Vérité et beauté: Emmanuel

Quote for now ...

"to be a knight of Christ one must begin with victory over one's self."

St. Bonaventure

The Life of St. Francis

"there needs to be a new realization that being human is something great, a great challenge, to which the banality of just drifting along doesn't do justice. Any more than the attitude that comfort is the best way to live, that feeling healthy is the sum and substance of happiness. There needs to be a new sense that being human is subject to a higher set of standards, indeed, that is is precisely these demands that make a greater happiness possible in the first place. There needs to be a sense that being human is like a mountain-climbing expedition that includes some arduous slopes. But is is by them that we reach the summit and are able to experience for the first time how beautiful it is to be."

Pope Benedict

Light of the World

Book Log

To be read in February

The Hunchback of Notre Dame by Victor Hugo

Francis and Clare: The Complete Works

Abelard & Heloise: The Letters and Other Writings

January

The Life of St. Francis by Bonaventure

After You Believe by N.T. Wright

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum

December

The Light of the World: The Pope, the Church, and the Signs of the Times- A Conversation with Peter Seewald

Confession of Saint Patrick (from the 5th Century)

The Acts of King Arthur and His Noble Knights Retold by John Steinbeck
In the Wilderness by Sigrid Undset
The Son Avenger by Sigrid Undset

November

The Life of St. Antony (from between 356 and 362) - I love this one!
Or you can get the full text here.

Paul: A Fresh Perspective by N.T. Wright (About Paul who lived in the 1st Century)

D'Aulaires' Book of Greek Myths

The Snake Pit by Sigrid Undset

I found the full text of the Memoirs of the Oratoryby John Bosco online so maybe you could too, but if not, you can find it on amazon. I really enjoyed it!

October
Khufu's Wisdom by Naguir Mahfouz

Voices From the Other World by Naguir Mahfouz
The Wisdom of the Desert by Thomas Merton

September

Coptic Egypt: The Christians of the Nile
The Way of the Heart by Henri Nouwen

Home by Marilynne Robinson

The Axe by Sigrid Undset

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Thursday, December 23, 2010

O Come, O Come Emmanuel!