Living Faith is a collection of periodicals and books from Bayard Faith Resources that provides a comprehensive resource for supporting faith and prayer life. Our publications are designed to help you go deeper with God and grow in your spiritual journey.
A dedicated husband and father of 10, author Jonathan F. Sullivan brings a father’s perspective to the season of Advent with a strong dose of hope. This Scripture-focused, page-a-day Advent devotional for families is immensely doable with its four weeks of moving reflections, graceful prayers and approachable intergenerational activities and conversation starters for parents and children.
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Award-winning author Deacon Greg Kandra offers a winsome and wise collection of daily Scripture-based Advent reflections and prayers for adult Catholic readers, young and old. Advent is a special time of year to be aware not only of God’s coming into human history through the person of Jesus but also to express our gratitude and wonder at his continuing presence in our world. God is with us! It is a season heralding hope. The Scripture selections, reflections and prayers inside this booklet encourage readers to journey through Advent once again, reassured that they do not go alone. God is at our side—and on our side.
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In sync with the 2025 Jubilee Year, popular author Amy Welborn takes readers on a 30-day personal pilgrimage of hope. Each day’s devotional reflection is anchored by Scripture, prayerful reminders, encouragement and virtuous actions for grounding readers in Christian hope and equipping them to grow in hope and bring that hope to the world. Perfect for any time of year!
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The teen edition features daily Scripture reflections, journaling, and an activity connecting the Scripture to teens’ lives—plus weekly “Green” Christmas activities focused on protecting God’s Creation. As students prepare during Advent for the birth of Jesus in our world, they have a great opportunity to examine how we all are preparing ourselves, each other, and our planet for Jesus. How are we caring for one another, especially the poor and vulnerable and how are we caring for God’s Creation?
Most of the secular holiday decorations, traditions, and symbols have a spiritual origin, stemming from the reason for the season—Jesus’ birth. Daily activities encourage readers to reflect on the Gospel messages and apply them to their own lives, as they prepare to celebrate the birth of Christ.
In the primary edition of Absolutely Advent! 2024, Levi the Lamb leads children through Advent with his adventures in verse. So, as these Advent weeks unfold, let Levi lead the way, and you’ll find out why Nazareth is a famous place today. During Advent as we are getting ready for something special, we make some changes in our lives. This Advent, children learn to get their spirit ready for Jesus to come.
“We are meant to be hope-filled people,” says author Sr. Joyce Rupp. In this beautiful, profound book, Rupp helps us follow the only path that leads to real hope: the path of building our “relationship with the Holy One who dwells within us.”
Struggling with illness and daily pain? In this book, Woodeene Koenig-Bricker, who has faced her own chronic illness for 20 years, provides simple, yet powerful prayers and practices that offer support and nourishment for the journey ahead.
Based on the popular series Exploring the Sunday Readings, these powerful meditations are focused on bringing light and hope to the challenging seasons of our lives. This gem of a book from Alice Camille offers readers relatable insights based on a short passage from Scripture. Also included are a brief direction for prayer as well as an opportunity to reflect on the message to enhance daily living and decision-making.
In celebration of the Jubilee Year in 2025, each month includes a quote about the Year of Hope from Pope Francis.
The 2024-2025 Catechist Handbook and Planning Guide is an indispensable resource for catechists and religion teachers, providing them with an easy-to-use organizational tool and a comprehensive reference guide. Prepare for your mission each week with confidence as this guide supports you in delivering effective catechesis. With practical tips, engaging activities, and valuable insights, this handbook equips you to lead engaging and impactful religious education sessions.
Join us for a Living Faith Lenten retreat in St. Louis, Saturday, March 29, 2025
A day to pray and to soak up Scripture: to read, remember and reflect on the goodness and mercy of God.
Talks by Living Faith author and spiritual director Steve Givens. Presider and homilist for Mass is Fr. Joe Kempf, author of Are You Good Enough Yet? Special guests include authors Deborah Meister, Melanie Rigney, Pat Gohn and the Living Faith team.
$75 per person, lunch included.
Seating is limited; registration ends March 1, 2025.
Each card in this set of Christian greeting cards for Christmas has a unique, colorful style. The collection includes 5 of each card. There are 10 assorted cards total, packaged with matching envelopes.
Interior text on each card in the collection:
Entire collection features 2 each of 5 designs with envelopes (10 cards total)
Commit to making prayer a priority in the days leading up to Christmas with the Advent Prayer Pack. From devotions inspired by the writing of Henri Nouwen to a fun Advent-wreath activity sheet, there's something for everyone, regardless of age, during this special time of the year.
Includes:
The bundle makes a great gift idea for friends and family.
Each sold separately.
In this latest book from the popular Threshold Bible Study series, Stephen J. Binz introduces the “pillars” of the early Church: James’, Peter’s and John’s collection of letters that serves as a complementary, non-Pauline apostolic witness for believers today.
Two brand new devotionals are paired with a customer favorite! A Treasury of Living Faith honors 40 years of Living Faith, and Living Bread was inspired by the ongoing National Eucharistic Revival in the U.S. In addition, Prayers for Catholics offers the perfect pocket-sized complement:
– A Treasury of Living Faith: 40 Years of Daily Catholic Devotions
– Living Bread: A 40-Day Devotional Celebrating the Eucharist
– Living Faith Prayers for Catholics
Love reading and praying with Living Faith? Celebrate 40 years of the magazine with this keepsake duo of devotionals:
– A Treasury of Living Faith: 40 Years of Daily Catholic Devotions (48 pages)
– 365 Hopeful Devotions for Catholics (384 pages)
Keep the daily and Sunday Mass readings at your fingertips! Designed for each date of the liturgical year, Reading God’s Word helps Catholics follow the daily worship of the Church in a simple, comprehensive and convenient form. Perfect for anyone needing ready access to all daily and Sunday Scripture readings for Church Year C, 2025. The Church’s official New American Bible lectionary texts for Mass are presented in an easy-to-read format.
