Recommended Reading

• The Lamb's Supper: The Mass as Heaven on Earth by Scott Hahn

  • Excellent read if you are looking to deepen your understanding of and devotion to Christ in the Eucharist. Hahn unveils the mysteries of the Holy Mass and shows readers how the Book of Revelation is actually describing the Holy Mass. He shows that the Mass is actually a taste of heaven here on earth.

• Searching for and Maintaining Peace by Fr. Jacques Philippe

  • Transformative book to help us see that the anxieties we have about our weakness is not what God wants. Beautiful written reminder that even in our sin and weakness, we must keep turning to God, trusting Him, loving him, and looking to Him "both to will and to work" in us.

• The Imitation of Christ by Thomas A. Kempis

  • A collection of direct, but profound instructions for the spiritual life presented in short chapter format (3-5 pages each). Originally written in the1400s for those in formation for religious life but applicable for all striving to walk with Christ. It will make you think and reflect on your life in relation to the gospel but in a way that is reasonable to do so for 15 minutes before bed. Solid spiritual nourishment without forcing yourself to bite off more than you can chew after a long day of work.

• The Discernment of Spirits: An Ignatian Guide for Everyday Living by Fr. Timothy Gallagher

• Rediscover Jesus by Matthew Kelly

• To Light a Fire on the Earth: Proclaiming the Gospel in a Secular Age by Bishop Robert Barron

• The Divine Dance by Richard Rohr

• My Life with the Saints by Fr. James Martin

• Tuning into Grace: The Quest for God by Andre Louf, OSCO

• Fully Human, Fully Divine: An Interactive Christology by Michael Casey, OSCO

• Divine Mercy in My Soul: The Diary of St. Faustina Kowalska

• The Confessions by Saint Augustine

• I Believe in Love: A Personal Retreat based on the St. Thérèse of Lisieux by Fr. Jean C. J. d’Elbée

• Vatican documents and papal encyclicals

  • Lumen Gentium (Vatican II document)