What book are you currently reading?

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Case for Christ by Lee Strobel. Typical I know but I’m trying to build up on my knowledge of the historical Christ. I plan to move to other books after this
 
I am reading Diary of Saint Maria Faustina Kowalska i am almost done the book actually .
 
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I’m curious about this book
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In the Forward of the current book of the Jesus of Nazareth series I am reading, Benedict XVI explains that he grew up in a time when Christ was accepted by theologians as fully human and yet “at the same time brought God to men.” But in the 1950’s, things started to change and a gap appeared between the “historical Jesus” and the “Christ of Faith.” This was caused by theologians who wanted to use what is called the historical-critical method. (For one thing, they wanted to be more “scientific” and, for example, rejected miracles.) Benedict says this picture obscured what the Evangelists (the apostles and writers of the Gospels) portrayed. This historical-critical method has over the last few decades brought doubt in many persons about whether Jesus Christ is even God at all or just a wise human teacher or someone with a special spiritual connection with some kind of ultimate power.

Benedict, now Pope Emeritus, has been a champion of getting back to the real Jesus, Who, as Benedict confirms in conjunction with the theologians of his younger days, has brought the true God of the Trinity to us. He quotes many theologians and many verses throughout the Bible. He explains many of the New Testament situations in terms of what Christ meant and His relationship with us, His followers.

Benedict makes connections that provide food for thought, such as from the Old Testament. He points out mistakes made by some theologians. I have read the books rather slowly (a few pages at a time) due to other activities, but I use them as something of a devotional as well as equivalent of a textbook.
 
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I love to read. I am reading The American Catholic Almanac by Brian Burch and Emily Stimpson on my Kindle, and I’m listening to The Watchman by Robert Crais in my car. I also am reading The Horrors of Andersonville: Life and Death in a Civil War Prison by Catherine Gourley.
I usually read several books at once and it’s not too hard if you choose different genres. I once tried to read three mysteries at once and the plots got all jumbled up in my head.
 
I’m doing some light reading! We’ve got 3 nephews and one niece 2 already read and 2 started with Harry Potter! Hey I’m sorry I’m behind! But I figured even though the series has been out a while I needed to see what they were all excited about, I’ve got to be HONEST… people, I’m halfway through first book and actually must admit it’s actually not to shabby! I was more a Tolkien: Hobbit then Lord of the Rings Guy, but I’m in my late 40s so I read Hobbit in the late 70s and “Rings” couple years later. Potter doesn’t stack up to the Baggins for me but all said so far it’s pretty entertaining.
 
A great book!! My Church gave em out last year my wife who really loved it!
 
“Once Upon a Time Saints” - Ethel Pochocki
“Growing up with God” - Shawn Boltz
“The Wild Robot” - Peter Brown
“Rerum Novarum” - Pope Leo XIII
“Abby in Wonderland” - Sarah Mlynowski
“Puppy Place” Ellen Miles (Please pray that we can keep stuff off the floor so we can get a dog)
 
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Michael D. O’Brien is my favorite Catholic author. The Father’s Tale is excellent, and so is Voyage to Alpha Centauri. Also…Island of the World.

Right now I am reading: The Wound of Love, A Carthusian Miscellany. So inspiring!
 
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Just finished “The Secret History” by Donna Tartt. I read “The Goldfinch” a few months ago and loved her writing so thought I’d try another one of her books. Did not disappoint. I’m sad she’s only written three books though. I want more!😭
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I think Donna Tartt is an amazing writer, but I haven’t been able to get into her books because of the narrator’s youth. They are all bildungsromans. But she’s still an amazing writer.
 
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Have recently finished reading “True Devotion to Mary” by St Louis de Montfort. Excellent book - but I think I will need to read it again - there is so much packed into it.
 
I would really love to see her write about an older protagonist someday. Maybe her next novel?

I also just recently found out she’s a convert to Catholicism, which I thought was cool. She kind of reminds me a little of Flannery O’Connor, where on first reading her you wouldn’t categorize her stuff as “Catholic fiction” but you can see those hints of grace and redemption in her stories. I love that stuff.
 
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I would really love to see her write about an older protagonist someday. Maybe her next novel?
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One can hope.

When I read her second novel , The Little Friend, I was very impressed at the quality of the prose. I know people who did not like that book because of its lack of a definitive ending, but that didn’t bother me at all. And even though I’m not a fan of child narrators, she really brought her young narrator to life in this book.
 
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A Mind at Peace; Reclaiming an Ordered Soul in the Age of Distraction
Blum and Hochshild
 
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