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Title: Spiritual Reading
Post by: Gabriella on November 10, 2016, 12:51:37 AM
Anyone reading anything particularly good right now?
I think I'm going to start "The Divine Crucible of Purgatory". I've read parts of it many times before but never the whole thing. It is one that I like to use for the beginnings of mental prayer sometimes.

Title: Spiritual Reading
Post by: Nadir on November 10, 2016, 02:58:14 AM
I searched and that book looks very interesting, and sadly out of print. Is the author Mother Mary of St. Austin a Carmelite?

 http://www.sistersofcarmel.com/newsletter1311.php

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Marvelous is the mercy of God to have provided sinners with a Purgatory – a place of purification in unchangeable eternity; a robing room for those whose wedding garments are earth-soiled; a period when God Himself, jealous for the beauty of His bride, finishes the life-work which the negligent soul has left undone.  “O, the depths of the riches of the wisdom and of the knowledge of God!  How incomprehensible are His judgments and how unsearchable His ways!...”
(The Divine Crucible of Purgatory, now out of print)  


I am slowly and meditatively reading "The Imitation of Christ", as well as A History of the Protestant Reformation in England and Ireland by William Cobbett, written in 1824-25. The latter is not really spiritual reading but it helps to-understand history, that's for sure.
Title: Spiritual Reading
Post by: Gabriella on November 10, 2016, 10:11:00 AM
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I searched and that book looks very interesting, and sadly out of print. Is the author Mother Mary of St. Austin a Carmelite?

 http://www.sistersofcarmel.com/newsletter1311.php

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Marvelous is the mercy of God to have provided sinners with a Purgatory – a place of purification in unchangeable eternity; a robing room for those whose wedding garments are earth-soiled; a period when God Himself, jealous for the beauty of His bride, finishes the life-work which the negligent soul has left undone.  “O, the depths of the riches of the wisdom and of the knowledge of God!  How incomprehensible are His judgments and how unsearchable His ways!...”
(The Divine Crucible of Purgatory, now out of print)  


I am slowly and meditatively reading "The Imitation of Christ", as well as A History of the Protestant Reformation in England and Ireland by William Cobbett, written in 1824-25. The latter is not really spiritual reading but it helps to-understand history, that's for sure.


Nice quote! I am not aware of the author being Carmelite but it's certainly possible. Yes, it is a very good book that I am lucky to have a copy of it. When I have the chance I'll put a few quotes or at least the poem from the front of the book on here so you can get a taste of it.

The Imitation of Christ is great! That is the book that got me throug college...really. The other book you are reading on the reformation sounds very interesting! Are you very far into it?
Title: Spiritual Reading
Post by: songbird on November 10, 2016, 11:06:25 AM
I am into the "Glories of Mary", Tradition and the Church, and The Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, by Muller.
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Post by: AMDGJMJ on November 10, 2016, 12:24:05 PM
I have been reading the full volume set of Th Mystical City of God by Venerable Mary of Argeda, and am looking forward to reading [/i]Devotions to the Nine Choirs of Angels soon!  :-)
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Post by: Nadir on November 10, 2016, 07:09:10 PM
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I am not aware of the author being Carmelite but it's certainly possible


Thanks Gabrielle, Are there any letters after her name? I would be looking for O.C.D. (order of Dicalced Carmelites). Who is it published by?

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The other book you are reading on the reformation sounds very interesting! Are you very far into it?


Just past half way (p220). He goes through the reigns of Henry VIII, Edward VI, Mary and Elizabeth, etc., and presently I reading about Elizabeth's reign. It is interesting that it is written by a Protestant, sympathetic to the Catholic cause. It is published by TAN.
Title: Spiritual Reading
Post by: poche on November 10, 2016, 11:36:09 PM
I am reading "The Science of the Cross" by St Edith Stein.
Title: Spiritual Reading
Post by: poche on November 13, 2016, 10:54:53 PM
I recently finished the Cloud of the Unknowing.
Title: Spiritual Reading
Post by: Gabriella on November 14, 2016, 12:41:08 AM
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I am into the "Glories of Mary", Tradition and the Church, and The Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, by Muller.


Such a good book! I do have a copy.
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Post by: Gabriella on November 14, 2016, 12:42:44 AM
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I have been reading the full volume set of Th Mystical City of God by Venerable Mary of Argeda, and am looking forward to reading [/i]Devotions to the Nine Choirs of Angels soon!  :-)


My Grandmother has the full volume set as well--she loves them and has read them all the way through three times. I have never heard of the other book you mentioned. It does sound interesting. Can you tell me a little more about it?
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Post by: Gabriella on November 14, 2016, 12:55:07 AM
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I am not aware of the author being Carmelite but it's certainly possible


Thanks Gabrielle, Are there any letters after her name? I would be looking for O.C.D. (order of Dicalced Carmelites). Who is it published by?

Nadir,
It says, "By Mother Mary of St. Austin, Helper of the Holy Souls" but it also says: "This book from the pen of Mother St. Austin, who died while she was still Mistress of Novices"

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The other book you are reading on the reformation sounds very interesting! Are you very far into it?


Just past half way (p220). He goes through the reigns of Henry VIII, Edward VI, Mary and Elizabeth, etc., and presently I reading about Elizabeth's reign. It is interesting that it is written by a Protestant, sympathetic to the Catholic cause. It is published by TAN.


If you were just beginning this other book I would have tried to get it to read it with you for discussion, but you are pretty far along :)

Also, Here is the beautiful poem at the beginning of "The Divine Crucible of Purgatory":

"O! It were bliss
After life's plenitude of miseries
And death's alarms,
To lie within the everlasting arms
Awakened by God's kiss,
Heaven's joy were all in this,
To lose all pain and dread,
And be thus comforted
By Love's own kiss--the kiss that wakes the dead."

"For He Himself shall wipe away all tears;
The pent-up grief of years
Shall sob itself to rest
Childlike, upon His breast.
With more than mother's love
He shall caress,
And bless
With joys, all joy above,
The comfortless,
Earth could not weep
To pass through death's eclipse,
Could she but know whose lips
Would raise her from that sleep.
Ye, who have understood,
Be not afraid,
Nor dread,
It is God's kiss--God's kiss that wakes the dead."
Title: Spiritual Reading
Post by: Gabriella on November 14, 2016, 12:56:15 AM
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I am reading "The Science of the Cross" by St Edith Stein.


Oh, I have heard of Edith Stein. Isn't she a Jєωιѕн convert? I would love to hear a little about this book. :)
Title: Spiritual Reading
Post by: Gabriella on November 14, 2016, 12:57:34 AM
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I recently finished the Cloud of the Unknowing.


Who is this written by and what is it about? I have never heard of it. Did you like it?
Title: Spiritual Reading
Post by: poche on November 15, 2016, 03:30:05 AM
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I am reading "The Science of the Cross" by St Edith Stein.


Oh, I have heard of Edith Stein. Isn't she a Jєωιѕн convert? I would love to hear a little about this book. :)


It is her commentary on the writings of St John of the Cross. under obedience she compiled it while she was in Holland. She was just putting the finishing touches on it when the nαzι police came to the door of the convent to arrest her and her sister.  
Title: Spiritual Reading
Post by: poche on November 15, 2016, 03:33:24 AM
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I recently finished the Cloud of the Unknowing.


Who is this written by and what is it about? I have never heard of it. Did you like it?


