Hail Mary Full of Grace A Commentary  The Hail Mary is the specifically Catholic prayer because it is the most christological of all prayers. It came into use during the first half of the second millennium, conquered the Christian world with stunning spontaneity, and remained the fulcrum of Catholic resistance to various “reformations.” One of these deformed the Gospel message in the name of faith and the other undermined man's rationality in the name of reason. In order to protect the Hail Mary from becoming a monotonous repetition of words, however hallowed, some practical advice is given in the Introduction. But the chief means of keeping the recitation of the Hail Mary an ever fresh experience, one should often reflect on the profound meaning of each and every line in it. May this little book help to achieve this most worthy and rewarding objective. By Fr. Stanley L. Jaki ISBN 978-1-892539-06-9  •  87 pages  •  soft cover  •  $6.00
	Ours A Dearest Father Thoughts on the Lord's Prayer  Countless are the commentaries on the Lord’s Prayer. Undoubtedly many more will follow. Only time can unfold the richness of a prayer spelled out by the Son of God. He wanted man to muster courage, and indeed feel it his duty, to talk confidently to God as his dearest Father. Nothing is, of course, sentimental in the Our Father. The sequence of its petitions begins on a note that may seem pleasant compared with the fearsome petition that we may be delivered from the Evil One, that is, from Satan himself. Yet for man, who sinned and keeps sinning, nothing should seem more challenging than to confront a Father who is absolute holiness. The Lord’s Prayer should be reflected upon with a firm resolve to avoid being trapped in fashionable moods and notions. Its petitions are not of man make. No man would have, for instance, thought of asking God’s forgiveness in the measure in which he himself forgives others. By Fr. Stanley L. Jaki ISBN 978-1-892539-03-8 •  83 pages  •  soft cover  •  $6.00
	Zechariah's Canticle and Ours The Canticle uttered by Zechariah upon the birth of his son John became hallowed by its having been prompted by the Holy Spirit. It is a song of joy, which the Church espoused by including it in the Lauds, the morning prayer in the Liturgy of the Hours. As the word “Lauds” stands for praise, Zechariah’s song anticipates the spirit in which the Church praises God for His goodness that reaches its high point in God’s supreme act, the Incarnation, whereby He initiated mankind’s redemption. Therefore the Canticle’s joy in the Lauds is a joy not so much of human make as of a depth matching that of the Incarnation, which culminates in God’s only Son’s death on the cross. What was guessed of all this by Zechariah, who according to a very ancient tradition became one of Herod’s victims? And what should be the joy of Christians as they sing the Lauds? And what should be the joy far more nuanced than the one granted to Zechariah or to his son John, for that matter? Such are the questions confronted in the course of these reflections on the Benedictus.  By Fr. Stanley L. Jaki  ISBN 978-1-892539-01-4  • 67 pages  •  soft cover  •   $6
	Mary’s Magnificat   Mary’s Magnificat is the most widely and enduringly repeated song in history. The Church recites it each and every day in its Office of Hours. It is the song of those who firmly believe that Mary’s son is also the Son of the Eternal Father, who came to save man from eternal death.   This is why the Magnificat is a song of supreme rejoicing, though a most serious song at the same time.   This twofold nature of the Magnificat sets the tone of these reflections on each of its verses. The reflections are preceded by an Introduction which deals with the Magnificat’s background and origin as sung by Mary. It is her Magnificat and not of Elizabeth, let alone the work of a “committee” as some “learned” exegetes would have it. It should therefore be recited with the faith that animated Mary personally.   By Fr. Stanley L. Jaki   ISBN 978-0-9790577-7-9   •  46 pages   •  softcover  •  $5
	Themes of Psalms Twenty of the themes that run across the Book of Psalms are presented in this book, whose author has already published a commentary on all the psalms. Taking the psalms one by one has, of course, been the hallowed way of commenting them. But it may be worth the effort to follow up some themes that reoccur in various psalms, with ever new nuances. The principal theme of the psalms is the praise due to God, the author of a Covenant with man. Another major theme is sorrow felt on one's sins, or his failures to respond to God's plan. Still another, to speak of the principal themes, is hope in the coming of a Messiah or Deliverer. Then there is the love of God, the contempt for idols, trust in God, and last but not least the puzzlement, indeed agony, felt over the apparent tragedies of life, individual and national. Reflection on this and other themes may greatly help in turning the use of psalms into ever new songs, as the psalms time and again want this to be. By Fr. Stanley L. Jaki ISBN 1-892548-45-3      96 pages, soft cover      $5
	The Litany of Loreto     The town of Loreto on the Adriatic coast of Italy centers on a Basilica built over the walls of a house within which, according to pious tradition, once lived the Blessed Virgin Mary. Very large is the number of the faithful who have made a pilgrimage to Loreto, but incomparably many more of them derived spiritual benefits from reciting the Litany which originated in that sanctuary. The Litany consists of fifty-one invocations, which present the incomparably special status of Mary in the work of salvation. All fifty-one are commented upon by the author who had already put together a similar work on the invocations of the Litany of Saint Joseph. The Introduction provides appropriate information about the origin of the Litany as well as of the sanctuary of Loreto. By Fr. Stanley L. Jaki ISBN 0-9774826-1-8  •  224 pages  •  soft cover  •  $12
	The Litany of Saint Joseph     In its form approved by the Holy See for universal use in the Church, the Litany of Saint Joseph is not yet a hundred years old. Nor it is much older the monumental surge of devotion felt by the faithful toward the Spouse of Mary. None other than John Henry Newman registered this, and with great enthusiasm, as a major religious event of his own day. Apart from a brief introduction on the history of the Litany itself, this book is a set of reflections on all the twenty-four invocations that form that Litany. May those reflections help increase the fervor of love for one who next to Mary had the immense privilege to live at the closest range with God's Incarnate Son for whom he showed the love and care of the best father on earth. By Fr. Stanley L. Jaki x + 117 pages    •  softcover   •  ISBN 1-892548-25-1     $6

