Make Your Home in Me: Reflections on Prayer by Father Éamonn Bourke

Make Your Home in Me: Reflections on Prayer by Father Éamonn Bourke

Make Your Home in Me: Reflections on Prayer

By Father Éamonn Bourke

Father Bourke’s book takes the sometimes elusive process of prayer and presents it in easily accessible terms. Because of this gift for clarity in the author, this book makes prayer inviting and attractive. Each chapter provides insight into creating a closer relationship with God and ends with some thought-provoking questions and a simple prayer.

Paperback: $12.00 | Kindle: $9.99

 

TESTIMONIALS

“Make Your Home in Me is the perfect book for those beginning seminary formation. It approaches the topic of prayer in all simplicity and specificity. As young men move from lives in the culture of games and screens and bachelorhood to the intimacy of hosting Trinitarian love as celibates there can be no better introduction to prayer than Fr. Eamonn’s book. At our seminary we routinely gift all incoming seminarians with this work to great effect for their spiritual direction.” – Dcn James Keating, PhD, Professor of Spiritual Theology and Spiritual Director, Kenrick Glennon Seminary St Louis MO, USA.

“This book has been a foundation of the discovery of prayer for our seminarians. They have found it provides a simple and accessible way to enter the spiritual life that speaks an everyday truth of God’s love for us through prayer. I can highly recommend this book for anyone who is interested in learning how to pray.” – Fr John Armstrong, Spiritual Director for the Seminary of the Good Shepherd, Sydney, Australia.

“Do you want to pray? Really to pray? To pray daily? To pray from your heart? Then read this book. Read it slowly; absorb its message, and it will transform your prayer.” – Father Timothy M. Gallagher, OMV, STD, St. Ignatius Chair of Spiritual Formation, St. John Vianney Theological Seminary, Denver, Colorado

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Father Éamonn Bourke was ordained to the priesthood in 1996 for the Archdiocese of Dublin, Ireland and served as Vocations Director for the diocese, as well as Pastor in a number of its parishes. Trained as a spiritual director in the contemplative style, he now serves as Chaplain to University College, Dublin, the largest University in Ireland. Father Bourke also serves as a spiritual director for the Institute for Priestly Formation summer program for seminarians in Omaha, Nebraska.

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Consecration to Christ the Bridegroom: Enthroning Christ as the King of Your Heart by Laura Ercolino

Consecration to Christ the Bridegroom: Enthroning Christ as the King of Your Heart by Laura Ercolino

Consecration to Christ the Bridegroom: Enthroning Christ as the King of Your Heart

By Laura Ercolino

Are you, like so many, seeking refreshment and restoration for your soul, as you walk through the desert of our present culture? Have you found only mirages and “false loves” as your soul thirsts for Living Water? Perhaps you already know Jesus and you recognize that He is exactly Whom your heart has been seeking. This book opens the pathway for a deeply personal and unique heart-to-heart relationship with Jesus.

God tells us throughout the scriptures that His love for us is the love of a husband for his wife, spousal love. God desires to enter a marriage covenant with each and every human person. This short yet profound book, “Consecration to Christ the Bridegroom,” leads the reader to a deep understanding of God’s spousal love by describing, through Scriptures, art, and teachings of the saints including St. John Paul II, how the sacrificial life-giving love of Christ is spousal love in its purest form.

This book contains 9 days of prayers and reflections leading up to your consecration and enthronement of Christ the Bridegroom as King and Spouse of your heart. Each of the 9 days includes a scripture reading and a reflection from the book, The Cantata of Love, a Verse by Verse Reading of The Song of Songs, by Ignatius Press. Thought-provoking questions invite the reader to meditate upon each day’s content and apply to his/her own life.

Through the 9-days of prayer and reflection, our hope is for the reader to foster a new relationship with Jesus; begin to develop heart to heart conversation and spousal prayer with Christ; and to respond to the Bridegroom’s invitation to enter into a more personal and intimate spousal relationship. This consecration is a call to be set apart and made holy for Christ. As you grow in love of Him and drink deeply of His life-giving Love, you will realize that your emptiness is filled, your thirst is quenched, your aching heart is soothed and the spousal love you share with Him is overflowing into your relationships, your vocation, and your life.

Includes a women’s version, men’s version, and married couple’s version of the consecration prayers.