Its author is unknown. It was written during the middle ages. It is about contemplation.
Title: Spiritual Reading
Post by: Nadir on November 15, 2016, 02:31:06 PM
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the beautiful poem at the beginning of "The Divine Crucible of Purgatory":

"O! It were bliss
After life's plenitude of miseries
And death's alarms,
To lie within the everlasting arms
Awakened by God's kiss,
Heaven's joy were all in this,
To lose all pain and dread,
And be thus comforted
By Love's own kiss--the kiss that wakes the dead."

"For He Himself shall wipe away all tears;
The pent-up grief of years
Shall sob itself to rest
Childlike, upon His breast.
With more than mother's love
He shall caress,
And bless
With joys, all joy above,
The comfortless,
Earth could not weep
To pass through death's eclipse,
Could she but know whose lips
Would raise her from that sleep.
Ye, who have understood,
Be not afraid,
Nor dread,
It is God's kiss--God's kiss that wakes the dead."


Indeed, it is! Thank you Gabriella
Title: Spiritual Reading
Post by: poche on November 16, 2016, 11:07:22 PM
I am reading the Book of Deuteronomy.
 
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Post by: poche on November 21, 2016, 11:32:27 PM
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I am reading the Book of Deuteronomy.
 


I have finished the Book of Deuteronomy and now I am reading the Book of Joshua.
Title: Spiritual Reading
Post by: Gabriella on November 23, 2016, 12:31:31 AM
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I am reading "The Science of the Cross" by St Edith Stein.


Oh, I have heard of Edith Stein. Isn't she a Jєωιѕн convert? I would love to hear a little about this book. :)


It is her commentary on the writings of St John of the Cross. under obedience she compiled it while she was in Holland. She was just putting the finishing touches on it when the nαzι police came to the door of the convent to arrest her and her sister.  


That sounds so interesting!
Title: Spiritual Reading
Post by: poche on November 29, 2016, 11:24:09 PM
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I am reading "The Science of the Cross" by St Edith Stein.


Oh, I have heard of Edith Stein. Isn't she a Jєωιѕн convert? I would love to hear a little about this book. :)


It is her commentary on the writings of St John of the Cross. under obedience she compiled it while she was in Holland. She was just putting the finishing touches on it when the nαzι police came to the door of the convent to arrest her and her sister.  


That sounds so interesting!


She was a canonized saint;

In Echt, Edith Stein hurriedly completed her study of "The Church's Teacher of Mysticism and the Father of the Carmelites, John of the Cross, on the Occasion of the 400th Anniversary of His Birth, 1542-1942." In 1941 she wrote to a friend, who was also a member of her order: "One can only gain a scientia crucis (knowledge of the cross) if one has thoroughly experienced the cross. I have been convinced of this from the first moment onwards and have said with all my heart: 'Ave, Crux, Spes unica' (I welcome you, Cross, our only hope)." Her study on St. John of the Cross is entitled: "Kreuzeswissenschaft" (The Science of the Cross).

Edith Stein was arrested by the Gestapo on 2 August 1942, while she was in the chapel with the other sisters. She was to report within five minutes, together with her sister Rosa, who had also converted and was serving at the Echt Convent. Her last words to be heard in Echt were addressed to Rosa: "Come, we are going for our people."

http://www.vatican.va/news_services/liturgy/saints/ns_lit_doc_19981011_edith_stein_en.html
Title: Spiritual Reading
Post by: songbird on December 01, 2016, 04:53:42 PM
Question:  As anyone here, read "The Mass", by Adrian Fortesue ?  My husband has a "tablet" and is looking at books to read for 99 cents.  
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Post by: poche on December 08, 2016, 10:55:50 PM
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I am reading the Book of Deuteronomy.
 


I have finished the Book of Deuteronomy and now I am reading the Book of Joshua.


I have finished the Book of Joshua and I am now reading the First Book of Samuel.  
Title: Spiritual Reading
Post by: Centroamerica on December 09, 2016, 06:21:37 AM


A friend in Wisconsin sent me the English abridged version of the Catechism of Perseverance by Mons. Gaume. I was able to find the 10 volume series in Portuguese online. This work is outstanding. The original was in French. If you can find the complete version, it is a true treasure that will enhance your spiritual understanding.

The abridged version is good. It is very much abbreviated, however. The 10 volume series is one of the best spiritual readings and easy to understand. Find it and read it!
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Post by: Nadir on December 09, 2016, 02:28:59 PM
The Dove with the Scarlet Collar, The Life of Mother Mary Elias of the the Blessed Sacrament, OCD, by Mother Teresa of Jesus, OCD.

Mexican-born in 1879, she lived through the revolution in Mexico, and the terrible persecution of the Church and escaped with her sisters to safety in Cuba, and later to the US where she established four Carmels.
Title: Spiritual Reading
Post by: poche on December 17, 2016, 02:08:39 AM
Right now I am reading the Second Book of Samuel.  
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Post by: Nadir on December 17, 2016, 08:15:24 PM
Carmelite Devotions and Prayers for the special feasts of the Liturgical Year,
Compiled by a Carmelite Tertiary
First published by the Discalced Carmelite Nuns of Milwaukee in 1956.
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Post by: Gabriella on December 17, 2016, 09:19:26 PM
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Carmelite Devotions and Prayers for the special feasts of the Liturgical Year,
Compiled by a Carmelite Tertiary
First published by the Discalced Carmelite Nuns of Milwaukee in 1956.


Some wonderful Carmelite books are sold by the Sisters of Carmel of the Monastery of the Sacred Hearts here: http://www.sistersofcarmel.com/catholic-books-carmelite-spirituality.php
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Post by: Nadir on December 18, 2016, 02:31:17 AM
Thank you, Gabriella. Here is the website of the sisters:
http://www.sistersofcarmel.org/

Very beautiful and good to know they exist.
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Post by: poche on December 22, 2016, 12:57:23 AM
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Right now I am reading the Second Book of Samuel.  


Right now I am reading the First Book of Kings.
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Post by: Miseremini on December 22, 2016, 06:07:02 PM
Still reading How Christ Said the First Mass.

What an eye opener.  They should teach this in seminary.  
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Post by: poche on January 05, 2017, 11:04:46 PM
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Right now I am reading the Second Book of Samuel.  


Right now I am reading the First Book of Kings.


right now I am reading the First Book of Chronicles.
Title: Spiritual Reading
Post by: poche on January 11, 2017, 02:17:53 AM
Currently I am reading The Conception, the first volume of the Celestial City of God by Venerable Maria de Agreda.  
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Post by: poche on January 11, 2017, 02:18:58 AM
Currently I am reading The Conception, the first volume of the Celestial City of God by Venerable Maria de Agreda.  
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Post by: poche on January 20, 2017, 11:42:52 PM
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Right now I am reading the Second Book of Samuel.  


Right now I am reading the First Book of Kings.


right now I am reading the First Book of Chronicles.


Right now I am reading the Second Book of Chronicles.
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Post by: songbird on January 23, 2017, 06:33:11 PM
I am reading Father De Smet.  Very good!  He is mentioned chronicles of Lewis and Clark.  I enjoy reading the details of the times, travels and such.
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Post by: poche on January 25, 2017, 12:00:12 AM
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Right now I am reading the Second Book of Samuel.  


Right now I am reading the First Book of Kings.


right now I am reading the First Book of Chronicles.


Right now I am reading the Second Book of Chronicles.


Right now I am reading the Book of Ezra.
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Post by: poche on January 27, 2017, 12:14:30 AM
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Right now I am reading the Second Book of Samuel.  


