You've found the online home of author Barry Michaels.  


Here's what I've been up to.... 

My newest book, Your Guide to Spe Salvi: Saved in Hope is now available from Pauline Books and Media.  This guided tour of Pope Benedict's remarkable encyclical on Christian hope makes his rich but challenging teaching accessible to a wide audience.  In these difficult days, the virtue of hope is more important than ever.  [To view the images discussed on pp. 74-75 of my book, go to my bookstore page.]

In the meantime, forget Spider-Man and Ironman, and get to know some real heroes.  My previous book,  Saints for Our Times: New Novenas and Prayers, is also available from Pauline Books and Media.

With anticipation high over the imminent publication of Pope Benedict's next encyclical (said to be a social encyclical called Caritas in Veritate), Pauline Books and I are already anticipating a companion book.  

My articles continue to appear in several popular Catholic newspapers and magazines.

Feel free to take a look around.  Read an article or two.  Stop by and visit my blog, The Tail End.  I'm glad you came by.



        

              
   
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