Fr. Joseph Illo joins Patrick to Discuss Spiritual Reading
- Why is spiritual reading important?
- (7:01) How do we approach spiritual reading?
- (20:47) Leonard – Came from my vocations director a week ago. Book Save a thousand Souls. It's a real spiritually touching book.
- Social media - Is there a book you recommend that would be an intro to many saints that would help us find interest in one or two?
- David - This is my Body, This is my Blood. Highly recommend. It's a fantastic book.
(23:37) Break 1
- How do you pace books well?
- (28:44) the importance of reading with other people.
- Valerie - Recommend The Return of the Prodigal Son. Talks about all characters very personally.
- (35:05) Matthew - Recommend after having a troubled time in my life - This Tremendous Lover, it's about our Lord. It came to me at a time when I was at a very low point in my life.
(38:43) Break 2
- (44:04) Teresa - True Life in God by Vasula Ryden - series of messages from God - received my conversion 33 years ago. Also, He and I by Gabriel Bossis.
- What is the importance of creating personal library
Resources:
- To save a thousand souls
- Lives of the Saints: For Everyday in the Year
- Magnificat monthly publication
- This is my boy this is my blood –Bob and Peggy Lord
- See how she loved us
- True Devotion to Mary with Preparation for Total Consecration
- The Practice of the Presence of God
- Christ the Life of the Soul
- The Return of the Prodigal Son: A Story of Homecoming
- This Tremendous Lover
- The Imitation Of Christ
- The Confessions of Saint Augustine
- Story of a Soul
- St. Thomas Aquinas
- Witness to Hope: The Biography of Pope John Paul II
- The Perfect Joy of Saint Francis
- Time for God
- Searching For and Maintaining Peace
- The Way, Furrow, The Forge (One Volume)
- Introduction to the Devout Life (Catholic Classics)
- Introduction to the Spiritual Life
- The Sun Her Mantle
- True Life in God
- He and I (Rev)
- The Sacrament of the Present Moment
