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Currently I’m working on Chessmen of Mars. It’s pretty good thus far, but the first 3 in the series were far better.
 
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Trying to decide whether to read St. Thomas Aquinas by G. K. Chesterton or The Lamb’s Supper: The Mass as Heaven on Earth by Scott Hahn. I have both, but can’t decide which to read first.
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Oh wow! I would love to read books by Dr. Scott Hahn.

Although, not books I have read Liguorian Magazine and Il Rosario e la Nuova Pompei Magazine.

I am currently reading, “Circle of Stones” by: Anne Lee Waldo

annaleewaldo.com/index.htm

Happy reading and God bless,

goforgoal
 
Stay Close by Harlan Coben and
10 Prayers God Always Says Yes To by Anthony Destefano
 
Now I’m reading “Love and Responsibility” by Pope John Paul II…and it’s so hard!
 
Divine Love Made Flesh: The Holy Eucharist as the Sacrament of Charity by Cardinal Burke.

What’s sad is our archbishop gave a copy of this book to all the priests in our archdiocese and the pastor of my dad’s church told him that most of the priests in his order are just throwing them in the garbage without reading them. I told my dad to rescue one from the garbage so I could read it.
 
To-read list:
  • Re-read LotR
  • The Silmarillion
  • Finish A Storm of Swords
  • A Feast for Crows
  • A Dance with Dragons
  • Light
Not released yet:
  • Allegiant
 
Plato’s Republic. I’m discussing it with a fellow high school student. We’re kind of strange. 😊

It’s actually pretty interesting. Weird, but interesting. 🙂
 
Just finished “Until I Say Good-bye - My year of living with joy” by Susan Spencer-Wendel - a memoir from a mom diagnosed with ALS (or MND) about the memories she made with her family and close friends (although she is still alive). My boss lent it to me; her interest is because she had a family member die of ALS almost two years ago.

Active on my Kindle at the moment: “Why We Left Islam: Former Muslims Speak Out” by Susan Crimp and Joel Richardson; “Francis: Pope of a New World” by Andrea Tornielli
 
Dandelion_Wine said:
Divine Love Made Flesh: The Holy Eucharist as the Sacrament of Charity by Cardinal Burke.

What’s sad is our archbishop gave a copy of this book to all the priests in our archdiocese and the pastor of my dad’s church told him that most of the priests in his order are just throwing them in the garbage without reading them. I told my dad to rescue one from the garbage so I could read it.
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I wonder what order do these priests belong to? Apparently, they’re not under the direct jurisdiction of the archbishop but it seems rather dissident of them to just throw the books away. Perhaps your father’s pastor was exaggerating a bit, hopefully so.
 
I’ve just started Fr. Ray Ryland’s Drawn from Shadows into Truth.
 
I am currently reading “The Life of Christ” by Bishop Fulton Sheen.
 
I’m starting “On Heaven and Earth” by Jorge Mario Bergoglio and Abraham Skorka.
 
Heart of the Christian Life: Thoughts on Holy Mass by Pope Benedict XVI
Thieves Like Us by Edward Anderson
 
The Practicing Mind by Thomas Sterner

How to Draw Cute Animals - not exactly reading it, but learning from the book
 
The Lamb’s Supper: The Mass as Heaven on Earth by Scott Hahn
The Seven Storey Mountain by Thomas Merton
The Cantos of Ezra Pound
 
I have been reading “When Hitler Took Austria,” by Kurt von Schuschnigg and Janet von Schuschnigg. The story is recounted by the son of the Austrian chancellor at the time of Hitler’s bully diplomacy, who was a boy of about 11 at the time.

When the Austrian chancellor stubbornly refused Hitler’s demands, Hitler was furious:
"That is what you say!” he told the chancellor, “But I am telling you that I am going to solve the so-called Austrian problem one way or the other…I have a historic mission, and this mission I will fulfill because Providence has destined me to do so…I have only to give an order and all your ridiculous defense mechanisms will be blown to bits. You don’t seriously believe you can stop me or even delay me for half an hour, do you?"Ultimately Hitler massed the German army on the border and when Austria proposed a plebiscite as to Hitler’s demands, he sent in the Army to occupy and annex Austria.

I’ve not yet finished the book. But what is startling is how a peaceful life in a placid nation can be turned around 180 degrees in no time at all by outside evil forces. And how people can quickly become accepting of evil because they perceive no other choice.

World War II had not yet begun. How did other nations react to Hitler’s annexation of Austria? They did nothing. Britain and France took the same action they had taken when Hitler occupied the Rhineland a few years prior: they did nothing. Thus was evil enabled by inaction, ensuring a greater and bloodier war to come.
 
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