Five Books for Catholics

The books discussed in this episode are: Love and Responsibility by Karol Wojtyła Taking Sex Differences Seriously by Steven E. Rhoads The Great Mystery: Formation for Flourishing Marriages by David H. Delaney Jesus the Bridegroom: The Greatest Love Story Ever Told by Brant Pitre Supernatural Fatherhood Through Priestly Celibacy: Fulfillment in Masculinity, A Thomistic Study by Carter Griffin Five...

The books discussed in this episode are: Ordinatio (online translation) by John Duns Scotus, translated by Peter Simpson Treatise on the First Principle by John Duns Scotus, edited and translated by Thomas M. Ward John Duns Scotus: Selected Writings on Ethics translated and edited by Thomas Williams Duns Scotus by Richard Cross Understanding John Duns Scotus by Mary Beth Ingham CSJ Ordered by Love...

The books discussed in this episode are: On Lying & To Consentius, Against Lying by St. Augustine Summa theologiae II-II, qq. 57-120 (esp. 108-110) by St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Teaching About The Morality Of Falsehood by Rev. Julius A. Dorszynski Moral Absolutes: Tradition, Revision, and Truth by John Finnis Truthfulness, Lies, and Moral Philosophers: What Can We Learn From Mill and Kant? (...

The books discussed in this episode are: Vatican I: The Council and the Making of the Ultramontane Church by John W. O'Malley SJ The Conciliarist Tradition: Constitutionalism in the Catholic Church 1300-1870 by Francis Oakley Triumph in Defeat: Infallibility, Vatican I, and the French Minority Bishops by Margaret O'Gara The Pope and the Professor: Pius IX, Ignaz von Döllinger, and the Quandary of...

The books discussed in this episode are: The Sources of Christian Ethics by Servais Pinckaers OP The Pinckaers Reader: Renewing Thomistic Moral Theology edited by John Berkman and Craig Steven Titus Morality: The Catholic View by Servais Pinckaers OP Passions and Virtue by Servais Pinckaers OP The Pursuit of Happiness - God's Way: Living the Beatitudes by Servais Pinckaers OP ...and a bonus recomm...

The books recommended and discussed in this episode are: Troilus and Criseyde by St. Gregory Nazianzus The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer Oxford Guides to Chaucer: The Canterbury Tales by Helen Cooper Feminizing Chaucer by Jill Mann Consolation of Philosophy by Boethius Five Books for Catholics may receive a commission from qualifying purchases made using the affiliate links to the books lis...

The books recommended in this episode are: Theology of the Liturgy: The Sacramental Foundation of Christian Existence (Collected Works, vol. 11) by Joseph Ratzinger Altar and Church: Principles of Liturgy from Early Christianity by Mons. Stefan Heid My Body Given for You: History and Theology of the Eucharist by Helmut Hoping The Roman Mass: From Early Christian Origins to Tridentine Reform by Fr....

The books recommended and discussed in this episode are: Theological and Dogmatic Works by St. Ambrose Enchantment and Creed in the Hymns of Ambrose of Milan by Brian Dunkle SJ Ambrose of Milan: Deeds and Thought of A Bishop by Caesare Pasini Ambrose by Boniface Ramsay OP The Spirit of Early Christian Thought: Seeking the Face of God  by Robert Louis Wilken Five Books for Catholics may receiv...

The books discussed in this episode are: The Principles of Psychology by William James On The Trinity ( De Trinitate ), Book 11 by St. Augustine Summa theologiae, Secunda Pars ( I-II, qq. 1-70 ) ( I-II, qq. 71-114 ) ( II-II, qq. 1-56 ) ( II-II, qq. 57-140 ) ( II-II, qq. 141-189 ) by St. Thomas Aquinas Treatise on the Love of God by St. Francis de Sales The Attention Merchants: The Epic Scramble to...

The books recommended in this episode are: Intention by G.E.M. Anscombe Ethics, Religion and Politics: Collected Philosophical Papers, Volume III by G.E.M. Anscombe Faith in a Hard Ground: Essays on Religion, Philosophy and Ethics by G.E.M. Anscombe edited by Mary Geach and Luke Gormally The Philosophy of Elizabeth Anscombe by Roger Teichmann The Women Are up to Something by Benjamin J.B. Lipscomb...

The books and resources recommended in this episode are: Listening to Bach: The Mass in B Minor and the Christmas Oratorio by Daniel R. Melamed Bach by David Schulenberg Texts and Historically-Informed Translations for the Music of Johann Sebastian Bach by Michael Marissen and Daniel R. Melamed Bloomington Bach Cantata Project directed by Daniel R. Melamed Five Books for Catholics may receive a co...

The books recommended in this episode are: Maximus the Confessor by Andrew Louth The Cappadocians by Anthony Meredith Seventh-Century Popes and Martyrs: The Political Hagiography of Anastasius Bibliothecarius by Bronwen Neil Maximus the Confessor: Jesus Christ and the Transfiguration of the World by Paul Blowers Crisis of Empire: Doctrine and Dissent at the End of Late Antiquity by Phil Booth...

