I do not know how deeply you wish to get into it. Of course, pray to God specifically what you want. Like, “Please Jesus I wish to follow Your Church as You taught us. Please help me do this.”
Then, depending on how deep you want to get into it, these are resources I recommend:
The Catechism - this will teach you the faith in nice paragraph form. It’s nice cuz you can search the index for a certain subject and just go to that paragraph and read. Here’s an
online Catechism if you don’t want to buy one.
Then of course there would be introductory books on the faith. Maybe read “
The Compact History of the Catholic Church” by Schreck. I also hear good things about “
Short History of the Catholic Church” by Jose Orlandis.
Peter Kreeft is also a good philosopher and Catholic who has many books, like
Prayer for Beginners or
Fundamentals of the Faith. He also has a bunch of free audio at
his website.
Of course, also if you are into audio, like listening to MP3’s, you might want to browse different topics from the
Catholic Answers Live radio show over here. You can even
search there on different subjects.
If you want a book comparing different Christian stances on salvation, I’d recommend
The Salvation Controversy by James Akin.
Some other books I have found interesting are the lives of the saints. Sometimes the best way to come to the truth is to see it effected in someone else’s life. The Spiritual Letters of Padre Pio (
Secrets of a Soul) are very filled with love and hope.
For simple methods of enhancing your spirituality, read up on
St. Therese the Little Flower. She was known for her simple life and devotions, and I think this could very much help you. Perhaps someone can recommend a good book on her.
If you are looking for ways to discern what God would like you to do, I recommend
a talk on discernment by speaker Phil Krill.
If you want to get deeper, I would recommend reading the writings of the
Fathers of the Church.
There are also some very wise spiritual people over on the
Spirituality forum here. They could probably answer something if you had a very specific question.
For Scriptural bases, I second some of the other websites referenced. Or you could check out Patrick Madrid’s
Where is That in the Bible and
Where is That in Tradition.
God bless you.
