What are you currently reading?

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Prayerful

Augustus: the Biography, Jochen Bleicken. Excellent book.
Padre Pio: Pray, hope, and don't worry. Worry is useless. God is merciful and will hear your prayer.

Kaesekopf

The Sacred Monster of Thomism, an intro to the life of Garrigou-Lagrange.

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Wie dein Sonntag, so dein Sterbetag.

I am not altogether on anybody's side, because nobody is altogether on my side.  ~Treebeard, LOTR

Jesus son of David, have mercy on me.

Mono no aware

Quote from: Kaesekopf on July 06, 2016, 01:01:27 PMThe Sacred Monster of Thomism, an intro to the life of Garrigou-Lagrange.

:o

Excellent title.

Kaesekopf

Quote from: Pon de Replay on July 06, 2016, 03:14:29 PM
Quote from: Kaesekopf on July 06, 2016, 01:01:27 PMThe Sacred Monster of Thomism, an intro to the life of Garrigou-Lagrange.

:o

Excellent title.

The first bit is taken from maritains epithet reference to the saintly theologian.  The second bit of the title is longer, but I am lazy.  :)

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Wie dein Sonntag, so dein Sterbetag.

I am not altogether on anybody's side, because nobody is altogether on my side.  ~Treebeard, LOTR

Jesus son of David, have mercy on me.

Mono no aware

Quote from: Kaesekopf on July 06, 2016, 03:44:54 PMThe first bit is taken from maritains epithet reference to the saintly theologian.  The second bit of the title is longer, but I am lazy.

The second bit is worthless to me.  But "The Sacred Monster of Thomism" is excellent.  I didn't know it came from Maritain.  Great title.

Kaesekopf

:)

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Wie dein Sonntag, so dein Sterbetag.

I am not altogether on anybody's side, because nobody is altogether on my side.  ~Treebeard, LOTR

Jesus son of David, have mercy on me.

red solo cup

Our Man in Havana by Graham Greene.
non impediti ratione cogitationis

Carleendiane

St. Lydwine by Thomas A. Kempis.
To board the struggle bus: no whining, board with a smile, a fake one will be found out and put off at next stop, no maps, no directions, going only one way, one destination. Follow all rules and you will arrive. Drop off at pearly gate. Bring nothing.

GeorgeT

Quote from: Carleendiane on July 07, 2016, 07:04:57 AM
St. Lydwine by Thomas A. Kempis.

I read the one published bu TAN. I forget who wrote it. It summarizes all of her biographies into one book including Thomas A Kempis'. It was really great. Although the beginning was a little tedious. Alright, we get it, the world was bad!

I am now reading The Golden Legend. So many great stories in one book.
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Bernadette

Quote from: GeorgeT on July 08, 2016, 06:34:25 AM
Quote from: Carleendiane on July 07, 2016, 07:04:57 AM
St. Lydwine by Thomas A. Kempis.

I am now reading The Golden Legend. So many great stories in one book.

I really need to read that. I downloaded it years ago.
My Lord and my God.

maryslittlegarden

Road to Tara - bio of Margaret Mitchell.
For a Child is born to us, and a son is given to us, and the government is upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called, Wonderful, Counsellor, God the Mighty, the Father of the world to come, the Prince of Peace

MilesChristi

The world is charged with the grandeur of God.
    It will flame out, like shining from shook foil;
    It gathers to a greatness, like the ooze of oil
Crushed. Why do men then now not reck his rod?
Generations have trod, have trod, have trod;
    And all is seared with trade; bleared, smeared with toil;
    And wears man's smudge and shares man's smell: the soil
Is bare now, nor can foot feel, being shod.

And for all this, nature is never spent;
    There lives the dearest freshness deep down things;
And though the last lights off the black West went
    Oh, morning, at the brown brink eastward, springs —
Because the Holy Ghost over the bent
    World broods with warm breast and with ah! bright wings.

Bernadette

Quote from: maryslittlegarden on July 08, 2016, 03:29:30 PM
Road to Tara - bio of Margaret Mitchell.

Oh, I have that! I should read it again.
My Lord and my God.

zork

The Dain Curse (1929) by Dashiell Hammett
Christus vincit, Christus regnat, Christus imperat.

Clare

A Canticle For Leibowitz, by Walter Miller.

I've read it twice before. Interesting book, written shortly before V2 and set well into the future, with no hint of V2 having happened! He didn't foresee that!
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