Paperback: $19.95 | Hardback with special notes section: $24.95 | Kindle: $9.99

 

 

TESTIMONIALS

“Laura’s approach is both fresh and consistent with Catholic practice over the centuries, drawing her own wisdom from saints like John Paul II, Francis de Sales, Jane de Chantel, Faustina, Teresa of Avila, John of the Cross, and Bernard of Clairvaux, among others. May everyone who enters into the prayers of this book find hope within Mary’s garden, where we can safely surrender to the love of Christ the Bridegroom.” – from the foreword by Christopher West, Th.D., President, Theology of the Body Institute

“This beautiful book will lead you on a 9-day preparation journey as you discern the consecration of your heart to Christ the Bridegroom. With lovely reference to the Song of Songs, it is an excellent accompaniment along this path to giving your heart to Christ, our One true, faithful and perfect spouse. It contains prayers for both men and women specifically speaking to each heart. May it bless you as it has blessed me!!” – Nicki Verna, Reader

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Laura Ercolino is a Catholic mother, writer, artist, and spiritual mentor, best known as the founder of Hope’s Garden, a ministry dedicated to helping women heal from trauma through the redemptive love of Christ the Bridegroom. Drawing from her personal experiences with betrayal and childhood sexual trauma, Laura integrates therapeutic tools with her Catholic faith to guide others on their healing journeys. Her creative expressions, including journal writing, poetry, and various artistic mediums, play a significant role in her therapeutic work and are featured in Hope’s Garden’s healing retreats and speaking events.

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Victory over Death: Foretastes of Eternity in Prayer by Ronda Chervin

Victory over Death: Foretastes of Eternity in Prayer by Ronda Chervin

Victory over Death: Foretastes of Eternity in Prayer

By Ronda Chervin

This beautiful little book is meant for all of us — because no one can escape the mystery of death. To nourish trust in God and overcome our fears, the author teaches us to immerse ourselves in God’s great love, a love which has gone to the greatest lengths to open the doors to the Kingdom.
 
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TESTIMONIALS

“In Victory over Death, Dr. Ronda Chervin poignantly addresses physical and spiritual truths one faces as death, even from a distance, approaches each of us.  We encounter physical changes in body and soulful longings in spirit.  Dr. Chervin provides insight and thoughtful exercises which focus on ‘experiences of disillusionment, contemplation of God’s invisible beauty, and immersion in God’s great love.’  By the final chapter, Dr. Chervin has beautifully paved the way with spiritual steppingstones for us to walk as we embrace God’s perfect love that casts out fear.” – Wendy Forest, author ofCurrents of Water: A Widow’s Walk with Jesus and Mary

“Reading this book has opened a whole new way of life for me. The author’s comparison between divine and human love has made the sacraments, dogma, prayer, and love of neighbor — to name only a few of the topics treated — gift of himself to us. His sacraments are loving embraces. Our loving response to his love transforms us into true Christians. I only wish I had been handed this book when I was preparing for Baptism.” – an anonymous young student of Ronda Chervin’s at Loyola University, 1972

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Ronda Chervin, PhD, is a professor of philosophy, widow, grandmother, and great grandmother. She has taught at Loyola Marymount University, St. John’s Seminary of Los Angeles, Franciscan University of Steubenville, Our Lady of Corpus Christi, and Holy Apostles College and Seminary. She is the author of numerous books about Catholic living and presents on EWTN and Catholic Radio. Most well-known of her books are The Way of Love, Treasury of Women Saints, Avoiding Bitterness in Suffering: How our Heroes in Faith Found Peace amid Sorrow, and, most recently, with co-author Albert Hughes: Escaping Anxiety on the Road to Spiritual Joy. 

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Speaking One’s Soul: Magnifying God’s Word in a Madly Godless World by Patti Hershwitzky and Mary Sobel Ott

Speaking One’s Soul: Magnifying God’s Word in a Madly Godless World by Patti Hershwitzky and Mary Sobel Ott

Speaking One’s Soul: Magnifying God’s Word in a Madly Godless World

by Patti Hershwitzky, Ed.S. and Mary Sobel Ott

Innumerous works through the ages have addressed the contradictions and conflicts between religion and government, particularly from the Catholic perspective over the past 2000 years, with emphasis on societies choosing either God’s soul work or deceptive soul destruction. What sets apart Speaking One’s Soul from those well researched and inspired forums, books, commentaries, and media is its focus on saving the spiritually endangered individual born into the post WWII era, often referenced as a Baby Boomer.  Partly confessional, the authors, Catholic reverts, emphasize the need for unifying friendship and community, but foremost salvational truth. The text integrates the timeless power of Scripture, emphasized in a personalized Rosary; narratives illustrating the deadly impact of deceptive snares but also tales of virtuous heroism; extraordinary relatable conversion stories; and many resources to enable serene commitment, conviction, and courage when confronting evil while endeavoring to save souls. 

