#st. thomas a kempis

[mysticalrose0]

Here is a list of books that really helped me

1. The Sinner's Guide, Ven. Louis de Granada

2. A Bedside Book of Saints, Aloysius Roche

3. Imitation of Christ, Thomas à Kempis

4. The Dialogue of St. Catherine of Siena

5. Prayer: The Great Means of Salvation and Perfection, St. Alphonsus de Liguori

6. Consoling Thoughts on Trials of an Interior Life, St. Francis de Sales, compiled by Huguet

7. How the Catholic Church Built Western Civilization, Thomas Woods

8. Ten Dates Every Catholic Should Know, Diane Moczar

9. Rooting Out Hidden Faults: How the Particular Examen Conquers Sin, James McElhone

10. The Secret of the Rosary, St. Louis de Montfort

[officialyourdailyinspiration]

Today in Christian History

Today is Friday, December 2nd, the 336th day of 2022. There are 29 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in History:

1381: Death of Jan Van Ruysbroek, “the Ecstatic Doctor,” so called because of his mysticism. He had written The Spiritual Espousals (1350), a commentary on Matthew 25:6: “Behold, the bridegroom comes,” which will influence contemporaries such as John Tauler and Gerard Groote, and later writers such as Thomas à Kempis.

1697: Dedication of St. Paul’s Cathedral in London, designed by Christopher Wren. It replaces a medieval cathedral that had burned in the Great Fire of 1666. The Right Reverend Henry Compton, Bishop of London, preaches the dedication sermon based on Psalm 122: “I was glad when they said unto me: Let us go into the house of the Lord.”

1751: A Consistory of the Dutch Reformed Church writes with frustration from Colombo, Ceylon (Sri Lanka), complaining that Roman Catholicism has greatly increased, despite severe penalties meted out by Dutch governors.

1873: After years of struggle, Frances Havergal, Christian singer, sees the importance of complete Christian surrender “as a flash of electric light,” and makes it.

1906: The first of Paulo Mwamribwa’s pupils are baptized in Digoland, Tanzania (formerly Tanganyika). He had founded the first indigenous Protestant mission school in the Gombero area.

1910: Death in Richmond, Virginia, of Bishop Channing Moore Williams, who had served as an Episcopal missionary in the Far East, founding a divinity school in Japan.

1916: The Suwa Maru docks at Kobe carrying missionary Irene “Sensei” Webster-Smith, who will later rescue Geisha children and convert Japanese war criminals.

1947: Death of Alexis Kabaliuk, Apostle of Carpatho-Russia, who had played a major role in reviving the Orthodox Church in Transcarpathia (a region on the western edge of the Ukraine) in the early twentieth century despite persecution by Austrian-Hungarian authorities.

1948: Romania’s Official Gazette #281 publishes a decree transferring Uniate church property to the Romanian State without compensation.

1994: Death of Sir James Norman Dalrymple Anderson, a legal scholar and missionary to Islamic regions.

#Today in Christian History #December 2 #Death of Alexis Kabaliuk #death of Bishop Channing Moore Williams #Death of Sir James Norman Dalrymple Anderson #Death of Jan Van Ruysbroek #Dedication of St. Paul’s Cathedral in London

[jamesgraybooksellerworld]

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[yhwhrulz]

Morning and Evening with A.W. Tozer Devotional for August 14

Tozer in the Morning The Chapter after the Last

Matthew says, "And when Joseph had taken the body, he wrapped it in a clean linen cloth, and laid it in his own new tomb." Mark says, "And he [Joseph] bought fine linen, and took him [Jesus] down, and wrapped him in the linen, and laid him in a sepulchre which was hewn out of a rock." Luke writes, "And the women also, which came with him from Galilee, followed after, and beheld the sepulchre, and how his body was laid." John says, ". . . There was a garden; and in the garden a new sepulchre, . . . There laid they Jesus." They all agree: Jesus was dead. The life about which they had been writing was gone, The biography was ended. Then for the only time in this history of human thought, a biographer adds to his book a new section which is authentic biography and begins to write a chapter to follow the last chapter. This time the story did not end with a funeral. The Subject, whose story should have ended at death, was once again back among men to challenge new writers to try to find enough paper and enough ink to write the rest of the story of the life that can never end. Whatever is written of Him now is written of a living man. He was dead, but He is alive forevermore.

Tozer in the Evening Books to Be Chewed and Digested

The devotional works that have appeared have been so varied as to make classification difficult. Some of the great names are Meister Eckhart, Bernard of Clairvaux, Jan van Ruysbroeck, Michael Molinos, John of the Cross, Thomas Traherne, Richard Rolle, William Law, Walter Hilton, Francis de Sales, Jakob Boehme and Gerhart Tersteegen. To those might be added the more familiar names of Fenelon, Guyon and Thomas Kempis.

