Fr. Matthew Rolling, academic dean at St. Gregory the Great Seminary and professor at the Newman Institute, joins me for a Q&A from the listeners. In part one of this episode, Fr. Rolling answers:
If you were a saint, what would you be the patron of?
What would you be doing if you weren’t a priest?
How do you find God working in the world around us? Not just in his creation/nature but in our everyday lives
Third most transformative prayer in your lives experience? (Assuming the mass and rosary are the first two…)
What is the best way for Catholics to explain our relationship with Mary to non-Catholics?
What Bible story with Jesus in it do you think your priesthood most resonates/mirrors?
Book recommendations- best books to feed my mind and soul
What is one virtue you are naturally inclined to be good at?
What does the virtue of joy look like as opposed to the emotion? And how do I choose joy?Fr. Rolling's short list of book recommendations (email [email protected] for the full list)
A Father Who Keeps His Promises – Scott Hahn
Jesus of Nazareth - Joseph Ratzinger
Letters to a Young Catholic – George Weigel
Mere Christianity – C. S. Lewis
Rediscovering Catholicism – Matthew Kelly
The Lord -- Romano Guardini
Christ in His Mysteries -- Columba Marmion
Divine Mercy in My Soul: Diary of St. Faustina
He Leadeth Me – Fr. Walter Ciszek, S.J.
Introduction to the Devout Life – St. Francis de Sales
Crime and Punishment, Fyodor Dostoyevsky
The Divine Comedy, Dante
The Power and the Glory, Graham Green
Kristin Lavransdatter, Sigrid Undset
Brideshead Revisited, Evelyn Waugh
A Severe Mercy, Sheldon Vanauken
Les Miserables, Victor Hugo
Paradise Lost, John Milton
Death Comes for the Archbishop, Willa Cather
Come Rack, Come Rope, Msgr. Robert BensonFOLLOW Catholic in College on Facebook and Instagram
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