Spiritual Reading for the New Year - January 2, 2024

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