To a large extent these were universal Christians who experienced the grace of God so deeply and so broadly that they encompassed the spiritual possibilities of all men and were able to set forth their religious experiences in language acceptable to Christians of various ages and varying doctrinal viewpoints. Just as a sincere hymn may strike a worshipful chord common to all Christians, so these works of devotion instantly commend themselves to true seekers everywhere. There need only be genuine faith in Christ, complete separation from the world, an eager cleaving unto God and a willingness to die to self and carry the cross, and the Holy Spirit will introduce His people to each other across the centuries and teach them the meaning of spiritual unity and the communion of saints. . . .

. . . people are unable to appreciate the great spiritual classics because they are trying to understand them while having no intention to obey them. The Greek Church father, St. Gregory, said it better than I could, so we'll let him tell us: "He who seeks to understand commandments without fulfilling commandments, and to acquire such understanding through learning and reading, is like a man who takes shadows for truth. For the understanding of truth is given to those who have become participants in truth (who have tasted it through living). Those who are not participants in truth and are not initiated therein, when they seek this understanding, draw from it a distorted wisdom. Of such the apostle says, `The natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit,' even though they boast of their knowledge of truth."

In conclusion, we use books profitably when we see them as a means toward an end; we abase them when we think of them as ends in themselves. And for all books of every sort let us observe Bacon's famous rule: "Read not to contradict and confute, nor to believe and take for granted, nor to find talk and discourse, but to weigh and consider. Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested."

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[seekfirst-community]

The following reflection is courtesy of Don Schwager © 2023. Don's website is located at Dailyscripture.net

Meditation: Why did Judas betray his Master? Was his treachery motivated by greed, bitter disappointment with Jesus, or hatred because of disillusionment? It may be that Judas never intended for his Master to die. Maybe he thought Jesus was proceeding too slowly and not acting aggressively enough in setting up his messianic kingdom. Perhaps Judas wanted to force Jesus' hand by compelling him to act. Nonetheless, his tragedy was his refusal to accept Jesus as he was.

The power of greed can only be overcome with the power of Christ's love poured out for us

Origen (185-254 AD), a bible scholar and early church father, comments on Judas' betrayal:

"Let us consider what Judas said to the Jewish priests: What will you give me if I hand him over to you? He was willing to take money in exchange for handing over the Word of God. They do the same thing who accept sensual or worldly goods in exchange for handing over and casting out from their souls the Savior and Word of truth who came to dwell with them. Indeed, it would be fitting to apply Judas's example to all who show contempt for the Word of God and betray him, as it were, by committing sin for the sake of money or for any selfish motive. People who behave in this way appear openly to be calling out to the powers of the enemy who offer worldly gain in return for the sin of betraying God's Word, saying, What will you give me if I hand him over to you? And they gave him thirty pieces of silver.

The number of coins they gave Judas was equivalent to the number of years the Savior had sojourned in this world. For at the age of thirty, he was baptized and began to preach the gospel, like Joseph was thirty years old when he began to gather grain for his brothers (Genesis 41:46). Just as at that time the grain was prepared by God for the sons of Israel but given also to the Egyptians, so also the gospel was prepared for the saints but preached also to the unfaithful and wicked." (Commentary on Matthew 78.)

The Lord will test our hearts to show us where we need his love and strength to do his will

Jesus knew beforehand what would befall him. As Jesus ate his last supper meal with his twelve apostles he put them under trial and suspicion (one of you will betray me) to teach them to examine themselves rightly, lest they be high-minded and think themselves more strong than they were. We, also must examine ourselves in the light of God's truth and grace and ask him to strengthen us in faith, hope, and love that we may not fail him or forsake him when we are tempted. Do you pray with confidence in the words Jesus gave us to pray: Do not lead us into temptation, but deliver us from evil (Matthew 6:13)?

"God our Father, we are exceedingly frail and indisposed to every virtuous and gallant undertaking. Strengthen our weakness, we beseech you, that we may do valiantly in this spiritual war; help us against our own negligence and cowardice, and defend us from the treachery of our unfaithful hearts; for Jesus Christ's sake. (Prayer of Thomas a Kempis) "

The following reflection is from One Bread, One Body courtesy of Presentation Ministries © 2023.

when jesus is not lord of your life

“Surely it is not I, Rabbi?” —Matthew 26:25

Notice that in St. Matthew’s account of the Passion, Judas addressed Jesus merely as “Rabbi,” not as “Lord” (Mt 26:25; see also Mt 26:49). The other disciples all addressed Jesus as “Lord” (Mt 26:22). Calling Jesus “Rabbi,” that is, “Teacher” (see Jn 1:38), gives evidence that Judas had already stopped recognizing Jesus as his Lord and Master. Since no man can have two masters (Mt 6:24), Judas now had a different master than Jesus; he transferred his loyalty to the Jewish chief priests (see Mt 26:14ff). How tragically sad!