The Litany of the Sacred Heart   The Litany of the Sacred Heart is hardly more than a hundred years old in its present form.  Earlier forms of it had played an important role in the promotion of devotion to the Sacred Heart, from the early seventeenth century on. The enthusiastic espousal of the Litany among the faithful and the clergy has proved a powerful means of securing adherence to the dogma of the Incarnation, and its chief aspect, atonement for man’s sins. The Litany, which is a most tangible aspect of that devotion, was greatly resented by Jansenists, ridiculed by Protestants, and deeply disliked by progressive Catholic theologians in recent decades,  The Introduction touches on such facts in addition to confronting the puzzle of why neither the Documents of Vatican II nor the New Catechism touch on the devotion to the Sacred Heart, in spite of its endorsement in a long series of papal documents.   By Fr. Stanley L. Jaki   ISBN  0-9774826-9-3   •  153 pages   •  softcover   •  $7

The Litany of the Holy Name   The Litany in its present text was widely propagated by Saint Bernardine of Siena and Saint John Capistrano, though they certainly were not the ones to draw up the list of its invocations and implorations.  The Litany of the Holy Name forms, together with the Litany of All Saints (used in the Easter Liturgy), the Litany of the Sacred Heart, the Litany of Loreto, and the Litany of Saint Joseph, the list of Litanies approved for public use throughout the Catholic Church.  Lately these Litanies have not been as zealously used as only a generation or two ago.  Yet the depth contained in their brief invocations should seem most helpful for the faithful who today are increasingly caught in the welter of distractions.   By Fr. Stanley L. Jaki   ISBN 978-0-9790577-3-1   •  141 pages   •  softcover   •  $7

Twenty Mysteries  The Rosary is the faithful’s prime devotion. It ties together millions of pilgrims flocking to famous and humble Marian shrines. The Rosary bonds strangers and gives to the lonely the sense of belonging. They all recite the chain of Hail Marys with firm trust in its being a powerful channel of God’s grace. Following the Apostolic Letter which Pope John Paul II issued on October 16, 2002, the Rosary now includes five more mysteries, called Luminous Mysteries. Reflections on them are therefore included in this new edition of a book that originally appeared as Fifteen Mysteries, only a few months before that Apostolic Letter was issued. The Rosary is also that devotion which, more than any other, evokes the dullness of monotony. Can the same words repeated at an almost mechanical pace be still the kind of prayer which is the mind’s elevation to God? Answer to this question is sought in this book. It offers reflections on each of the twenty mysteries so that their gripping message may come alive. Only then will the saying of the beads raise one’s mind and heart in true prayer to God. By Fr. Stanley L. Jaki ISBN 1-892548-33-X  •  106 pages  •  soft cover  •  $6.00