Right now I am reading the First Book of Kings.


right now I am reading the First Book of Chronicles.


Right now I am reading the Second Book of Chronicles.


Right now I am reading the Book of Ezra.


Now I am reading from the Book of Nehemiah.
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Post by: poche on January 31, 2017, 11:24:52 PM
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Right now I am reading the Second Book of Samuel.  


Right now I am reading the First Book of Kings.


right now I am reading the First Book of Chronicles.


Right now I am reading the Second Book of Chronicles.


Right now I am reading the Book of Ezra.


Now I am reading from the Book of Nehemiah.


Now I am reading from the Book of Tobit.
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Post by: poche on February 08, 2017, 02:05:59 AM
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Right now I am reading the Second Book of Samuel.  


Right now I am reading the First Book of Kings.


right now I am reading the First Book of Chronicles.


Right now I am reading the Second Book of Chronicles.


Right now I am reading the Book of Ezra.


Now I am reading from the Book of Nehemiah.


Now I am reading from the Book of Tobit.


right now I am reading the Book of Judith.
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Post by: Neil Obstat on February 13, 2017, 07:46:27 PM
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I am reading Father De Smet.  Very good!  He is mentioned chronicles of Lewis and Clark.  I enjoy reading the details of the times, travels and such.

Fr. de Smet is considered the Missionary of the American Northwest. He claimed the Flathead Indians were impressively virtuous, and so they have gained the reputation of being the most virtuous of all the naive Americans.  Various stories of visitors to their region have come away with curiously (and often subtly supportive) if not vague examples of their moral propriety and cultural generosity.  It seems to me that the Flathead Indians do not garner much folklore or prominence in Western movies because they don't make very shocking examples of cruelty and barbarism as do some of the other tribes such as Aztecs, Apache, Hurons and Iroquois. The latter got their name from the sound of their battle cry, for example.

Title: Spiritual Reading
Post by: Neil Obstat on February 13, 2017, 08:09:31 PM
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I am into the "Glories of Mary", Tradition and the Church, and The Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, by Muller.

Such a good book! I do have a copy.


When St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori was convalescing, one of the religious came daily to read from The Glories of Mary to him as he rest in bed. He was very attentive to the readings and eventually exclaimed how well written the book is. He inquired as to who the author might have been.

The religious replied, "Why Father, it is a book you wrote yourself. You are the author."

"Funny, I don't recall having written it."

Remember Saint Alphonsus was first a Lawyer, then a priest!   :judge:

Title: Spiritual Reading
Post by: songbird on February 13, 2017, 08:53:08 PM
Oh, how tweet it is!

I noticed  a book, "The Lions of Munster" by Fr. Daniel Utrecht, a Tan publisher book.  The priest  (?) is from Toronto Ontario.  Question do we know anything about Fr. Utrecht.  Will this book be ok to read?  I just hate getting books that appear to be ok and turn out to be on the side of Vatican II.

I have one of those books, The Stolen Church by Fr. Virtue.  he took diary parts of a Russian priest in prison during the 40s?.  Published about 1978 and Fr. Virtue was not so full of Virtue.  Three years later he was up for molesting a boy or so.
But the book was 2/3 's his words and 1/3 the diary and he ended the book in support of Vat. II.  

I find Fulton Sheen is like that.  He never put "Fr." in his name, when he was "Fr."
He would tell you all you wanted to know about communism and by chapter 6 he would give the "solution", pick the right candidate!  Not the Precious Blood of sacraments, no, pick a man!?  I was so disgusted I felt like throwing the book out.
He writes well as a psychiatrist would but the solutions.  Come to find out he may have been a communist "sleeper".  Wouldn't surprise me!
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Post by: Neil Obstat on February 13, 2017, 09:23:11 PM
I've been reading Fr. Martin von Cochem's Die heilige Messe fur die Weltleute (TAN 1997 reprint in English is re-titled The Incredible Catholic Mass, 453pp. paperback, 10 copies $5 ea.). It was written in 1702 which is 74 years before America was born.

There are a number of striking things about this fine book on the Sacrifice of the Mass, many of which exemplify most clearly the difference between the TLM and the Newmass.  However, the editor, Thomas A. Nelson, attempts to make it seem that all these things somehow apply to the Newmass as well as they do "to any Mass."

One of its most instructive attributes in my opinion is Fr. von Cochem's habit of exemplification with stories from history, from other authors he has read. (I count approximately 40 such stories in the book, which were not indexed -- until I indexed them!) The first such story "hits the ground running" with this retelling of an incident from Cesar of Heisterbach, from the 12th century, who wrote about the pernicious Albigenses who appeared in France in those days.

Note: while the following incident was first recorded over 500 years before it was retold here, it has only been 315 years since, and therefore we have some 200 more years to go to get to the same point of time between authors as had Fr. von Cochem experienced himself.  IOW Fr. von Cochem was just as much in the middle of the spiritually radioactive fallout from the Lutheran revolt as we are today, and just about as far removed from the start of the Albigensian heresy as we today are from the start of Luther's blasphemies.

Quote from: Fr. Martin von Cochem

At the commencement of the twelfth century, the impious Albigenses appeared in France; among other disgraceful tenets, they held marriage to be an unlawful state and encouraged profligacy. They did, it is true, take no exception to the celebration of solemn High Mass in the presence of a large assembly of people, but they would not tolerate Low Mass, at which but few persons assisted. In fact, they prohibited them, under pain of fines and imprisonment. In connection with these heretics, Casar of Heisterbach, who lived about the same time, relates the following incident:

Although the Albigenses had forbidden priests, under heavy penalties, from saying Low Mass, a certain pious priest would not allow himself to be deterred by so unjust a prohibition from saying Mass privately. When this became known, he was arrested and brought before the council, who said to him:  "Information has reached us that, in defiance of our prohibition, you have said a Low Mass and committed a grave offense; we have therefore caused you to be brought before us to answer for yourself whether it is so."

The priest instantly replied without any sign of fear: "I will answer in the words of the holy Apostles, who said, when it was inquired of them before the Jєωιѕн Council whether they had violated the law by preaching in the name of Christ, 'We ought to obey Christ rather than men'. (Acts 5:29). For this reason, therefore, in spite of your unjust prohibition, I said Mass to the honor of God and of His blessed Mother." The judges, greatly infuriated by this bold reply, condemned the pious priest to have his tongue torn out in the presence of all the people.

The priest suffered this cruel sentence with the utmost patience; he went straight to the church his mouth yet bleeding, and kneeling humbly before the altar at which he had said Mass, poured out his complaint to the Mother of God. Being unable any longer to speak with his tongue, he raised his heart to her with all the more fervor, entreating her that his tongue might be restored to him. So urgent was his supplication that the Blessed Mother of God appeared to him and with her own hand replaced his tongue in his mouth, saying that it was given back to him for the sake of the honor he had paid to God the Lord and to her by saying Mass, and exhorting him diligently to make use of it in that manner for the future.

After returning heartfelt thanks to his benefactress, the priest returned to the assembled people and showed them that his tongue had been given back to him, thus putting to confusion the obstinate heretics and all who had displayed hostility to the Holy Mass.

The words of the blessed Father Cesar, in the preface to the little book whence this story is taken, allow of no doubt as to its truth. "I take God to witness," he says, "that I have inserted nothing in this work but what I have seen with my own eyes or heard from the lips of men who would sooner die than utter a falsehood." Wherefore this true story ought to convince all who think otherwise that the Holy Mass is especially pleasing to the most high God.