Judas betrayed Jesus so smoothly that even the other eleven apostles, so quick to compare themselves to each other (see Mt 20:24; Mk 9:34; Lk 9:46; 22:24), didn’t even suspect Judas. None of the other disciples said, “Lord, is it Judas?” Instead they all asked Jesus if they themselves would betray Him (Mt 26:22). Judas successfully hid his betrayal from his closest associates, but the Lord knew differently.

Judas shows it is possible to fool even the pillars of the Church into thinking we are great servants of Jesus. We can even fool ourselves into thinking we have given our lives to Jesus. However, we can’t fool the Lord. We must give Jesus every aspect of our lives to truly call Him our Lord. As Fr. Al Lauer, founder and long-time author of One Bread, One Body, often proclaimed: “If Jesus is not Lord of all, then He is not Lord at all in your life.” Ask Jesus to show you any area of your life that still needs to be subject to Him. Give Jesus your all, and make Him your Lord.

Prayer:  Lord Jesus, nail me to Your cross with You, so that I might never leave You (see Gal 5:24).

Promise:  “Morning after morning He opens my ear that I may hear; and I have not rebelled, have not turned back.” —Is 50:4-5

Praise:  Praise Jesus, Who suffered untold miseries and pain for our sake.

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[ieisia]

Marie-Anne Pierrette Paulze Lavoisier (20 January 1758 in Montbrison, Loire, France – 10 February 1836) was a French chemist and noblewoman.  Madame Lavoisier was the wife of the chemist and nobleman Antoine Lavoisier, and acted as his laboratory companion and contributed to his work. She played a pivotal role in the translation of several scientific works, and was instrumental to the standardization of the scientific method.

Paulze accompanied Lavoisier in his lab during the day, making entries into his lab notebooks and sketching diagrams of his experimental designs. The training she had received from the painter Jacques-Louis David allowed her to accurately and precisely draw experimental apparatuses, which ultimately helped many of Lavoisier's contemporaries to understand his methods and results. Furthermore, she served as the editor of his reports. Together, the Lavoisiers rebuilt the field of chemistry, which had its roots in alchemy and at the time was a convoluted science dominated by George Stahl’s theory of phlogiston.

In the eighteenth century, the idea of phlogiston(a fire-like element which is gained or released during a material's combustion) was used to describe the apparent property changes that substances exhibited when burned. Paulze, being a master in the English, Latin, and French language, was able to translate various works about phlogiston into French for her husband to read. Perhaps her most important translation was that of Richard Kirwan's 'Essay on Phlogiston and the Constitution of Acids', which she both translated and critiqued, adding footnotes as she went along and pointing out errors in the chemistry made throughout the paper. Despite her contributions, she was not attributed as a translator in the original work but in later editions. She also translated works by Joseph Priestley, Henry Cavendish, and others for Lavoisier's personal use. This was an invaluable service to Lavoisier, who relied on Paulze's translation of foreign works to keep abreast of current developments in chemistry. In the case of phlogiston, it was Paulze's translation that convinced him the idea was incorrect, ultimately leading to his studies of combustion and his discovery of oxygen gas.

Paulze was also instrumental in the 1789 publication of Lavoisier's Elementary Treatise on Chemistry, which presented a unified view of chemistry as a field. This work proved pivotal in the progression of chemistry, as it presented the idea of conservation of mass as well as a list of elements and a new system for chemical nomenclature. Paulze contributed thirteen drawings that showed all the laboratory instrumentation and equipment used by the Lavoisiers in their experiments. She also kept strict records of the procedures followed, lending validity to the findings Lavoisier published.

Before her death, Paulze was able to recover nearly all of Lavoisier's notebooks and chemical apparatuses, most of which survive in a collection at Cornell University, the largest of its kind outside of Europe.  The year she died, a book was published, showing that Marie-Anne had a rich theological library with books which included versions of The Bible, St. Augustine's Confessions, Jacques Saurin's Discours sur la Bible, Pierre Nicole's Essais de Morale, Blaise Pascal's Lettres provinciales, Louis Bourdaloue's Sermons, Thomas à Kempis's De Imitatione Christi

[a-beautiful-crow]

hi! i’m wondering what is the best way to practice interior recollection, reflection, meditation, and contemplative prayer for someone who isn’t entering a religious vocation? i find it pretty hard to exercise these methods in a family setting.

I totally understand. By the way, people in a religious vocation also have a hard time with all of this! So, it's not something to be ashamed of. Also, as a forewarning, I will tell you that the advice I can give you is not a one size fits all.

When praying for long periods of time in silence, repeating a short prayer over and over again is a very great method of prayer. I believe that St. Ignatius of Loyola said something about how great it is. Which seems weird right? But I think he was correct in saying this. Saying something like "Jesus, I love you" over and over with moments of complete silence in between sounds weird, but it's such a loving act to pray in moments of spiritual dryness. It's also something that's not rigid, and I even encourage you to wander off on something that's related to God if you happen to come up with something.

