Best Catholic Books of all time?

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KyrieVarLee said:
What are the BEST Catholic books out there?
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From the many hundreds there are to choose from, I like Revelations of Divine Love by Julian of Norwich. She has not been sainted but her words are a continual source of comfort and inspiration.
 
AmbroseSJ said:
I like Plain and Parochial Sermons by John Henry Newman. They were written while he was still an Anglican Priest, but they are entirely Catholic in content. Excellent spirituality.
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Another poster suggested The Screwtape Letters. An excellent book but Lewis never became Catholic (though I bet he is now).
Chesterton wrote Orthodoxy while still Anglican, and The Everlasting Man after being received. Those are my nominations.
 
I will second Everlasting Man. I like Orthodoxy also, but IMO, it is not as good as EM.

Since this is intended to be a Lenten reading, I would suggest two: Fulton Sheen’s Life of Christ. Or Pope Benedict’s Jesus of Nazareth, Holy Week.
 
Good literature is good for my spirit. Maybe for others as well, right now I long for a good novel.
 
TheLittleLady said:
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I do agree with this. But I try to take the idea of spiritual reading for Lent a little more literal. OTOH, the book you mentioned certainly does make one think about what is wrong in our world, by taking it to its logical conclusion. And it is an apocalyptic novel, which certainly had a long tradition of reminding us of our ultimate end.

Its a good thread, as I need to start thinking about a good book for my Lenten purposes.
 
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