Category: Catholic Books
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The Strange Freedom of Surrender
Reading Thomas Merton’s The Seven Storey Mountain Some books are interesting. Others make you uncomfortable in exactly the way a good spiritual book should. Thomas Merton’s The Seven Storey Mountain did that for me. I expected a conversion story. And, of course, that is what the book is: Merton’s account of his restless early life,…
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The Catholic Gentleman: Manhood Is Not a Costume
A CatholicG33k Reflection on Sam Guzman’s The Catholic Gentleman: Living Authentic Manhood Today There is a way to read The Catholic Gentleman badly. You could read it as a Catholicized masculinity manual: dress like an adult, drink like an adult, work hard, protect your family, develop some discipline, stop looking at pornography, learn some manners,…
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The Will Is Trained by What We Love
What if strengthening your will isn’t really about trying harder but learning to love the right things? A reflection on The Training of the Will, grace, temptation, attention, and the slow Catholic work of becoming free enough to choose the good.