What books are in the Essential Catholic Library?

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the book caled “Carthusian Spiituality” seems great. Maybe you should read it. :cool:
Could look up Mother Elisabeth Hesselblad. Her story is very interesting (not just for us in Sweden who love her very much:))
 
Forgive me if this was already asked in this thread.

Any recommendations for essential philosophy books?
 
-The Douay-Rheims Bible
-My Catholic Faith: A catechism in Pictures
-1962 Roman Missal
  • The Roman Missal
    -The Way
    -Furrow
    -The Forge
    -Introduction to the Devout Life
    -The Catechism of the Council of Trent
    -The Art of Loving God
    -The Imitation of Christ
    -12 Steps to Holiness and Salvation
    -Be a Man: Becoming the Man God created you to be
    -The Sermons of St. Alphonsus Ligouri
 
I may be cheating because some of these are multi volume sets. I will post links to one page of the volume and you will have to find the rest. I will only post links to books I did not already see linked to and the audio version of some.

The Haydock Bible
Introduction to the Devout Life Audio Version
The Lives and Times of the Popes/livesofpopes01artauoft
The Holy Mass or Holy Sacrifice of the Mass or Catholic Mass Text Version Audio of Catholic Mass
The Philokalia (Only volumes 1 to 3 the rest are definitely after the schism and contain questionable if not heretical writings)archive.org/details/Philokalia-TheCompleteText
The Liturgical Year
The Dialogue of St Catherine of Sienna Audio

Well I think I went way over the 25 limit is you count the volume number.
 
MikeDunphy said:
A Kindle version is available under the title Abandonment to Divine Providence. It is a good book to read. The author offers a very simple insight, which he has thought about deeply. TAN offers the book as an e-book and as a paperback.
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I just purchased this book for $.99 for my Kindle. Although I’m not sure if it is the same books as “Sacrament of the Present Moment” that TimothyH had recommended.

But thank you MikeDunphy and thank you Tim for your recommendation.🙂

I’ll report back how I like it. 🙂
 
Every “book” thread that starts in any section on CAF, I always suggest “An Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine” by Blessed John Henry Newman. And every time, I’m the only person who suggests it.

He’s not a Doctor of the Church, but I’m fully confident he will be one within my lifetime. A highly recommended piece of work.

Anyway, my current library, which includes the above work by Newman;
  • The Dialogues of St. Catherine.
  • “Dominican Life: A Commentary on the Rule of Saint Augustine”.
  • Anything that Chesterton wrote and was available for a penny on the Kindle store.
  • “Happy are you poor”, which came recommended from TimothyH.
  • The Ignatius Bible, and it’s study counterpart. The Ignatius Study Bible is just the New Testament, and is bigger than most normal Bibles due to the sheer amount of notes and commentary. If you’re a fan of Scott Hahn, get it yesterday.
  • Confessions of St. Augustine
  • Faith of the Early Fathers, a wonderful three volume set that has the writings of the Church Fathers. An incomparable collection, which I seriously can’t recommend highly enough.
  • St. Faustina’s diaries.
  • Crossing the Threshold of Hope.
  • Jesus of Nazareth.
And a few more. And again; NEWMAN. And the Faith of the Early Fathers. But especially Newman.
 
Melchior said:
Every “book” thread that starts in any section on CAF, I always suggest “An Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine” by Blessed John Henry Newman. And every time, I’m the only person who suggests it.
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All right, if you insist!

I read the Apologia pro vita sua and I found it to be very wordy, so that’s why I hesitate. But I trust your judgment, so I will buy it. 🙂
 
TrueLight said:
I just purchased this book for $.99 for my Kindle. Although I’m not sure if it is the same books as “Sacrament of the Present Moment” that TimothyH had recommended.

But thank you MikeDunphy and thank you Tim for your recommendation.🙂

I’ll report back how I like it. 🙂
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Abandonment to Divine Providience was, I think, Its original title.

I have read “Following the footsteps of the Invisible” which contains what is commonly titled “100 Gnostic Chapters” by Diadochus and the commentary/explanation by the amazing Cliff Ermatinger. This book has fascinated and challenged me. and I find that it is suitable for lectio. It is ancient, and haunts me. At times I hear the desert fathers in it, and at times St. John of the Cross. I’m going through it now again, very slowly. It isn’t easy and is one of those books that half the poeple who buy it will hate me for recommending it. 🤷

One of the most formative books for me was “In the School of the Holy Spirit” by Fr. Jacques Philippe. It is less than 150 pages and less than ten bucks, very clear and very simple, but very powerful and very practical, about attentiveness to the Holy Spirit.

