmas season comes to a close, we're sharing a few more pages from the chapter Mary, Motherhood and the Home from Fulton Sheen's book Three to Get Married.

As the Scepter team is attending SEEK in Salt Lake City this week, we wanted to share this excerpt from Coached By Joan: Lessons in Leadership. Joan of Arc is this year's patron of the SEEK conference.

Merry Christmas from Scepter Publishers! Today's reading, celebrating the birth of Our Lord, comes from the Christmas homily by St. Josemaria Escriva: Christ Triumphs through Humility from the book Christ is Passing By.

Today's reading comes from Volume 1 of In Conversation with God for Wednesday of the third week of Advent.

Listen to a portion of St. Josemaria Escriva's Advent meditation, The Christian Vocation from the book Christ is Passing By. The passage comes from points 7-11.

We jumped toward the end of Fulton Sheen's book Three to Get Married to pull this week's spiritual reading clip to celebrate the feast of Mary's Immaculate Conception.

To celebrate Thanksgiving in the United States, we are sharing the Thanksgiving meditation from In Conversation with God. The reading is found before the November entries if you are looking for it in your copy.