Among the points of emphasis:

  • Understanding the finite time God has permitted the Evil One and each of us.
  • Examining one’s personal life from birth onward as St. Francis de Sales advised.
  • Establishing prayer as an indispensable, daily foundational practice, optimally with Scripture, daily Mass attendance and frequent confession. 
  • Recatechizing oneself through Church history, the Church Fathers and Doctors,  Scripture; the Catholic Catechism; numerous timeless, universal encyclicals; and exploring sound treatises on Church politics to successfully navigate the world.
  • Cherishing the marvelous holy examples of the past and present. 
  • Recognizing igneous reactivity vs. responsible response.
  • Distinguishing resignation to evil from surrender to Divine Mercy. 
  • Embracing all persons in the Light of God, Author of all Life. 
  • Cultivating healthy unity and community. 
  • Envisioning the defeat of the Evil One and embracing the joy of Heaven forever.

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TESTIMONIALS

“A fascinating new way to live our faith through prayer related to the evils of our times.”  – Dr. Ronda Chervin, Catholic philosopher, writer, and TV presenter

ABOUT THE AUTHORS

Patricia (Patti) Hershwitzky, Ed.S., is the author of three other books:  The Third Millennium Woman (CMJ Catholic Books), West Las Vegas (Arcadia Publications), and Teaching the City of God in the City of Man (En Route Books and Media); articles in various Catholic periodicals and Catholic365; and numerous other published communications

Mary Ott is new to the Christian publishing environment. A cradle-Catholic and a graduate of a Catholic college in California, Mary fully returned to the Catholic faith in early 2023, after a personal experience which she calls “nothing short of a miracle.” Following her illumination of conscience, she began a ‘journey of the soul’ back to Jesus.

While on this journey, she discovered her sister, Patti, was also a faith-soulmate, as well. Following hours of conversation with her sister about life as traditional women, wives, mothers, and grandmothers, along with discussing their differences and similarities, Mary and Patti began a mission to speak from their soul to others about how the modern world is a difficult pathway to walk as a faithful Catholic.

Fueled by a lifelong passion for writing, painting, photography, research, and genealogy after she retired from her business career in 2012, Mary combined her life experience and education skills to co-produce the book, Speaking One’s Soul. Their book also produced a website, www.cultivatingyoursoul.com, and a future podcast series called, Cultivating Your Soul, which will align with the book’s theme. Click here for Mary’s article entitled “Gender Illusion (The Transgender Female)” (September 2, 2025), published by Catholic365.

Currently involved in painting and doing her professional genealogy work, at her business Before The Ink Fades, located in El Dorado Hills, California, Mary finds that her time is also currently devoted to writing another book. When she is not working, Mary spends valuable time with her husband, adult kids, and grandchildren.

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A Rosary for Religious and Restless Minds: The Structured Contemplative Rosary – A New Method of Contemplation within The Holy Rosary by Stephen W. Rouhana, Ph.D.

A Rosary for Religious and Restless Minds: The Structured Contemplative Rosary – A New Method of Contemplation within The Holy Rosary by Stephen W. Rouhana, Ph.D.

A Rosary for Religious and Restless Minds: The Structured Contemplative Rosary – A New Method of Contemplation within The Holy Rosary

by Stephen W. Rouhana, Ph.D.

This book introduces a new method to pray the Rosary that helps the person praying stay focused on the lives of Jesus and Mary. The method takes short phrases from Sacred Scripture and Church writings and inserts them into the Hail Mary/Holy Mary sequence. This keeps the mind from wandering and/or brings it back if it does wander. The author recounts his difficulties praying the Rosary before this method and how the method resolved them. Click to expand the rosary charts below.

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TESTIMONIALS

“In A Rosary for Religious and Restless Minds, Dr. Stephen Rouhana narrates his journey into a deeper appreciation of the Rosary as a contemplative and Christocentric prayer. Drawing upon saints like Louis de Montfort and John Paul II, he explains how the Rosary helps us contemplate the deepest mysteries of our faith through the Heart of Mary. Dr. Rouhana also provides a structured method for praying the Rosary that is rooted in Sacred Scripture. Those who read this book will come to understand why Pope Pius XII referred to the Rosary as ‘the compendium of the entire Gospel.'” Robert Fastiggi, Ph.D. Professor of Dogmatic Theology, Sacred Heart Major Seminary, Detroit, Michigan

“Dr. Rouhana has written an engaging book in which he shares his own difficulties in saying the rosary and what led him to be able to pray it in a more recollected manner. Well written and an inspiring testimony.” – Dr. Ralph Martin, founder of Renewal Ministries

