Swift Victory

Do you pray to the Holy Ghost?

Contrary to the misconceptions about devotional practices of Catholics from previous generations, more attention in prayer was paid to the Third Person of the Trinity years ago than today. Now, one of the most popular spiritual books of the mid-1950s is back in print.

Listen to two influential reviewers:

"In the pages of Swift Victory the late Fr. Walter Farrell and Fr. Dominic Hughes have expressed in modern, colorful, and penetrating language the traditional teaching of St. Thomas on the gifts. What is more, they have shown the practicality of this doctrine for 20th century America....

"In his great epistle to the Romans, St. Paul tells us that those who are led by the Spirit of God are the sons of God. These words of the Apostle are of the utmost importance in the Christian life. For to be a child of God demands that one be guided - 'led' - by the Spirit of God.

"This guidance by the Holy Spirit was the object of our Divine Lord's fervent prayer after the Last Supper, when He begged His Heavenly Father to sanctify His followers in truth. The fullness of the divine life (which we call 'sanctification') required the humble submission of the soul to the influence of the Spirit of God." --Books on Trial

"Among the most 'dynamic and dramatic mysteries of grace' is the fact and significance of the Holy Spirit's presence within Christian souls. Through the Gifts of the Holy Ghost, God's ways are introduced into human relationships, and men learn to revolutionize their lives according to the wisdom of the beatitudes. In this volume, two learned theologians collaborate to make these gifts understandable to the lay reader and to help him arrive at an appreciation of their inestimable worth....

"Our authors take up all seven gifts in an orderly sequence and unveil the beauty of each. The gifts are shown to be indispensable for salvation - for 'the fact is that man never has and never will work out his life in a purely natural order.' The gifts rout the pretensions put forth to entice men from God. They hold the passions in check, make of them powerful servants for good, freeing man from slavery to mere externals. 'These gifts are a tactical or task-force that prepares for the assault of Heaven through the works of the active life,' and in an age of anxiety, an age of uncertainty and disillusionment, they are more than ever a necessity."-Ave Maria