Reinhard Hutter’s John Henry Newman On Truth & Its Counterfeits presents the 19th-century cardinal as a guide to our confused and confusing times. Newman and Briel thought the most important part of undergraduate formation was literature. I also had the chance to read J.R.R. This arc follows Wimsey–English aristocrat and amateur detective–from his first meeting with Harriet Vane (on trial for murder in Strong Poison) through the progression of their relationship, carried out on the side while they solve mysteries. Like the utter strangeness of the familiar when you dip below the surface of things. Well-balanced, realistic, and challenging, this book is an important read for priests, evangelizers, teachers, and also parents who long to help people live the faith, who love Jesus and his Church, and want to be the unique saints he calls each of us to be. It is also a remarkable character study, especially of its two main protagonists, Woodrow F. Call and Augustus McCrae, both former captains of the Texas Rangers, best friends (despite having radically different personalities), and partners in one of the archetypal endeavors of the West, the great cattle drive. His proposed solution to the dead end in which we’ve landed involved reconnecting to a corrected form of classical metaphysics. Only the sharp and incisive mind of Wooster’s valet Jeeves can save him. Hahn presents a compelling thesis that the traditional fourth cup partaken at the Passover cedar was drunk by Our Lord from the Cross at the hour of His death. While the book lags towards the end, Philbrick’s thesis that Arnold’s treason ultimately saved the American Revolution feels a bit forced—it is, in addition to being a compelling read, a reminder that in politics and government, the more things change, the more they stay the same. Ciszek answered the call to become a missionary for the souls suffering under Communist tyranny. Gioia, a former poet laureate of California (2015-2018) and member of the National Endowment for the Arts (2003-2009), just retired from teaching at the University of Southern California and introduced me to many forgotten Catholic artists like the late British poet Elizabeth Jennings. Ines Angeli Murzaku is professor of ecclesiastical history and director of Catholic Studies at Seton Hall University. How we would react? And I can’t remember which or how many P. G. Wodehouse books I re-read, but those are always worth their inherent risk of injury from side-splitting laughter. In doing so, he brings Paul’s earliest extant letters alive for a Church and a world badly in need of Pauline insights into our times — and every time. What Are You Going to Do with Your Life? Catholics have a distinct and coherent approach to justice, rights, and equality that needs to be further excavated. Lewis’ Space Trilogy and Ball’s edition of the Federalist papers with the Letters of Brutus. I got much more out of Teresa of Avila’s Interior Castle the second time. Zipping through Zoom – with our four-year-old in tow – we were slowly getting back on track. (2000), and Roy Porter’s England in the Eighteenth Century (1994). Paul Mailleux’s biography, Blessed Leonid Feodorov: First Exarch of the Russian Catholic Church, Bridgebuilder Between Rome and Moscow. Dr. Adam A.J. CNA Staff, Nov 18, 2020 / 01:00 pm (CNA).- A new book on St. John Paul II examines the relationship of the Polish pope with Central and Eastern European countries during the Cold War. Therese Williams has been a quadriplegic for over forty years, but teaches us to take up our cross daily (see Luke 9:23) with unrivaled joy. Draper got many of the principal players to talk and did his homework. Specifically interesting aspects are Chesterton’s description of the English ruling class at the turn of the 20th century which appears to have already lost faith and I enjoyed reading his descriptions of the west London of his childhood, an area not too far away from where I now reside. The Worlds of J.R.R. (Marian Press, 2020). He shows in a rather winsome way how the Benedictine principles of stability, transparency, and holy accountability can help us to live together in the modern world teaching us to “recognize the otherness of the other.”