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Every month I will celebrate a Holy Mass for all who visit Gloria Dei website and for all who have written me a message and I will include their specific intentions and requests, which they formulated to me, in the Sacrifice of the Holy Mass.
In addition I will send every day a blessing to all who visit Gloria Dei website and to all who have written me.
United in the love for our holy Catholic Faith, united in our mighty army of prayers and in the love for Jesus and Mary, the Mother of God and our loving heavenly Mother, from all my heart I greet and bless each of you,
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The Priest as Instrument of Holiness and Truth
A priest must embody Christ through holiness, reverent liturgy, and truth. Amid doctrinal confusion, the Church urgently needs clear teaching, possibly via a new syllabus to defend essential Catholic truths.

Declaration Fiducia Supplicans
The Astana archdiocese opposes Fiducia supplicans, calling its approval of blessings for irregular and same-sex couples a doctrinal error, and urges Pope Francis to revoke it in fidelity to the Gospel.

Synod on Synodality
Bishop Schneider prays for Christ’s intervention against internal Church corruption, asking for holy leaders and offering reparation through Mary’s Immaculate Heart, trusting in God’s power to restore and protect His Church.

Bishop Schneider: On the Power to Judge the Validity of a Pontificate
A heretical pope cannot be deposed by the Church. Catholics should resist errors without declaring invalidity, trusting God and upholding the Church’s indestructibility through supernatural faith and the surer tradition.
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Explores the best interior attitude of the faithful Christian toward the Holy Eucharist: receptivity, humility, and spiritual childhood.
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The title of this book alludes to Lumen Gentium no. 23: "Each [individual bishop], as a member of the episcopal college and legitimate successor of the apostles, is obliged by Christ's institution and command to be solicitous for the whole Church, and this solicitude, though it is not exercised by an act of jurisdiction, contributes greatly to the advantage of the universal Church." No more perfect words can be found to describe the life and work of Bishop Athanasius Schneider, whose mind is held captive by Christ and whose heart goes out to "all the churches" (cf. 2 Cor 10:5, 11:28).
Over the years, Bishop Schneider has granted many illuminating interviews that serve as beacons for the storm-tossed faithful. This present volume collects seven of them: the substantial interview conducted with His Excellency by the Hungarian theologian Dániel Fülep in Kazakhstan in July 2018, plus six others dating from between 2015 and 2023. In wide-ranging exchanges, we hear Bishop Schneider reflecting on versus populum, the validity of the new sacramental rites, celibacy, patriarchy, women's ordination, papal elections, papolatry, Amoris Laetitia, La Salette, the conversion of Russia, the European Union, migration, Islam, the conversion of the Jews, Freemasonry, modernism, aggiornamento, the SSPX, the Neocatechumenal Way, praying the Rosary during Mass, Pius X's reform of the breviary, episcopal conferences, and much else besides. We stumble across delightful revelations: how the bishop's little book Dominus Est changed the Vatican's liturgical policy; how, after a lapse of 27 years, he was able to visit the priest, then 86 years old, who had given him his First Communion-and who then humbly served his Mass like an altar boy; the Soviet propaganda songs he had to learn as a child; why he chose "Kyrie eleison" as his episcopal motto.
In these edifying pages, we hear, again and again, the voice of a good shepherd who is truly and ardently solicitous for the whole Church.
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No Greater Love: The True Meaning of Martyrdom is a guide to not only the Church’s teaching on martyrdom, but a prayerful exposition of the models of Catholic Martyrdom. Born from the sacrifice of Christ―the Faithful Witness―martyrdom remains the Church’s most powerful testimony to the Eternal Truth. From the Holy Innocents to modern saints, martyrs have offered their lives in unwavering love and fortitude. This book explores both the visible martyrdom of blood and the hidden martyrdom of desire, revealing how every Christian is called to offer their life in love, even without the sword. Drawing on Scripture, papal wisdom, and the luminous witness of saints, readers are invited to embrace their role in the militant Church, striving toward holiness with courage and charity. In an age of noise, compromise, and confusion, Bishop Athanasius Schneider reminds us: the Truth is worth dying for―and even more, worth living for.
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In this timely work dedicated to invigorating the heart of every priest, Bishop Athanasius Schneider draws upon the wisdom of Scripture, the Fathers and Doctors of the Church, and other great spiritual writers to bear witness to the gift of the priesthood. Man of God: The Catholic Priest and the Cornerstones of His Life provides rich reflections on the great loves of the priest: God, the Catholic faith, the priesthood of Christ, the salvation of souls, humility, chastity, the Cross, the Holy Mass, the tabernacle, the confessional, the holy angels, and the Blessed Virgin Mary. Prayerful consideration of Man of God will undoubtedly foster a deeper love for the spiritual treasures of the priesthood and rekindle in all priests the embers of desire that first drew them toward their holy vocation.
