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I just finished "The Last Hours of Jesus" by Father Ralph Gorman -- brilliant. Just started G.K. Chesterton's "The Ballad of the White Horse."

Mary wrote: "I just finished "The Last Hours of Jesus" by Father Ralph Gorman -- brilliant. Just started G.K. Chesterton's "The Ballad of the White Horse.""

I love Chesty :-) (G.K. Chesterton).

Oh I want to read The Last Hours of Jesus!

I am unfamiliar with Vita Nuova. Thank you for translation and link. Painting is lovely.

I just finished reading the new Apostolic Exhortation, Gaudete et Exsultate--Rejoice and be glad: On the call to holiness in the contemporary world and I tried to write a review on that, I hope you may like it, thank you./review/show...

Last week I read a book wonderfully written I encourage you all to read this book. It will really help you to strengthen your faith. My review of this book /review/show...

It is a good advise Stabin. I concluded "The robe" by Lloyd C. Douglas very long and with some historical mistakes, but it is interesting.

Hi, Friends.

Newbie here. I have just recently joined this group, and downloaded the book for April. I doubt I will finish it before month's end, but it sounded interesting.

Just wanted to say hello. I hope to make some new friends here.

Blessings,

Tom

Welcome Tom!

Tom wrote: "Hi, Friends.

Newbie here. I have just recently joined this group, and downloaded the book for April. I doubt I will finish it before month's end, but it sounded interesting.

Just wanted to say ..."

Welcome to the Group, Tom.

Tom wrote: "Hi, Friends.

Newbie here. I have just recently joined this group, and downloaded the book for April. I doubt I will finish it before month's end, but it sounded interesting.

Just wanted to say ..."

Tom it's wonderful to have you here! Hope you enjoy the group. I'm relatively new myself but love it so much. So many wonderful people and discussions.

Fonch wrote: "It is a good advise Stabin. I concluded "The robe" by Lloyd C. Douglas very long and with some historical mistakes, but it is interesting."
At this moment i am readt the Agony and ecstasy by Irving Stone.

Bice wrote: "Oh I want to read The Last Hours of Jesus!"

You know I think I still have my parents copy of that. Great idea for reading!

I just purchased Pope Francis Speaks to Our Hearts: Words of Challenge and Hope by The Word Among Us Press. I'm really looking forward to reading this one. God Bless you all.

Just purchased Open Mind, Faithful Heart: Reflections on Following Jesus by Pope Francis. I love reading books to strengthen my faith!

I am in the process of reading City of God by Augustine of Hippo. Such a fascinating book!

Finished City of God and starting now on The Confessions of St. Augustine.

The Cure of Ars: The Priest Who Out-Talked the Devil by Milton Lomask

The heart of Father Damien by Vital Jourdain.

I am reading The Seven Storey Mountain and Frankenstein.

Connie I am reading Frankenstein too. Barely started though.

I'm reading "Toward the Gleam" by T.M. Doran and "Leonie Martin, A Difficult Life" by Marie Baudouin-Croix.

God bless...

I just finished read Leonie Martin, A Difficult Life and found it inspiring. She never gave up! She had love of family and love of God that kept her going.

Christine wrote: "I just finished read Leonie Martin, A Difficult Life and found it inspiring. She never gave up! She had love of family and love of God that kept her going."

I have to agree. I'm almost finished and she gives me hope. I have a special needs adult daughter at home and what is in the book seems to be helpful to her (she's reading it also), as it is for me.

God bless...

I'm currently trying to re-read To Love An Invisible God to try to see any corrections/improvements I can still make on the book. This is a very personal book on my spiritual journey and I hope that there is nothing in it that can lead others astray but by God's grace, may it lead people closer to God's Love.

To Love An Invisible God

I am reading “Island of the World,�� a Catholic historical fiction by Michael O’Brien. Absolute masterpiece! Anyone familiar with it?

Just started reading The Great Heresies by Hilaire Belloc. Very interesting so far.

My Antonia by Willa Cather

I'm actually juggling four books right now. The Joyful Christian by C. S. Lewis, The Latin Mass Explained by Msgr. George J. Moorman, The School of Jesus Crucified by Rev Fr Ignatiuse of the side of Jesus, and Blessed Miguel Pro by Ann Ball. I normally don't read so many at once but they kept pileing up and I'm honestly enjoying them all so much that I don't want to drop one (esp The School of Jesus Crucified)

Fonch, thanks for posting the lists.

