Good Catholic Reads

[Charbel]

Is that about the book called Vision of Fatima ? I hear it's a great read, but it's about the priest sculptor who sculpted the Our Lady of Fatima Statue under Sr. Lucia's direction and supervision. He wrote the book though because as the description states:

"Fr. Tom emerged with far more than an exact replica of how Our Lady appeared; he came to understand and recounts here in these pages Sr. Lucia's intimate explanations of what happened in Fatima, the spiritual meanings of the apparitions, whether the Consecration to Russia occurred, why the secrets had to remain secrets for so long, and why Mary chose to appear to three young shepherd children in rural Portugal."

I think someone actually started a thread about this book a while back but it probably got lost in the pages somewhere

[Jubilate Deo]

19 hours ago, Charbel said:

Is that about the book called Vision of Fatima ? I hear it's a great read, but it's about the priest sculptor who sculpted the Our Lady of Fatima Statue under Sr. Lucia's direction and supervision.

It's the book called Fatima for Today.

Edited May 12, 2017 by Jubilate Deo

[Not The Philosopher]

Five pages in and no one's repped Chesterton? Orthodoxy and The Everlasting Man are great reads. The Man Who Was Thursday is one of my favourite novels and an excellent theological thriller. His Father Brown mysteries are no slouch either.

I read Ratzinger's Introduction to Christianity during Lent and thought it was pretty cool.

[Jubilate Deo]

The Ladder of Divine Ascent by St. John Climacus. I'm only a few pages in, but this is really good. Some of it only applies to monastics, but there is definitely a lot in here for lay people as well.

The e-book can be found and read in its entirety here:

http://www.carmelitepriory.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/TheLadderofDivineAscent.pdf

[Jubilate Deo]

32 minutes ago, Jubilate Deo said:

The Ladder of Divine Ascent by St. John Climacus. I'm only a few pages in, but this is really good. Some of it only applies to monastics, but there is definitely a lot in here for lay people as well.

The e-book can be found and read in its entirety here:

http://www.carmelitepriory.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/TheLadderofDivineAscent.pdf

I'd just like to add that some of it comes across as harsh when it comes to relations with others, but it's important to keep in mind that the author is a monastic and if he were to focus on others too much and/or for too long, it could negatively influence his vocation. This is very different than it would be for a married person or a single person in the world.

Edited June 2, 2017 by Jubilate Deo

[DominicanHeart]

I'm reading Champions of the Rosary

[Jubilate Deo]

21 hours ago, DominicanHeart said:

I'm reading Champions of the Rosary

How are you liking it? I've heard Fr. Calloway talk about it and it sounds like a great read!

[DominicanHeart]

17 minutes ago, Jubilate Deo said:

How are you liking it? I've heard Fr. Calloway talk about it and it sounds like a great read!

I really like it. I always knew about the Rosary but I never really KNEW much of its history aside from St. Dominic. And there's so many great Saints and Blesseds that loved it so much. Some of them I never knew about.

[Jubilate Deo]

Just now, DominicanHeart said:

I really like it. I always knew about the Rosary but I never really KNEW much of its history aside from St. Dominic. And there's so many great Saints and Blesseds that loved it so much. Some of them I never knew about.

Very nice! If you haven't already read it, I'm sure you'd love The Secret of the Rosary by St. Louis de Montfort. It's very affordable on Amazon.

[Jubilate Deo]

I hope it's okay if I revive this thread.

Vision of Fatima by Fr. Thomas McGlynn has some great information on Our Lady of Fatima and how she appeared to the three shepherd children.  

G.K. Chesterton's The Everlasting Man is also very good, although much of it goes completely over my head.

Edited December 5, 2017 by Jubilate Deo

[MaterDolorosa]

The Passion and Death of Jesus Christ by St. Alphonsus Liguori

[PhultonSheen]

On 3/4/2017 at 8:30 PM, philothea said:

Last Lent I read St. Faustina's Diary, and that... was an experience. Amazing stuff, but I always find books like that a little challenging for ordinary, mediocre me. 

A few years ago I read Pope Benedict's Jesus of Nazareth Part Two, Holy Week: From the Entrance Into Jerusalem To The Resurrection and I think that was pretty perfect Lenten reading. 

Such an amazing book. Cannot believe I didn't fall into it until my late 30s.

 

That said, now as a father of two children, I much enjoy reading The Chronicles of Narnia to them. The allegory is so thick, they can't help but catch it... and the discussions afterwards are delightful.

[Era Might]

Just started a biography of the Catholic novelist Walker Percy (who was a convert, writer, and maybe can even call him a philosopher). "Pilgrim in the Ruins: A Life of Walker Percy" by Jay Tolson. I just started but it's really good, especially if you like history. Not specifically a Catholic book but the subject was a life-long convert.

[Seven77]

I just finished reading "To Light a Fire on the Earth,"  by John Allen and Bishop Robert Barron. Part bio, part strategy for winning souls by means of truth, goodness, and beauty.

Now I'm reading "Into Your Hands Father" by Fr. Wilfrid Stinissen on abandonment to the loving Providence of God.

[dUSt]

On 1/22/2017 at 9:28 PM, KnightofChrist said:

So, if we can still discuss the OP lol, I like A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller Jr. 

I don't think any Pope has read and approved it yet. So I guess that's a con, but it's one of the few profoundly Catholic themed Sci-fi novels out there and is also one of the greatest sci-fi novels of all time, imho.

I'm finally reading this book!