Another thing that can help you is reading books. In my time at the monastery, the mother superior would want me to read books of saints, etc. A book I loved fondly reading over there was The Imitation Of Christ by Thomas a Kempis. It's so great for meditation and really everything spiritual-wise. I can't recommend it enough. You know what's also surprisingly great? Children's spiritual books. Like catechism, and mass books etc. There's so much and yet it's put so painfully simple.

Lastly, as with any virtue, there are also some things that are not religious by nature that still help spiritually. Like chess or puzzles (and other strategy games), could help with training your mind to go long periods of time thinking about more complex ideas beyond something's appearance.

If there was something I missed or if I didn't understand the question well, you're always welcome to ask or message me.

#asks #i hope all of this wasn't too vague njsndks

[akacatholicism]

Have Patience in Adversity

7. Nor is it much if a man be devout and fervent when he feels no trouble; but if in time of adversity he bears up with patience, there will be hope of a great advancement.

- St. Thomas a Kempis, The Imitation of Christ, Book 1, Chapter 13: Of Resisting Temptations

#catholic #st. thomas a kempis #the imitation of christ #temptation #concupiscence #virtue #christian perfection #perseverance

[septembersung]

Be mindful of the purpose thou hast embraced, and set always before thee the image of the Crucified. Good cause thou hast to be ashamed in looking upon the life of Jesus Christ, seeing thou hast not as yet endeavored to conform thyself more unto Him, though thou hast been a long time in the way of God.

- Thomas á Kempis, Imitation of Christ: Book 1, Chapter 25 (x).

#just. i mean. slay me. #st. thomas a kempis #the imitation of christ #catholic #virtue #christian perfection

[a-girly-catholic]

#hail mary #St. Thomas a Kempis #Catholicism #saints

[eternal-echoes]

For a small reward, a man will hurry away on a long journey; while for eternal life, many will hardly take a single step.

St. Thomas à Kempis

#Catholic #Christianity #quotes #St. Thomas à Kempis #afterlife

[andwiththyspirit]

Morning Prayer for the Saturday after The Seventh Sunday After Trinity

Commemoration of Thomas à Kempis, Priest and Mystic, 1471

Give light, O Lord, * to them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death; and guide thou our feet into the way of peace. — Antiphon on the Benedictus Dominus Deus

℣. Pray for us, O Holy Mother of God. ℟. That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ. — Responsory on the Salve Regina

#morning prayer #the angelus #the salve regina #vii trinity #st. thomas à kempis

[shoutsofmybones]

Hey dude!! Im catholic, born and raised, but I feel like I dont know much in depth stuff about the catholic faith? Like I know the basics, the stuff you know just by being catholic, but oftentimes when people ask me "what do Catholics believe abt [insert religious thing]" I dont rlly know. Do you have any recommendations for like. Catholic content (podcasts or youtube preferred but Im open to anything), that isnt just "catholic 101" but goes more in depth? God bless and have a good day!

OK, I will organize this by type of content. I should say as a disclaimer that personally when it comes to questions of Catholic doctrine I just search through the Catechism for it (like I Google "CCC guardian angels" and I find the Catechism section to consult), so I actually don't regularly consume a ton of Catholic content for the purposes of learning doctrine. But I've got some recommendations I can give you.

Books. You can probably find these in audiobook form if you prefer audio.

The Jesuit Guide to (Almost) Everything by James Martin

Jesus: A Pilgrimage by James Martin

The Universal Christ by Richard Rohr

Loaves and Fishes: The Inspiring Story of the Catholic Worker Movement by Dorothy Day. Actually just anything by Day is good, but I really like this one

Interior Castle by St Teresa of Avila

The Joy of the Gospel by Pope Francis

The Imitation of Christ by Thomas A Kempis

The writings of the Saints in general. They can get kinda dry but they're worth reading

Youtube.

TheHippieCatholic. She makes lefty Catholic content that I like a lot. Here's one of her videos.

The Ten Minute Bible Hour. He's actually a Protestant but he does a lot of ecumenical stuff, including conversations with Catholic theologians that go through Catholic doctrines on specific issues. Here's a good video on violence.

I have mixed feelings about this one, but Ascension Presents is pretty good. Short videos, goes into doctrine without being too in depth and scaring you off, etc. A little conservative for my taste in a lot of their videos, but not overmuch, so I'm still recommending them. Here's their "why be Catholic" video.

Podcasts. Frankly, I don't listen to a lot of podcasts. Here's the Catholic ones I know.

America Magazine (big recommend on them btw) has some podcasts all of which are pretty good, I really like "The Gloria Purvis Podcast" and "Plague" (which inspired Hidden Mercies), but they're all nice. Here's the list.