“In this book, Dr. Rouhana not only shares the personal movement of grace in his own life, but he also provides a very helpful way of contemplating with awe and wonder the mystery of our salvation through the structured contemplative approach to the Rosary. Immersing ourselves in the mystery of salvation through the Rosary in this way will certainly be illuminating for many.” – Msgr. Todd Lajiness, former President-Rector, Sacred Heart Major Seminary, current moderator of Our Lady of Good Counsel Catholic Church, Plymouth, MI

“Like many of us, I often get distracted when praying the Rosary, but this wonderful holy method helps me be much more focused. If I get distracted as I meditate on the Mysteries, it brings me right back to where I need and want to be. This book has been a blessing to me, bringing me closer to the Blessed Mother who guides me closer to her Son.” – LeAnn Thieman, Co-author of Chicken Soup for the Soul, Living Catholic Faith

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Dr. Stephen Rouhana is a husband, father, and grandfather with a Ph.D. in physics. He worked for 32 years trying to save lives by automotive safety research, first at General Motors and then at Ford. He authored or co-authored more than 80 technical publications and 3 book chapters. He is a named inventor on 18 U.S. patents and 7 international patents. In 2008, he was featured in a nationally aired commercial for Ford Motor Company. Sales promptly dropped.

As a young Catholic, he felt called to serve God. Near the end of his career in research, that calling led him to Sacred Heart Major Seminary for a master’s degree in Pastoral Studies. He currently serves in many ministries within his parish and is a faculty member of the Catholic Biblical School of Michigan (http://www.catholicbiblicalschool.org).

 

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See by Vincent Salamoni

See by Vincent Salamoni

On November 13, 2025, Pope Leo XIV established the Apostolate of the Sea, defining the Church’s global pastoral ministry to seafarers and maritime communities. Operating under the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development, it establishes governance structures and responsibilities for coordination, formation, pastoral care, and financial administration worldwide. For more, click here.

Through this statute, the Holy See reaffirms the Church’s commitment to accompany those whose work is connected to the sea—merchant mariners, fishermen, port workers, and their families—many of whom face long periods of isolation and limited access to parish life. The Apostolate of the Sea seeks to ensure that these communities remain connected to the sacramental and pastoral life of the Church wherever their work takes them.

The statute outlines an international structure of assemblies, councils, and leadership roles responsible for guiding and coordinating the mission of the Apostolate. These bodies will support cooperation among dioceses, maritime chaplaincies, and Catholic organizations serving seafarers in ports around the world.

A key dimension of the Apostolate’s mission is providing spiritual care and human support through port chaplaincies, pastoral visits, sacramental ministry, and outreach to those experiencing hardship or loneliness. By strengthening this global network, Pope Leo XIV underscores the Church’s enduring concern for maritime workers and its mission to bring the Gospel and compassionate care to those who live and labor on the seas.

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Devotional for vocational discernment, For Fishing People invites readers to “cast into the deep,” reflecting on biblical fishing images, prayer, and mission. Rooted in the Missionaries of the Holy Apostles’ charism, it encourages action today.

This short book 
is for a long process 
for yours and other’s life.
Simply described as a collection of information, which perhaps will be USEFUL TO YOU AND/OR OTHERS! Father Vincent’s book of meditative reflections offers a spiritual journey into the depths of grace through the maritime imagery of the Mercy Ocean.
This book is a catalyst, of a beginning voyage. Here it is a short one, yet a long interesting one. It starts a new genre / category / oeuvre. It is a prototype book. These are commentaries of special nautical books about virtues. The collection includes previews of past and future voyages. In words, it develops a nautical spirituality.

Guadalupe with Lepanto is a devotional-historical reflection linking Our Lady of Guadalupe to the 1571 Battle of Lepanto, exploring Marian imagery, naval history, and rosary-centered faith across continents traditions.

SEE the SEA? invites readers into a journey of maritime spirituality through the eyes of Vincent A. Salamoni, a retired Navy chaplain and Missionary of the Holy Apostles. Blending nautical imagery, Scripture, and personal reflection, the book navigates themes of hope, gratitude, and divine guidance—offering a spiritual anchor for those sailing the seas of life’s challenges and mysteries.

The Conquering Heart is a spiritual collection by Vincent A. Salamoni blending theology, poetry, naval imagery, and reflections on Christ’s Mystical Body. It inspires virtue, grace, and divine participation in the modern world through Eucharistic devotion and vocational calling.

ST JAW explores the relationship between artificial and human intelligence through theological reflection, prayer, and poetry, presenting a symbolic figure representing the Heart of Christ’s Mystical Body.

