What are you currently reading?

[GeorgeT]

Waiting for the Apocalypse: A Memoir of Faith and Family by Veronica Chater.

I've heard mixed reviews about that one.

After having seen the weeks long argument on FE however long ago, I want to read it.

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Right?

I remember that one. It sounds really sad. Listening to the story of a woman who lost her faith through the acts of an impractical but well meaning father. It sounds like a hatchet job and a book length violation of the fourth commandment, but if I saw it in a book store, I might flip through it. I always like a good survival story. And it is always good to know what your potential enemies are doing.

[Kaesekopf]

I remember that one. It sounds really sad. Listening to the story of a woman who lost her faith through the acts of an impractical but well meaning father. It sounds like a hatchet job and a book length violation of the fourth commandment, but if I saw it in a book store, I might flip through it. I always like a good survival story. And it is always good to know what your potential enemies are doing.

Also sounds like a good guide book of what NOT to do.

How many young trad men do we see pontificate on Internet about how to do things, etc? 

[red solo cup]

The parents meant well. They were good traddies. But the father just quit his job and they all moved to Portugal, sight unseen,
looking for a Traditional Mass uncorrupted by Vatican II.

[Kaesekopf]

The parents meant well. They were good traddies. But the father just quit his job and they all moved to Portugal, sight unseen,
looking for a Traditional Mass uncorrupted by Vatican II.

Stupid trad, you mean.

He shunned his vocation and state in life without knowing a thing.  He had an obligation to raise his children in the Faith, not chase after private revelation.

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[Archer]

The parents meant well. They were good traddies. But the father just quit his job and they all moved to Portugal, sight unseen,
looking for a Traditional Mass uncorrupted by Vatican II.

Stupid trad, you mean.

He shunned his vocation and state in life without knowing a thing.  He had an obligation to raise his children in the Faith, not chase after private revelation.

I haven't read the book so I can't say for certain, but maybe he thought he was doing his duty.  People love a good soap opera so the book sounds like a way for the woman to make money    Maybe her childhood was nuts.  Maybe her Dad was a bit cookoo. But there is always a second side to every story. Who knows what combination of circumstances drove him to do what he did? But to me this sounds like an easy way for her to make a few bucks, make her problems everyone else's, and throw her family under the bus in the process. 

[red solo cup]

In the father's favor he did have a wealthy backer that was supposed to provide work in Portugal. First he was weeks late then months late in showing up. And
then the plans fell through. The father was too trusting a soul.
The behavior of the parents would be considered normal on fora such as SD, but to someone "mainstream" would appear nutty. I don't think the publishers
would have accepted the book if it didn't show the Church in a bad light.

[Johnny Midnight]

i just started reading the secret of the rosary by de montfort.  i like but i wish i was better at praying the rosary.

[Kaesekopf]

i just started reading the secret of the rosary by de montfort.  i like but i wish i was better at praying the rosary.

Great book.

[LausTibiChriste]

i just started reading the secret of the rosary by de montfort.  i like but i wish i was better at praying the rosary.

Great book.

Anything by the good Saint is a great book 

[Prayerful]

I have made a little start on De Montfort's Treatise on the True Devotion to the Blessed Virgin. It took repeated readings for Frank Duff to understand it, so I don't have too many expectations.

[Rose]

There's a brilliant book by Fr Helmut Libietis which draws together all of the reading recommended by St. Louis for the Consecration to Our Lady. Very comprehensive and very readable.

This morning on the bus I was reading Villette by one of the Brontes- not that great so far.

[Maximilian]

There's a brilliant book by Fr Helmut Libietis which draws together all of the reading recommended by St. Louis for the Consecration to Our Lady. Very comprehensive and very readable.

Yes, that's a great book. The type that can change your life.

[red solo cup]

Radical Son by David Horowitz.

[Rose]

Radical Son by David Horowitz.

Did he write the Alex Rider series?

[red solo cup]

Radical Son by David Horowitz.

Did he write the Alex Rider series?

I think that's Anthony Horowitz.