Weekly Giveaway (7/20)

"Find out how much God has given you and from it take what you need; the remainder is needed by others." - St. Augustine

Because I've built up a large collection of extra books and resources, every week I give away some absolutely free, no strings attached.

Each giveaway lasts seven days with a new one beginning each Friday, and you can enter any time during the week. Check out the past giveaways items here.

Rediscover Catholicism
by Matthew Kelly

This week's giveaway is the bestselling Rediscover Catholicism: A Spiritual Guide to Living with Passion and Purpose. Here's the description from Amazon:

"Over the past twenty years, Matthew Kelly has seen more of the world than most presidents and more of the Church than most bishops. Now, in this unique and timely book, he proposes that Catholicism is not a lifeless set of rules and regulations , but a way of life designed by God to help each person reach his or her full potential.

With remarkable insight, Kelly dispels dozens of myths that surround the rejection of Catholicism today and provides a profound and practical vision of what will lead the Catholic Church to thrive again in the future. Rediscover Catholicism is quickly becoming the most read catholic book of our times. From the spellbinding opening story, Kelly grips his readers and takes them on a life-changing journey to rediscover the genius of Catholicism."

Matthew Kelly runs the fantastic Dynamic Catholic Parish Book program, which sells books like Rediscover Catholicism to parishes at huge discounts. Depending how many you buy you can get the books for as little as $2 per copy, including shipping. Our parish is planning to pass out thousands of copies of Rediscover Catholicism.as time this year. If you think your parish might be interested, pass the link on to your pastor.

In order to win this week's giveaway, leave a comment below answering this question:

What do you think is the most misunderstood aspect of the Church?

The winner will be randomly selected next Friday and the giveaway item will be sent out, free-of-charge, shortly thereafter.

UPDATE:

The drawing is now closed. Congratulations to Mike S. for winning this week! Check your e-mail for instructions on receiving the book. If you don’t see an e-mail from me, check your spam box—apparently e-mails with “giveaway” in the title are prone to end up there.

In the future I'll be giving away more books and resources, sometimes multiple items per giveaway! So subscribe via feed reader or email to ensure you never miss your chance to win.

Posted on: July 20, 2012 in Blog, Giveaway
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Gregg the Obscure

Moral theology.
http://ourhomeontherange.blogspot.com/ Kansas Mom

theology around Mary
http://www.facebook.com/rescarpio Raul Escarpio

Anything to do with Mary.
Geoff Scholl

Sex. It seems that almost every non-Catholic (and many cradle Catholics) do not understand the Catholic teaching on sex.

The corollary to sex would be contraception. What the Church ACTUALLY says, where She ACTUALLY stands, etc.
Geoff Scholl

Oh, BTW. I am not entering the giveaway since I already own this book.
Marcia Mulcahy

The infallibility of the Pope
http://www.facebook.com/enmcowboy Christopher Baca

theological issues, and the Saints. I get a lot of people who are not Catholic who think that we worship saints which is not true.
Marina S.

Everything Marian!
Adlerd

I think its a toss up between our view on contraception and our relationship with Mary. I think more people educated themselves with the issues and points behind it there would be a better understanding. This is more the case with contraception, people often choose not hear the arguments because they don't want to have to follow it; they want to do what they want.
Csmith

Church history
http://www.facebook.com/people/Teresa-Grodi/20908188 Teresa Grodi

It depends on which group of people are doing the "misunderstanding." For those who follow the media, I would say Catholic moral theology is entirely misrepresented and, thus misunderstood by the majority of the American population. For non-Catholic Christians, our concept of continuity and why the authority of that continuity matters. For Catholics - from nominal Catholic all the way to Catholic traditionalists - I have encountered the most misunderstanding when it comes to obedience to rightful authority. Sometimes Catholics get caught up in the spirit of Protestantism without even knowing it by refusing to accept legitimate authority in both large and small matters. I have seen the devil slip into and nearly ruin excellent, Catholic communities though a failure to be obedient in small, seemingly mundane matters.
Charley

Mary and the saints. Or, in other words, that the Church is Cristo-centric in everything it does and believes.
http://profile.yahoo.com/66ANTVYL6ASNWRRABCUQ3I3PHA flat

the tradition part of the catholic church
Mikesdak

I believe it is contraception (or "birth control" ) as some would prefer to call it. Although 80 years ago, the issue was much better understood. Now, we are more ignorant as a people, despite our technical prowess.
JMD

Church authority concerning both scripture + doctrine. (already own the book, just wanted to comment). I feel like there are a lot of topics that Catholics + non-Catholics alike think that the Church will eventually change its mind...
grandmama16

The authority of the Pope particularly his gift of Infallibility. I've heard so many comments by non Catholics that he's supposed to be infallible on everything. As we know, that's not true. This gift applies only on Official Declarations concerning faith and morals.