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[quote name='rosamundi' post='1626759' date='Aug 14 2008, 11:38 AM'][url="http://www.ewtn.com/library/scriptur/valtorta.txt"]Are you sure?[/url][/quote]

Yes ([url="http://www.maria-valtorta.net/"]see this link[/url]). Maria Valtorta's writings are some of the most spiritually edifying writings I have ever read.

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VeniteAdoremus

[quote name='pan!c139' post='1626886' date='Aug 14 2008, 08:09 PM']I don't read much religious books, but I'll do my best.

Mere Christianity (C.S. Lewis)
The Bible
Wuthering Heights (Emily Bronte)
Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
The Twilight Series as one (Stephanie Meyer)

:D[/quote]

Oh... I want to take P&P. Didn't want to post it here, though, that's bad for my catholic nerd-status ;)

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Obviously not going into religious life, but I'd take these with me anywhere:

Introduction to the Devout Life by St. Francis DeSales
Wisdom of the Desert by Thomas Merton
A Life-giving Way, A Commentary on the Rule of St. Benedict, by Esther deWaal
Compassion, A Reflection on the Christian Life, by Henri Nouwen, D. Morrison, D.McNeil
Otherwise (a book of poetry) by Jane Kenyon

My holy picture would be either the Madonna of Czestochowa or JP2

Interesting thread!

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Domine ut Videam

1. The Rule of St. Benedict
2. Collected Works of St. John of the Cross
3. Best of Keats
4. Flannery O'Connor
5. Divine Mercy in my Soul

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Saint Therese

[quote]4. Flannery O'Connor[/quote]

Yes! Good choice!
If I included fiction on my list i think i would choose either The Song of Bernadette or Five for Sorrow Ten for Joy.

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Books:

1.) Divine Intimacy by Fr. Gabriel of St. Mary Magdalen
2.) Holy Women of the Syrian Orient
3.) Diary of St. Faustina
4.) I Believe in Love: A Personal Retreat Based on the Teaching of St. Therese of Lisieux by Jean Du Coeur De Jesus D' Elbee
5.) Interior Castle by St. Teresa of Avila

Holy Picture:
The Sacred Heart of Jesus
[img]http://www.sldm.org/Images/PrayersLitanies/SacredHeart2.jpg[/img]

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