Fr. Martin von Cochem (author of dozens of such books most of which have never been translated from the original German) follows this amazing story with writing from his own experience living in Germany among many Lutherans, explaining the sad plight of those heretics who so vehemently opposed the Mass no less than did the perfidious Albigenses of 5 centuries before.  Keep in mind, while the Albigenses had not endured intact during those 5 centuries, the Lutherans have managed to do so during the 5 centuries preceeding our own time, and continue unaffected especially by the current Catholic hierarchy.  What he writes here is strangely just as relevant today as it was in his time, 315 years ago:

Quote from: Fr. Martin von Cochem

From the days of the Apostles until the present time, the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass has had no more vehement opponent than the unhappy Martin Luther, who not only attacked, but denounced this divine mystery. He did not do this of himself, nor when he first apostatized, but at a later period, and at the instigation of the devil. In fact the deluded man himself acknowledges in his writings that his teaching comes from the devil, and only at the suggestion of the evil one has he abolished the Mass as "an act of idolatry," although he must have known full well that the devil is the hater of all that is good and teaches mankind naught but what is evil.  Besides, Luther might have considered that, if the Mass were idolatrous, the devil would not oppose it, much less desire that it should be done away with;  on the contrary, he would promote it and praise it because the more Masses were said, the more acts of idolatry would be committed and the greater dishonor would be done to the most high God.

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Title: Spiritual Reading
Post by: Neil Obstat on February 13, 2017, 09:59:04 PM
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Oh, how tweet it is!

I noticed  a book, "The Lions of Munster" by Fr. Daniel Utrecht, a Tan publisher book.  The priest  (?) is from Toronto Ontario.  Question do we know anything about Fr. Utrecht.  Will this book be ok to read?  I just hate getting books that appear to be ok and turn out to be on the side of Vatican II.

I have one of those books, The Stolen Church by Fr. Virtue.  he took diary parts of a Russian priest in prison during the 40s?.  Published about 1978 and Fr. Virtue was not so full of Virtue.  Three years later he was up for molesting a boy or so.
But the book was 2/3 's his words and 1/3 the diary and he ended the book in support of Vat. II.  

I find Fulton Sheen is like that.  He never put "Fr." in his name, when he was "Fr."
He would tell you all you wanted to know about communism and by chapter 6 he would give the "solution", pick the right candidate!  Not the Precious Blood of sacraments, no, pick a man!?  I was so disgusted I felt like throwing the book out.
He writes well as a psychiatrist would but the solutions.  Come to find out he may have been a communist "sleeper".  Wouldn't surprise me!

I've never heard of Fr. Virtue or Fr. Daniel Utrecht. Sorry.  There are so many great authors you shouldn't waste your time on questionable ones.

If it's a TAN book it might be okay, but KEEP IN MIND, that TAN has been taken over by Protestants so who knows what to expect anymore!!!![/i]

If you have any TAN books published before 2004, you can find a title list in the back pages, so use that to check whether any prospective books were dated before the Prots took over the farm.

Another one to be cautious with is Malachi Martin. He was quite progressive and tried to appeal to modern sensibilities, but in so doing a lot of what he wrote was frankly salacious and scandalous.  I was unable to finish Hostage to the Devil, and I never tried to read Windswept House.  I managed to read Jesuits and one other of his books, though. When the author gets into too much lurid detail about impurity and demonic themes it serves to me more toward distraction and inclination toward sin, so I have to steer clear.

My impression of Bishop Sheen is mixed.  He had a very popular TV show before Vat.II, but he went whole hog in favor of the revolution -- at least for a while. There are severe criticisms of how he governed his flock. One woman related the story of how she had seen him alone on a passenger train near the end of his life, and she spoke to him, when he confessed to her that he regretted not having stood up for the Traditional Church and the Mass of Ages, but that it was too late. Apparently when he started to make waves in Newchurch, he was quickly marginalized, and died a broken man. I read a recent report that says two different locales are arguing over possession of his remains, and neither one of them is the place where he said he wanted to be buried in his will.

If you have not read The Glories of Mary, perhaps it's time!  Another great book by Liguori is Preparation for Death, which is right on time for Lent this year! Reading that book put a whole new focus on life for me.  A recurring theme in it is that of final perseverance. He explains that the grace for final perseverance is something that no one can merit in this life, but that we can get pretty close to achieving its merit by supplication, but it takes a lifetime of constancy once you make the decision to pursue this goal.

This ties in with something I read in the Raccolta, where it has indulgences after each prayer.  After the Angele dei prayer (Angel of God, my guardian dear...), it says that by praying this prayer DAILY for the rest of you life you can merit (provided you meet the standard prerequisites) a plenary indulgence at the moment of death. But there are fine points to be aware of, such as the necessity to relinquish all attachment to sin before you can be eligible for any plenary indulgence.

Title: Spiritual Reading
Post by: Nadir on February 13, 2017, 11:40:16 PM
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I noticed  a book, "The Lions of Munster" by Fr. Daniel Utrecht, a Tan publisher book.  The priest  (?) is from Toronto Ontario.  Question do we know anything about Fr. Utrecht.  Will this book be ok to read?  I just hate getting books that appear to be ok and turn out to be on the side of Vatican II.



About the Author
Father Daniel Utrecht is a priest of the Oratory of St Philip Neri, Toronto. He is a graduate of the University of Dallas (B.A., Philosophy), and the University of Toronto (Ph.D., philosophy). He joined the Oratory in 1980 and was ordained to the priesthood in 1985. Father teaches in St Philip's Seminary, directed by the Fathers of the Oratory, and is Pastor of St Vincent de Paul Church in Toronto. Previous publications include a translation of a biography of St Philip Neri, Philip Neri: The Fire of Joy by Paul Türks.

His topic is pre-Vat 2 so it is probably safe to read it.

I am presently reading Stories and Miracles of Our Lady of Good Success by Marian Therese Horvath, truly a book for our time.
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Post by: songbird on February 14, 2017, 06:11:20 PM
Thank You Nell and Nadir.

I am on page 580 of the Glories of Mary, what a wonderful, beautiful book.  It is so recommended.  

I did the same thing with Hostages to the Devil.  I just couldn't read it anymore.  Maybe 1/4 and honestly, I wanted to ditch it.  And thank you for the warning.

I do very much like the books at www.forgottenbooks.com  The books I refer to are paperback.  The cover is half beige and half brown.  Written in the 18oo's. I noticed that you could read them on line, I prefer the book.  They are about the doctrines of the church and such.  They are very hard to put down.  Good reading. I happened to find 2 or 3 in a used book store.  That was how I stumbled on to them.  I wish I could find more.  I get on the webs and look and I know there are more out there. I only have 2 eyes and one pair of glasses. Ha!

Because of the times, I pick up "Luther" and read of his satanic ways.  We have a Lutheran minister who lives next to us.  He never says anything.  When we first moved in 1986 he asked me one time about who will be saved, only catholics?

I just said, "Well, do you believe in One God?" Yes, he said.  There is only One Faith? and he never said anything again.

I wish all my encounters were so easy.  But Sad for him.
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Post by: nctradcath on February 14, 2017, 07:38:32 PM
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I noticed  a book, "The Lions of Munster" by Fr. Daniel Utrecht, a Tan publisher book.  The priest  (?) is from Toronto Ontario.  Question do we know anything about Fr. Utrecht.  Will this book be ok to read?  I just hate getting books that appear to be ok and turn out to be on the side of Vatican II.

