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Bishop's Rostrum, A: Occasional Addresses Illustrating Social Viewpoints of the Church
[33 talks on subjects such as secularized society, Catholic Action of educated laymen, charity in the modern world, community vs. Communism, mixed marriages, sex ed in the school, etc]

Alter, Archbp Karl J.

  • 1946 213p Bi(F)Pg(G) $14.00  #2517
Discourses and Essays
[26 works chiefly polemical in nature on the Catholic faith & practice]

Ayscough, John
  • 1922 220p (G/G/F) $15.00  #3615
Popular Sermons on the Catechism
[complete course, 180 sermons for the Sundays, triduums, novenas, for teachers: 1: Creed, Faith, Scripture, Commandments, Sacraments, Sacramentals] [in 3 vols]

Bamberg, Fr A. Hubert / Fr H. Thurston, ed.
  • 1914-'15 Bi(F/F/P)Pg(G) $26.00  #59652
  • 1914-'15 v 1: Bi(F/F/P)Pg(G); vols 2 & 3: Bi(G/F)Pg(G) $28.00  #59307
  • 1914-'15 v 1: Bi(F/P)Pg(G/F/F/P); vols 2 & 3: Bi(F)Pg(G) $21.00  #3881
St. Bernard's Sermons on the Canticle of Canticles
[in 2 vols]

Bernard of Clairvaux, St / priest of Mt. Melleray, tr.
  • Vol 1 [only/vol 2 missing]: Sermons I-XLIII 1920 497p (F) $30.00  #5541
Spurs to Conversion
[sermons on the necessity of making conversions]

Betowski, Fr Edward M.
  • 1937 356p rebound (F) $10.00  #5699
Turning to God: Sermon Notes on Conversion
Betowski, Fr Edward M.
  • 1933 372p (G/F) w/ribbon $9.00  #5702
Sermons and Lectures: With a Memoir of His Life
[28 sermons on the profession of a nun, Bl Eucharist, hope, value of time, prayer, filial obedience, etc, 6 lectures on national music of Ireland, the danger of superficial knowledge, etc]

Buckley, Rev Michael B. / Kate Buckley, ed / memoir by the Rev Chrles Davis
  • 1890 451p (F) $18.00  #70634
All Lost in Wonder: Sermons on Theology & Life
[from Feb. 1951 to June 1959, 37 talks grouped under 8 heads: God & creation, sin & incarnation, life of Christ & the Christian, Eurcharist & the passion, resurrection, Our Blessed Lady, theo. virtues, etc]

Burghardt, Fr Walter J., SJ
  • 1961 220p Bi(F)Pg(G) $12.00  #80734
Sermons, Lectures & Addresses Delivered in Principal Cities of U.S.
[with lectures called "Fr. Burke's Answers to Mr. Froude"]

Burke, Fr Thomas N., OP
  • 1882 603p [title page missing] Bi(F/P)Pg(G/F) $12.00  #8159
Analysis of the Gosples of the Sundays of the year
[studies of their content]

Cagnola, Angelo / Rev L. A. Lambert, tr
  • 1892 243p Bi(P)Pg(G) $14.00  #60605
Illustrations for Sermons and Instructions
[definitions, examples, stories, etc explaining Catholic doctrine, gathered from Scripture, the Fathers, the saints & from recent writers & preachers]

Callan, Fr Charles J., OP, ed.
  • 1935 378p (reprint of 1916 ed) Bi(F)Pg(G) $17.00  #8839
  • 1916 378p (F) $13.00  #8840
  • 1916 378p Bi(F/P)Pg(G) $12.00  #8841
Apostolic Delegate Speaks, An: Addresses of Apostolic Delegate to Australia, New Zealand & Oceania 1953-1959
[on zeal for Christ, vocations, Catholic doctors, social action, Catholic education, 3rd order of St. Francis, Christian worker, etc]

