withouthavingseen Posted September 18, 2007 Share Posted September 18, 2007 I've just polished off the New Testament, and am reading through the prophets: Isaiah first. I'm also reading: Dietrich von Hildebrand, [i]Transformation in Christ[/i] Fyodor Dostoevsky, [i]Brothers Karamozov[/i] Bonaventure Perquin, [i]Abba! Father![/i] Jean-Baptiste Chautard, [i]Soul of the Apostolate[/i] P. D. James, [i]The Children of Men[/i] Have a great day! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laudate_Dominum Posted September 19, 2007 Share Posted September 19, 2007 [quote name='withouthavingseen' post='1387811' date='Sep 18 2007, 10:55 AM']I've just polished off the New Testament, and am reading through the prophets: Isaiah first. I'm also reading: Dietrich von Hildebrand, [i]Transformation in Christ[/i] Fyodor Dostoevsky, [i]Brothers Karamozov[/i] Bonaventure Perquin, [i]Abba! Father![/i] Jean-Baptiste Chautard, [i]Soul of the Apostolate[/i] P. D. James, [i]The Children of Men[/i] Have a great day![/quote] That's awesome! You seem like someone with good taste. Peace. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
withouthavingseen Posted September 20, 2007 Share Posted September 20, 2007 Thanks. Your quote is in Gaelic? Sweet - Irish or Scottish? You read any of those bad boys? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amos Posted September 21, 2007 Share Posted September 21, 2007 [quote name='Deo Iuvente' post='1384471' date='Sep 12 2007, 07:35 PM']What went wrong with Vatican II-Ralph M. McInerny The faith of the early fathers(Vols.1+2)William A.jurgens Canterbury tales (In old english)[/quote] Deo Iuvente, do you like the Canterbury tales? I read them last year and didn't like the fact that the tale topics shift from Heroic Christian Virtue to old english Soft Porn. As for me, I'm currently reading "The Religious Sense" by Msgr. Luigi Guissani. Last night in Adoration I started reading "Volume One" by 'Anne' the Lay Apostle - I feel I can better relate with mystics who have trouble swearing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fides quarens intellectum Posted September 22, 2007 Share Posted September 22, 2007 [i]Come, Creator Spirit[/i], Cantalamessa [i]Sisters: Catholic Nuns and the Making of America[/i], John Fialka and for fun, Plato's [i]Republic[/i] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpaceForLease Posted September 22, 2007 Share Posted September 22, 2007 The Violence of Love by Oscar Romero Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
withouthavingseen Posted September 24, 2007 Share Posted September 24, 2007 [quote name='Amos' post='1389905' date='Sep 21 2007, 03:06 PM']Deo Iuvente, do you like the Canterbury tales? I read them last year and didn't like the fact that the tale topics shift from Heroic Christian Virtue to old english Soft Porn. As for me, I'm currently reading "The Religious Sense" by Msgr. Luigi Guissani. Last night in Adoration I started reading "Volume One" by 'Anne' the Lay Apostle - I feel I can better relate with mystics who have trouble swearing.[/quote] Amos, Are you involved in Communion and Liberation? Msgr. Guissani rocks! I (well, CL in general) am reading [i]The Journey to Truth is an Experience[/i]. Not easy, but great. Canterbury Tales is the same way - it is medieval English Catholicism at its realest, for better or worse: bawdy & pious, brave & slovenly, healtfelt and hilarious - and always very earthy. I wish I had trouble swearing - my problem is that I grew up in a house full of sailors. But God is still working on me (us). Lol. God bless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amos Posted September 24, 2007 Share Posted September 24, 2007 [quote name='withouthavingseen' post='1392223' date='Sep 24 2007, 08:33 AM']Amos, Are you involved in Communion and Liberation? Msgr. Guissani rocks! I (well, CL in general) am reading [i]The Journey to Truth is an Experience[/i]. Not easy, but great.[/quote] WHS, I'm not involved in CL, but last year while I was out of the country some of my friends got involved in it. Unfortunately, it died down by the time I returned. I would like to be in a CL group in the future if I have a chance. What do you mean by the book being "Not easy, but great"? I'm finding "The Religious Sense" to have lots of great insight, but the ideas and the relationships between concepts don't seem well developed. It seems more like a sketch - like Newman's "On the Development of Christian Doctrine" - that's well written and quotes lots of literature. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deo Iuvente Posted September 24, 2007 Share Posted September 24, 2007 [quote name='Amos' post='1389905' date='Sep 21 2007, 01:06 PM']Deo Iuvente, do you like the Canterbury tales? I read them last year and didn't like the fact that the tale topics shift from Heroic Christian Virtue to old english Soft Porn. As for me, I'm currently reading "The Religious Sense" by Msgr. Luigi Guissani. Last night in Adoration I started reading "Volume One" by 'Anne' the Lay Apostle - I feel I can better relate with mystics who have trouble swearing.[/quote] Hmm.Not much.I've only just finished the tale of the man of law,But the millers tale was probably a little much.I don't doubt we'll skip over that one in Literature class. (I did skip ahead and read the prioress's tale,That one was beautiful,even though it borders on anti-semetic) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goldbug16 Posted September 28, 2007 Share Posted September 28, 2007 I am currently reading: [i]The Picture of Dorian Gray[/i] by Oscar Wilde -and- [i]Come Ye Back to Ireland, Our First Year in County Clare[/i] by Niall Williams I am really loving them both. Very enjoyable. Oscar Wilde is an absolute genuis. And, being Irish myself, the latter book is wonderful. It really gives you a sense of what Ireland must be like. I also just finished [i]Children of Men[/i] by P.D. James which was a work of art. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lena Posted October 5, 2007 Share Posted October 5, 2007 I've just finished [i]A Passage to India[/i]-Forster and now I'm reading [i]Elegies in Blue [/i], poetry by Benjamin Alire Sáenz. Those are for classes. Goldbug, I love Irish lit!! I had a class on it last semester, it was great. Seamus Heaney's poetry is amazing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
withouthavingseen Posted October 8, 2007 Share Posted October 8, 2007 [quote name='Amos' post='1392452' date='Sep 24 2007, 04:42 PM']WHS, I'm not involved in CL, but last year while I was out of the country some of my friends got involved in it. Unfortunately, it died down by the time I returned. I would like to be in a CL group in the future if I have a chance. What do you mean by the book being "Not easy, but great"? I'm finding "The Religious Sense" to have lots of great insight, but the ideas and the relationships between concepts don't seem well developed. It seems more like a sketch - like Newman's "On the Development of Christian Doctrine" - that's well written and quotes lots of literature.[/quote] Ah, CL is very active in the DC area. I'm liking it more and more. Msgr. Giussani is "not easy, but great" like a good rock wall: takes a lot of work to get through it and rewords repetition. Msgr. Giussani's texts (at least as far as I've read) are pretty profound. CL reads them (and some other texts, like JPII's) almost like a lectio divina, reading and rereading, always with an eye toward application in one's own lived experience. Sorry I've just responded - I only now saw your response. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kafka Posted October 8, 2007 Share Posted October 8, 2007 Moby Johnsonville brat (or the Whale) this book rocks my boat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theophane Posted October 13, 2007 Share Posted October 13, 2007 I'm starting to read [i]Discovering Your Personal Vocation[/i] again. It's a phenomenol book I've read numerous times and given away to anyone who'll take it. It's about vocation at it's core, not just state in life or ministry. Written by Fr. Herbert Alfonso. I met him once and attended two retreats/conferences given by him. He's the bomb. No, like, for real. Rereading Secret of the Rosary, too. The last time I read it, I was so inexperienced but fervent. Now I feel more mature but burnt out and lazy. It's helping me get back off my tush, and present to the Lord again. Theophane Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starets Posted October 13, 2007 Share Posted October 13, 2007 [b]Saints Behaving Badly: The Cutthroats, Crooks, Trollops, Con Men, and Devil Worshippers who Became Saints[/b]. Thomas J Craughwell. Doubleday, ISBN 0-385-51720-3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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