I have one of those books, The Stolen Church by Fr. Virtue.  he took diary parts of a Russian priest in prison during the 40s?.  Published about 1978 and Fr. Virtue was not so full of Virtue.  Three years later he was up for molesting a boy or so.
But the book was 2/3 's his words and 1/3 the diary and he ended the book in support of Vat. II.  

I find Fulton Sheen is like that.  He never put "Fr." in his name, when he was "Fr."
He would tell you all you wanted to know about communism and by chapter 6 he would give the "solution", pick the right candidate!  Not the Precious Blood of sacraments, no, pick a man!?  I was so disgusted I felt like throwing the book out.
He writes well as a psychiatrist would but the solutions.  Come to find out he may have been a communist "sleeper".  Wouldn't surprise me!

I've never heard of Fr. Virtue or Fr. Daniel Utrecht. Sorry.  There are so many great authors you shouldn't waste your time on questionable ones.

If it's a TAN book it might be okay, but KEEP IN MIND, that TAN has been taken over by Protestants so who knows what to expect anymore!!!![/i]

If you have any TAN books published before 2004, you can find a title list in the back pages, so use that to check whether any prospective books were dated before the Prots took over the farm.

Another one to be cautious with is Malachi Martin. He was quite progressive and tried to appeal to modern sensibilities, but in so doing a lot of what he wrote was frankly salacious and scandalous.  I was unable to finish Hostage to the Devil, and I never tried to read Windswept House.  I managed to read Jesuits and one other of his books, though. When the author gets into too much lurid detail about impurity and demonic themes it serves to me more toward distraction and inclination toward sin, so I have to steer clear.

My impression of Bishop Sheen is mixed.  He had a very popular TV show before Vat.II, but he went whole hog in favor of the revolution -- at least for a while. There are severe criticisms of how he governed his flock. One woman related the story of how she had seen him alone on a passenger train near the end of his life, and she spoke to him, when he confessed to her that he regretted not having stood up for the Traditional Church and the Mass of Ages, but that it was too late. Apparently when he started to make waves in Newchurch, he was quickly marginalized, and died a broken man. I read a recent report that says two different locales are arguing over possession of his remains, and neither one of them is the place where he said he wanted to be buried in his will.

If you have not read The Glories of Mary, perhaps it's time!  Another great book by Liguori is Preparation for Death, which is right on time for Lent this year! Reading that book put a whole new focus on life for me.  A recurring theme in it is that of final perseverance. He explains that the grace for final perseverance is something that no one can merit in this life, but that we can get pretty close to achieving its merit by supplication, but it takes a lifetime of constancy once you make the decision to pursue this goal.

This ties in with something I read in the Raccolta, where it has indulgences after each prayer.  After the Angele dei prayer (Angel of God, my guardian dear...), it says that by praying this prayer DAILY for the rest of you life you can merit (provided you meet the standard prerequisites) a plenary indulgence at the moment of death. But there are fine points to be aware of, such as the necessity to relinquish all attachment to sin before you can be eligible for any plenary indulgence.



Dear Neal,

At the end of the 15th Rosary mystery, we ask for the grace of final perseverance. If a person prays the entire Rosary daily, the person would be asking for this grace every day.

Jesus and Mary,
David
Title: Spiritual Reading
Post by: Nadir on February 14, 2017, 10:10:20 PM
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I've been reading Fr. Martin von Cochem's Die heilige Messe fur die Weltleute (TAN 1997 reprint in English is re-titled The Incredible Catholic Mass, 453pp. paperback, 10 copies $5 ea.). It was written in 1702 which is 74 years before America was born.


Neil, I have a book by this same priest: The Holy Sacrifice of the Mass Explained, printed privately ($8 PER BOOK or $25 BOX of 10) http://www.bacaustralia.com.au/home/bac-australia-publishing/  (312 pages and re-Englished by Fr Paul Power MSC). Mine is dated 18th October, 1996. I'm sure you could never find this book in a Catholic bookshop (of the new order), although I know that the person responsible for this printing is not an adherent of tradition. Nevertheless he does amazing things for the good of mankind for the love of God.  I must get this book out and read it. Thanks for the reminder.

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Post by: Neil Obstat on February 14, 2017, 10:50:10 PM
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I've been reading Fr. Martin von Cochem's Die heilige Messe fur die Weltleute (TAN 1997 reprint in English is re-titled The Incredible Catholic Mass, 453pp. paperback, 10 copies $5 ea.). It was written in 1702 which is 74 years before America was born.

Neil, I have a book by this same priest: The Holy Sacrifice of the Mass Explained, printed privately ($8 PER BOOK or $25 BOX of 10) http://www.bacaustralia.com.au/home/bac-australia-publishing/  (312 pages and re-Englished by Fr Paul Power MSC). Mine is dated 18th October, 1996. I'm sure you could never find this book in a Catholic bookshop (of the new order), although I know that the person responsible for this printing is not an adherent of tradition. Nevertheless he does amazing things for the good of mankind for the love of God.  I must get this book out and read it. Thanks for the reminder.


Dear Nadir,

Apparently your book is the same one under a different title:
Quote from: Nelson, Publisher's Preface, p.viii

By far the most popular of his works, and universally acknowledged as the best, is the present book on the Mass, titled in its original English edition, Cochem's Explanation of the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass and often simply called An Explanation of the Mass. (Also well known to English readers is the author's book, The Four Last Things -- Death, Judgment, Hell, Heaven, TAN, 1987, which has been instrumental in the conversion of many people.)


Your edition won't have that Preface in it, obviously, but you probably can find the quoted pages from above in Chapter 1, THE NATURE OF HOLY MASS, in the section beginning on my page 10: THE ATTACKS MADE BY HERETICS UPON THE HOLY SACRIFICE OF THE MASS.  

Your 312 pages could easily be less than my 453 pages due to a larger format. My paperback is 4-1/2 x 7 and if yours is larger, it can have more text on each page.

The part I copied above begins in the second paragraph, "At the commencement of the twelfth century, the impious Albigenses appeared in France; ..."

The first paragraph of this section highlights the fact of the heresy of Berengarius of Tours as "the first who presumed to speak and write against the Holy Mass," after the first 10 centuries of the Christian Church during which "teachers of heresy were indeed not wanting, but none of them ventured to assail the Mass; much less did they attempt to do away with it."

Fr. Cochem somehow skips over the historical fact that the Elevation of the Host and the Chalice had not been a rubric of the Roman Rite until after the refutation of Barengarius in the 11th century. It was introduced following the Council of Rome, 1079, when the Berengarius heresy was condemned, and it's an excellent example of "organic development of the Mass" since these two elevations were inserted into the universal Roman rubrics to seal the subject by showing the newly consecrated Blessed Sacrament to all present. It is also a good example of "Rome has spoken, the subject is closed" or Roma locuta, causa finita est.

We can well remember this every time we see the priest raise the Host and/or the Chalice at Holy Mass.

Similarly, we can observe the break at Vatican II at the genuflection of the priest immediately after speaking the form of each consecration (first the Host, then the Chalice). He genuflects, AND the altar bells are rung.  For with the changes of Newmass, the priest no longer genuflects before raising the species, and no bells are rung.  (They got rid of the bells entirely.)  While Vatican II parades the excuse of "organic development" it is only talk, and not reality, because what they actually did was not organic at all but an accommodation toward the Protestants, which is a destruction of the Mass.  Recall, above, for the first 10 centuries there was no destruction of the Mass, but only development.

