books
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Dark Night of the Soul, part 1
I’ve been eager to read Dark Night of the Soul since my interest piqued in Carmelite spirituality. St. John of the Cross is a staple of its teachings, and Dark Night is considered of his greatest works. I didn’t expect it to hit so close to home quite so quickly. The book is divided into two parts—Of the Continue reading
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City of God
St. Augustine’s City of God was my 2024 “big book of the year.” At 1,000 pages, it required more strategic planning to read in a year than the Bible itself. I had no idea what to expect on going into it, having only read St. Augustine’s Confessions during my RCIA days. I was pleasantly surprised Continue reading
And they said to him, “Inquire of God, we pray thee, that we may know whether the journey on which we are setting out will succeed.”
And the priest said to them, “Go in peace. The journey on which you go is under the eye of the LORD.”
—Judges 18:5–6