Vine & Fig (I love Vine & Fig) has a podcast called "Tabard Inn" that doesn't go very in depth on Catholic issues, but is very good if you're interested in queer Catholic spirituality.

The Franciscan Friars of the Renewal have a podcast called "From the Friars" that I've listened to a few times. Goes more in depth than a lot of other Catholic podcasts so I like it.

"Catholic Stuff You Should Know" I've listened to a few times, very mysteriously named episodes but nice to listen to and informative.

I hope these were helpful! Also if anyone has more recs, please add them to this post so anon can find them!

#catholic #christian #sorry for putting a protestant channel on here his catholic videos are just so good

[keow]

Hi! This is a weird ask, but would you be willing to post resources/arguments about Christianity being true? Like, were there specific ones that convinced you to convert? I was raised Catholic but didn't really believe it growing up, but would like to have the same feelings about faith and peace that you posted about. I'm in a bit of a bad place right now and would like to go back and deepen my faith but it's hard.

This isn’t a weird ask, don’t worry! I’d love to provide you with some resources :) I’ll try to include both visual and auditory mediums as I don’t know what your learning style is.

I don’t mean to overwhelm you with information, please forgive me if this is too much 😗

I’m going to split this up into different categories of content here, based loosely around my conversion journey—i.e. what I had questions and doubts about. Please remember that faith is a very personal journey and you may have different concerns altogether, but hopefully this will give you a starting point to jump off of.

First: Arguments for the existence of God

Breaking in the Habit - What is God?  

The Thomistic Institute on the Five Ways

Pints with Aquinas - Explaining Thomas Aquinas’ Proofs

Pints with Aquinas - The Best Argument for the Existence of God W/ Trent Horn

Lumen - Arguments for the Existence of God (overview)

Subcategory: Near death experiences This is clearly anecdotal evidence and therefore not as strong, but I found reading about near death experiences to be extremely interesting. I liked browsing the NDE subreddit :) The common experience of SOMETHING among those who nearly die is at least indicative of there being more beyond the material realm, and by extension, a God. 

Second: Arguments for monotheism

This isn’t a common apologetics issue unless you’re a convert from a polytheistic religion (which I was), so there’s less content on this.

Pints with Aquinas — Aquinas on Why There Can’t Be Many Gods

Jordan Peterson on Monotheism

Third: How reliable are the Gospels? Did Jesus even exist?

Biblical Archeology Society - Did Jesus Exist? Searching for Evidence Beyond the Bible

Pints with Aquinas - Is the New Testament Really Historically Accurate? W/ Trent Horn

The Great Myths - History for Atheists  This is a SECULAR website created by an atheist seeking to correct the flaws in his fellow atheists’ arguments. Much to his chagrin, I found the website and now I’m a Christian. Here is their Jesus Mythicism series.

Influence - The Reliability of the Gospels

NAMB - The Historical Reliability of the Gospels

History - The Bible Says Jesus Was Real. What Other Proof Exists?

The Science of Apologetics on the historical accuracy of the Bible 

Answers in Genesis - How Do We Know the Bible is True? 

Fourth: Was Jesus the prophesied Messiah?

Jews for Jesus - What Proof Do You Have That Jesus is the Messiah?

The Top 40 Messianic Prophecies

Two Messiahs in Judaism: Ben David and Ben Joseph

Be Thinking - Messiah: Jesus, the evidence of history

Fifth: The Resurrection (and the events thereafter)

The Resurrection, Evidence, and the Scientist

William Lane Craig Debates Ben Shapiro about Jesus 

Did the Resurrection Really Happen? | William Lane Craig

Capturing Christianity’s interview with Dr. Gary Habermas Short highlight from that video the Science of Apologetics on Evidence for the Resurrection

Links from the bottom of that post: One, two, three, four, five

Sixth: Did Jesus claim to be God? Theology of the Incarnation and the Holy Trinity

The Thomistic Institute on the Trinity: The Triune God (Aquinas 101) The Persons of the Trinity (Aquinas 101)

Breaking in the Habit - Did Jesus Claim to be God? 

Trinity explained by CS Lewis: Christian "Trinity" Explained in 3 Minutes The Three-Personal God by C.S. Lewis

Christianity.com - Did Jesus Claim to be God?

Ryan Reeves - The Incarnation and Jesus Christ (In 90 Seconds)

The Thomistic Institute on the Incarnation: The Meaning of the Incarnation (Aquinas 101) Motives of the Incarnation (Aquinas 101)

Bishop Robert Barron - Understanding the Incarnation

Seventh: Miracles and saints just because I personally think they’re really fun!

Lessons from Lourdes: Our Lady of Lourdes and St. Bernadette

Pints with Aquinas - Scientific EVIDENCE for Eucharistic Miracles? w/ Fr. Terry Donahue

Actual information on incorruptible saints 

Our Lady of Fatima and the Miracle of the Sun

The Shroud of Turin: The Catholic Talk Show  Mr. Mythos  Lecture on the Shroud

Our Lady of Guadalupe

The miracles of St. Padre Pio

PDFS AND STUFF— Writings of saints, theologians, and apologists.