Someone needs to go through this fine book with a score sheet keeping track of all the numerous ways that the Newmass departs in a malevolent way from Sacred Tradition in the Latin Mass.

Title: Spiritual Reading
Post by: poche on February 15, 2017, 12:38:58 AM
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Right now I am reading the Second Book of Samuel.  


Right now I am reading the First Book of Kings.


right now I am reading the First Book of Chronicles.


Right now I am reading the Second Book of Chronicles.


Right now I am reading the Book of Ezra.


Now I am reading from the Book of Nehemiah.


Now I am reading from the Book of Tobit.


right now I am reading the Book of Judith.


Right now I am reading the Book of Esther.
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Post by: poche on February 17, 2017, 12:05:01 AM
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Right now I am reading the Second Book of Samuel.  


Right now I am reading the First Book of Kings.


right now I am reading the First Book of Chronicles.


Right now I am reading the Second Book of Chronicles.


Right now I am reading the Book of Ezra.


Now I am reading from the Book of Nehemiah.


Now I am reading from the Book of Tobit.


right now I am reading the Book of Judith.


Right now I am reading the Book of Esther.


Right now I am reading the First Book of Maccabees


Title: Spiritual Reading
Post by: Cantarella on February 21, 2017, 04:43:52 PM
Attaining Salvation
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St. Alphonsus Liguori
Title: Spiritual Reading
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Right now I am reading the Second Book of Samuel.  


Right now I am reading the First Book of Kings.


right now I am reading the First Book of Chronicles.


Right now I am reading the Second Book of Chronicles.


Right now I am reading the Book of Ezra.


Now I am reading from the Book of Nehemiah.


Now I am reading from the Book of Tobit.


right now I am reading the Book of Judith.


Right now I am reading the Book of Esther.


Right now I am reading the First Book of Maccabees




 :facepalm:I don't want to derail this wonderful thread, but may I just say, Poche, that you don't need to keep quoting yourself.

Maybe you could consider taking up patchwork quilting
Title: Spiritual Reading
Post by: poche on February 21, 2017, 11:54:49 PM
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Right now I am reading the Second Book of Samuel.  


Right now I am reading the First Book of Kings.


right now I am reading the First Book of Chronicles.


Right now I am reading the Second Book of Chronicles.


Right now I am reading the Book of Ezra.


Now I am reading from the Book of Nehemiah.


Now I am reading from the Book of Tobit.


right now I am reading the Book of Judith.


Right now I am reading the Book of Esther.


Right now I am reading the First Book of Maccabees




 :facepalm:I don't want to derail this wonderful thread, but may I just say, Poche, that you don't need to keep quoting yourself.

Maybe you could consider taking up patchwork quilting


How about making rosaries?
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Post by: poche on February 27, 2017, 09:51:34 AM
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Right now I am reading the Second Book of Samuel.  


Right now I am reading the First Book of Kings.


right now I am reading the First Book of Chronicles.


Right now I am reading the Second Book of Chronicles.


Right now I am reading the Book of Ezra.


Now I am reading from the Book of Nehemiah.


Now I am reading from the Book of Tobit.


right now I am reading the Book of Judith.


Right now I am reading the Book of Esther.


Right now I am reading the First Book of Maccabees




Right now I am reading the Second Book of Maccabees.
Title: Spiritual Reading
Post by: Marlelar on February 27, 2017, 11:38:24 PM
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 :facepalm:I don't want to derail this wonderful thread, but may I just say, Poche, that you don't need to keep quoting yourself.

Maybe you could consider taking up patchwork quilting


I think he just likes the way it looks  :shocked:  All those quotes tumbling on each other.
Title: Spiritual Reading
Post by: poche on March 01, 2017, 12:40:12 AM
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Right now I am reading the Second Book of Samuel.  


Right now I am reading the First Book of Kings.


right now I am reading the First Book of Chronicles.


Right now I am reading the Second Book of Chronicles.


Right now I am reading the Book of Ezra.


Now I am reading from the Book of Nehemiah.


Now I am reading from the Book of Tobit.


right now I am reading the Book of Judith.


Right now I am reading the Book of Esther.


Right now I am reading the First Book of Maccabees




Right now I am reading the Second Book of Maccabees.


Right now I am reading the Book of Psalms.
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Post by: poche on April 02, 2017, 03:29:20 AM


Right now I am reading the First Book of Kings.

right now I am reading the First Book of Chronicles.

Right now I am reading the Second Book of Chronicles.

Right now I am reading the Book of Ezra.

Now I am reading from the Book of Nehemiah.

Now I am reading from the Book of Tobit.

right now I am reading the Book of Judith.

Right now I am reading the Book of Esther.

Right now I am reading the First Book of Maccabees




Right now I am reading the Second Book of Maccabees.

Right now I am reading the Book of Psalms.
Right now I am reading the Song of Songs.
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Post by: poche on April 04, 2017, 02:02:12 AM
Right now I am reading the Song of Songs.
I have just finished reading the Book of Lamentations. 
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Post by: poche on April 04, 2017, 11:26:41 PM
I have just finished reading the Book of Lamentations.
Right now I am reading the Book of Job.
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Post by: poche on April 18, 2017, 02:37:10 AM
Right now I am reading the Book of Job.
Right now I am reading the Book of Proverbs.   
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Post by: AMDGJMJ on April 18, 2017, 06:47:24 AM
Right now I am reading the Book of Proverbs.  
I love Proverbs!  So much valuable lessons are taught therein!   :)
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Post by: poche on April 28, 2017, 04:32:17 AM
Right now I am reading the Book of Proverbs.  
Right now I am reading the Book of Ecclesiastes.
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Post by: poche on May 02, 2017, 11:33:18 PM
Right now I am reading the Book of Ecclesiastes.
Right now I am reading the book of Wisdom.
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Post by: poche on May 10, 2017, 11:36:04 PM
Right now I am reading the book of Wisdom.
Right now I am reading the Book of Ecclesiasticus.  
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Post by: poche on May 27, 2017, 04:36:46 AM
Right now I am reading the Book of Ecclesiasticus.  
Right now I am reading the book of Isaiah. 
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Post by: poche on June 15, 2017, 01:53:08 AM
Right now I am reading the book of Isaiah.
Right now I am reading form the Book of Jeremiah.
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Post by: poche on June 28, 2017, 02:27:35 AM
Right now I am reading form the Book of Jeremiah.
Right now I am reading from the Book of Baruch.  
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Post by: poche on June 30, 2017, 12:20:47 AM
Right now I am reading from the Book of Baruch.  
Right now I am reading from the Book of Ezechiel.  
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Post by: poche on July 10, 2017, 02:41:14 AM
Today I read from the Gospel of Matthew. 
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Post by: poche on July 15, 2017, 01:55:47 AM
Right now I am reading from the Book of Ezechiel.  
Right now I am reading from the Book of Daniel.
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Post by: poche on July 20, 2017, 02:14:56 AM
Right now I am reading from the Book of Daniel.
Right now I am reading from the Book of the Prophet Hosea. 
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Post by: poche on July 27, 2017, 11:39:47 PM
Right now I am reading from the Book of the Prophet Hosea.
Right now I am reading from the Book of the Prophet Joel
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Post by: poche on July 28, 2017, 11:36:49 PM
Right now I am reading from the Book of the Prophet Joel
Right now I am reading from the Book of the Prophet Amos. 
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Post by: poche on July 30, 2017, 11:32:14 PM
Today I read from the Gospel of Matthew.
Today I read from the Gospel of Mark. 
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Post by: poche on August 01, 2017, 01:42:24 AM
Right now I am reading from the Book of the Prophet Amos.
Today I read from the Book of the Prophed Abdias
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Post by: poche on August 04, 2017, 04:49:24 AM
Today I read from the Book of the Prophed Abdias
Since tehn I have read from the Books of the Prophets Jonas and Nahum. 
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Post by: poche on August 07, 2017, 04:41:28 AM
Today I read form the Book of the Prophet Zephaniah. 
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Post by: poche on August 07, 2017, 11:38:26 PM
Since tehn I have read from the Books of the Prophets Jonas and Nahum.
Today I started reading from the Book of the Prophet Zachariah. 
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Post by: DZ PLEASE on August 08, 2017, 08:00:02 PM
"Spiritual Reading for Every Day" by le Masson. Free f/ archive.org
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Post by: poche on August 13, 2017, 01:17:40 AM
Today I started reading from the Book of the Prophet Zachariah.
Today I read from the Book of the Prophet Malachi. 
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Post by: poche on August 15, 2017, 04:31:44 AM
Today I started reading from the Acts of the Apostles.
 
