Seeking Book Recommendations

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As many of us know, authors such as Wayne Dyer and Eckart Tolle are popular among people looking for guidance for their “spiritual” lives. I have some family who are interested in these authors but I’d like to give them some resources written from a Catholic perspective.

Does anybody have any recommendations? (The Bible, The Catechism - yeah, I know ;))
 
Depends on where you are in your interior life and struggle for holiness.

Visit Scepter publishers. Lots of very good ones to choose from.

I like Virtues of Holiness: the basics of spiritual struggle by Lorda as a good starter book, because it ties in the development of the human virtues with the theological virtues very well. God gave us the ability to develop human virtues for a reason…they can help us in our daily life and can help us on our path to Him.

Human virtues: prudence, temperance, fortitude justice, etc.

Theological virtues: Faith, Hope, and Charity.
 
As an aside.

There are various avenues or types of formation.

Human formation (think of the virtues, patience, fortitude, magnanimity, humility, etc)

Doctrinal (Bible, Catechism, bioethics, etc.)

Spiritual (maintaining conversation with God throughout the day, prayer life, making the most of Confession, loving the Mass)

Apostolic (Apologetics, defending the Faith, opening up more substantial conversations with people, etc.).

The Lorda book above addresses human formation and spiritual life.
 
BackToTheRock said:
As many of us know, authors such as Wayne Dyer and Eckart Tolle are popular among people looking for guidance for their “spiritual” lives. I have some family who are interested in these authors but I’d like to give them some resources written from a Catholic perspective.

Does anybody have any recommendations? (The Bible, The Catechism - yeah, I know ;))
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Books by:

Pope Benedict XVI
Bishop Fulton Sheen
Father Benedict Groeschel
Peter Kreeft
Frank J. Sheed
Eugene Kennedy
 
A new book on the Jewish roots of the Eucharist, by Dr. Brant Pitre is an excellent treatment of the Catholic view of the real presence in the Eucharist, with some apologetics thrown in.

I picked up a copy of Ralph Martin’s book on spirituality titled The Fulfillment of All Desire. I haven’t gotten deeply into it, but it looks like a very good book. What has slowed me down, is that I want to look up all the scriptural citations, when they are not given in the book. The subtitle is, A Guidebook for the Journey to God Based on the Wisdom of the Saints
 
Thanks for the helpful responses. How could I forget Bishop Sheen and Ralph Martin!

I’ve read lots of things over my 10 years with the Catholic Church but most (not all) of them deal with theological formation. I want to make sure that my Catholic loved ones have resources they seek that are based in our faith.
 
“Catholic and Christian” Alan Schreck

“Fundamentals of Faith” Peter Kreeft

“Born Fundamentalist Born Again Catholic” David Currie
 
BackToTheRock said:
As many of us know, authors such as Wayne Dyer and Eckart Tolle are popular among people looking for guidance for their “spiritual” lives. I have some family who are interested in these authors but I’d like to give them some resources written from a Catholic perspective.

Does anybody have any recommendations? (The Bible, The Catechism - yeah, I know ;))
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I remember reading “The Secret of the Rosary”, by St. Louis de Montfort. It’s pretty good…gives a deeper insight into the nature of the rosary.

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Eugen von Böhm-Bawerk
 
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