The Case for Christ by Lee Strobel

The Catechism of the Catholic Church

The (searchable!) Catechism of the Catholic Church

The Summa Theologica by St. Thomas Aquinas

Rome Sweet Home by Scott Hahn

The Imitation of Christ by Thomas à Kempis

Early Christian writings from the Church Fathers

Saints’ Books - A collection of free writings from Catholic saints

St. Augustine of Hippo: On the Trinity  Confessions 

Miscellaneous favorites:

The Thomistic Institute Ascension Presents Fr. Mike Bible in a Year Podcast The Catholic Talk Show Pints with Aquinas Pints with Aquinas - Apologetics Extravaganza with Trent Horn  Capturing Christianity Free Christian Apologetics Resources - Capturing Christianity Bible Illustrated  BibleProject Lectures on early & medieval church history by Ryan Reeves Breaking in the Habit / Catholicism in Focus Upon Friar Review Trisagion Films Servus Dei discord server

Apps: Hallow Catena: Bible and Commentaries The Chosen (This is a tv show! It has its own app. It’s really good and accurate to the Gospels.)

My personal tips section :)

While it’s very important to have a logical foundation for religion, PLEASE don’t underestimate the power of simply sitting with God in prayer. That’s the most important thing. I love praying the rosary, practicing lectio divina, praying novenas, reading the psalms, etc. Prayer shouldn’t always be scripted either. The pre-written prayers are helpful for when you aren’t really sure what to say or where to start, but you should speak to God from your heart as much as possible. Sometimes prayer doesn’t even have to be verbal! Sometimes it’s just a state of being.

Music also goes hand in hand with this. Hymns can really help you get into that religious spiritual headspace when you feel disconnected from God. Here’s a channel that posts some good ones. Read the Bible. When in doubt, just read it or listen to someone else read it. It’s truly the inspired Word of God. For a while it was really hard for me to connect with Jesus for some reason, but reading the Gospels has been instrumental in building a stronger relationship with Him. It’s kind of a given but you might have the same blockages as I did.

A good way to learn more about Christianity, the Church, and her saints is to keep track of the Church calendar. For instance, find out what important feast days/holidays are coming up, then research and learn about them around the time that they occur. Okay that’s pretty much it! Feel free to DM me about anything (I love theological discussion). I hope things get better for you--trust that I’ll be praying for you. Have a lovely day!

#yes im pinning this. who’s gonna stop me 😏

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CONFESSIONS OF ST. AUGUSTINE, IMITATIONS OF CHRIST

The Confessions, by Saint Augustine

The Imitation of Christ, by Thomas á Kempis

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Volume 8

NINE GREEK DRAMAS

Agamemnon, The Libation Bearers, The Furies, and Prometheus Bound, by Aeschylus

Oedipus the King and Antigone, by Sophocles

Hippolytus and The Bacchae, by Euripides

The Frogs, by Aristophanes

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Volume 9

LETTERS AND TREATISES OF CICERO AND PLINY

On Friendship, On Old Age, and Letters, by Cicero

Letters, by Pliny the Younger

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Volume 10

WEALTH OF NATIONS, ADAM SMITH

The Wealth of Nations, by Adam Smith

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Volume 11

ORIGIN OF SPECIES, DARWIN

The Origin of Species, by Charles Darwin

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Volume 12

PLUTARCH’S LIVES

Lives, by Plutarch

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Volume 13

AENEID, VIRGIL

Aeneid, by Virgil

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Volume 14

DON QUIXOTE, PART 1, CERVANTES

Don Quixote, Part 1, by Cervantes

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Volume 15

PILGRIM’S PROGRESS, DONNE & HERBERT, BUNYAN, WALTON

The Pilgrim’s Progress, by John Bunyan

The Lives of Donne and Herbert, by Izaak Walton

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Volume 16

THE THOUSAND AND ONE NIGHTS

Stories from the Thousand and One Nights

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Volume 17

FOLKLORE AND FABLE, AESOP, GRIMM, ANDERSON

Fables, by Aesop

Children’s and Household Tales, by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm

Tales, by Hans Christian Andersen

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Volume 18

MODERN ENGLISH DRAMA

All for Love, by John Dryden

The School for Scandal, by Richard Brinsley Sheridan

She Stoops to Conquer, by Oliver Goldsmith

The Cenci, by Percy Bysshe Shelley

A Blot in the ‘Scutcheon, by Robert Browning

Manfred, by Lord Byron

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Volume 19

FAUST, EGMONT, ETC. DOCTOR FAUSTUS, GOETHE, MARLOWE

Faust, Part 1, Egmont, and Hermann and Dorothea, by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Dr. Faustus, by Christopher Marlowe

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Volume 20

THE DIVINE COMEDY, DANTE

The Divine Comedy, by Dante Alighieri

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Volume 21

I PROMESSI SPOSI, MANZONI

I Promessi Sposi, by Alessandro Manzoni

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Volume 22

THE ODYSSEY, HOMER

The Odyssey, by Homer

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Volume 23

TWO YEARS BEFORE THE MAST, DANA

Two Years Before the Mast, by Richard Henry Dana, Jr.