Carboni, Most Rev Romolo
  • 1961 537p (G) $13.00  #9190
Sunday Gospels for Priest and People, The
[Gospel text followed by exegetical notes & sermon synopsis]

Carey, Rev James A.
  • 1935 532p (F/P) $14.00  #9208
Heart of the Fathers, The: Brief Sermons on the Sunday Gospels, from Points in the Patristic Homilies of the Third Nocturn
Chapman, Fr Michael A.
  • 1931 371p Bi(F)Pg(G) $17.00  #10041
Prayer of Faith, The: Brief Sermon Outlines for the Sundays of the Year, on the Orations or Collects of the Mass
Chapman, Fr Michael A.
  • 1928 311p Bi(F/P)Pg(G) $9.00  #10044
  • 1928 311p Bi(F)Pg(G) $11.00  #10043
  • 1928 311p Bi(F)Pg(G/F) $10.00  #81897
Addresses and Sermons (1942-1951)
Cicognani, Most Rev Amleto Giovanni
  • 1952 482p Bi(F)Pg(G) $17.00  #80089
Commandments in Sermons, The
[application of unchanging principles of God's law to modern social conditions]

Crock, Fr Clement H.
  • 1958 [1935 1st ed] 303p Bi(F)Pg(G) $12.00  #12655
Discourses on Grace and the Sacraments
[47 outlines for sermons or catechical instructions, the Holy Eucharist & the Mass occupying a large part of the work]

Crock, Fr Clement H.
  • 1940 293p Bi(F)Pg(G) $12.00  #81436
  • 1936 293p (F) $9.00  #81911
Eight Beatitudes, The
Crock, Fr Clement H.
  • 1953 149p Bi(F)Pg(G) $19.00  #80906
Natural and Supernatural Wedlock: A Lenten Course of Seven Sermons
Crock, Fr Clement H.
  • 1948 64p Bi(F)Pg(G) $14.00  #12678
Virtue and Vice: Catholic Dogma & Christian Living
[precepts of the Church, prayer, virtue, evangelical counsels, natural & supernatural wedlock & occasional sermons]

Crock, Fr Clement H.
  • 1947 312p [reprint of 1939 ed] (G/F) $9.00  #12695
  • 1950 312p (F) $7.00  #12696
  • 1944 312p Bi(F)Pg(G) $9.00  #82051
Discourses on the Holy Ghost: Devotional Readings
[gathered from outstanding authors, preachers & educators, shows the working of the Holy Ghost in the life of the Church & in the ordinary life of her members]

Dooley, Lester M., SVD
  • 1945 248p Bi(F)Pg(F/P) $11.00  #16086
Occasional Sermons and Addresses of Archbishop Dowling (of St. Paul, Minn.)
Dowling, Archbp. Austin / Archbp John T. McNicholas, foreword by
  • 1940 208p (F) $14.00  #16378
Spiritual Life, The: Doctine & Practice of Christian Perfection
[on fear & love, mortal sin, suffering, God's mercy, self-denial, spiritual reading, use of time, conversation, perseverance, etc]

Elliott, Fr Walter, CSP
  • 1914 388p Bi(F/P)Pg(G) $11.00  #17347
Sermons of the Rev. Joseph Farrell
[posthumous work: sermons for most Sundays of the year, including special feasts & 3 speeches]

Farrell, Fr Joseph [d.1885]
  • 1901 457p w/appendix containing some of his speeches on quasi-religious subjects Bi(F/P)Pg(G) $12.00  #18096
Priest in Practice, The: Preaching and some other Priestly Duties
Flood, Dom Peter
  • 1962 164p (VG) $12.00  #18867
Sermons on Our Blessed Lady: House of Gold
Flynn, Fr Thomas
  • 1919 340p Bi(F)Pg(G) $15.00  #18902
Little Talks About Life
[originally intended for the patients of the VA hospital in Alexandria, LA, 57 talks covering the Sundays & major feasts of the year]