The books recommended in this episode are: A Modest Proposal by Jonathan Swift Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift The Battle of the Books by Jonathan Swift A Tale of a Tub by Jonathan Swift The Drapier's Letters by Jonathan Swift ...and for some additional recommendations... Jonathan Swift: Irish Blow-In and Jonathan Swift: Our Dean by Eugene Hammond Jonathan Swift: His Life and World by Leo Dam...

The books recommended in this episode are: Gregory of Nazianzus by Brian E. Daley SJ On God and Christ: The Five Theological Orations and Two Letters to Cledonius by St. Gregory Nazianzus Festal Orations by St. Gregory Nazianzus On God and Man: The Theological Poetry of St Gregory of Nazianzus by St. Gregory Nazianzus Christ in the Life and Teaching of Gregory of Nazianzus by Andrew Hofer OP Five...

The books discussed in this episode are: Annum sacrum ( print edition ) by Leo XIII Quas Primas ( print edition ) by Pius XI Miserentissimus Redemptor by Pius XI Haurietis aquas ( print edition ) by Pius XII Dives in misericordia ( print edition ) by John Paul II Five Books for Catholics may receive a commission from qualifying purchases made using the affiliate links to the books listed. Read the...

In this episode, Dr. Shaun Blanchard discusses the Jansenist controversy, its impact, and some of the best books on the subject: The Provincial Letters by Blaise Pascal Adoration and Annihilation: The Convent Philosophy of Port-Royal by John J. Conley S.J. The Wanton Jesuit and the Wayward Saint: A Tale of Sex, Religion, and Politics in Eighteenth-Century France by Mita Choudhurye The Religious Or...

The books recommended in this episode are: On God and Christ: The Five Theological Orations and Two Letters to Cledonius by St. Gregory Nazianzus The Wellspring of Worship by Fr. Jean Corbon Three Treatises on the Divine Images by St. John of Damascus Called to Communion: Understanding the Church Today by Joseph Ratzinger The Trinity: An Introduction to Catholic Doctrine on the Triune God by Gille...

The books recommended in this episode are: I Believe in the Holy Spirit by Yves Congar OP The Sanctifier by Archbishop Luis Martínez Summa theologiae (IaIIae, qq. 68-70) by St. Thomas Aquinas Catecheses on the Gifts of the Holy Spirit by Pope Francis In the School of the Holy Spirit by Fr. Jacques Philippe Five Books for Catholics may receive a commission from qualifying purchases made using the a...

The books recommended in this episode are: A Father Who Keeps His Promises: God's Covenant Love in Scripture by Scott Hahn The Idea of Israel in Second Temple Judaism: A New Theory of People, Exile, and Israelite Identity by Jason A. Staples Jesus and the Last Supper by Brant Pitre Acts and the Isaianic New Exodus by David W. Pao God with Us: Encountering Jesus in the Gospel of Matthew by Edward S...

The books recommended in this episode are: Our Lady of Fatima by William T. Walsh The Secret of the Rosary by St. Louis-Marie Grignion de Montfort True Devotion to Mary by St. Louis-Marie Grignion de Montfort The Glories of Mary by St. Alphonsus Ligouri Calls from the Message of Fatima by Sister Lucia of Fatima Five Books for Catholics may receive a commission from qualifying purchases made using...

The recommended books for this episode are: The Servile State by Hilaire Belloc An Essay on the Restoration of Property by Hilaire Belloc An Outline of Sanity by G.K. Chesterton A Humane Economy by Wilhelm Röpke The Economics of the Free Society by Wilhelm Röpke Five Books for Catholics may receive a commission from qualifying purchases made using the affiliate links to the books listed. Distribut...

The books recommended in this episode are: Corpus Mysticum: The Eucharist and the Church in the Middle Ages by Henri de Lubac SJ Called to Communion: Understanding the Church Today by Joseph Ratzinger Flesh of the Church, Flesh of Christ: At the Source of the Ecclesiology of Communion by Jean-Marie Roger Tillard Eucharist, Bishop, Church: The Unity of the Church in the Divine Eucharist and the Bis...

The books recommended in this episode are: On Matters Southern: Essays About Literature and Culture, 1964-2000 by Marion Montgomery Possum, and Other Receipts for the Recovery of "Southern" Being by Marion Mongomery Liberal Arts and Community: The Feeding of the Larger Body by Marion Mongomery Romantic Confusions of the Good: Beauty as Truth, Truth as Beauty by Marion Mongomery With Walker Percy a...

The books recommended in this episode are: The Complete Stories (also available for Kindle ) by Flannery O'Connor Mystery and Manners: Occasional Prose (also available for Kindle ) by Flannery O'Connor, seleceted and edited by Sally and Robert Fitzgerald The Habit of Being: Letters of Flannery O'Connor (also available for Kindle ) by Flannery O'Connor, selected and edited by Sally Fitzgerald A Pra...

Lent is just a preparation and spiritual warm-up for Easter. Now that it is Easter, it is time to get down to exercising the Christian life in full. It makes sense, therefore, to keep setting aside some time for reading about the mysteries we celebrate and how we can live them out. Here then are some books and music that might be helpful. For further suggestions, check out last year’s recommendati...