. Started it in high school, and 700 years later, finished in 2020. In the realm of theology and cultural commentary, Fr. Instead, I learned the lesson that all spiritual masters teach: that God’s will is precisely what is in front of me at a given moment. The novel begins with Dr. Rieux’s wife leaving town ahead of the plague, so she’s saved from the disease. Finally is Thomas Behr’s Social Justice and Subsidiarity, which focuses on the work of Luigi Taparelli (1793-1862), S.J. It is the edition that honors the memory of Adrian Fortescue, a “luminary of the English Catholic Church.” The book is a must-read for all interested in the Eastern Churches. And Fr. No Ignatius Press books or manuscripts included, even though many would qualify. New Christian Books. By Mark Shea (New City Press, 2020) Smart people keep an outfit honest, often to the chagrin of the outfit and the detriment of the smart person. Joy in the Morning finds Bertie Wooster ensnared in one social net after another. The twist is that our agent, Rod Gallowglass, who prides himself on his hard-headed rationalism, finds himself on a world on which magic seems to work! Lewis. Written in 1999 by two colonels in the People’s Liberation Army, it is even more pertinent today. Brought to you by Queen of Peace Productions. Finally let me mention perhaps the most stimulating book of the year drawn once more from the (for me) happy borderland of psychology and theology: Daniel José Gaztambide’s A People’s History of Psychoanalysis: from Freud to Liberation Psychology. Catholic Daily - Catholic news and inspiration. Searching for and Maintaining Peace: A Small Treatise on Peace of Heart, by Fr. Never losing sight of either the intractable problem that is human society or the Founder’s noble attempt to do justice to that problem, Reilly points out that being grateful for what is genuinely good and desirable in the American regime is essential to both its preservation and reform. The United States Conference of Catholic … The West’s ‘killer apps’ and how they allowed it to outpace the development of the Rest. Never was such beautiful English prose expended on such seemingly inconsequential stories as in the works of P.G. Finally, on the fiction front, I thoroughly enjoyed reading Alexandre Dumas’s The Three Musketeers, a thrilling example of historical fiction with a libertine sexual morality that captures the French Catholicism of its time. War of the Worlds – H.G. It is haunting. Amity Shlaes captures it in Great Society: A New History. I never want to go through another global pandemic. So although the rightist would concur with the leftist that it is a mark of progress for fewer women to die in childbirth, or poverty to be alleviated, the rightist has a very different reason for saying so, as well as a different account of how and why such progress happens. Maybe, maybe not. by PJ Marshall (1991). Released as volumes 6-9 of the History of Middle-earth, Tolkien’s original version of his masterpiece were much more Hobbitic and didactic (or, at least, symbolically revealing) than the 1954-1955 version. In times of social and political concern, there is always a need for fearless Catholic laymen, not just strong prelates, and no one fits that description better than Dietrich von Hildebrand, the great German Catholic thinker, whom Pope Pius XII called a “twentieth-century Doctor of the Church.” His inspiring life is recounted in The Soul of a Lion, by his widow, Dr. Alice von Hildebrand–a distinguished scholar in her own right. And for a more modern theme, The Universe and Dr. Einstein by Lincoln Kinnear Barnett was once one of the most popular summaries of the great physicist’s oft-misunderstood theories, and helps put things into a proper frame of reference. That world, called Gramarye, becomes the focal point for political control of the galactic future because of its native witches and warlocks. An entertaining comedy about two odd friends, a fallen and an unfallen angel, trying to postpone the imminent Apocalypse. We all know Professor Duffy from his work on the Catholic Church in England, and here he pays tribute to one of the great English minds, a cardinal and now a saint. Academics resemble secular monks who research in quarantined towers, shrinking in size (hiring in the humanities has really shrunk in recent years, and tenure-track jobs are becoming a rarity). Stephen; Padre Pio Academy News Celebrating 38 Years of Catholic Tradition in Education for August 16, 2020; Padre Pio Academy News for August 9, 2020 Fortin’s meditations on the theologico-political problem, inspired by his deep study of the thought of Leo Strauss put together with his comprehensive grasp of the Christian theological tradition, is a feast for the reader. A Damsel in Distress is psychologically astute (and, of course, hilarious) and turned out to be prophetic for a dear friend of mine courting a young lady. I do not think that any of these titles are escapist or conducive to wishful thinking. Mary Pope Osborne’s American