Five Books for Catholics

The recommended books are:

1. A Mighty Current of Grace: The Story of the Catholic Charismatic Renewal by Alan Schrek
2. As by a New Pentecost: The Dramatic Beginning of the Catholic Charismatic Renewal by Patti Gallagher Mansfield
3. Let the Fire Fall by Michael Scanlon T.O.R. and James Manney
4. Baptism in the Holy Spirit by International Catholic Charismatic Renewal Services: Doctrinal Commission
5. Come, Creator Spirit: Meditations on the Veni Creator by Raniero Cantalamessa OFM Cap

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The recommended books are:

1. The Sanctification of Don Quixote: From Hidalgo to Priest by Eric J. Ziolkowski
2. "Incarnation in Don Quixote" in An Idea of History: Selected Essays of Américo Castro by Américo Castro
3. Grotesque Purgatory: A Study of Cervantes's Don Quixote, Part II by Henry Sullivan
4. Don Quixote and Catholicism: Rereading Cervantine Spirituality by Michael J. McGrath
5. Cervantes by Jean Canavaggio

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The recommended books are:

1. Biomedicine and Beatitude: An Introduction to Catholic Bioethics, Second Edition by Nicanor Pier Giorgio Austriaco
2. Catholic Bioethics and the Gift of Human Life by William E. May
3. Catholic Bioethics for a New Millennium by Bishop Anthony Fisher
4. Personalist Bioethics: Foundations and Applications by Elio Sgreccia
5. The Gospe of Life (Evangelium Vitae) by John Paul II

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The books discussed in this episode are:

1. Telemachus by François Fénelon, translated Tobias Smollett, revised by Patrick Riley
2. Maxims of the Saints by François Fénelon
3. Letters of Love and Counsel by François Fénelon, translated by John McEwen, edited by Thomas Merton
4. Fénelon: Moral and Political Writings (also available for Kindle) by François Fénelon, translated by Ryan Patrick Hanley
5. Francois Fénelon: A Biography (also available for Kindle) by Peter Gorday...and for the bonus recommendation...
6. Le pur amour. De Platon à Lacan by Jacques Le Brun

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The books discussed in this episode are:

1. Three Treatises on the Divine Images by St. John of Damascus
2. On the Holy Icons by St. Theodore the Studite
3. The Art of the Icon: A Theology of Beauty by Paul Evdokimov
4. Icons in the Western Church: Toward a More Sacramental Encounter (also available as Kindle) by Jeana Visel OSB
5. Icons in the Modern World: Beauty, Spirit, Matter by Aidan Hart

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The books discussed in this episode are:

1. The Gospel According to John (vol. 1) (vol 2) by Raymond E. Brown SS
2. The Hour of Jesus: The Passion and Resurrection of Jesus According to John by Ignace de la Potterie SJ
3. The Theology of the Gospel of John by D. Moody Smith
4. The New Interpreter's® Bible Commentary Volume VIII: Luke and John by R. Alan Culpepper and Gail R. O'Day
5. John: Interpreted by Early Christian and Medieval Commentators. edited by Bryan A. Stewart and Michael A. Thomas...and as a supplementary recommendation...
6. Saint Jean : Maître spirituel by Donatien Mollat SJ

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Prof. Reichberg's recommended books on the ethics of war are:

1. Summa Theologiae: Volume 35, Consequences of Charity: 2a2ae. 34-46 by St. Thomas Aquinas
2. Vitoria: Political Writings edited by Anthony Padgen and Jeremy Lawrence
3. Freedom in the Modern World by Jacques Maritain
4. Church of the Word Incarnate, vol. 1 by Charles Journet
5. Fratelli tutti by Pope Francis

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“Very rightly the fine arts are considered to rank among the noblest activities of man's genius, and this applies especially to religious art and to its highest achievement, which is sacred art. These arts, by their very nature, are oriented toward the infinite beauty of God which they attempt in some way to portray by the work of human hands; they achieve their purpose of redounding to God's praise and glory in proportion as they are directed the more exclusively to the single aim of turning men's minds devoutly toward God.” (Second Vatican Council, Constitution on Sacred Liturgy, n. 122).

In this episode, David Clayton—an internationally known artist, teacher, writer, and broadcaster—has picked some of the best books on Catholic sacred art.

An Englishman educated at Oxford, David Clayton, is Provost of www.Pontifex.University, for whom he created the unique Master of Sacred Arts program. He holds the post of Artist-in Residence of Scala Foundation in Princeton, NJ. He has major commissions from churches in the US and the UK, including the Brompton Oratory in London, and has illustrated several children’s books, including God’s Covenant With You by Scott Hahn. His popular blog is thewayofbeauty.org and in addition he writes regularly for the New Liturgical Movement website. His books include: The Way of Beauty: Liturgy, Education, and Inspiration for Family, School, and College; Painting the Nude: The Theology of the Body and Representation of Man in Christian Art; and The Little Oratory - A Beginner's Guide to Praying in the Home.

His recommended books on Catholic sacred art are:

1. The Spirit of the Liturgy by Joseph Ratzinger
2. God's Human Face by Christoph Schönborn
3. Baroque by John Rupert Martin
4. Festal Icons History and Meaning by Aidan Hart
5. The Way of Beauty: Liturgy, Education, and Inspiration for Family, School, and College by David Clayton

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The books discussed in this episode are:

1. The Angelic Doctor by Jacques Maritain
2. Prayer and Intelligence by Jacques and Raïssa Maritain
3. The Primacy of the Spiritual by Jacques Maritain
4. Art and Scholasticism by Jacques Maritain
5. The Peasant of the Garonne: An Old Layman Questions Himself about the Present Time by Jacques Maritain

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David Grumett's recommended books are:

1. Catholicism: Christ and the Common Destiny of Man by Henri de Lubac
2. The Christian Faith: An Essay on the Structure of the Apostles' Creed by Henri de Lubac
3. Christian Resistance to Anti-Semitism: Memories from 1940-1944 by Henri de Lubac
4. Scripture in the Traditionby Henri de Lubac
5. Meet Henri de Lubac: His Life and Work by Rudolf Voderholze

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