My Reading List

The heart of this landmark resource New American Bible, Personal Study Edition remains the extensive reading guides that expertly lead you through, book by book. You'll find Sunday and weekday lectionary readings; a 15-page glossary; 32 pages of color maps; and extended essays, notes, and sidebars 

The Catechism of the Catholic Church offers challenges for believers and answers for all those interested in learning about the mystery of the Catholic faith 

The United States Catholic Catechism for Adults, gives us a glimpse into the lives of Catholics who lived out their faith throughout our country's history. Each chapter includes stories, doctrine, reflections, quotations, questions, and prayers to lead the reader to a deepening faith. 

Timeless: A History of the Catholic Church is a fresh retelling of the history of the Church. In this easy-to-read, not-your-average history book, Steve Weidenkopf introduces you to the vivid, dynamic story of God’s work in the world since Pentecost. 

This new translation by Henry Chadwick of Saint Augustine's Confessions conveys the brilliant and impassioned descriptions of Augustine's early life with accuracy and art. 

The City of God is the greatest and most comprehensive of St. Augustine's works and   is perhaps the most important and groundbreaking political philosophy the church has yet to produce. 

Do Something Beautiful for God is Mother Teresa's enduring invitation and challenge to the world. There is so much happening in the world and so much happening within our own hearts, minds, and souls. All this makes it is easy to lose sight of what matters most and get absorbed in what matters least.  

St. Thomas Aquinas is universally recognized as one of the greatest philosophers who ever lived. He is the master of common sense. His major work, the Summa Theologica, is timeless, but particularly important today because of his synthesis of faith and reason, revelation and philosophy. 

Arguably the 20th century's most influential Christian writer, C.S. Lewis sought to explain and defend the beliefs that nearly all Christians at all times hold in common. Mere Christianity is a simple yet deeply profound classic, originally delivered as a series of radio broadcasts, to be thoroughly digested by believers and generously shared with skeptics.

In Augustine Day by Day, read minute meditations for every day of the year, taken from the writings of Saint Augustine. Each day concludes with a prayer from the Saints.

Parents of any age or at any stage can cultivate the same virtues in prayer that Saint Monica discovered during her long wait for God's answer for her child. This devotion includes 18 contemporary reflections, meditations taken from the writings of Saint Augustine, and prayers adapted from the liturgy and other ancient sources. 

The statistics are troubling: 6.5 people leave the Catholic Church for every one that joins, and 50% of young people who were raised Catholic are no longer Catholic today. Return an essential resource for the Church’s evangelization efforts and a true game-changer for desperate parents everywhere. 

Augustine of Hippo’s On Free Choice of the Will (in Latin, De Libero Arbitrio) is a work of Christian philosophy that explores human free will and the nature of evil. The text deals with questions about the soul and its powers, the intellect, the will, and how the will finds itself free to act and choose.

This overview of the Bible is based on John Bergsma's wildly popular introduction to theology course at Franciscan University. Bergsma combines sound theology, academic expertise, pastoral wisdom, and an endearing playfulness to draw readers into the connection between the great stories of the Bible and salvation in Jesus. 

Gilbert Keith (G.K.) Chesterton was called the "prince of paradox," and was known for turning proverbs, sayings, and allegories on their heads. Chesterton gave numerous speeches in defense of Christianity and the Catholic Church, which made him one of the most prominent Christian apologists of the 20th century. This book presents the author's apologetic works: Orthodoxy, Heretics, and The Everlasting Man.

Compiled and presented by Fr. Brian Kolodiejchuk, M.C., who knew Mother Teresa for twenty years and is the postulator for her cause for sainthood and director of the Mother Teresa Center, Mother Teresa brings together letters she wrote to her spiritual advisors over decades. A moving chronicle of her spiritual journey—including moments, indeed years, of utter desolation—these letters reveal the secrets she shared only with her closest confidants. She emerges as a classic mystic whose inner life burned with the fire of charity and whose heart was tested and purified by an intense trial of faith, a true dark night of the soul. 

 Jesus and the Jewish Roots of the Eucharist shines fresh light on the Last Supper by looking at it through Jewish eyes. Using his in-depth knowledge of the Bible and ancient Judaism, Dr. Brant Pitre answers questions such as: What was the Passover like at the time of Jesus? What were the Jewish hopes for the Messiah? What was Jesus’ purpose in instituting the Eucharist during the feast of Passover? And, most important of all, what did Jesus mean when he said, “This is my body… This is my blood”?