Tall Tales helped Minnesota and Texas compete with Olympus and Asgard. Mark T. Mitchell’s Purity and Power lays out Wokedom’s marriage of Puritanism and Nietzsche. The Case for Trump by Victor Davis Hanson. The Way of St. Benedict, by Rowan Williams. In an age of confusion, leaders within various vocations promote a chaste understanding of human sexuality. The conflicts, betrayals, misunderstandings, human failures, and frequent cruddiness are as real as the heroism, and the whole enterprise is fundamentally doomed. Probably my favorite book I read this year. I reveled in this novel as I would in any good story, but came away with a crusading passion for a more neighborly and agrarian way of life. One could write much the same thing about Edwin O’Connor’s 1961 masterpiece, The Edge of Sadness (Little Brown, 1961), the humorous but melancholic story of a recovering alcoholic priest. A Damsel in Distress,  Adventures of Sally, Something Fresh, Leave it to Psmith, by P.G. Fourth reading. Second is Stephen Schmalhofer’s Delightful People, from Cluny Media, one of the most interesting publishing houses today and which is publishing or republishing important works. Guardini’s said to be another of the Pope’s favorites, and the man to whom he devoted his incomplete doctoral studies. Then, realizing I had never read Steichen’s follow-up, Chosen: How Christ Sent 23 Surprised Converts to Replant His Vineyard, (2009) I purchased a copy and couldn’t put it down. The protagonist wanders about, encountering odd humanoids in sundry environments, discussing surreal philosophies, witnessing or causing people’s deaths, and occasionally finding himself with new sensory apparatuses. Hilarious characters, even when the plot occasionally falters. Peter Milward, who shows the Catholicism buried in each of the Bard’s 39 plays as he analyzes them individually. Traces the relationship between Benedict Arnold and George Washington, and looks at the deep divisions and political machinations that threatened to derail the American Revolution. Now a decade old, and thus predating the smartphone revolution, the research is more startling and pressing than ever in its call for human beings to be alert to the strange changes our technological tools work in us. For us, today’s secular monks, a life of research in highly specialized fields keeps us quarantined—even in normal times. While Trueman (a Protestant historian) and Mitchell (a Catholic political philosopher) bring robust Christian perspectives to the fore, the authors of Cynical Theories: How Activist Scholarship Made Everything About Race, Gender, and Identity—and Why This Harms Everybody are Enlightenment-loving classical liberals. Preparing people for eternity features prominently in these books, since life indeed does not end here on earth and in quarantine; meaning can be found in ongoing and unexpected relationships and in practicing self-love through daily rituals. The Pilgrim’s Regress, C.S. Borghesi’s rigorous examination of the Pope’s intellectual formation will offer some clarity to those who hold reservations against some of Francis’ more confusing statements (though it may not resolve them completely). The reading year kicked off in normal fashion. Thomas P. Harmon is Associate Professor and Scanlan Foundation Chair in Theology at the University of St. Thomas in Houston, TX. At the final page I was, I must admit, swayed by much of the book’s apologia pro caelibatus, though historical evidence does lend more merit the Eastern position than the book implies. Thank you for your generosity! Where Woke historians see cultural genocide (and genocide unadorned), Repplier and Beer see in the California missions a mix of imperfection and paternalism with kindness, generosity, and a wholly legitimate concern with the well-being of souls. Mitchell is right: only a biblical vision of man and the world can truly heal us of such maladies. How much more hopeful – and real – is the good news of Christ, that the material of this world, and our own bodies and souls, if we remain faithful to him, will, with the Saviour’s return, be transfigured into the Kingdom that will have no end. I discovered Unrestricted Warfare while looking for another book detailing China’s plans for world domination. He takes a correspondingly austere and even heroic view of the demands the Catholic faith now places on us. This reading group is for Catholics and anyone else interested in reading and discussing Catholic literature from devotional and theological writings to saint biographies and fiction. And then she dies of consumption. Wilken possesses the marvelous talent of bringing together diverse topics from the Church’s ancient past and making them relevant for today. Frank, originally published in 1950 and just reissued this fall by Angelico Press; and the splendid volume Is God Happy: Selected Essays by Leszek Kołakowski, edited by his daughter Agnieszka Kołakowska and published by Basic Books in 2013. This year has been marked by many troubles, strains, and trials. And, more relevant to us, of life after the Fall: ‘Such, such were the joys.When we all girls & boys,In our youth-time were seen,On the Ecchoing Green.’