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Post by: DZ PLEASE on August 15, 2017, 04:41:58 AM
Today I read from the Book of the Prophet Malachi.
Good. Accountability and discipline "check"
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Post by: poche on August 24, 2017, 01:57:06 AM
Today I started reading from the Acts of the Apostles.
 
Right now I am reading from the Letter of Paul to the Romans. 
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Post by: Aleah on August 24, 2017, 05:36:44 AM
I just finished Confessions of a Convert by Fr. Robert Hugh Benson.

 Now I am working on Jesus and the Last Supper by Brant Pitre.
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Post by: poche on September 02, 2017, 11:18:16 PM
Right now I am reading from the Letter of Paul to the Romans.
Right now I am reading from the First Letter of Paul to the Corinthians. 
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Post by: poche on September 10, 2017, 12:09:08 AM
Right now I am reading from the First Letter of Paul to the Corinthians.
Right now I am reading from the Second Letter of Paul to the Corinthians.
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Post by: poche on September 15, 2017, 12:29:00 AM
Right now I am reading from the Second Letter of Paul to the Corinthians.
I have read Paul's Letter to the Galatians and I am now reading from Paul's Letter to the Ephesians.   
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Post by: poche on September 16, 2017, 03:11:05 AM
I have read Paul's Letter to the Galatians and I am now reading from Paul's Letter to the Ephesians.  
Right now I am reading form St. Paul's Letter to the Phillipians.  
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Post by: poche on September 18, 2017, 04:46:01 AM
Today I read from the Gospel of Mark.
Today I read from the Gospel of Luke.
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Post by: poche on September 19, 2017, 11:48:07 PM
Right now I am reading form St. Paul's Letter to the Phillipians.  
Today I read from Paul's Letter to the Colossians.
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Post by: poche on September 23, 2017, 11:44:40 PM
Today I read from Paul's Letter to the Colossians.
I have read both the First and the Second Letters of Paul to the Thessalonians.  
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Post by: poche on September 26, 2017, 11:13:58 PM
I have read both the First and the Second Letters of Paul to the Thessalonians.  
I have read the First Letter of Paul to Timothy and I am reading the Second Letter of Paul to Timothy.
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Post by: poche on September 29, 2017, 02:04:56 AM
I have read the First Letter of Paul to Timothy and I am reading the Second Letter of Paul to Timothy.
Today I read the Letter of Paul to Titus.
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Post by: poche on September 30, 2017, 01:25:54 AM
Today I read the Letter of Paul to Titus.
Today I read from the Letter of Paul to Onesimus.
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Post by: poche on October 02, 2017, 03:11:56 AM
Today I read from the Letter of Paul to Onesimus.
I am now reading from Paul's Letter to the Hebrews. 
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Post by: poche on October 07, 2017, 01:46:33 AM
I am now reading from Paul's Letter to the Hebrews.
Today I read from the Letter of James.
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Post by: poche on October 11, 2017, 04:45:23 AM
Today I read from the Letter of James.
Today I read form the First Letter of Peter. 
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Post by: poche on October 14, 2017, 12:43:53 AM
Today I read form the First Letter of Peter.
I have read from the Second Letter of St. Peter and also from the First Letter of St John. 
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Post by: poche on October 17, 2017, 02:03:21 AM
I have read from the Second Letter of St. Peter and also from the First Letter of St John.
Today I read from the Second Letter of John.
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Post by: poche on October 20, 2017, 02:26:37 AM
Today I read from the Second Letter of John.
I have read the Third Letter of John and the Letter of Jude. Now I am reading the Apocalypse.  
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Post by: poche on November 06, 2017, 02:18:39 AM
Today I read from the Gospel of Luke.
Today I read from the Gospel of Luke. 
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Post by: poche on November 07, 2017, 01:55:58 AM
Today I read from the Gospel of Luke.
I have now read the whole of the Bible .
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Post by: poche on November 08, 2017, 02:34:46 AM
I have started over again. Now I am reading from the Book of Genesis.
Title: Re: Spiritual Reading
Post by: poche on November 13, 2017, 03:02:38 AM
Today I read from the Gospel of Matthew.
Title: Re: Spiritual Reading
Post by: poche on November 23, 2017, 11:34:24 PM
I have started over again. Now I am reading from the Book of Genesis.
Now I am reading from the Book of Exodus.
Title: Re: Spiritual Reading
Post by: Viva Cristo Rey on November 24, 2017, 08:26:34 PM
An Exorcist Tells His Story
By Father Gabriele Amorth. 
Title: Re: Spiritual Reading
Post by: poche on December 16, 2017, 05:53:38 AM
Now I am reading from the Book of Exodus.
Now I am reading from the Book of Leviticus. 
Title: Re: Spiritual Reading
Post by: poche on December 23, 2017, 11:12:05 PM
Now I am reading from the Book of Leviticus.
Now I am reading from the Book of Numbers.
Title: Re: Spiritual Reading
Post by: poche on January 03, 2018, 01:46:43 AM
Now I am reading from the Book of Numbers.
Now I am reading from the Book of Deuteronomy.
Title: Re: Spiritual Reading
Post by: poche on January 22, 2018, 10:07:05 AM
Now I am reading from the Book of Deuteronomy.
Now I am reading from the Book of Joshua
Title: Re: Spiritual Reading
Post by: poche on January 30, 2018, 02:07:54 AM
Now I am reading from the Book of Joshua
Now I am reading from the Book of Judges. 
Title: Re: Spiritual Reading
Post by: poche on February 10, 2018, 03:53:45 AM
Now I am reading from the Book of Judges.
Now I am reading from the Book of Ruth.
Title: Re: Spiritual Reading
Post by: poche on February 12, 2018, 11:24:19 AM
Now I am reading from the Book of Ruth.
Now I am reading from the 1st Book of Samuel. 
Title: Re: Spiritual Reading
Post by: poche on February 24, 2018, 05:48:14 AM
Now I am reading from the 1st Book of Samuel.
Now I am reading form the 2nd Book of Samuel.
Title: Re: Spiritual Reading
Post by: AMDGJMJ on February 24, 2018, 07:23:09 AM
I am restarting Growth in Holiness by Father Faber!  One of my all-time favorite spiritual books!  It has helped me SO MUCH and I definitely recommend it to anyone who has not heard of it!   ;D
Title: Re: Spiritual Reading
Post by: poche on February 24, 2018, 11:00:15 PM
I am restarting Growth in Holiness by Father Faber!  One of my all-time favorite spiritual books!  It has helped me SO MUCH and I definitely recommend it to anyone who has not heard of it!   ;D
Fr Faber was recently canonized by Pope Francis.
Title: Re: Spiritual Reading
Post by: poche on February 26, 2018, 04:29:33 AM
On Sundays I try to read from the Gospels. Today I read from the Gospel of Luke.
Title: Re: Spiritual Reading
Post by: AMDGJMJ on February 26, 2018, 10:40:33 AM
Fr Faber was recently canonized by Pope Francis.
Really? :o
That is interesting...   :confused:
Title: Re: Spiritual Reading
Post by: poche on March 06, 2018, 02:07:35 AM
Now I am reading form the 2nd Book of Samuel.
Now I am reading from the !st Book of Kings.
Title: Re: Spiritual Reading
Post by: poche on March 15, 2018, 05:57:25 AM
Now I am reading from the !st Book of Kings.
Now I am reading from the 2nd Book of Kings.
Title: Re: Spiritual Reading
Post by: poche on March 26, 2018, 05:00:35 AM
Now I am reading from the 2nd Book of Kings.
Now I am reading from the 1st Book of Chronicles.
Title: Re: Spiritual Reading
Post by: poche on April 08, 2018, 02:27:09 AM
Now I am reading from the 1st Book of Chronicles.
Now I am reading from the 2nd Book of Chronicles.
Title: Re: Spiritual Reading
Post by: poche on April 18, 2018, 03:14:40 AM
On Sundays I try to read from the Gospels. Today I read from the Gospel of Luke.
This Sunday I read from the Gospel of John.
Title: Re: Spiritual Reading
Post by: poche on April 20, 2018, 04:59:19 AM
Now I am reading from the 2nd Book of Chronicles.
Now I am reading from the Book of Ezra.
Title: Re: Spiritual Reading
Post by: poche on April 24, 2018, 04:31:00 AM
Now I am reading from the Book of Ezra.
Now I am reading from the Book of Nehemiah.
Title: Re: Spiritual Reading
Post by: poche on April 28, 2018, 12:56:01 AM
Now I am reading from the Book of Nehemiah.
Now I am reading from the Book of Tobit. 
Title: Re: Spiritual Reading
Post by: poche on May 02, 2018, 02:22:11 AM
Now I am reading from the Book of Tobit.
Now I am reading from the Book of Judith.
Title: Re: Spiritual Reading
Post by: poche on May 07, 2018, 08:59:12 AM
Now I am reading from the Book of Judith.
Now I am reading from the Book of Esther.  
Title: Re: Spiritual Reading
Post by: poche on May 10, 2018, 01:44:56 AM
Now I am reading from the Book of Esther.  
Now I am reading from the First Book of Maccabees. 
Title: Re: Spiritual Reading
Post by: poche on May 16, 2018, 03:48:09 AM
Now I am reading from the First Book of Maccabees.
Now I am reading from the Second Book of Maccabees.
Title: Re: Spiritual Reading
Post by: poche on May 25, 2018, 05:33:33 AM
Now I am reading from the Second Book of Maccabees.
Now I am reading from the Book of Job.
Title: Re: Spiritual Reading
Post by: poche on June 04, 2018, 02:06:01 AM
This Sunday I read from the Gospel of John.
This Sunday I read from the Gospel of Matthew.
Title: Re: Spiritual Reading
Post by: poche on June 06, 2018, 01:44:33 AM
Now I am reading from the Book of Job.
Now I am reading from the Book of Psalms.
Title: Sungenis' flat earth book
Post by: Smedley Butler on June 29, 2018, 10:41:29 AM
Proverbs
Title: Re: Spiritual Reading
Post by: poche on July 11, 2018, 02:09:33 AM
Now I am reading from the Book of Psalms.
Now I am reading from the Book of Proverbs.
Title: Re: Spiritual Reading
Post by: poche on July 16, 2018, 08:20:38 AM
This Sunday I read from the Gospel of Matthew.
This Sunday I read from the Gospel of Mark. 
Title: Re: Spiritual Reading
Post by: poche on July 18, 2018, 12:13:10 AM
This Sunday I read from the Gospel of Mark.
Now I am reading from the Book of Ecclesiastes.   (https://www.catholic.org/bible/book.php?id=25)
Title: Re: Spiritual Reading
Post by: poche on July 19, 2018, 11:58:35 PM
Now I am reading from the Book of Ecclesiastes.   (https://www.catholic.org/bible/book.php?id=25)
Now I am reading from the Book of the Canticle of Canticles.
Title: Re: Spiritual Reading
Post by: poche on July 23, 2018, 04:27:03 AM
Now I am reading from the Book of the Canticle of Canticles.
Now I am reading from the Book of Wisdom.
Title: Re: Spiritual Reading
Post by: poche on July 29, 2018, 03:08:55 AM
Now I am reading from the Book of Wisdom.
Now I am reading form the Book of Eccliasticus.
Title: Re: Spiritual Reading
Post by: poche on August 12, 2018, 12:26:55 AM
Now I am reading form the Book of Eccliasticus.
Now I am reading from the Book of the Prophet Isaiah.
Title: Re: Spiritual Reading
Post by: poche on August 20, 2018, 02:30:47 AM
This Sunday I read from the Gospel of Mark.
This Sunday I read from the Gospel of Luke.
Title: Re: Spiritual Reading
Post by: poche on August 26, 2018, 01:23:47 AM
Now I am reading from the Book of the Prophet Isaiah.
Now I am reading from the Book of the Prophet Jeremiah.
Title: Re: Spiritual Reading
Post by: poche on September 09, 2018, 03:18:11 AM
Now I am reading from the Book of the Prophet Jeremiah.
Now I am reading from the Book of Lamentations.
 