Fontaine, Fr. Patrick / preface by Bishop Charles P. Greco
  • 1956 336p IL Bi(F/P)Pg(G) $10.00  #18992
  • 1956 336p Bi(F)Pg(G) $12.00  #18991
Talks to Youth and Occasional Sermons
Gannon, Archbp John M.
  • 1956 181p (VG) $13.00  #20040
After More Black Coffee
[speeches of the famous Fr Gannon, president of Fordham, grouped in 5 categories: Mainly Historical, Educational Picture, Country We Live In, A Little Irish Prejudice, Aftermaths of War: 1946-'63]

Gannon, Robert I., SJ
  • 1964 146p (G) $11.00  #20062
Sermon Matter
[62 sermon outlines for the young priest under 5 heads: love of God, love of neighbor, the Eucharist, Penance, the capital sins–individual topics include relapse into sin, revenge, almsgiving, scandal, impurity, etc]

Girardey, Rev Ferreol, CSSR
  • 1915 358p Bi(F/F/P)Pg(G) $13.00  #59654
Priest's Promptuary of Points For Preaching, The
[brief outlines for sermons for the Sundays & principal feasts in the year]

Hallam, Rev J. M.
  • 1927 90p Bi(F/P)Pg(G) $11.00  #23409
Grace: Six Lenten Discourses Preached in St Martin's at Freiburg
Hansjakob, Fr Heinrich / Rev Joseph McSorley, CSP, tr
  • 1922 98p (F) $10.00  #23554
To Preach The Gospel
[studies primarily the role of the missionary in the home parish, & a chapter on the mission sermons of St. Alphonsus]

Hitz, P., CSSR / Rosemary Sheed, tr
  • 1963 209p [1954 1st French ed] Bi(F)Pg(G) $12.00  #80765
Straight from the Shoulder
[12 down-to-earth talks to high school & college students on purity, confession, vocation, etc]

Hosty, Fr Thomas J. / Rt Rev Daniel F. Cunningham, preface by
  • 1946 114p (G/F) $12.00  #80007
Challenge of Christ, The
[lectures given to students of University College, Dublin: Christ as King & Guest, Women, Immaculate Conception, Communism, etc.]

James, Fr, OMCap
  • 1934 180p Bi(F)Pg(G) $9.00  #26196
  • 1934 180p (G/F) $10.00  #26195
Where Is Thy God?
[the ascent of the soul through Christ]

James, Fr, OSFC
  • 1939 265p (G/F) $10.00  #26203
  • 1948 180p (G/G/F) $11.00  #26202
House of Gold, The: Lenten Sermons
[Catholic ideals in courtship, marriage & family life, & difficulties under modern conditions]

Jarrett, Fr Bede, OP
  • 1945 292p Bi(F)Pg(G) $17.00  #61319
Plain Talks on the Catholic Religion
[20 talks broadcast in Melbourne: God's existence, Christ's divinity, the Church founded by Christ, etc]

Johnston, Fr. H. A., SJ.
  • 1937 179p Bi(F)Pg(G/F) $13.00  #26810
War Addresses from Catholic Pulpit and Platform
Joseph F. Wagner, Inc. publ.
  • c.1919 313p (F) $22.00  #81072
What Think Ye of Christ?
[5 sermons preached in London, 1930, reminding Catholics of what they believe]

Martindale, C. C., SJ
  • 1931 96p Bi(F)Pg(G) $14.00  #70697
Spirit of God, The
[15 sermons preached in May & Advent 1948 & Lent 1949: the spiritual element in the world & the enduring spiritual conflict due to the presence of evil]

Martindale, Fr C. C., SJ
  • 1950 125p (G/F) $13.00  #60545
Creative Love: Six Readings written for Broadcasting in the B.B.C. Home Service during Holy Week 1946
Martindale, Fr. C. C., SJ
  • 1946 48p (G/F) $5.00  #33734
  • 1946 48p (G) $7.00  #33733
Brazen Serpent, The
[sermons on subjects of the day: profanation of love (divorce); monopoly of wealth; safeguards of marriage; religion & culture; heroism & mediocrity; sorrow for sin]