Find in this work all of the above combined!

TESTIMONIALS

“Fr. Salamoni’s unique reflections on Faith and Life in a nautical context have always spoken to me and others who are involved in maritime work and the ministry to the People of the Sea. May this collection be an inspiration to all mariners, and all who live, recreate or work upon the vast waters.” – Doreen M Badeaux, Secretary General Apostleship of the Sea of the United States of America

“I have served with Fr Salamoni for many years as a fellow Active Duty Navy Chaplain. I have been the beneficiary of his writings which were always joyful, thought provoking, and a delight to read. I heartily and happily give my endorsement to this latest collection. Enjoy!” – Bishop Joseph L Coffey, Vicar for Veterans Affairs, Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA

On the occasion of the 9/11 Boatlift 20th Anniversary Tribute: “Thank you Chaplain: We appreciate you thinking of us as we prepare to honor the heroes, victims and survivors. Your maritime-related prayers continue to uplift many of our members.” – Jessica LM Hitchen, Executive Director, New York Council Navy League 
“May The Mercy Ocean be a source of consolation for all who ponder on its gems of wisdom.” — Very Rev. Peter S. Kucer, MSA, STD; President-Rector of Holy Apostles College & Seminary.
“To those who meditate, the Spirit’s gift of Knowledge and Understanding is abundant, and the Heart of Jesus is open for us to see if we seek Him in such a path.  Father Vincent’s short work of collected meditations and memorable quotes from various sources is a simple and genuine fruit of his own labor of meditation.  Enveloped in beautiful images, and even more beautiful thoughts, The Mercy Ocean is a piece meant to help those along their own path of meditation. Read slowly, read carefully, and read seeking the face of Jesus and the Immaculate Heart of Mary.” — Fra. Angelo, Knights of the Holy Eucharist
“Antoine de Saint Exupéry (1900-1944), a French writer and aviator, once wrote: ‘If you want to build a ship, don’t drum up people to collect wood and don’t assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea.’ Fr. Vincent Salamoni’s The Mercy Ocean accomplishes this. More than a sailor’s retreat, this book is a sailor’s delight in the way it inspires the contemplative to cast out into the deep of God’s mercy and grace.” — Dr. Sebastian Mahfood, OP, author of The Narrative Spirituality of Dante’s Divine Comedy: a hundred-day guided journal

 

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Fr. Vincent A. Salamoni, M.S.A. (Vincent Gaspar Anthony Rizzuti Salamoni), is a member of the Society of the Missionaries of the Holy Apostles (M.S.A.). Their charism is to promote, form and accompany vocations to the priesthood and other ministries.

He ministered from on board from a dugout canoe in the Peruvian Amazon to on board the USS ENTERPRISE (CVN-65) nuclear air carrier, which is not the starship!

He is retired from in the Chaplain Corps of the United States Navy.

Now, he is a Provincial Emeritus of the MSA-USA and is being through, with, and in, the Mercy Ocean.

An Autobiography (abridged)

CHILDHOOD:

My four grandparents born in Sicily. They went to New York City, in approximately their twenties. They lived in the USA about 50 years and never spoke English. My father was 6 years old when he arrived in NYC. My mother was born in the USA; some of her siblings were born in Sicily. My father was an iconic NYC taxi driver for over 40 years. My mother worked as a seamstress in the NYC garment industry, and afterwards was a full-time housewife. I have three older sisters … extended biological family …

EXPERIMENTAL:

The development of my worldview: Received a bachelor’s degree in psychology. Worked 5 years in the insurance industry. Sailed 2 years in the U.S. Navy as a Radarman / Operations Specialist. Became a Vietnam veteran.

PRIESTHOOD:

Ordained in 1984; theological studies: 2 years in USA, 2 years in Rome. Missionaries of the Holy Apostles (M.S.A.)  2 years in Vicariate Apostolic San José del Amazonas (Peru); 1 year Connecticut; 2 years near Lima, 6 years near Caracas. U.S. Navy, Chaplain Corps: 13 active years: including – Okinawa; USS ENTERPRISE, not a starship, rather an aircraft carrier; Guantanamo Bay, Cuba; Iceland; Virginia; San Diego, Naval Hospital; Puerto Rico/Virgin Islands et cetera. Emeritus USA-MSA Provincial Animator (Superior) “Pastoral” Pasture

“After a dangerous voyage, at last I am in sight of the port I have been trying to get to for so long. I shall now be able to enjoy my God … and I shall be freed from a heavy load which I just can’t bear.” – Saint Louis of Anjou, on his deathbed

[Cited in THE MERCY OCEAN.]