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“The entire Scripture is only one book that speaks of Christ.” — St. Augustine
The Fathers of the Church are revered as the primary commentators on Sacred Scripture. Their wisdom, teachings, and witness have withstood the test of time and conveyed the Faith accessibly and universally. While Catholics worldwide are able to enjoy their insights on feasts and special seasons in the Church’s daily Office of Readings, the “ordinary” weekdays of the liturgical year — called ferial days — have historically not contained such reflections from the Fathers. Finally, here is a book to fill that gap, offering a concise catena of Patristic commentaries on the daily biblical readings for the hour of Matins in the traditional Roman Breviary.
In these profound pages, champion of the Faith and patristics scholar Bishop Athanasius Schneider presents a new arrangement of carefully selected readings from the writings of the Church Fathers of both East and West. Through their words, he seeks to help readers grow in prayer, contemplation, and fidelity to Christ’s teachings as reflected in the daily liturgical worship of the Church.
This volume is a spiritual and theological treasure that will benefit priests, religious, seminarians, and laity who use the traditional Breviary. Presented in a beautiful portable binding, the book includes both Latin and English texts for Advent, Christmastime, Lent, Easter, and Pentecost, all handsomely typeset in facing columns. It is arranged by liturgical season and features brief biographies on each of the Fathers whose writings are contained in the book, and thus, it can serve as a compelling introduction to their other works.
His Excellency has entrusted this little work to Our Lady, whom he describes as the supreme example of “love for the Word of God.” Readers of the book will be well disposed to experience the intercession of the Mother of the Incarnate Word as they encounter the Word of God more deeply through the Fathers of the Church.
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“There is no problem . . . no matter how difficult it may be, that we cannot resolve through the prayer of the Holy Rosary.” — Sister Lúcia of Fátima
Champion of the Faith Bishop Athanasius Schneider sounds a rallying cry to all Catholics to take up the mightiest spiritual weapon in our arsenal: Our Lady wants you to embark on a Rosary Crusade, under her mantle, to repel the forces of evil and disentangle the vexing problems we face in these troubled times.
Unite your prayers with those of the universal Church with this profound guide into the spiritual depths of the Holy Rosary. Enter into heartfelt prayers and penetrating meditations on the Joyful, Sorrowful, and Glorious Mysteries, enriched by Holy Scripture, Sacred Tradition, and the wisdom of the saints. Inspired by the victories wrought through fervent faith and the recitation of the Rosary, such as during the legendary Battle of Lepanto, these reflections illustrate how Marian devotion has the power to restore the Body of Christ — the Holy Catholic Church — and foster holiness in her members.
Bishop Schneider relates that faith, moral life, pastoral and clerical life, and the sacred liturgy are all under withering attack, including from within the Church. But don’t lose heart! In these stirring and thought-provoking pages, rooted in our rich traditions, His Excellency urges believers to unite in imploring Our Lady to intercede for a new era of saintly popes and holy leadership to safeguard, renew, and uplift the Faith.
Offering an inspiring vision of hope and restoration, Salve Regina is a spiritual treasure for those seeking deeper devotion, fresh insights into the lives of Jesus and Mary, and a pathway to grace in these times of upheaval. This potent book also includes a Prayer to Plead for Holy Popes and a Litany to the Child Jesus.
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Prayer for the Hastening of the Triumph of the Immaculate Heart of Mary
O Immaculate Heart of Mary, Holy Mother of God, and our tender Mother, look upon the distress in which the whole of mankind is living due to the spread of materialism, godlessness, and the persecution of the Catholic Faith.
In our own day, the Mystical Body of Christ is bleeding from so many wounds caused within the Church by the unpunished spread of heresies, the justification of sins against the Sixth Commandment, the seeking of the kingdom of earth rather than that of heaven, the horrendous sacrileges against the Most Holy Eucharist, especially through the practice of Communion in the hand, and the Protestant shaping of the celebration of the Holy Mass.
Amidst these trials appeared the light of the consecration of Russia to thine Immaculate Heart by the Pope, in union with the world’s bishops. In Fatima thou didst request the Communion of Reparation on the First Saturdays of the month. Implore thy Divine Son to grant a special grace to the Pope, that he might approve the Communion of Reparation on the First Saturdays.
May Almighty God hasten the time when Russia will convert to Catholic unity, mankind will be given a time of peace, and the Church will be granted an authentic renewal in the purity of the Catholic Faith, the sacredness of divine worship, and the holiness of Christian life. O Mediatrix of all graces, O Queen of the Most Holy Rosary, and our sweet Mother, turn thine eyes of mercy towards us and graciously hear this our trusting prayer.
Amen.
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Every month I will celebrate a Holy Mass for all who visit Gloria Dei website and for all who have written me a message and I will include their specific intentions and requests, which they formulated to me, in the Sacrifice of the Holy Mass.
