Reading Revisited
Reading Revisited
ep. 43: Favorite Lent Reads
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ep. 43: Favorite Lent Reads

in which we plan your Lenten reading for the next 30 years

Welcome to Reading Revisited, a place for friends to enjoy some good old-fashioned book chat while revisiting the truth, beauty, and goodness we’ve found in our favorite books.

Spiritual Reads

Jessica

Introduction to Christianity by Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger

Jesus Shock by Peter Kreeft

The Power of the Cross by Cardinal Raniero Cantalamessa

The Hours of the Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ by Luisa Piccarreta

Hannah

The Art of Lent by Sister Wendy Beckett

Death on a Friday Afternoon by Richard John Neuhaus

Love is Stronger Than Death by Peter Kreeft

Jesus of Nazareth: Holy Week: From the Entrance into Jerusalem to the Resurrection by Pope Benedict XVI

Parochial and Plain Sermons by St. John Henry Newman

Bishop Barron’s Gospel Reflections

Kelsie

Word in the Wilderness by

Acedia the Noonday Devil by Jean Charles Nault

Liturgy of the Hours

Holy Saturday Office of Readings Second Reading (full reading free online)

The Man Who Was Born to be King by Dorothy Sayers

The Good of Giving Up by Aaron Damiani

The Power of Silence by Robert Cardinal Sarah

Literature

Jessica

Inferno by Dante (

Translation)

Purgatory by Dante (

Translation)

In This House of Brede by Rumer Godden

Hannah

Barabbas by Par Lagerkvist

The Madman by Tracy Groot

The Power and the Glory by Graham Greene (RR 2021?)

Silence by Shusaku Endo

The Great Divorce by C.S. Lewis

Kelsie

The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis

Till We Have Faces by C.S. Lewis

The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis

A Severe Mercy by Sheldon Vanauken

The Robe by Lloyd C. Douglas

Helena by Evelyn Waugh

Honorable Mentions

Jessica

He Leadeth Me by Walter Ciszek

Something Other Than God by Jennifer Fulwiler

Other Books and Things

The Tears of Christ by St. John Henry Newman

Revisiting Lazy Murder by

The Bible

Bible in a Year w/ Fr. Mike Schmitz

Shorter Christian Prayer

ep. 30": Why Read Shakespeare and Scripture w/ Fr. Tom Pressley

Saint Gregory Prayer Book

Magnificat (Shortened Morning and Evening Prayer)

Word on Fire Liturgy of the Hours

Divine Office (online Liturgy of the Hours)

The Chosen

A Beginner’s Guide to The Divine Comedy by

Silence (movie)

The End of the Affair by Graham Greene

The Narnia Code by Michael Ward

Until next time, keep revisiting the good books that enrich your life and nourish your soul.

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