Amid the distractions of everyday life, it is easy to miss the treasure of timeless wisdom the church has in the form of spiritual works throughout the centuries. In reflecting …
Book Review
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Few pieces of English literature are more closely associated with Christmas than Charles Dickens’s novella, “A Christmas Carol.” For many people, the stage production or its many literal or analogous …
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“The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny, and Murder”David Grann, Doubleday (2023)352 pages, $30 Stories of human triumph and resilience are attractive – a narrator’s sure thing. In fact, this …
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“Mister Magic”Kiersten White, Del Rey Books (2023)304 pages, $28 If you are active on social media, regularly watch a news program or follow any sort of television program closely you …
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‘What is Christianity? The Last Writings’Pope Benedict XVI, Elio Guerriero (Editor), Georg Gänswein (Editor)Ignatius Press (2023)216 pages, $24.95 When Pope Benedict XVI passed into eternity at the end of 2022, …
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“The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store”:James McBride, Riverhead Books (2023)400 pages, $28 “God, I thank you that I am not like other people,” the Pharisee prayed in Jesus’ parable of …
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“Going Zero”Andrew McCarten, Harper Collins Publishing (2023)304 pages, $30 Cecilia Cicone You know the feeling: You were just thinking about ordering a new water bottle, or you mentioned to someone …
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“God’s Will: The Life and Works of Sr. Mary Wilhelmina”By the Benedictines of Mary, Queen of Apostles234 pages, $20 “Brides of Christ”By the Benedictines of Mary, Queen of Apostles, with …
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“Way of Beauty: Rekindling Eucharistic Amazement through Visio Divina”Jem Sullivan, Our Sunday Visitor Publishing (2023)83 pages, $18.95 Most Catholics are at least familiar with the Benedictine practice of “lectio divina” …
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“The Beast of Bethulia Park”S.P. CaldwellGracewing Publishing, 432 pages A few years ago, while musing on the Catholic imagination and the deep need for Catholic literary fiction that goes beyond …