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Volume 24

ON THE SUBLIME, FRENCH REVOLUTION, ETC., BURKE

On Taste, On the Sublime and Beautiful, Reflections on the French Revolution, and A Letter to a Noble Lord, by Edmund Burke

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Volume 25

AUTOBIOGRAPHY, ETC., ESSAYS AND ADDRESSES, J.S. MILL, T. CARLYLE

Autobiography and On Liberty, by John Stuart Mill

Characteristics, Inaugural Address at Edinburgh, and Sir Walter Scott, by Thomas Carlyle

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Volume 26

CONTINENTAL DRAMA

Life is a Dream, by Pedro Calderón de la Barca

Polyeucte, by Pierre Corneille

Phèdre, by Jean Racine

Tartuffe, by Molière

Minna von Barnhelm, by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing

William Tell, by Friedrich von Schiller

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Volume 27

ENGLISH ESSAYS: SIDNEY TO MACAULAY

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Volume 28

ESSAYS: ENGLISH AND AMERICAN

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Volume 29

VOYAGE OF THE BEAGLE, DARWIN

The Voyage of the Beagle, by Charles Darwin

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Volume 30

FARADAY, HELMHOLTZ, KELVIN, NEWCOMB, ETC

The Forces of Matter and The Chemical History of a Candle, by Michael Faraday

On the Conservation of Force and Ice and Glaciers, by Hermann von Helmholtz

The Wave Theory of Light and The Tides, by Lord Kelvin

The Extent of the Universe, by Simon Newcomb

Geographical Evolution, by Sir Archibald Geikie

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Volume 31

AUTOBIOGRAPHY, BENVENUTO CELLINI

The Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini

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Volume 32

LITERARY AND PHILOSOPHICAL ESSAYS

Essays, by Michel Eyquem de Montaigne

Montaigne and What is a Classic?, by Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve

The Poetry of the Celtic Races, by Ernest Renan

The Education of the Human Race, by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing

Letters upon the Aesthetic Education of Man, by Friedrich von Schiller

Fundamental Principles of the Metaphysic of Morals, by Immanuel Kant

Byron and Goethe, by Giuseppe Mazzini

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Volume 33

VOYAGES AND TRAVELS

An account of Egypt from The Histories, by Herodotus

Germany, by Tacitus

Sir Francis Drake Revived, by Philip Nichols

Sir Francis Drake’s Famous Voyage Round the World, by Francis Pretty

Drake’s Great Armada, by Captain Walter Bigges

Sir Humphrey Gilbert’s Voyage to Newfoundland, by Edward Haies

The Discovery of Guiana, by Sir Walter Raleigh

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Volume 34

FRENCH AND ENGLISH PHILOSOPHERS, DESCARTES, VOLTAIRE, ROUSSEAU, HOBBES

Discourse on Method, by René Descartes

Letters on the English, by Voltaire

On the Inequality among Mankind and Profession of Faith of a Savoyard Vicar, by Jean Jacques Rousseau

Of Man, Being the First Part of Leviathan, by Thomas Hobbes

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Volume 35

CHRONICLE AND ROMANCE, FROISSART, MALORY, HOLINSHEAD

Chronicles, by Jean Froissart

The Holy Grail, by Sir Thomas Malory

A Description of Elizabethan England, by William Harrison

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Volume 36

MACHIAVELLI, MORE, LUTHER

The Prince, by Niccolò Machiavelli

The Life of Sir Thomas More, by William Roper

Utopia, by Sir Thomas More

The Ninety-Five Theses, To the Christian Nobility of the German Nation, andOn the Freedom of a Christian, by Martin Luther

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Volume 37

LOCKE, BERKELEY, HUME

Some Thoughts Concerning Education, by John Locke

Three Dialogues Between Hylas and Philonous in Opposition to Sceptics and Atheists, by George Berkeley

An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding, by David Hume

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Volume 38

HARVEY, JENNER, LISTER, PASTEUR

The Oath of Hippocrates

Journeys in Diverse Places, by Ambroise Paré

On the Motion of the Heart and Blood in Animals, by William Harvey

The Three Original Publications on Vaccination Against Smallpox, by Edward Jenner

