Good Reads
Suggestions from Members of Our Parish
Here Are Some Pretty Good Reads . . .
Ever read a book that you wanted to recommend to others? Well, this is the place to do so and maybe even find a good book you have yet to read. If you want to recommend a good book, then, please, submit it by clicking here.
Bonhoeffer — Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy by Eric Metaxas, Thomas Nelson, Nashville
The Catholic Church Through the Ages — A History by John Vidmar, O.P., Paulist Press, New York/Mahwah, New Jersey
How to Defend the Faith without Raising Your Voice: Civil Responses to Catholic Hot Button Issues by Austen Iverleigh, ISBN 9781612785387, Our Sunday Visitor Publishing Division, Our Sunday Visitor, Huntington, Indiana 46750, https://www.osv.com/Shop/Product?ProductCode=T1222
The Imitation of Christ by Thomas à Kempis, first published ca. 1400 A.D. For five hundred years, this gentle book, filled with the spirit of the love of God, has brought understanding and comfort to millions of readers in over fifty languages, and provided them with a source of heart-felt personal prayer. These meditations on the life and teachings of Jesus, written in times even more troubled and dangerous than our own, have become second only to the Bible as a guide and inspiration. This book resides in the public domain and is available for free at, among other sites, http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1653
The Jesuit Guide to (Almost) Everything by James Martin, S.J., HarperCollins e-Books, HarperCollins Publishers Inc., 10 East 53rd Street, New York, NY 10022, www.harpercollinsebooks.com
The Monks of Tibhirine — Faith, Love and Terror in Algeria by John W. Kiser, St. Martin's Griffin, New York
The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis, Harper Collins e-Books, HarperCollins Publishers Inc., 10 East 53rd Street, New York, NY 10022, www.harpercollinsebooks.com
A Tale of Two Sons: The inside Story of a Father, His Sons, and a Shocking Murder by John MacArthur, Thomas Nelson, Nashville, Tennessee, ©2008. Alternate title: The Prodigal Son: An Astonishing Study of the Parable Jesus Told to Unveil God's Grace for You
Though the Year with Pope Francis: Daily Reflections edited by Kevin Cotter, Our Sunday Visitor Publishing Division, Our Sunday Visitor, Huntington, Indiana 46750, https://www.osv.com/Shop/Product?ProductCode=T1572
Victory Over Vice by Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen, ©2004, Sophia Institute Press, Manchester, New Hampshire, www.sophiainstitute.com
Witness to Hope: The Biography of John Paul II, 1920 – 2005 by George Weigel, Harper Perennial, HarperCollins Publishers, Inc., 10 East 53rd Street, New York, NY 10022, www.harpercollinsebooks.com