. It seems a truism that we are living in an age of scientism, and we should strive to see the proper limits of that endeavour we now know as ‘science’, and those truths we hold by faith, along with the metaphysical principles we derive from philosophy. I created a detailed list of books to read and trashed it within weeks for my usual scattershot approach. The suppression of practical reason, and with it the perspective of the citizen acting in a human world, which leads to the modern human rights regime, which in turn dissolves into what Ralph Hancock, the book’s translator, calls “sheer human assertion.” The human rights regime “promises to liberate the person from his physical, sexual nature and to justify him on the basis of his natural or irresistible desires or ‘orientation,’” which is a root-and-branch rejection of the natural—and with it, the eternal—law. Julian Carron’s Where is God?. The best book I read in 2020 was Randall Sullivan’s The Miracle Detective: An Investigative Reporter Sets Out to Examine How the Catholic Church Investigates Holy Visions and Discovers His Own Faith, one of the great conversion narratives of our time. Topics include Aquinas’ use of Origen, Athanasius, Gregory of Nazianzen, Cyril of Alexandria, John Chrysostom, Maximos the Confessor, John of Damascus, and others. Roberto de Mattei, The Second Vatican Council – An Unwritten Story. This book firmly establishes Bishop Schneider as one of the great men in the Church today. Adams, Karl – The Spirit of Catholicism Bouyer, Louis – Spirit and Forms of Protestantism Catholic Church – Catechism of the Catholic … Parts of the original story—such as the encounter with Tom Bombadil, the fall of Gandalf, and the scouring of the Shire—were just as powerful as in their final form. A church … and that’s it, I’d say. Click here for more information on donating to CWR. Have peace until the morning! Sort of. Thomas Merton’s The Seven Storey Mountain. Visiting an old friend I noticed her collection of Georgette Heyer’s Regency novels and we got chatting about them. I re-read several of them this year and discovered a third as well: Morality and Situation Ethics, Graven Images: Substitutes for True Morality and The Art of Living, co-written with his wife. In crisp prose Bergsma offers a measured, scholarly and nuanced examination of the spirituality and theology of the Essenes community revealed in the Dead Sea Scrolls and the role these may have had (and most likely, did have) in the lives of John the Baptist, Jesus, and the early Christian community. Slim, however, were the volumes of poetry I read. Established in 1912, Our Sunday Visitor publishes Catholic … Berry, as both philosopher and poet, creates a meditative, sweet-sad story that has much to say about every issue of modern life: war, agriculture, religion, government overreach, work, friendship, marital fidelity, the need for male spaces (such as the barbershop), and that certain way of saying, “Well” that means (politely), “It’s time for me to get on with my work, so please go away.” (Any Southerner will recognize this.) And bloody. Rereading it some forty-odd years later with older and more mature eyes, I was far more capable of recognizing the startling tragedy that the Monster, for Shelley, would turn out to be the Romanticism which she, herself, and the novel is supposed to champion. It was a summer of Wendell Berry. But: the more, the merrier. Since I had a novel out this year, you might expect that I am reading a lot of novels. An overview of Vincent’s ideas on the development of doctrine and their application theology today. A new book, the late Sr. Mary David Totah’s collected talks and letters, The Joy of God, was powerful even on a first run. Do you love blogging, or selling essential oils to family and friends? Lewis recommended it to me. I interviewed him here. Crisis in physics. With my son, I’ve been making my way through C.S. For those who would like to learn about the early Church’s theology, prayer, liturgy, and manner of life, these two books