The Contagiousness of Puerperal Fever, by Oliver Wendell Holmes

On the Antiseptic Principle of the Practice of Surgery, by Joseph Lister

Scientific papers, by Louis Pasteur

Scientific papers, by Charles Lyell

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Volume 39

FAMOUS PREFACES

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Volume 40

ENGLISH POETRY 1: CHAUCER TO GRAY

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Volume 41

ENGLISH POETRY 2: COLLINS TO FITZGERALD

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Volume 42

ENGLISH POETRY 3: TENNYSON TO WHITMAN

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Volume 43

AMERICAN HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS

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Volume 44

SACRED WRITINGS 1

Confucian: The sayings of Confucius

Hebrew: Job, Psalms, and Ecclesiastes

Christian I: Luke and Acts

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Volume 45

SACRED WRITINGS 2

Christian II: Corinthians I and II and hymns

Buddhist: Writings

Hindu: The Bhagavad-Gita

Mohammedan: Chapters from the Koran

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Volume 46

ELIZABETHAN DRAMA 1

Edward the Second, by Christopher Marlowe

Hamlet, King Lear, Macbeth, and The Tempest, by William Shakespeare

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Volume 47

ELIZABETHAN DRAMA 2

The Shoemaker’s Holiday, by Thomas Dekker

The Alchemist, by Ben Jonson

Philaster, by Beaumont and Fletcher

The Duchess of Malfi, by John Webster

A New Way to Pay Old Debts, by Philip Massinger

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Volume 48

THOUGHTS AND MINOR WORKS, PASCAL

Thoughts, letters, and minor works, by Blaise Pascal

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Volume 49

EPIC AND SAGA

Beowulf

The Song of Roland

The Destruction of Dá Derga’s Hostel

The Story of the Volsungs and Niblungs

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Volume 50

INTRODUCTION, READER’S GUIDE, INDEXES

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Volume 51

The last volume contains sixty lectures introducing and summarizing the covered fields of:

history

poetry

natural science

philosophy

biography

prose fiction

criticism and the essay

education

political science

drama

travelogues

religion

There are 5 lectures for each subject, beginning with an introductory lecture with consequent text covering the subjects in increasing depth.

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[yourlocalcatholic]

do you have any good Catholic resources for learning about the faith etc, especially Mary? I’ve been Catholic my whole life and went to Catholic primary school but I feel super lost and want to relearn everything from the ground up 🤧

Straight up: the Catholic Catechism. This book cannot be understated. My RCIA director gave me a copy when I became a Catechumen and it quickly became my number one resource for learning any and all things about Catholic doctrine and dogma. It’s a BIG BOOK though, so I recommend reading a little bit every day as to not feel overwhelmed. I also watched videos after reading through each section for clarity purposes. 

Besides the CCC, of course I recommend the Bible ;D

I really believe that the Bible and the CCC are the most fundamental things you need when learning about the faith. 

But if you are looking for additional resources, I recommend looking into the writings of the early Church Fathers, which you can look here for. 

Also Catholic Answers has been *chef’s kiss* perfect for me since I came into Catholicism literally knowing nothing. 

Here’s a list of books that I have either read or heard about that are good for those interested in Catholicism (and Mary, in your case):

Rome Sweet Home: Our Journey to Catholicism by Scott Hahn and Kimberly Hahn

What Catholics Really Believe—Setting the Record Straight: 52 Answers to Common Misconceptions About the Catholic Faith by Karl Keating

Fundamentals of Faith: Essays in Christian Apologetics by Peter Kreeft

Catholicism: A Journey to the Heart of the Faith by Bishop Robert Barron

Introduction to Christianity by Pope Benedict XVI

Jesus and the Jewish Roots of the Eucharist: Unlocking the Secrets of the Last Supper by Brant Pitre

By What Authority? An Evangelical Discovers Catholic Tradition by Mark Shea

Walking with Mary: A Biblical Journey from Nazareth to the Cross by Edward Sri

Signs of Life: 40 Catholic Customs and Their Biblical Roots by Scott Hahn

Hail, Holy Queen by Scott Hahn

Why We’re Catholic by Trent Horn

The Lamb’s Supper by Scott Hahn

I’m Not Being Fed by Jeff Cavins

The Fathers Know Best by Jimmy Akin

Crossing the Tiber by Steven Ray

Catholic and Christian: An Explanation of Commonly Misunderstood Catholic Beliefs by Alan Schreck

Why Do Catholics Do That?: A Guide to the Teachings and Practices of the Catholic Church by Kevin Orlin Johnson

The Imitation of Christ by Thomas à Kempis, Aloysius Croft, and Harold Bolton

An Introduction to the Devout Life by St. Francis De Sales

Introduction to Mary: The Heart of Marian Doctrine and Devotion by Dr. Mark Miravalle

Behold Your Mother: A Biblical and Historical Defense of the Marian Doctrines by Tim Staples 

Mary and the Fathers of the Church: The Blessed Virgin Mary in Patristic Thought Luigi Gambero

True Devotion to Mary: with Preparation for Total Consecration by St. Louis De Montfort

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