What is one of the interesting Catholic books you are reading right now?

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Old Thunder by Joseph Pearce

Next up is The Seven Storey Mountain

Then, who knows?
 
It’s funny in a way, because there are books I find more difficult to read that others take in easily. I don’t find this book to be dry, however. Far from it, it was a pleasant surprise and the more I read the more grateful I am to God for finding a book that speaks so much to me. This book is exactly what I’ve been looking for!

I’m glad you mentioned Bernadette Speaks because I’ve heard about but never read it. I did read St. Bernadette Soubirous by Abbe Francis Trochu which was very good.
 
Maybe it’s the old type set the book uses, and my TAN binding is starting to all crack. (Sort of a subliminal effect, for young minds, anyways. 😀 )

It is an inspiring book, you’re right.
 
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I start and read a book and then take long pauses.
So take a liberal meaning of “currently reading”, and I guess
Jesus and the Jewish Roots of the Eucharist: Unlocking the Secrets of the Last Supper by Brant Pitre.
I also was able to get for free an audible version of The Imitation of Christ which is great, of course.
There was another book I got for free, The Virgin Mary by Father Raymond De Thomas De Saint Laurent, which is amazing as well, though I am not currently reading it.
 
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I am reading “The Devotion to the Sacred Heart” by Fr. John Croiset. It is a really good book, but I have not been able to read much with all my school work and the Thanksgiving season.
 
I just finished Healing in the Catholic Church - mending wounded hearts and bodies by Rev.
Joseph Champlin
 
Strangers in a Strange Land by Prairie Band Potawatomi Native American tribal member (and coincidentally Archbishop) Charles Chaput.
 
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A mint condition (probably unread) leather-bound reprint of the 1914 Douay-Rheims bible that I found in a Goodwill store for 99¢
 
To Light a Fire on the Earth; Proclaiming the Gospel in a Secular Age, by Robert Barron with John L. Allen. I was drawn to Bishop Barron’s style of evangelization well before he became an auxiliary bishop here in L.A., and so far this latest book has not disappointed me.
 
Can You Drink the Cup? by Henri Neuwen. It is a really short book. I read the entire thing in about an hour but I have spent days thinking about it. I have reread it probably six times. Each time I find something new. I gave it away to a friend and had to rebuy it just to read it again. I highly recommend it.

Is anyone else obsessed with this book?
 
I’ve read nine of his books and enjoyed them all, but not that one. Henri Nouwen has long been a favorite author of mine. I will have to check out Can You Drink the Cup.
 
I would like to know if these books are worth buying:
  1. God Wants You Happy: From Self-Help to God’s Help
    by: Father Jonathan Morris
  2. How to Listen When God Is Speaking: A Guide for Modern-Day Catholics
    by: Father Mitch Pacwa
Any helpful review on these are greatly appreciated. I don’t mind spoilers and I also plan to give these books as gifts.
 
Divine Intimacy by Fr. Gabriel of Saint Mary Magdalen, a spiritual masterpiece guided by the mysticism of Saint Teresa of Avila and Saint John of the Cross. Rather than a dense, continuous tome, it is day by day spiritual instruction and prayer, coinciding with the Church liturgical year.

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I recommend the one by Fr. Pacwa. I got to read this in the Adoration chapel I visit.
 
Has anyone read Stepping on the Serpent by Fr. Thaddaeus Lancton? I want to read it but there is no ebook available yet.
 
Amen! And, it greatly facilitates the understanding of the blessing - yes the blessing - of suffering. When you truly suffer, you are indeed blessed as the Father sees great things being done through you. Suffering with joy (ain’t that amazing!) as taught by the great Saints is the true mark of the Christian.

Tobit 12:13 “Because you were acceptable to God, it was necessary that testing should prove you.” The words of the Archangel Raphael. I can find no more comforting verse in the Old Testament. In the New, it would be John 16:33 “In this world you will have tribulation, but take heart, for I have overcome this world.”

We are guaranteed suffering. How do we choose to respond?
 
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