This book is relevant to every Catholic who is looking to live the life of the Gospel. Living the beatitudes will deepen the understanding of what it means to be a eucharistic people. The Royal Road to Joy: The Beatitudes and the Eucharist tells us how the living of the beatitudes is not only relevant, but actually helps in a deeper understanding of what is celebrated at the altar. This book examines the profound process of Christian conversion in which our basic attitudes are radically changed toward ourselves, toward what happens to us, toward other people, and finally toward God. This is the road to joy we find in the beatitudes. In this deeply spiritual text, Dom David Bird presents two interrelated commentaries -- one on the eight beatitudes, the other on the Mass -- that make clear the intimate connection between the spirituality of the beatitudes and the eucharistic celebration. Book jacket.

In the near future, things have gotten bleak. The global economy has collapsed, the climate crisis is undeniable, the US government has been openly sold to the vast wealth of monopolistic Mega Corporations. Is it any wonder that most anyone that can afford to do so has fled online into a massive Virtual Reality simulation called the OVR Worlds?Zachary "Zee" Jones had thought that being an OVR Worlds player was so far beyond his means, there was no point in even dreaming about it. Until he got arrested, convicted and sentenced all within 24 hours. However, even within the OVR Worlds, vast inequities exist, especially if you're Inmate 81348, as Zee is now known.

The Jewels of Happiness is a treasure chest of wisdom and joy - a compilation of succinct and insightful pieces of prose, practical exercises and uplifting aphorisms and verse, many of them published here for the first time. Addressing themes such as peace, enthusiasm and love, the self-contained chapters combine to create a wonderful tapestry of inspiration. Sri Chinmoy's easy-to-follow exercises, based on perennial ancient wisdom, are truly pertinent for the modern era and perfectly suited to our fast-paced lives - his amazing ability to offer positive help and insight speaks to each reader as if the words were written just for them.

When Richard Halliburton graduated from college, he chose adventure over a career, traveling the world with almost no money. The Royal Road to Romance chronicles what happened as a result, from a breakthrough Matterhorn ascent to being jailed for taking forbidden pictures on Gibraltar. Halliburton's literary career developed out of his meticulous logging of events that occurred on his own adventures. This book, his first, an account of his travels in 1921-23, was a best-seller for three years and was translated into 15 languages.