Title: Re: Spiritual Reading
Post by: poche on September 10, 2018, 10:34:19 AM
Now I am reading from the Book of Lamentations.
Now I am reading from the Book of the Prophet Baruch.
Title: Re: Spiritual Reading
Post by: poche on September 12, 2018, 11:41:06 PM
Now I am reading from the Book of the Prophet Baruch.
Now I am reading from the Book of the Prophet Ezekiel.
Title: Re: Spiritual Reading
Post by: poche on October 03, 2018, 11:23:02 PM
Now I am reading from the Book of the Prophet Ezekiel.
Now I am reading from the Book of Daniel.
Title: Re: Spiritual Reading
Post by: poche on October 06, 2018, 12:15:34 AM
Now I am reading from the Book of Daniel.
Now I am reading from the Book of the Prophet Hosea.
Title: Re: Spiritual Reading
Post by: poche on October 08, 2018, 08:18:48 AM
Now I am reading from the Book of the Prophet Hosea.
Now I am reading from the Prophet Joel. 
Title: Re: Spiritual Reading
Post by: poche on October 09, 2018, 11:59:33 PM
Now I am reading from the Prophet Joel.
Now I am reading from the Book of the Prophet Amos.
Title: Re: Spiritual Reading
Post by: poche on October 12, 2018, 10:55:14 PM
Now I am reading from the Book of the Prophet Amos.
Today I read from the Book of the Prophet Jonah
Title: Re: Spiritual Reading
Post by: poche on November 05, 2018, 11:43:14 PM
Today I read from the Book of the Prophet Jonah
Right now I have finished reading the Old Testament and now I am reading from the Acts of the Apostles.