are good introductions. With a vision clearly born of humble contemplation, Houselander outlines in prose and poetry the interior character of Our Lady, from her fiat through her station at the foot of the Cross, and explains why all souls must emulate her in receiving Christ and following him. He is also said to have been a major influence on the Second Vatican Council. More than science fiction, the story poignantly explores the human condition—the dog that can’t help going back to its own vomit. The central thesis of this book comes from Newport’s many years advising college students at elite universities. Anna Karenina has been called the world’s greatest novel. Calloway and Fr. Setting St. Paul in his historical context shows how his views on women, homosexuals, and slaves were received as messages of liberation. Indeed, for better or worse, my appetite has been simply voracious. Going back to basics, along with prayer and grace can be an aid to reinvigorate our parishes, and families through living lives of authentic holiness whose fruit can change the world in a way that new cutting-edge programs of pop theology cannot do. For most people who love to read, 2020 was a great year to do just that. He lives in Missouri. January 2020 brought great promise. Dr. Ptomey, a skilled communicator and convert to Catholicism, provides practical advice on living our faith daily. Father Wilson (Bill) Miscamble’s biography of Father Ted Hesburgh, American Priest: Ted Hesburgh and Post-Christian Nation was a fair portrait of a great and influential but flawed man. Honest Answers to Questions About Catholic Faith & Beliefs. Carl E. Olson is the editor of Catholic World Report. While I did find a few minor factual errors (for example, Paul VI, not John Paul II, was the first pope to visit Fatima, while Bishop Pavel Hnilica was a Slovak, not a Czech), he has a fine grasp of Catholicism as well. As Pippin lie dreaming of the nightmarish Black Riders, he was comforted by a phrase that came to him: “Fear nothing! Fans of Balzac will welcome Brooks’ quotes from the novelist. The villains are good, and though none compares to true masterworks like Fagin, Murdstone or Uriah Heep, both Sir John Chester and Simon Tappertit are great second-tier Dickensian bad guys. Back in the 1970s, Michael, an Anglican minister, launched the remarkable project of Keston College, the Centre for the Study of Religion and Communism, which eventually found a home in a former village school in Kent on the outskirts of London. The greatest suspension of disbelief Corey asks of the reader is not in the realm of the book’s futuristic technology, but on its lack of curiosity about what shapes human beings’ characters. The sun has ascended, and I am mindful of Tolkien, who in the words of Aragorn, said: “Yet dawn is ever the hope of men.”. Wells. Edge-of-your-seat action, fascinating insights into late Victorian thinking about colonialism and scientific developments, terrifyingly prophetic passages showing refugees fleeing a burning London … and the whole story takes place a few miles from where I live. “Bennett’s tone and style recalls James Baldwin and Jacqueline Woodson, but it’s especially reminiscent of Toni Morrison’s 1970 debut novel, The Bluest Eye.” —Kiley Reid, Wall Street Journal “This is sure to be one of 2020… Just when I think I’ve exhausted my interest in books about the Great War, another comes along: Sean McMeekin’s The Ottoman Endgame: War, Revolution, and the Making of the Modern Middle East, 1908-1923 is endlessly fascinating. Mr. Blue. Christianity equally brought to the fore the sanctity of life. What else? Sean Carroll. Fr. Christus Vincit:  Christ’s Triumph over the Darkness of the Age by Bishop Athanasius Schneider in conversation with Diane Montagna. Hence, the two institutions instituted by God have very tangible, intentionally designed homes, because everything in a church has a distinct and divine purpose as well. Don Quixote was a humorous escape from all that. Eamon Duffy, John Henry Newman: A Very Brief History. This is a collection of essays from the 60s through the 80s by the Italian philosophical historian/historical philosopher. It will be a reference for me for many months, if not years, to come. A few years back, a Men of St. Joseph dad recommended Meg Meeker. His Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience have something of both Eden and the Serpent. Anton is another Californian who sees in the Golden State a warning for America. Evelyn Waugh’s Articles, Essays, and Reviews had both light and serious insights galore. David McCullough’s 1776 was a