Encountering Mary1 review
S Swartz, Sandra L. Zimdars-swartz

Harper Perennial, 1992

Succinct, serious survey of modern apparitions

I re-read this after having recently finished Randall Sullivan's "The Miracle Detective," a more popularized and personal investigation into the visions at Medjugorge, written mostly from his 1995 stay. Zimdars-Swartz, a scholar of medieval popular religion, offers a more academically focused, ...
  
  











  



  
The Trial of Faith of Saint Therese of Lisieux2 reviews
Frederick L. Miller

Alba House, 1998

A scholarly work of Catholic spiritual theology

+ A Wonderfu example of Carmelite Spirtuality!

To commemorate the centennial of the Little Flower's death in 1997, Fr. Miller has given lectures on St. Theres's "Little Way of Spiritual Childhood at St. Charles Borromeo Seminary, Overbrook where he teaches systematic theology and spirituality. His book is not a popularization but a scholarly ...
  
  











  



  
Tools From Joseph's Workshop
Rick Sarkisian

Ignatius Pr, 2005

Build the life God has planned for you with help for His hand-picked craftsman! Spend a month with St. Joseph and you'll spend a lifetime growing into the person God wants you to be. That's the idea behind Tools From Joseph's Workshop—the 30-day devotional that introduces you to "tools" for living a stronger, more spiritually satisfying life. The companion to the best-selling video Joseph: The ...
  
  











  



  
God and the Astronomers Second Edition9 reviews
Robert Jastrow

W. W. Norton & Company, 2000

The Big Bang for non-physicists

+ An informative journey throught the Big Bang
+ Excellent Book on the Big Bang for Lay People
+ The Big Bang and Intelligent Design
  
  











  



  
Man's Search for Ultimate Meaning8 reviews
Viktor E. Frankl

Basic Books, 2000

All the Wisdom Fit to print

+ Hard reading but interesting and useful.
+ Away with the existential vacuum!

Here Frankl continues the existential quest begun in his earlier book "Mans Search for Meaning." The reader may recall that it was this earlier book that launched his foray into a new form of analysis he invented and coined "Logo-therapy." Here, as Jean Paul Sartre had done before him, Frankl ...
  
  











  



  
Saintly Solutions to Life's Common Problems: From Anger, Boredom, and Temptation to Gluttony, Gossip, and ...
Joseph M. Esper

Sophia Institute Press, 2001

Whatever you're struggling with, you're not alone: there's a saint who is not only praying for you before the throne of God, but who went through the same thing you're going through. In Saintly Solutions, Fr. Joseph Esper introduces you to over 350 saints who suffered in ways that you and I suffer every day, and who will bring you, too, to peace! Fr. Esper considers over forty of life's ...
  
  











  



  
The Hidden Power of Kindness: A Practical Handbook for Souls Who Dare to Transform the World, One Deed at a ...12 reviews
Lawrence G. Lovasik

Sophia Institute Press, 1999

A Good Blueprint for Life

+ Excellent!
+ A Must Read
+ Wonderful
+ It all starts with a change of heart, this book engages the heart!
  
  











  



  
The Hidden Power of Kindness: A Practical Handbook for Souls Who Dare to Transform the World, One Deed at a ...12 reviews
Lawrence G. Lovasik

Sophia Institute Press, 1999

A Good Blueprint for Life

+ Excellent!
+ A Must Read
+ Wonderful
+ It all starts with a change of heart, this book engages the heart!
  
  











  



  
Man's Search for Ultimate Meaning8 reviews
Viktor E. Frankl

Basic Books, 2000

All the Wisdom Fit to print

+ Hard reading but interesting and useful.
+ Away with the existential vacuum!

Here Frankl continues the existential quest begun in his earlier book "Mans Search for Meaning." The reader may recall that it was this earlier book that launched his foray into a new form of analysis he invented and coined "Logo-therapy." Here, as Jean Paul Sartre had done before him, Frankl ...
  
  











  



  
Saintly Solutions to Life's Common Problems: From Anger, Boredom, and Temptation to Gluttony, Gossip, and ...
Joseph M. Esper

Sophia Institute Press, 2001

Whatever you're struggling with, you're not alone: there's a saint who is not only praying for you before the throne of God, but who went through the same thing you're going through. In Saintly Solutions, Fr. Joseph Esper introduces you to over 350 saints who suffered in ways that you and I suffer every day, and who will bring you, too, to peace! Fr. Esper considers over forty of life's ...
  
  











  



  
Tools From Joseph's Workshop
Rick Sarkisian

Ignatius Pr, 2005

Build the life God has planned for you with help for His hand-picked craftsman! Spend a month with St. Joseph and you'll spend a lifetime growing into the person God wants you to be. That's the idea behind Tools From Joseph's Workshop—the 30-day devotional that introduces you to "tools" for living a stronger, more spiritually satisfying life. The companion to the best-selling video Joseph: The ...
  
  











  



  
The Trial of Faith of Saint Therese of Lisieux2 reviews
Frederick L. Miller

Alba House, 1998

A scholarly work of Catholic spiritual theology

+ A Wonderfu example of Carmelite Spirtuality!

To commemorate the centennial of the Little Flower's death in 1997, Fr. Miller has given lectures on St. Theres's "Little Way of Spiritual Childhood at St. Charles Borromeo Seminary, Overbrook where he teaches systematic theology and spirituality. His book is not a popularization but a scholarly ...
  
  











  



  
Encountering Mary1 review
S Swartz, Sandra L. Zimdars-swartz

Harper Perennial, 1992

Succinct, serious survey of modern apparitions

I re-read this after having recently finished Randall Sullivan's "The Miracle Detective," a more popularized and personal investigation into the visions at Medjugorge, written mostly from his 1995 stay. Zimdars-Swartz, a scholar of medieval popular religion, offers a more academically focused, ...
  
  











  



  
God and the Astronomers Second Edition9 reviews
Robert Jastrow

W. W. Norton & Company, 2000

The Big Bang for non-physicists

+ An informative journey throught the Big Bang
+ Excellent Book on the Big Bang for Lay People
+ The Big Bang and Intelligent Design