Five Books for Catholics

The books recommended in this episode are:

1. Discerning the Will of God: An Ignatian Guide to Christian Decision Making by Fr. Timothy M. Gallagher OMV
2. The Discernment of Spirits: An Ignatian Guide for Everyday Living by Fr. Timothy M. Gallagher OMV
3. Spiritual Consolation: An Ignatian Guide for Greater Discernment of Spirits by Fr. Timothy M. Gallagher OMV
4. Discernment of Spirits in Marriage: Ignatian Wisdom for Husbands and Wives by Fr. Timothy M. Gallagher OMV
5. Teaching Discernment: A Pedagogy for Presenting Ignatian Discernment of Spirits by Fr. Timothy M. Gallagher OMV ...and a bonus recommendation...
6. The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis

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Here are this year's list of recommended readings for Lent. You can also check out last year’s list and the Message of Pope Francis for Lent 2024.

1. On Repentance and Almsgiving by St. John Chrysostom
2. Encyclical Letter Dives in misericordia (Rich in Mercy) by St. John Paul II
3. The Lord by Romano Guardini
4. A Father Who Keeps His Promises by Scott Hahn
5. The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis

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The books recommended in this episode are:

1. Arcanum and Casti connubii by Leo XIII and Pius XI
2. The Social Teachings of Wilhelm Emmanuel Von Ketteler: Bishop of Mainz (1811-1877) edited by Rupert J. Ederer
3. Catholic Social Teaching: A Volume of Scholarly Essays edited by Gerard V. Bradley and E. Christian Brugger
4. The Teachings of Modern Roman Catholicism on Law, Politics, and Human Nature edited by John Witte Jr. and Frank S. Alexander
5. Selected articles (1) ( 2) ( 3) (4) by John Courtney Murray SJ
6. Infidels and Empires in A New World Order: Early Modern Spanish Contributions to International Legal Thought by David M. Lantigua

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Simon P. Keefe recommends some books that can help us learn about Mozart’s music and penetrate it more deeply as we listen to it.

1. The Letters of Mozart and his Family (3rd edition) edited by Emily Anderson
2. Mozart: A Documentary Biography by Otto Erich Deutsch
3. Mozart's Requiem: Reception, Work, Completion by Simon P. Keefe
4. Mozart in Vienna: The Final Decade (Kindle) by Simon P. Keefe
5. The Mozart Family: Four Lifes in a Social Context by Ruth Halliwell

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The books recommended in this interview are:

1. Understanding Early Christian Art by Robin M. Jensen
2. The Clash of Gods: A Reinterpretation of Early Christian Art by Thomas F. Mathews
3. The Invisible God: The Earliest Christians on Art by Paul Corby Finney
4. Likeness and Presence: A History of Art before the Era of Art by Hans Belting, trans. E. Jephcott
5. The Dawn of Christian Art: In Panel Paintings and Icons by Thomas F. Matthews and Norman E. Muller
6. Imperial Rome and Christian Triumph: The Art of the Roman Empire AD 100-450 by Jaś Elsner

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The books recommended in this interview are:

1. Tales of Faith: A Guide to Sharing the Gospel through Literature by Holly Ordway
2. Faith, Hope and Poetry: Theology and the Poetic Imagination by Malcolm Guite
3. Imaginative Apologetics: Theology, Philosophy, and the Catholic Tradition by Andrew Davison
4. Spiritual Direction from Dante: vol. 1, Avoiding the Inferno; vol. 2, Ascending Mount Purgatory; vol. 3 Yearning for Paradise by Fr. Paul Pearson

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Dr. Thomas Scheck discusses Origen of Alexandria (185-253) and recommends the following books:

1. Contra Celsum by Origen (edited by Henry Chadwick)
2. Commentary on the Epistle to the Romans (vol. 1) (vol. 2) by Origen (translated by Thomas P. Scheck)
3. Homilies on Joshua by Origen (translated by Barbara J. Bruce)
4. Homilies on Numbers by Origen (translated by Thomas P. Scheck)
5. Apology for Origen by St. Pamphilius (translated by Thomas P. Scheck) ....and some bonus recommendations...
6. Church Fathers: From Clement of Rome to Augustine by Benedict XVI
7. The History of the Church by Eusebius of Caesarea, translated by G.A. Williamson, revised and edited by Andrew Louth
8. Origen: The Life and Though of the First Great Theologian by Henri Crouzel

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The books recommended in this episode are:

1. Faith and Politics: Selected Writings by Joseph Ratzinger/Benedict XVI
2. A New Song for the Lord: Faith in Christ and Liturgy Today by Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger
3. What is Christianity?: The Last Writings by Benedict XVI
4. Fundamental Speeches from Five Decades by Joseph Ratzinger/Benedict XVI
5. The Nature and Mission of Theology: Approaches to Understanding Its Role in the Light of Present Controversy by Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger

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Prof. Dwight Lindley, the Barbara Longway Briggs Chair in English Literature at Hillsdale College, discusses some of the best of Dickens’s novels and of the studies on them. He recommends:

1. David Copperfield by Charles Dickens
2. Bleak House by Charles Dickens
3. A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
4. Little Dorrit by Charles Dickens
5. Chesterton on Dickens (Ignatius Press Collected Works of G.K. Chesterton, vol. 15) by G.K. Chesterton ...and some extra recommendations...
6. Hard Times by Charles Dickens
7. The Genius of Dickens by Michael Slater
8. The Mystery of Charles Dickens by A.N. Wilson

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The works recommended are:

1. Fantasia on Christmas Carols by Ralph Vaugh Williams
2. Lauda per la Natività del Signore by Otterino Resphighi
3. Quatre Motets pour le temps de Noël by François Poulenc
4. Retablo de Navidad by Joaquín Rodrigo
5. Having beheld a strange Nativity (Canticles and Prayers II) by Georgy Sviridov

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