So TL, what are your recommendations?

-Tim-
 
TimothyH said:
Abandonment to Divine Providience was, I think, Its original title.

I have read “Following the footsteps of the Invisible” which contains what is commonly titled “100 Gnostic Chapters” by Diadochus and the commentary/explanation by the amazing Cliff Ermatinger. This book has fascinated and challenged me. and I find that it is suitable for lectio. It is ancient, and haunts me. At times I hear the desert fathers in it, and at times St. John of the Cross. I’m going through it now again, very slowly. It isn’t easy and is one of those books that half the poeple who buy it will hate me for recommending it. 🤷

One of the most formative books for me was “In the School of the Holy Spirit” by Fr. Jacques Philippe. It is less than 100 pages and less than ten bucks, very clear and very simple, but very powerful and very practical, about attentiveness to the Holy Spirit.

So TL, what are your recommendations?

-Tim-
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I already gave some earlier in the thread, but I’ll see if I can provide an updated list sometime this week. 🙂
 
TrueLight said:
I already gave some earlier in the thread, but I’ll see if I can provide an updated list sometime this week. 🙂
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I’ll look back in the thread.

Right now I am reading the spiritual work titled “MCTS Exam 70-622: Configuring Microsoft Exchange Server 2010.” Pray that I may have fortitude.

-Tim-
 
TimothyH said:
I’ll look back in the thread.

Right now I am reading the spiritual work titled “MCTS Exam 70-622: Configuring Microsoft Exchange Server 2010.” Pray that I may have fortitude.

-Tim-
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Ha ha. We’re almost done with our Exchange migration.
 
TimothyH said:
I’ll look back in the thread.

Right now I am reading the spiritual work titled “MCTS Exam 70-622: Configuring Microsoft Exchange Server 2010.” Pray that I may have fortitude.

-Tim-
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You beat me to it. I was going to suggest it. 😃

My real suggestion is “The Spirit of the Liturgy” by Msgr. Romano Guardini.
 
TrueLight said:
All right, if you insist!

I read the Apologia pro vita sua and I found it to be very wordy, so that’s why I hesitate. But I trust your judgment, so I will buy it. 🙂
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He is wordy, but the he used to be an professor at Oxford or something like that, so of course he’s going to use 23789349 words when you might only need three.

I think you’d like Essay though, TL. He was an Anglican when he started writing it, and by the end of it he converted to Catholicism. Newman literally wrote himself into the Church simply by writing about how Christian doctrine was developed over time.
TimothyH said:
I’ll look back in the thread.

Right now I am reading the spiritual work titled “MCTS Exam 70-622: Configuring Microsoft Exchange Server 2010.” Pray that I may have fortitude.

-Tim-
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You’re hitting up the Exchange Server, eh? I’m reading on Sharepoint, myself.
 
Here’s two recommendations:
  1. “Catholicism for Dummies”, Reverends John Trigillo & Kenneth Brighenti. The book is given both the Nihil Obstat & Imprimatur. The book has been mentioned twice already in this thread, and I highly recommend the book for catechumens and cradle Catholics. I see this book getting mentioned quite a bit in the Catholic Answers Forums.
  2. “Modern Catholic Dictionary”, John A. Hardon, SJ. Also given the Nihil Obstat & Imprimatur. I have a copy at home and at work, and the dictionary gives good theological support in its definition of terms.
 
Here is my list…
  1. Bible
  2. The Catechism of the Catholic Church including the Compendium
  3. Catechism of the Council of Trent
  4. a prayer book
  5. The Liturgy of the Hours
  6. Catholicism - McBrien
  7. The Rhine Flows in to the Tiber
  8. The Desolate City
  9. History of the Catholic Church: From the Apostolic Age to the Third Millennium
  10. The Fathers of the Church - Mike Aquilina
  11. Journal of a Soul: The Autobiography of Pope John XXIII - Pope John XXIII
  12. Principles of Catholic Theology: Building Stones for a Fundamental Theology - Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger
  13. THE LIFE OF JOHN HENRY, CARDINAL NEWMAN.- WILFRID. WARD
 
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