Welcome to Reading Revisited, a place for friends to enjoy some good old-fashioned book chat while revisiting the truth, beauty, and goodness we’ve found in our favorite books.
Spiritual Reads
Jessica
Introduction to Christianity by Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger
Jesus Shock by Peter Kreeft
The Power of the Cross by Cardinal Raniero Cantalamessa
The Hours of the Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ by Luisa Piccarreta
Hannah
The Art of Lent by Sister Wendy Beckett
Death on a Friday Afternoon by Richard John Neuhaus
Love is Stronger Than Death by Peter Kreeft
Jesus of Nazareth: Holy Week: From the Entrance into Jerusalem to the Resurrection by Pope Benedict XVI
Parochial and Plain Sermons by St. John Henry Newman
Bishop Barron’s Gospel Reflections
Kelsie
Word in the Wilderness by Malcolm Guite
Acedia the Noonday Devil by Jean Charles Nault
Liturgy of the Hours
Holy Saturday Office of Readings Second Reading (full reading free online)
The Man Who Was Born to be King by Dorothy Sayers
The Good of Giving Up by Aaron Damiani
The Power of Silence by Robert Cardinal Sarah
Literature
Jessica
Inferno by Dante ( Anthony Esolen Translation)
Purgatory by Dante ( Anthony Esolen Translation)
In This House of Brede by Rumer Godden
Hannah
Barabbas by Par Lagerkvist
The Madman by Tracy Groot
The Power and the Glory by Graham Greene (RR 2021?)
Silence by Shusaku Endo
The Great Divorce by C.S. Lewis
Kelsie
The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis
Till We Have Faces by C.S. Lewis
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis
A Severe Mercy by Sheldon Vanauken
The Robe by Lloyd C. Douglas
Helena by Evelyn Waugh
Honorable Mentions
Jessica
He Leadeth Me by Walter Ciszek
Something Other Than God by Jennifer Fulwiler
Other Books and Things
The Tears of Christ by St. John Henry Newman
Revisiting Lazy Murder by Jessica Risma
The Bible
Bible in a Year w/ Fr. Mike Schmitz
Shorter Christian Prayer
ep. 30": Why Read Shakespeare and Scripture w/ Fr. Tom Pressley
Saint Gregory Prayer Book
Magnificat (Shortened Morning and Evening Prayer)
Word on Fire Liturgy of the Hours
Divine Office (online Liturgy of the Hours)
The Chosen
A Beginner’s Guide to The Divine Comedy by Jason M Baxter
Silence (movie)
The End of the Affair by Graham Greene
The Narnia Code by Michael Ward
Until next time, keep revisiting the good books that enrich your life and nourish your soul.
In Case You Missed It:
On the Podcast:
* ep. 39: Bookish Bio of Mary Tappe
* ep. 40: Revisiting Othello
* ep. 41: What We’re Reading (January 2025)
* ep. 42: Bookish Bio of a Bookstore Owner - Katheryn Rice of MonkeyKat Books
Read Along Guides for the the Space Trilogy:
* ep. 36: Introducing The Space Trilogy w/ David Bates
* Space Trilogy Introduction & Reading Schedule
* Out of the Silent Planet Chapters 1-11 Revisited
* Out of the Silent Planet Chapters 12-22 (& the Epilogue) Revisited
* Perelandra Chapters Chapters 1-8 Revisited
* Perelandra Chapters Chapters 9-17 Revisited
* That Hideous Strength Chapters 1-4 Revisited
What We’re Reading Now/Next:
March
That Hideous Strength by C.S. Lewis
April
The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins
May
Death Comes for the Archbishop by Willa Cather
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