A LIST OF BOOKS AND RESOURCES FOR CATHOLICS
Prayer and Spiritual Life
• Salvador Canals, Jesus as Friend • Jesus Urteaga, Man the Saint • Ivan Pertine, The Good Sense of Jesus • Francis de Sales, Introduction to the Devout Life • Alphonsus Liguori, The Practice of the love of Jesus Christ • Alphonsus Liguori, Visits to the Blessed Sacrament • Francis Nguyen Van Thuan, Testimony of Hope • Josemaria Escriva, The Way • Raniero Cantalamessa, Life in Christ • Raniero Cantalamessa, The Mystery of Easter • Raniero Cantalamessa, This is My Body • John Henry Newman, Parochial and Plain Sermons • Brother Lawrence, The Practice of the Presence of God • Jean-Pierre De Caussade, Abandonment to Divine Providence • Jean-Baptiste Chautard, The Soul of the Apostolate • Thomas a Kempis, The Imitation of Christ • The Way of a Pilgrim
Doctrine and Apologetics
• G.K. Chesterton, Orthodoxy • C.S. Lewis, Mere Christianity • C.S. Lewis, The Problem of Pain • Peter Kreeft, Yes or No?: Straight Answers to Tough Questions about Christianity • Scott Hahn, The Lamb’s Supper: The Mass as Heaven on Earth • Scott Hahn, Rome Sweet Home • Frank Sheed, Theology for Beginners • Thomas E. Woods, How the Catholic Church Built Western Civilization • Mark Shea, By What Authority. An Evangelical Discovers Catholic Tradition
Philosophy
• John Paul II, Fides et Ratio • C.S. Lewis, The Four Loves • C.S. Lewis, The Abolition of Man • Josef Pieper, The Four Cardinal Virtues • Josef Pieper, Leisure: The Basis of Culture • Chesterton, St Thomas Aquinas
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Our Lady
• Raniero Cantalamessa, Mary: Mirror of the Church • Alphonsus Liguori, The Glories of Mary • Scott Hahn, Hail Holy Queen • Fulton Sheen, The World’s First Love • Sister Emmanuel, Medjugorje: Triumph of the Heart! • Michael Gaitley, 33 Days to Morning Glory • Federico Suarez, Mary of Nazareth
Life of Saints (and nearly so)
• St. Augustine, Confessions • Louis de Wohl, The Restless Flame (St. Augustine) • Louis de Wohl, The Joyful Beggar (St. Francis of Assisi) • Louis de Wohl, Lay Siege to Heaven (St. Catherine of Siena) • Louis de Wohl, The Quiet Light (St. Thomas Aquinas) • Louis de Wohl, Set All Afire (St. Francis Xavier) • M. Raymond, Three Rebel Monks • M. Raymond, The Family that Overtook Christ • Hilda Graef, The Scholar and the Cross (Edith Stein) • G.K. Chesterton, St. Francis of Assisi • Tellechea Idigoras, Ignatius of Loyola: The Pilgrim Saint • Eloi Leclerc, The Wisdom of the Poor One of Assisi • Robert Bolt, A Man For All Seasons (St Thomas More) • Walter Ciszek, With God in Russia • Walter Ciszek, He Leadeth Me • Gereon Goldman, The Shadow of His Wings • Teresa of Avila, The Way of Perfection • Therese of Lisieux, Story of a Soul • Louis Bouyer, Newman • Francis Trochu, The Cure of Ars • George Weigel, Witness to Hope: The Biography of Pope John Paul II
Hot Topics (Contemporary Moral Issues)
• Abigail Favale, Into the Deep • Mary Healy, Men and Women are from Eden • Anthony Percy, Theology of the Body Made Simple • Karol Wojtyla, Love and Responsibility • Janet Smith, Why Humanae Vitae is Still Right • Edward Sri, Who Am I to Judge?: Responding to Relativism with Logic and Love • Peter Kreeft, A Refutation of Moral Relativism • Ryan T. Anderson, When Harry Became Sally • Mary Eberstadt, Adam and Eve After the Pill: Paradoxes of The Sexual Revolution
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• Stephanie Grey, Love Unleashes Life: Abortion and the Art of Communicating the Truth • Daniel Mattson, Why I Don’t Call Myself Gay: How I Reclaimed My Sexual Reality and Found Peace • Trent Horn, Can a Catholic Be a Socialist? • Gertrud von le Fort, The Eternal Woman: The Timeless Meaning of the Feminine • Alice von Hildebrand, Man and Woman: A Divine Invention • Alice von Hildebrand, The Privilege of Being a Woman • Edward Sri, Men, Women, and the Mystery of Love • Christopher West, Good News About Sex & Marriage: Answers to Your Honest Questions about Catholic Teaching
Fiction
• C. S. Lewis, The Chronicles of Narnia (7 books) • C. S. Lewis, Till We Have Faces • C. S. Lewis, The Great Divorce • C. S. Lewis, The Screwtape Letters • C. S. Lewis, Space Trilogy (Out of the Silent Planet, Perelandra, That Hideous Strength) • G. K. Chesterton, Manalive • G. K. Chesterton, The Man who was Thursday • G. K. Chesterton, The Ball and the Cross • G. K. Chesterton, The Napoleon of Notting Hill • J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings (3 books) • J.R.R. Tolkien, The Silmarillion • J. H. Newman, Callista • Paul Claudel, The Tidings Brought to Mary • Dante Alighieri, The Divine Comedy • R. H. Benson, Lord of the World
Short Video series
• The Bible Project (excellent videos on Scripture, on each book and on special themes): https://bibleproject.com/explore/ • Aquinas 101 (short and well-done presentations of Thomistic philosophy and theology): https://aquinas101.thomisticinstitute.org/watch-index • Elements of the Catholic Mass (short videos on liturgy): https://www.elementsofthecatholicmass.com/episodes • C. S. Lewis Doodle (sketches works by Lewis): https://www.youtube.com/user/CSLewisDoodle • Humanum Series (on Christian anthropology and the importance of the family) [NOT FREE]: https://vimeo.com/ondemand/humanum
Movies
• The Passion of the Christ • The Case for Christ • The Shack
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• Mary’s Land • For Greater Glory (Cristeros) • Paul, Apostle of Christ • Karol • Mother Teresa: The Legacy • Call me Bernadette • Bakhita: From Slave to Saint • War Room • God’s Not Dead • God’s Not Dead 2 • Son of God (or The Bible Series) • Woodlawn • Fireproof • Ben Hur • The Greatest Gift • Breakthrough • Bella • Les Miserables (the older one) • A Hidden Life • A Man for All Seasons • The Scarlet and the Black
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