repeat for me, but I didn’t mind: he’s a national treasure whose tale dovetailed nicely with my now-seventh grader’s voyage into American history. But he isn’t happy, and he doesn’t have a single friend in the true sense of the word. It has also been, more happily, a year of many good books. It’s the tenth of the Lord Peter Wimsey mysteries, but can be read alone, although I recommend starting with Strong Poison and reading all the books through Busman’s Honeymoon to get the full story arc of which Gaudy Night is the climax. I have seen a preview of this sequel to Fr Weinandy’s Jesus Becoming Jesus: A Theological Interpretation of the Synoptic Gospels. The book fills out many details that could not then be told, and also brings the story completely up to date. The Right understands progress as additive: “Progress has occurred through accumulation, e.g., through the brilliance of a Copernicus added to his predecessors, through Da Vinci’s techniques with the Mona Lisa built upon those of his cave-drawing ancestors, through solar energy technology built upon the technology of coal-fired steam engines … from two people to seven billion.” A Primer On The Right is just under 100 pages, and is reflective rather than polemical. It must be out of print now: a pity, as I’d love to give a copy to Anglican friends. Fortin thoroughly mastered. They are realist, accurate and inspiring in their own way and have provided pristine quarantine relief. I normally loathe sci-fi, but my son was reading War of the Worlds and my curiosity was piqued. Several readers in last year’s “Best Books” list mentioned Evelyn Waugh’s Brideshead Revisited. Then again, as a guide, even Virgil was not permitted to have the last word. Brad Gregory, The Unintended Reformation. I listened to the gripping true tale of what happened at Chernobyl, Midnight in Chernobyl: The Untold Story of the World’s Greatest Nuclear Disaster by Adam Higginbotham. You’ve seen the type: unwashed, unkempt, crazed eyes. Christopher Stasheff, The Warlock series. That is a good enough reason as any to pick up Lewis’ book again (or for the first time) and leaf through it. As history, and Luther’s own life, have shown, this inexorably devolves into one’s own sense of ‘righteousness’; Descartes, who gave us our modern mathematical mind, accepting nothing except ‘clear and distinct ideas’, a narrow, shallow and mathematical view of God’s infinitely rich universe; and Rousseau, from whom we have inherited our au courant, romantic view of the passions, that giving unbridled, free reign to them is the most ‘natural’ thing to do. Here are my favorite reads from 2020. From a more academic standpoint, the most rewarding book I read was Thomas Aquinas and the Greek Fathers. He makes really striking connections between the first generation of pre-war psychoanalysts in Europe and several Jesuit scholars and priests in Latin America in the post-war period involved in that oft-misunderstood movement of “liberation theology.” In doing so, he has helped us appreciate anew the socially radical and liberating potential of the gospel and of Freud’s project alike—thwarted though both almost always are by the forces of reaction. Consecration to St. Joseph, Donald H. Calloway, MIC. For nostalgia as well as excellence in presentation, I loved Mark Voger’s deep dive into the pop culture of Christmas, Holly Jolly (Twomorrows, 2020). This led to my reading Antonia Arslan’s moving novella Silent Angel. What becomes obvious is that Aquinas knew well many of the Eastern Fathers, as well as the early Church councils, including the Council of Chalcedon. A Christian Manifesto (no, not that one —Edwin Lewis had the title first), in which a 1930s Methodist embraces truth-in-labeling, and Another Gospel? 2020 was the year I finally tackled John Steinbeck’s East of Eden which now ranks as one of my top-five favorite books. Mike Aquilina and his wife recommended it. As with Bergsma’s book, here, again we see God working in history in a surprising and subtle way. This work explores all the way the concept of “garden,” from Genesis to Easter Sunday (“thinking he was the gardener…”) to the bucolic scenes in Dante and non-Christian literature, are employed to show how the human and the natural co-exist (or don’t). Daniel J. Mahoney holds the Augustine Chair in Distinguished Scholarship at Assumption University in Worcester, Massachusetts. Tolkien’s posthumously published Children of Húrin. Accurately, historian of ideas–but he is also said to have Cardinal Sarah as a spiritual director fruitful increased... 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