Father James Kubicki, SJ joined Patrick for a conversation about good spiritual reading! Topics included: the importance of spiritual reading (3:25), what to look for (7:25), the Catechism & lives of the Saints (10:34), caller: Every Day with St. Francis de Sales (17:19), Caller: Are novels OK for Spiritual reading? (21:11), Caller: The Fulfillment of All Desire (27:36), caller: Manual for Eucharistic Adoration & Searching for and Maintaining Peace (30:30), caller: I like reading Catholic poets! (34:35), caller: The Way of the Pilgrim (38:51), caller: He Leadeth Me (42:36), and Caller: The Heart of the Matter (44:47).
Full List:
· Scripture
· Catechism of the Catholic Church
· Imitation of Christ - Thomas à Kempis
· Introduction to the Devout Life – St. Francis de Sales
· Confessions – St. Augustine
· Magnificat magazine or Give Us This Day magazine
· Story of a Soul – St. Thérèse of Lisieux
· He Leadeth Me – Servant of God Fr. Walter Ciszek, SJ
· Blessed Carlo Acutis biography
· Every Day with St. Francis de Sales – translated from Italian into English
· Consecration to the Blessed Virgin – St. Louis de Montefort
· Christ, the Life of the Soul – Blessed Columba Marmion
· Novels by Michael O’Brien e.g. By the Rivers of Babylon, Theophilos
· Novels by Frederick Buechner (Presbyterian): one about St. Brendan (Brendan), one about St. Godric (Godric)
· The Fulfillment of All Desire – Ralph Martin
· Manual of Eucharistic Adoration – the Poor Clares
· Anything by Fr. Jacques Philippe: Searching for and Maintaining Peace, Interior Freedom, In the School of the Holy Spirit, Thirsting for Prayer, Time for God
· Catholic Poets: Hound of Heaven (Francis Thompson), Pope St. John Paul II, St. Thomas Aquinas, Gerard Manley Hopkins, SJ
· The Way of a Pilgrim and The Pilgrim Continues His Way – Reginald French
· Fr. Arceny: Priest, Prisoner, Spiritual Father
· St. Silouan the Athonite
· Wounded by Love by St. Porphyrios
· The Gospel Comes with a House Key – Rosaria Butterfield (not Catholic)
· The Heart of the Matter – Graham Greene
· Works of dialogue between contemporary spiritual figures and saints by Peter Kreeft
Emailed suggestions:
· The Edge of Sadness by Edwin O'Connor
· In This House of Brede by Rumer Godden
· Revelations of Divine Love by St. Julian of Norwich
· Dr. Brant Pitre: Jesus and the Jewish Roots of the Eucharist and Jesus and the Jewish Roots of Mary
· Poetry of Fr. Paul Murray, OP
· Poetry of John Donne (not Catholi
