Catholic books to read

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What? No The Imitation of Christ by Thomas á Kempis? Classic.

Like daily chunks of spirituality? Divine Intimacy by Fr. Gabriel of Saint Mary Magdalen. Absolute masterpiece - also Carmelite.
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I was going to mention both of these, but I didn’t want to give too many suggestions all in one post. 🙂
 
Or Introduction To the Devout Life, by St. Francis de Sales.
 
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Do you know how many pages that is by any chance?
The treatise is very long indeed, probably six months of reading!
 
You’re a brilliant guy, Joe! due to a very short attention span, I am far better off with wisdom in daily morsels. So, these are more suited to me. I have a shelf of partially read books, so day-by-day is just better for me. For example, I have not even finished reading the title of the Summa Theologica…
 
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The paperback I have goes to 245 pages. I got the one with the preface by Archbishop Edward Egan.
 
Fr Christopher Jamieson’s books are well worth reading (he’s a very good speaker too). I’d also add anything by Thomas Merton (start with The Seven Story Mountain) or Ronald Knox.
 
I think I will also mention the works of Fr Frederick Faber, who not only wrote a number of hymns, but a number of books. I love his hymns and have dipped into his books.

He wrote about the dangers of letter-writing, as it is so easy to shade the truth to make the recounting of events in one’s life a little more… funny, important, touching, etc.

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Summa Theologica was included in my philosophy class. I am an English major, so we study history and philosophy as part of our degree.

Most of my friends were confused because they were not Catholic. So I remember that I described most of the information to my classmates and told them about the Catholic faith. It’s a bit long, but a brilliant read!

Pax Christi!
 
Thanks friends! Now it’s time to go to library to pick up the books… but I just hope that there will be books.

I live in South Korea and religious books are not really available in our country. I read many books (or compilation of his letters, etc.) in Korean as I speak Korean fluently, along with fluent English. So I might buy some books online instead.

I felt many feelings of desolations because the resources in this country are lesser than other regions, especially North America. I studied in Canada for 10 years and I was always able to find books in my university’s library. My main language is English so this causes more problems in S. Korea.

I am very excited! Thank you all.
Pax Christi!
 
Does anybody have a recommendation for a fairly modern book on the history of the Church?
 
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Does anybody have a recommendation for a fairly modern book on the history of the Church?
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How in depth are you wanting to go? Alan Schreck’s Compact History of the Catholic Church is nice, but it is quite brief.

I actually like the Didache series textbook on Church history a lot. It’s a bit pricey, but quite comprehensive.
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In-depth but not academic.
 
I’d still recommend the Didache textbook. It is a textbook, but it is a high school textbook. So I think it does fit in the category of being substantial, but not overly academic.

Fr. John Laux has a Church History book that goes to present day, where “present day” is 1940. So it’s good for everything but the last 80 years.

Now that I check my bookshelf, I see another good one might be James Hitchcock’s History of the Catholic Church. I haven’t read it yet, but it’s from 2012, published by Ignatius Press, and is over 500 pages. So I would venture to guess this might fit well with what you’re looking for.
 
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