McClorey, John A., SJ
  • 1928 182p (3rd ed) Bi(F)Pg(G) $12.00  #34729
Great Adventure, The: Lenten Lectures
[6 sermons showing the personality of Christ which will make us want us to imitate Him]

McClorey, John A., SJ
  • 1929 142p [2nd ed] Bi(F/P)Pg(G) $10.00  #60602
  • 1929 142p [2nd ed] (F) writing on pages $11.00  #60612
Pastoral Letters, Addresses, and Other Writings of the Rt. Rev. James A. McFaul, D.D., LL.D., Bishop of Trenton
McFaul, Bp. James A. / Rev James J. Powers, ed
  • 1916 403p [2nd ed] Bi(F)Pg(G) $20.00  #59891
Rock of Truth
[Short Sermons for the Sundays & Principal Feasts]

McNally, James J.
  • 1952 245p (G) $17.00  #35420
  • 1952 245p Bi(F)Pg(G) $15.00  #80385
Mary Mother of Nations: Sermonettes for Miraculous Medal Novenas
[38 brief talks on various aspects of the BVM]

McTague, Fr Edward J.
  • 1941 185p [2nd printing/1936 1st ed] Bi(F)Pg(G) $10.00  #35554
Sermons
[47 sermons on various topics: avarice, lust, gluttony, St Patrick's Day, scandal, duty of parents to their children, Sundays & feasts of the year, etc]

Moriarty, Most Rev Dr [Late Bishop of Kerry]
  • 1907 510p Bi(F/P)Pg(G) $12.00  #37071
Sunday Gospels, The
[with line-by-line commentary]

Murphy, Fr Richard T. A., OP
  • 1960 266p Bi(F)Pg(G) $7.00  #37581
Priest Must Preach, A
[A sermon, with a comment, for every Sunday of the year, planned to encourage the average priest to develop his preaching personality]

Murphy, Fr Thomas R.
  • 1945 287p (G/F) $8.00  #37584
With All Patience: Selected Address & Sermons
O'Connor, Rt Rev Msgr Martin J., DD
  • 1941 310p autographed (G/F) $9.00  #39256
  • 1941 310p (G/F) $5.00  #39255
Preaching
[all the essentials of the subject for effectively delivering a sermon]

O'Dowd, Rev. W. B. / "Westminister Library" series
  • 1919 235p Bi(F)Pg(G) $12.00  #39335
Moral Discourses
O'Keeffe, Fr. Patrick, CC
  • 1890 210p Bi(F/P)Pg(G) $12.00  #39407
Sermons in Miniature for Meditation
[49 fresh, thoughful & brief sermons based chiefly on the Gospels]

O'Keeffe, Rev Henry E., CSP
  • 1919 234p Bi(F)Pg(G) $14.00  #39409
  • 1919 234p Bi(F/P)Pg(G) $11.00  #39410
Sunday Gospel Reference Index to "Jesus Christ," Volume I and II
Prat, Ferdinand, SJ / John J. Heenan, SJ, tr.
  • n.d. 10p pamphlet (F) $7.00  #42254
Oxford & Cambridge Conferences 1897-1899
Rickaby, Fr Joseph, SJ
  • 1900 416p (G/F) $12.00  #43738
Unless They Be Sent: A Theololgical Study of the Nature & Purpose of Preaching
[the theological concept of preaching based on Sts. Thomas, Albert & Bonaventure] [Aquinas Library Doctrinal Studies #4]

