Spiritual Reading with Scepter Publishers

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.Be sure to catch Doug on his Relevant Radio Show, Marriage Unhindered, Monday through Friday from 5-6pm cst.

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.

This week's bonus episode includes an interview with Stephen Gabriel. He is the author of a number of Scepter titles, including our most recent release, The Homestretch: Making the Best Use of Our Retirement Years.

This week we are sharing the first several pages of our latest book: The Homestretch: Making the Best of Our Retirement Years by Stephen Gabriel. For those approaching or living their retirement years, this is a must-listen!

Man was made to work and St. Joseph is a great example for us on how to work well for the glory of God. This passage comes from Mike Aquilina's book St. Joseph and His World.

To celebrate the release of his book, The Upward Arrow: a Way of Holiness for Every Home, we're interviewing Fr. Colum Power. You'll love the stories he shares from his childhood - both those found in the book as well as in this conversation.

Hear the beginning of Scepter's latest book release, The Upward Arrow: A Way of Holiness for Every Home by Fr. Colum Power. If you like fun and impactful stories, this book is for you!

As we prepare to celebrate All Saints Day, November 1st, we're sharing an excerpt from Jesus Urteaga's book Saints in the World to inspire you to seek sanctity in your every day life.

This week we dive into the 10 chapter of the book Children of God: the Life of Spiritual Childhood Preached by St. Josemaria Escriva to look at the topic of our freedom.

Welcome to our BONUS epsiode series in which we interview authors. This week we are talking with Dia Boyle, author of our newest title: The Thoughtful Home. You'll here what inspired here to write the book as well as some practical advice on how to create a thoughtful home.

Today we're sharing the first part of our newest title - available this week - Dia Boyle's The Thoughtful Home. This book will take you on an engaging inquiry into the nature and purpose of the home, offering criteria for determining what contents, designs, routines, and practices will help them to accomplish this essential project.

The end of Fr. Jacques Philippe's book, Searching for and Maintaining Peace, includes several quotes from the Saints with advice for how we can remain at peace at all times.

On October 7th we celebrate the feast of Our Lady of the Rosary. In Preparation for that day, here is a meditation from In Conversation with God.

As we close out September, here is a passage from the book Made for Freedom: Loving, Defending, and Living God's Gift by Jutta Burggraf.

Today we pull from the Scepter Publisher's title, Why We Need Confession, by Russell Shaw. The excerpt is chapter 4: Will Being Good Make Me Happy?

Today's spiritual reading comes from our best-selling author, Fr. Jacques Philippe's book Fire and Light: Learning to Receive the Gift of God.

On September 8th, we will celebrate the Birthday of Our Lady. While the feast lands on a Sunday this year and is therefore not celebrated liturgically, it is still a day to remember. Here is the reading for today's feast from the In Conversation with God series.

As we prepare to celebrate Labor Day in the United States, here is an excerpt from St. Josemaria Escriva's homily on Working for God. This is only the first portion of the homily, so be sure to read the rest in Friends of God.

As we celebrate Mary's Assumption and Coronation this month, listen to a portion of St. Josemaria Escriva's homily from his book Christ is Passing By.

Today we're sharing the 1st chapter of Francisco Ugarte's book Deep Friendship: Moving Beyond the Superficial.

Listen in to the first part of Chapter 5 of Scepter's newest release: Coached by Paul the Apostle by Fr. Nathan Cromly. This chapter focuses on overcoming fear in order to lead.