Eight Doors of the Kingdom by Jacques Philippe

I love that Philippe broke down the beatitudes into their own chapters and went into detail about how to live them out.

Yeah, I've underlined like a third of the book....

224 Pages

33 Days to Merciful Love by Fr. Michael Gaitley

Sooooo I love St. Therese, and I love her way of looking at Jesus... She's a freaking Doctor of the Church. How sick is that?
(Yes I have a 6 inch statue of her that hangs out at my desk; she's amazing).
I just relate to her a lot, and I love getting to know her better every year. I love getting to know Jesus with her help. She's brilliant.
212 Pages

33 Days to Greater Glory by Fr. Michael E Gaitley

I loved the analysis of the Gospel of John. I'm fine. I'm not crying. I didn't underline like the first half of the book... I loved that it was focused on growing in relationship with the Father. It was really appropriate reading for Lent.
224 Pages

Jesus of Nazareth: From the Entrance into Jerusalem to the Resurrection by Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI (Joseph Ratzinger)

This was a really good book to read during Lent. I loved how much he went into detail about Holy Week (I mean obviously he went into detail; the whole book is about Holy Week). But he brought in scripture passages from the Old Testament and customs and practices from the time of Jesus. I love how thorough his research is (like obviously, he's a scholar and a theologian, but still).
384 pages

On the Eucharist by St Pope John Paul II

The Eucharist is my favorite thing ever (I mean it's Jesus, sooooo).
John Paul II talks about the importance of the Eucharist, "the source and summit of Christian life," and how crucial it is to growing in holiness, the spiritual life/journey, and keeping a community together, and because of that why the Eucharist deserves so much reverence. Seriously this encyclical slaps.
68 pages

Humanae Vitae by St. Pope Paul VI

Human dignity.. It's great. I loved finally getting to read the actual document. St. Pope Paul VI. He's great.
48 pages

Interior Freedom by Jacques Philippe

So I love Fr. Jacques Philippe.
His writing and wisdom wrecks me. I may or may not have underlined, like, half the book.
134 Pages

The Life of Christ by Fulton Sheen

I love Fulton Sheen's writing; it has a more artistic style, and I love that he ties Catholic teachings to the events in the scripture.
Also chronological order. I know that's a duh, but having all four Gospels together in order. And tying in the Old Testament. *Angel choir noises*
658 Pages

Jesus of Nazareth: The Infancy Narratives by Pope Benedict XVI (Joseph Ratzinger)

I love Pope Benedict. He so smart. I love that he looked at other people's analyses of the texts, and discussed what each of the Gospel writers was intending to do when they wrote their respective books.
144 Pages

True Devotion to Mary: With Preparation for Total Consecration by St. Louis de Montfort

Just a heads up, my Catholic brain is getting on a chair of excitement.
I loved doing this devotion. I've done the 33 days to morning glory consecration, but I loved getting back to the roots of the Marian consecration. It took a bit of planning for me to be able to not be overwhelmed by the reading every day. I loved the repetition of the prayers, and all the mic drops about how Mary is the best Mom ever and is the best advocate for us, and how Mary always wants to bring people closer to Jesus. .... I love getting to know Mom more. I could literally go on for hours about how amazing Mary is, and how the consecration has changed my life in the past...five?...years
...I may or may not have underlined a lot of the book.
I love my Mom.
332 Pages

Our Lady of Guadalupe: Mother of the Civilization of Love by Carl Anderson

"Our Lady of Guadalupe’s only words of spiritual guidance are her gentle but persistent reminders to Juan Diego about love: a love that can be trusted, a love that gives dignity, a love that is personal. If we are to see in her words an answer to a spiritual problem, the spiritual problem it answers is a lack of love and a lack of understanding about love as relationship rather than as practice. The Guadalupan message is, in its originality, a spiritual education, an education in love."
I love Our Lady of Guadalupe, and I loved learning more about the history...the apparitions, the tilma... Just the analysis of the image and all the meanings. Literally just read any of the scientific and artistic studies of the tilma.
So many Ratzinger and Karol Józef Wojtyła quotes.
I'm fine... I love my Mom. 
272 Pages

Catechism of the Catholic Church-Image Book (Editor)

I love learning more about the basic beliefs of my faith and knowing more precisely why we believe things. I love how it's organized and how many references to the scripture and to Church writings there were.There are so many quotes!
I think I have like a third of the book underlined.
St. Augustine, St. Therese of Lisieux, and St. Thomas Aquinas, y'all!

825 Pages

The Great Divorce by C.S. Lewis

People are stupid and they never recognize that they're stupid.. I've been thinking it forever. But maybe that's the point he's making. We miss our own flaws. He makes the faults of the characters so obvious so that maybe you'll see yourself in the pride, the greed, the selfishness, the moral relativity...

I love the idea of the Gray Land...Because isn't that so much like our world. It offers us things that are good, but mediocre; things that will never truly satisfy or bring peace.

It was almost heart breaking to watch people walk away...but free will, man...

160 Pages

Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis

I love fact that these originally were broadcast as talks over the radio, and they were only later compiled into a book. The chapters about chastity and christian marriage were amazing, and I wanted to send them to my best friend right away, because she would relate to them. I might have snapped my fingers at some of his lines and made some mic drop motions while I was driving... I must look so funny.

227 pages

The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis

The story of an experienced uncle demon trying to teach his (amateur) nephew how to win souls for hell through letters. We don't get to see what the nephew writes though...
C.S. Lewis made the demon's hatred hilarious and yet undesirable. And I loved how the demons referred to humans as "hairless bipeds," and it made me think of Scar's hatred of Simba in the Lion King..
You almost wonder if the demons are jealous and envious of the humans, even though they're sickened by them.

The last chapter had my eyes watering, and I needed to call my mom and talk about my feelings.


209 pages