Rock, Augustine, OP
  • 1953 208p Bi(F)Pg(G) $25.00  #81214
Our Preaching: Characteristics of the Sermon Types: & the Church Law on & Ceremonial of Preaching
Sharp, Fr John K. / Bishop Thomas E. Molloy, foreword by
  • 1952 279p Bi(F)Pg(P) writing on pages $7.00  #46362
  • 1936 279p Bi(F)Pg(G) $11.00  #60860
  • 1936 279p Bi(F/P)Pg(G) $10.00  #60861
Spiritual Conferences [Cross & Crown Series #20] [though author died in 1361, talks/sermons speak to modern man: world, flesh, devil, true & false mysticism, union with God, prayer, etc
Tauler, John, OP / Eric Colledge & Sr. M. Jane, O.P., trs.
  • 1961 283p [from 1910 German ed] Bi(F)Pg(G) $16.00  #49251
  • 1961 283p [from 1910 German ed] (G/F) $17.00  #49254
  • 1961 283p [from 1910 German ed] (G/F/F) some penciling $14.00  #59310
Essays, Lectures, Addresses, Sermons and Miscellaneous and Descriptive Pieces: Including a Discussion on Education
Tighe, Fr John J.
  • 1893 716p Bi(F)g(G) $11.00  #50896
Patristic Homilies on the Gospels: Vol 1. First Sunday of Advent to Quinquagesima
Toal, M. F., ed.
  • 1955 503p Bi(F/F/P)Pg(G) $15.00  #60537
Sunday Sermons of the Great Fathers, The
[a manual of preaching, spiritual reading & meditation] [in 4 vols]

Toal, M. F., tr. & ed.
  • 1964 [1955 1st ed/3rd printing] pocket ed / ribbons (G) $95.00  #50975
Lent and His Last Words
[7 sermons on the 7 Last Words of Christ from the Cross, 1 sermon for Good Friday, 1 for Easter]

Tonne, Msgr Arthur J.
  • 1953 69p pb spiral binding (VG) $22.00  #51054
Occasional Talks
[Vol 1 (of 3): 60 sermons for throughout the year: vocations, Thanksgiving, poor souls, Mission Sunday, Mother's Day, Lincoln, Legion of Decency, graduation-grade school, ember days, Columbus Day, choir, various saints, etc]

Tonne, Msgr Arthur J.
  • 1949 126p [vol 1 only/vols 2 & 3 missing] pb/spiral binding Bi(P)Pg(G/F) $3.00  #51078
Talks on the Creed
[sermons on the Apostles' Creed for every Sunday & feast of obligation: God's existence, creation, humanity of Christ, Holy Name of Jesus, Holy Family, necessity of the Church, infallibility, purgatory, etc]

Tonne, Msgr Arthur J.
  • 1946 130p pb spiral binding Bi(P)Pg(G) $12.00  #51147
With Christ through Lent: Seven Lenten Sermons, A Sermon for Good Friday, and Two for Easter
Tonne, Msgr Arthur J.
  • 1951 76p pb spiral binding (F) $13.00  #51162
  • 1951 76p pb spiral binding Bi(F)Pg(G) $15.00  #51161
  • 1951 75p pb spiral binding (G) $17.00  #51160
Great Teacher, The: Sermons on Christ the Divine Teacher
[25 sermons on Christ's personality, nature & His teaching on work, wealth, etc]

Toth, Bishop Tihamer / Fr Newton Thompson, ed / V. G. Agotai, tr
  • 1937 262p Bi(F)Pg(G) $17.00  #81019
  • 1944 262p (G/F) $18.00  #82049
Risen Christ, The: Sermons on the Resurrection & the Blessed Virgin
[17 sermons: resurrection of Christ, last judgment, veneration of Mary, Mary & our faith, Mary & womankind, Mary & mothers, etc]

Toth, Bishop Tihamer / Fr Newton Thompson, ed / V. G. Agotai, tr
  • 1943 213p Bi(F)Pg(G) $13.00  #80899
Belief in God: A Course of Sermons on Faith
[faith of our fathers, happiness of possessing faith, unhappiness of unbelief, science & unbelief, prelude of unbelief, daring to believe, cherishing of faith, our idea of God, atheists are inexcusable, etc]