I have been reading a lot of Civil War books lately, so when I found this one: Civil War (1862-1865) of Journal of Bishop William Henry Elder, Bishop of Natchez I decided to read it, between what I am supposed to be reading. ;-)

I'm rereading The Mango Murders by Catholic writer Mara Campos and will give it a review very soon. Plot involves a ring of human traffickers and pedophile priests. Very timely and well-written.

Just started reading The Lamb's Supper: The Mass as Heaven on Earth by Scott Hahn. It is soo good and fascinating.

A lot of books. But the main one. The one I dedicate more time is Unbounded of Neal Lozano. Really interesting and useful in the spiritual battle

Doreen wrote: "Just started reading The Lamb's Supper: The Mass as Heaven on Earth by Scott Hahn. It is soo good and fasc..."I'll wait for your review. The book calls my attention.

Hi all, just beginning by

All the Devils are Here, latest from Louise Penny and one of her best. She really knows how to tell a story to keep you guessing from page to page.

Dorothy Sayers, "The whimsical Christian":

"Never define, never expound, never discuss; only assert and assume. Where there is dogma, there is always a possible basis for agreement; where there is explanation, there is always the peril of mutual understanding; where there is argument, there may be victory and the dreadful prospect of peace. Again, it is often unwise, and always unnecessary, to invite examination into the merits of your case; far better to rely on a devout invocation of the sacred authorities "Science tells us...", "Progress demands...", "Modern thought goes to show...". Phrases such as these, uttered with a condescending smile, are far less answerable and provoke infinitely greater irritation.
Be especially careful, when baiting Neo-Scholastic and other superstitious theologians, never to have studied their doctrines -it will only cramp your style and offer them a handle for controversy. You need only pick up at thirdhand enough of their technical jargon to use it inaccurately and so make rational debate impossible. Follow the example of the Blessed St. Hydra, and when your adversary has hewn away (as he thinks) one misconception, let two sprout in its place; that will tire out his patience. Strive earnestly to confuse every issue; there are no injuries so estranging as those that are dealt in the dark by men who do not know what the quarrel is about.
One final warning: do not fall into the error of intellectual intolerance. Reserve your resentment for people, not for ideas."

Heaven Starts Now: Becoming a Saint Day by Day by John Riccardo

Mariangel wrote: "Dorothy Sayers, "The whimsical Christian":
"Never define, never expound, never discuss; only assert and assume. Where there is dogma, there is always a possible basis for agreement; where there is..."

Yes, defenders of atheism do precisely this. You just have to read the book "The God Delusion" by Richard Dawkins and will see this advise in action. He actually says that he has never read a theologian text. As it is (for him) a subject without an object, why lose his time reading them?

The post in my blog published today deals with these matters:
Atheism, theism and science

Reading The Swerve right now. About the discovery of De Rerum Natura in the 1400s and it's influence on the Renaissance. Author very much falls into the tropes about the ignorance of the Christian 'Dark Ages'. Claims what we would now call curiousity was a mortal sin because he can't be bothered to understand curiousitas. Would not recommend, I'm only reading it for a book club.

Pity it's for a book club and not for a class, im ready to go off on this book like I'm riding into the O.K. Corral

I am reading The Great Tradition: Classic Readings on What it Means to Be an Educated Human Being

Just finished a compelling novel by the Nobel prize winner Isaac Bashevis Singer -- The Slave. It is set in Poland after the devastation of the Cossack raids, a beautifully written love story of a devout Jew and a Polish peasant woman.

Marcia wrote: "Just finished a compelling novel by the Nobel prize winner Isaac Bashevis Singer -- The Slave. It is set in Poland after the devastation of the Cossack raids, a beautifully written love story of a ..."

I love Singer's writing.

Marcia wrote: "Just finished a compelling novel by the Nobel prize winner Isaac Bashevis Singer -- The Slave. It is set in Poland after the devastation of the Cossack raids, a beautifully written love story of a ..."

My favorite by Bashevis Singer is "The power of light," a collection of short stories. I haven't read The Slave.

Currently halfway through a Canticle for Leibowitz. Really love the aesthetic setting of the book so far

35 Doctors of the Church --yes, I know there are 36 now. Very good.

Song for Nagasaki at the moment. Not really liking some moment of the book simply because of the author trying to be to close to his reader and moving away from the real subject of the book. Some things just don't seen Japanese to me as I read them. Some parts of the book are simply fantastic.

The Reed of God by Caryll Houselander. It is a beautifully written book and a wonderful read for advent.

Fratelli Tutti (second time) and other documents so that I can arrange it in my mind in the context of the perennial Church teaching.

From All False Doctrine by Alice Degan

Reviewed it here:

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