Reading God’s Word is an ideal aid for lectors, for homily preparation, classroom use and school liturgies. It is also the perfect companion for Living Faith Daily Catholic Devotions. Alternate Readings are included for some Sundays and feast days.
Keep the daily and Sunday Mass readings at your fingertips! Designed for each date of the liturgical year, Reading God’s Word helps Catholics follow the daily worship of the Church in a simple, comprehensive and convenient form. Perfect for anyone needing ready access to all daily and Sunday Scripture readings for Church Year C, 2025. The Church’s official New American Bible lectionary texts for Mass are presented in an easy-to-read format.
Reading God’s Word is an ideal aid for lectors, for homily preparation, classroom use and school liturgies. It is also the perfect companion for Living Faith Daily Catholic Devotions. Alternate Readings are included for some Sundays and feast days.
“Do this in memory of me.” – Jesus
These familiar words from Jesus, based in Scripture and recalled at every Mass during the Eucharistic Prayer, are the reason for this 40-day devotional celebrating the Eucharist. Living Faith, long treasured for its daily Catholic devotions based on the readings of the Mass, is happy to publish this booklet within the same time frame that the U.S. Bishops of the Church are inviting us to deeper knowledge and love for the Eucharist through revivals locally in each diocese and nationally with a Eucharistic Congress in 2024. This special edition of Living Faith reflections is devoted to Jesus in the Eucharist: Living Bread. Penned through the decades by numerous Living Faith authors past and present, Living Bread invites readers to increase their love and devotion to the Eucharist. Inside, you’ll walk with writers whose love for the Word of God is matched by their belief that the true Living Bread—Jesus Christ, the Word-Made-Flesh—is the food that fuels a vibrant living faith.
Perfect to start at any time of the Church Year, this perennial page-a-day devotional may be read whenever a reader wishes to dive in!
40 years in the making...A Treasury of Living Faith offers inspirational reading—from the past to the present—from the pages of one of most popular and beloved periodicals, Living Faith: Daily Catholic Devotions. Born in St. Louis in 1985, and now known around the world, this small-sized but mighty page-a-day devotional based on a Scripture verse from the Mass every day of the year has strengthened the faith of readers for four decades and counting. Whether you’re a longtime loyal reader, or brand new reader to Living Faith, this is your opportunity to own this limited-edition, keepsake Treasury.
Living Faith: Prayers for Catholics is a compilation of over 100 Catholic prayers brought to you by Living Faith: Daily Catholic Devotions staff. This book features the often-requested Morning and Evening Prayers featured in Living Faith for over 25 years, plus seasonal prayers, contemporary prayers for special circumstances, family prayers and prayers from the saints and Scripture. There are also dozens of traditional Catholic prayers—including the Prayers of the Rosary, Stations of the Cross, mealtime graces and prayers for Eucharistic Adoration.
This unique pack of Living Faith Kids books are designed to travel lightly while creatively engaging children to learn stories of the Bible and faith concepts. The pack includes 10 different full-color titles: 8 sticker books and 2 booklets that together offer inspiration from saints as holy examples to follow this Lent and answers to questions on doctrine that children might have. Great for ages 6-12.
Author Melannie Svoboda helps us open our hearts to hope, even in the darkest of times. She explores the relationships between hope and faith, love, courage, prayer, pain and sorrow, making this book a source of healing during hard times.
A valuable resource for catechists and religion teachers—with a host of articles from the writers of Catechist.com. Seven chapters on the seven Sacraments with:
The Pocket Book of Saints: Their Words and Wisdom is a keepsake collection of the lives of the saints and their wisdom on themes such as faith, hope, prayer, peace, mercy and social justice. What makes the saints extraordinary people is that by uniting them selves to the will of God their lives became bigger than what they could be on their own. May these brothers and sisters in Christ help us to transform our own lives into something extraordinary!
Encounter Christ in everyday moments. Every day is filled with moments when we encounter Christ in interesting and unusual ways or in circumstances we might not expect. Keeping your eyes open to the presence of Christ in your everyday walk of faith is what these 150 devotions explore. Practical and Scripture-based, these thoughtful and uplifting words of wisdom draw you closer to understanding the central role Christ plays in your daily living.
Devotions include inspirational observations, Scripture and a reflection question.
In this transformation new book, best-selling author S. James Meyer introduces us to a whole-life encounter with the living Christ, awakening a fresh awareness that the Eucharist is about life, love and relationship. Living with Real Presence reminds us that our lives, Christ’s life and all lives are united in a sacred communion with our Creator and creation. Ideal for personal reflection or small group discussion.
Grow closer to the Lord each day of the year with this special selection of devotions that speaks especially to women. Enriching and prayerful reflections address the unique challenges and joys facing women today.
Enjoy a daily dose from our Lord and inspired writers of Living Faith. This devotional collection, pulled from the most beloved Living Faith quarterly magazine, presents hope-filled topics for today’s Catholics. Readers resonate
with these shared struggles and experiences explored from a Christian perspective. As always, Living Faith’s page-a-day devotions apply Scripture as a starting point, and reflections seek to lead readers to prayerful moments with God.
Living Faith provides brief daily Catholic devotions based on one of the Mass readings of the day. Published new each quarter, these reflections are written by women and men from a variety of backgrounds - lay people as well as clergy and religious. Learn more.
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