Catholic Thought discussion

OK, here is where we will nominate books for the Lent read. Nominations will start immediately and conclude at midnight 13th. On the 14th, Ash Wednesday, a poll will be set up for a vote to select the read. The poll will remain open until midnight the night of the 18th.

So let me summarize the four types of reads this book club has evolved to, which we do in a cycle.
(1) Regular Book: Any book that meets the Catholic book club criteria of any price.
(2) Budget Option Book: Any book that meets the criteria but must have a purchasing option of $5 or less. This is to make it easy on people on a budget.
(3) Recurring Read: Any book that meets the criteria that is of extended length, and so will be broken up into sections of six weeks, and gets picked up where it was left off when it returns in the cycle.
(4) Short Read: A read that fills a gap between Regular, Budget, or Recurring book reads while voting and acquiring the next book is ongoing.

The next book to vote on is the budget selection. So please nominations will require an option to purchase the book for $5 or less. Lots of classic Catholic books are free on the internet. Also, one nomination per person.

Given we are in Lent, let's try to nominate a book appropriate for the season. What exactly is such a book? I'm not exactly sure, but we can discuss it.

OK, this is not a nomination yet but just thinking out loud to see if any of these interest people.

Blaise Pascal's, Pensées
Frank Sheed's, A Map of Life
GK Chesterton, The Everlasting Man

Pensees is a series of short thoughts on Christianity which can serve as a devotional. A Map of Life is a book that shows how the Christian life forms a grand master plan. The Everlasting Man is a book that shows how history has been shaped by God for His purpose.

You can find these books on Amazon for a fuller description.

I nominate "Revelation of Divine Love" by Julian of Norwich. It is in the public domain, so can be found free on the internet.

Irene wrote: "I nominate "Revelation of Divine Love" by Julian of Norwich. It is in the public domain, so can be found free on the internet."

Great. I’ve been meaning to read that.

I'll nominate The Everlasting Man

Dark Night of the Soul by St John of the Cross it's 3.60 on Amazon

I Thirst by Gina Marinello-Sweeney, which was one of five books mentioned in this article, "Recommended Books to Read during Lent":

https://authorvoices.com/inspirationa...

Silver Rose wrote: "I Thirst by Gina Marinello-Sweeney, which was one of five books mentioned in this article, "Recommended Books to Read during Lent":

https://authorvoices.com/inspirationa......"

Welcome Silver, and thank you for the nomination. As you can read above, this read in the cycle is for reading budget priced books. There has to be an option for purchasing the book for $5 or less. I didn’t see it at Amazon. Is thee such an option?

Virginia wrote: "Dark Night of the Soul by St John of the Cross it's 3.60 on Amazon"

Welcome Virginia and thanks. That is an excellent choice.

Manny wrote: "Silver Rose wrote: "I Thirst by Gina Marinello-Sweeney, which was one of five books mentioned in this article, "Recommended Books to Read during Lent":

https://authorvoices.com/inspirationa......"

Thanks for the welcome! The ebook is $4.99 (or free with Kindle Unlimited) on Amazon.

Silver Rose wrote: "Manny wrote: "Silver Rose wrote: "I Thirst by Gina Marinello-Sweeney, which was one of five books mentioned in this article, "Recommended Books to Read during Lent":

https://authorvoices.com/inspi..."

Oh you're right. I didn't see that! Then it's nominated. Thanks.

No problem!

Manny wrote: "OK, this is not a nomination yet but just thinking out loud to see if any of these interest people.

Blaise Pascal's, Pensées
Frank Sheed's, A Map of Life
GK Chesterton..."

I read both Pascal and Chesterton and they are both brilliant but rather "heavyweight". Frank Sheed's volume looks ideal to me.

Last day to nominate. I'm going to pass on the nomination. I'm going to vote for one already nominated.

Galicius, you'll have to nominate A Map of Life yourself if that's what you want.

The poll is up. There were four nominations. Please vote.

Winner of our poll is The Everlasting Man. So this week we'll finish up with 'Inferno', and I am thinking to give us a breather for a week and give everyone a chance to get the book.

For anyone who wishes to keep this on a budget, I've seen multiple electronic versions starting at 99 cents.

We'll start the discussions first week in March. Amazon promised to deliver my book Wednesday, so I'll post a new thread and reading schedule later in the week.

Thank you, I can't wait to start reading! Have a blessed week.

Jeanine wrote: "Thank you, I can't wait to start reading! Have a blessed week."

Welcome to the book club Jeanine. Make yourself at home and look through some of our folders. You might want to introduce yourself, but of course it’s not a requirement.