By Matt Kososki When you play the game of thrones, you win or you die. There is no middle ground. –Cersei Lannister One of the more recent posts in the Catholic blogosphere somewhere wrote that The Lord of the Rings is best appreciated when read alongside another work, one of considerably darker character, to highlight [...]
“My Brother, the Pope” – Msgr. Georg Ratzinger “It wasn’t always the case that Msgr. Georg Ratzinger lived in the shadow of his younger brother, Joseph. Georg was an accomplished musician, who for over 30 years directed the Regensburger Domspatzchor, the world-famous boys choir of the Regensburg cathedral. Brother Joseph was a brilliant young professor, [...]
“Catholicism” by Fr. Robert Barron “What I propose to do in this book is to take you on a guided exploration of the Catholic world, but not in the manner of a docent, for I am not interested in showing you the artifacts of Catholicism as though they were dusty objets d’art in a museum [...]
Lenten Meditations with Fulton J. Sheen As a follow-up to the popular Advent Meditations With Fulton J. Sheen, this Lenten pamphlet is also drawn from Archbishop Sheen s best-selling books. These reflections will lead you daily through the Lenten and Easter seasons. Each quote is paired with a complementary Scripture verse focusing on the themes [...]
The Confessions by St. Augustine Writing in the last years of the fourth century a.d., Saint Augustine of Hippo created what is at once the first true autobiography in Western literature and among the most sophisticated yet accessible theological arguments in the history of Christianity. With extraordinary candor and psychological acumen, Augustine recounts his passage [...]
Story of a Soul: The Autobiography of St. Therese of Lisieux Translated from the critical edition by John Clarke, OCD, Two and a half years before her death in 1897 at the age of 24, as Therese Martin began writing down her childhood memories at the request of her blood sisters in the Lisieux Carmel, few [...]
“Life of Christ” – Fulton J. Sheen Foreword by Benedict Groeschel, C.F.R. Widely proclaimed a classic work of Christian faith, “Life of Christ” has been hailed as the most eloquent of Fulton J. Sheen’s many books. The fruit of many years of reflection, prayer, and research, it is a dramatic and moving recounting of the [...]
