Michael and I are in the midst of a 30-day push to sell our books, particularly Here.Now and How to Get the Most out of the Eucharist. We want to try to compensate for the fact that their release in the spring was overwhelmed by Pope Books of every kind and size. We’ll be donating the proceeds from our Amazon affiliates account, as well as the royalties from this period to Food for the Poor where, if we can earn $2000, we can build a house for a family in Nicaragua.

Both of these books are for Everyday Catholics who need a boost or a little substantive catechesis. I wrote Here.Now, inspired by my young adult sons. I didn’t see much – if anything  – in the Catholic market to help young Catholics connect Jesus-Church-Life…so I wrote one. It’s simple really, but I just wanted to help young adults see what sometimes their exposure to the faith – usually just Sunday Mass  – takes for granted and has perhaps never really made clear.

Michael’s book was inspired by the responses he got to talks after he wrote the How-To Book of the Mass, during which he was often bombarded with complaints and concerns about the way in which Mass was being celebrated and the way people wre experiencing it. It was also impacted by life here at St. Blog’s in which many of us spend a great deal of energy complaining about abuses, ill-dressed teenage girls and boring homilies, rather than focusing on Christ in the Eucharist, and trusting in His Presence there. He uses the letters in the word SACRIFICE to make his point. It’s very good.

So if you have friends, acquaintances or fellow parishioners whom you think might benefit from our books, please check out the links, read Michael’s post today, and check out the links. Last week we reached some great heights on the Amazon list – thanks for that. Thanks for the Amazon reviewer who bought 5 copies of Here. Now!