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Wellsprings: A Book of Spiritual Exercises

3 reviews
Anthony De Mello

Image Books, 1986

Pay attention to this man's writings!
Anthony DeMello actually was able to bring eastern mysticism and methods of meditation, into the Vatican and teach it to the jesuits! If you know anything about catholic hirarchy, that is quiet a feet. But once you read this, one of my favorots, or other books by Fr. DeMello you'll see that what he says and teaches is so pure, innocent, true, relevant, and REAL, that you see why he recieved ...

The story of the Trapp Family Singers (A Doubleday image book)

45 reviews
Maria Augusta Trapp

Image Books, 1957

Inspirational family
You will enjoy this true story of the "Sound of Music" family. It is both historical and charming. The family's adventures and trials will keep you turning the pages.

The everlasting man (A Doubleday Image book)

60 reviews
G. K Chesterton

Image Books, 1955

Brilliant and Witty.
Chesterton drives home his points in captivating, intelligent and often hilarious ways. He is possibly one of the most intellectually honest writers of the last century. His influence has reached far and wide, including forays not only in the Catholic church, but in Protestant circles as well. C.S. Lewis read this book shortly before his conversion to Christianity. You'll not want to read ...

The Inner Voice of Love: A Journey Through Anguish to Freedom

42 reviews
Henri J. M. Nouwen

Image Books, 1998

Love this book!
This is probably one of the best, if not the best book I've read in a long time. Henri Nouwen's journey through anguish and depression--straight from the heart and every single chapter illuminating!! His words helped me to change the way I look at others, myself and God. I highly recommend this profound book!

The varieties of religious experience (Gifford lectures on natural religion ; 1901-1902)

49 reviews
William James

Image Books, 1978

The Pragmatism of Belief
American philosopher William James (brother of novelist Henry James) was a proponent of Pragmatism: if it works, then it has "truth". I realize such a definition, which I heard elsewhere as a definition of pragmatism, will send certain intellectual readers into orbit, but I've learned that if I couldn't explain something in simple (not synonymous with simplistic) terms, I didn't know enough ...

Introduction to the devout life

30 reviews
Francis

Image Books, 1955

Truly a useful introduction!
I sought out this book on the advice of a priest and was not expecting the book to as useful as it was! I was immediately drawn into the book as it explained how a devotional life can be integrated into any state of life. I especially was thankful of the effort de Sales puts into explaining what is proper for one to do according to their vocation in life. Though I am Catholic, a Pentecostal ...

Models of the church

7 reviews
Avery Robert Dulles

Image Books, 1978

An honest appraisal of 5 Church models
Just based on the number of sentences I've underlined, "Models of the Church" is one of the most logical and readable books about Catholic ecclesiology that I have every read. Cardinal Avery Dulles lays out the pros and cons for 5 model of the Church -- Church as Institution, Mystical Communion, Sacrament, Herald and Servant. Later he looks at the Church as a Community of Disciples. The models ...

Apologia pro vita sua

14 reviews
John Henry Newman

Image Books, 1956

Beautifully Written
It is interesting to note that John Henry Cardinal Newman's Apologia Pro Vita Sua is as well regarded for its literary value as for its theological depth. Perhaps the greatest modern figure in Roman Catholic/Anglican relations, this is Cardinal Newman's personal account of his conversion to Catholicism. A moving, beautifully written work.

The world's first love

9 reviews
Fulton J Sheen

Image Books, 1956

Mary and More
I was surprised that I enjoyed this book to the extremes that I did. I was equally surprised by the elegance of the writing. I know that many women will read this book and cringe at statements such as "Here is the essence of womanhood--acceptance, resignation, submission"(83). Reading this line did scare me, but if read within the context of the entire book and keeping in mind Sheen's ...

A Concise History of the Catholic Church, Revised and Expanded Edition

49 reviews
Thomas Bokenkotter

Image Books, 1990

An open, non-defensive account
Bokenkotter reviews the issues and decisions of Catholic church history in a fair, non-defensive way. He gives balanced time to the losers in contests over orthodoxy, and doesn't assume the temporary victors are always right. In explaining the choice to ban families for priests in 1074, he honestly shows the arguments in play. The difficulties of controlling priest's wives showed no sign of going ...

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