Thank you for your time!
What are your recommendations for every Catholic's personal library? (just the top ten, if that many)
Thanks.
--Huong
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Here are ten I recommend:
1. Ignatius Bible 2. Catechism 3. Augustine: Confessions 4. Aquinas: Summa Theologica 5. Therese: Autobiography 6. Chesterton: Everlasting Man 7. Lewis: Miracles 8. Lonergan: Insight 9. Weigel: Witness to Hope 10. Crocker: Triumph
The first two are the only which are completely essential. The last one does not have the same level of genius as the other nine, but it is a readable, one volume history of the Church. Three other books which should be on the list are: Newman's Apologia, Pascal's Pensees and Law's Serious Call. There of course are many others, but those are a good start.
God bless - and good reading. As Paul said, "Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind." For a literate person that means daily spiritual reading, especially the Bible and Catechism.
Prayers,
Fr. Bloom
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