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Suggested Reading

"...make every effort to supplement your faith with virtue, virtue with knowledge...

United States Catholic Catechism for Adults, USCCB, 2006

Compendium: Catechism of the Catholic Church, USCCB, 2006

Jesus of Nazareth, Pope Benedict XVI, 2007

The Apostles, Pope Benedict XVI, 2007

The Fathers, Pope Benedict XVI, 2008

A Sourcebook about Sunday, Paul Ford, 2005

Rediscovering Catholicism, Matthew Kelly, 2002

Tattoos on the Heart, Gregory Boyle, 2010

This Is My Body: An Evangelical Discovers The Real Presence, Mark P.Shea, 2006

Consciousness Examen, George Aschenbrenner, 2007

The Jesuit Guide To (Almost) Everything: A Spirituality for Real Life, James Martin, 2010

Mere Christianity, C.S. Lewis, 1952

Reflection On The Psalms, C.S. Lewis, 1958

The Screwtape Letters, C.S. Lewis, 1961

Man's Search For Meaning, Viktor E. Frankl, 1946

The Practice of the Presence of God, Brother Lawrence, 1958

No Man Is An Island, Thomas Merton, 1967

Life of the Beloved, Henri J.M. Nouwen, 1992

The Father Is Very Fond Of Me, Edward J. Farrell, 1975

Prayer Is A Hunger, Edward Farrell, 1972

The Imitation Of Christ, Thomas a Kempis, 1940

Encounters With Silence, Karl Rahner, 1999

The Need and the Blessing of Prayer, Karl Rahner, 1977

Dark Night of the Soul, St. John of the Cross, 1953