Toth, Very Rev Tihamer / Rev Newton Thompson, ed / V. G. Agotai, tr.
  • 1940 176p (G/F) $6.00  #51235
  • 1940 176p (G/G/F) $7.00  #51229
  • 1956 176p (G/F) $6.00  #51233
Everyday Talks for Everyday People
[common but important everyday problems are discussed with wisely chosen examples to illustrate a point]

Truss, Fr Cyprian, OFMCap
  • 1948 186p autographed (G/F) $19.00  #60052
  • 1948 186p (G) $19.00  #60672
  • 1948 186p (G/F) $16.00  #80194
From the Pilot's Seat: Talks on Timely Topics
[28 talks from a former RAF pilot on topics such as courage, liberty or license, forgetfulness, jealousy, monotony, discouragement, etc]

Truss, Fr Cyprian, OFMCap
  • 1944 183p Bi(F)Pg(G) $7.00  #51553
  • 1944 183p [4th impression] (G) autographed $11.00  #60051
Preacher's Vademecum, The: Sermons Plans for Sundays, Feasts, Special Occasions, etc.
Two Missionaries
  • 1921 439p (F/F/P) $10.00  #51599
Two Trees, Two: Broadcast Addresses
[suffering & evil on the one hand, and the cross of love on the other – this 2nd tree did not destroy suffering but redeemed it & made it useful in recreating God's world]

Vann, Fr Gerald, OP
  • 1948 48p Bi(F)Pg(G) $12.00  #52333
Catholic Preachers of To-Day: Seventeen Sermons
[Card O'Connell, Card. Hayes, Archbp Goodier, Rev Ronald Knox, Rt Rev Msgr Kolbe, Rev Hugh Pope, etc]

Various Authors / Cardinal Bourne, intro by
  • 1928 265p Bi(F)Pg(G) $12.00  #52423
Society, Sin & the Saviour: Addresses on the Passion of Our Lord
Vaughan, Fr Bernard, SJ
  • 1907 280p (F) $7.00  #52638
Homiletic Thoughts and Counsels
Von Keppler, Bp. Paul William / Fr Hamilton MacDonald, tr.
  • 1927 128p Bi(F)Pg(G) $14.00  #53102
Sketches for Sermons: for Sundays & Holydays of the Year
[in 2 vols]

Wakeham, Fr R. K.
  • 1905 249p 2nd series [only]: chiefly on the Epistles Bi(F)Pg(G) $12.00  #53268
Sermons and Addresses
Walsh, Fr Michael L.
  • 1914 335p Bi(F/P)Pg(F) $8.00  #53375
Addresses Delivered on Various Occasions by the Most Rev. Dr. Walsh Archbishop of Dublin: In Reply to the Numerous Addresses of Congratuation on His Appointment to the Archbishopric. With a Collection of His Grace's Letters on Various Subjects of Public Interest & an Appendix Containing the Resolutions Adopted by the Irish Bishops, Oct 1885
Walsh, Most Rev William J.
  • 1887 465p (F) $26.00  #53508
Sermons – The Sunday Gospels: Vol. 1: Advent to Pentecost
Weidenhan, Rev J. L.
  • 1934 264p Bi(F)Pg(G) $15.00  #54060
Sermons
[talks on the birth of Jesus, the Holy Name, Sacred Heart, Good Shepherd, nearness to God, blindness of soul, will of God, why we were created, death, etc; based on Scripture, the Fathers & other writers]

Whelan, Fr John A., OSA
  • 1924 294p Bi(F)Pg(G) $8.00  #54334
Sermon Suggestions for Special Occasions
[10 chapters of ideas for talks for particular functions: invocations, dedications, anniversaries, eulogies, preservation of Faith, social service, Catholic Action, social justice, civic organizations, modern fallacies]

Wynhoven, Fr Peter
  • 1943 388p Bi(F/F/P)Pg(G) $8.00  #59736
I Believe-I Battle
[applies the Sunday Epistles to everyday life]

Wynhoven, Fr Peter M. H.
  • 1939 218p Bi(F)Pg(G) $13.00  #55277
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