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MilesChristi

#1530
June 26, 2017, 04:18:12 PM
The Last Tycoon
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

#1531
June 26, 2017, 04:21:59 PM Last Edit: June 26, 2017, 06:47:29 PM by Bernadette
The Girl Who Came Home, by Hazel Gaynor. About the Titanic. I'm planning to stop when the ship hits the iceberg, though.
My Lord and my God.

martin88nyc

#1532
June 26, 2017, 05:51:47 PM
Are there any traditionalist novels out there?
"These things I have spoken to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you shall have distress: but have confidence, I have overcome the world." John 16:33

Bernadette

#1533
June 26, 2017, 06:03:03 PM
Quote from: martin88nyc on June 26, 2017, 05:51:47 PM
Are there any traditionalist novels out there?
Ben Hur?
My Lord and my God.

maryslittlegarden

#1534
June 26, 2017, 06:04:34 PM
Quote from: martin88nyc on June 26, 2017, 05:51:47 PM
Are there any traditionalist novels out there?

Father Brown series by Chesterton..
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

Bernadette

#1535
June 26, 2017, 06:48:07 PM Last Edit: June 26, 2017, 06:49:51 PM by Bernadette
The Fr. Finn books, if you don't mind children's literature. They're available on archive.org.
https://archive.org/search.php?query=creator%3A%22Finn%2C+Francis+James%2C+1859-1928%22
My Lord and my God.

martin88nyc

#1536
June 26, 2017, 08:06:23 PM
Quote from: maryslittlegarden on June 26, 2017, 06:04:34 PM
Quote from: martin88nyc on June 26, 2017, 05:51:47 PM
Are there any traditionalist novels out there?

Father Brown series by Chesterton..
This was already mentioned but thank you anyway.
"These things I have spoken to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you shall have distress: but have confidence, I have overcome the world." John 16:33

martin88nyc

#1537
June 26, 2017, 08:55:29 PM
Quote from: Bernadette on June 26, 2017, 06:48:07 PM
The Fr. Finn books, if you don't mind children's literature. They're available on archive.org.
https://archive.org/search.php?query=creator%3A%22Finn%2C+Francis+James%2C+1859-1928%22
Well, I don't really mind. Sometimes a light read is more satisfying than a serious literary piece. any other ideas. I made some room on my book shelf for catholic fiction and fiction in general. I need more titles in my small library
"These things I have spoken to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you shall have distress: but have confidence, I have overcome the world." John 16:33

Lynne

#1538
June 27, 2017, 02:49:09 AM
Quote from: martin88nyc on June 26, 2017, 05:51:47 PM
Are there any traditionalist novels out there?

William Biersach has written several novels. Unfortunately, the paperback version is expensive but the Kindle one is cheap...

https://www.amazon.com/Endless-Knot-Father-Baptist-Book-ebook/dp/B00995P0E8/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1498553247&sr=8-1
In conclusion, I can leave you with no better advice than that given after every sermon by Msgr Vincent Giammarino, who was pastor of St Michael's Church in Atlantic City in the 1950s:

    "My dear good people: Do what you have to do, When you're supposed to do it, The best way you can do it,   For the Love of God. Amen"

martin88nyc

#1539
June 27, 2017, 08:38:58 AM
Quote from: Lynne on June 27, 2017, 02:49:09 AM
Quote from: martin88nyc on June 26, 2017, 05:51:47 PM
Are there any traditionalist novels out there?

William Biersach has written several novels. Unfortunately, the paperback version is expensive but the Kindle one is cheap...

https://www.amazon.com/Endless-Knot-Father-Baptist-Book-ebook/dp/B00995P0E8/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1498553247&sr=8-1
Don't worry I usually get my books on abebooks or ebay. You can sometime get great deals on books.  ;)
For example I found The story of American Catholicism by Theodore  Maynard (hardcover from 1940-1950) on Abebooks for only 3$, shipping included and The New Testament  (Confraternity version for 2.98).
Liberalism is a sin - 1.84$
Peace of Soul Fulton Sheen - mere 1$
On average I pay 3.50 for well kept useds books.
"These things I have spoken to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you shall have distress: but have confidence, I have overcome the world." John 16:33

Carleendiane

#1540
June 27, 2017, 10:15:20 AM
The Whole Truth about Fatima. Vol. 1 by Frere Michel de la Sainte Trinitè
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.

MilesChristi

#1541
June 27, 2017, 11:17:44 AM
Fahrenheit 451
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.

maryslittlegarden

#1542
June 27, 2017, 11:44:19 AM
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

#1543
July 03, 2017, 09:47:10 AM
The Power and the Glory
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.

martin88nyc

#1544
July 03, 2017, 11:39:55 AM
Pierced by the sword
"These things I have spoken to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you shall have distress: but have confidence, I have overcome the world." John 16:33
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