Apr 26 2007
Books I’m reading
Currently, I’m reading CALLED TO COMMUNION by by Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger, who recently underwent a substantial name change.
Called to Communion: Understanding the Church Today is a precious gift of wisdom. It explains how providential are the trials through which the Catholic Church is now passing. The need of the Papal Primacy to ensure Christian unity; the true meaning of Priesthood as a sacrament and not a mere ministry; the necessity of the Eucharist as the Sacrifice of the Savior now offering Himself on our altars; the role of Bishops as successors of the Apostle, united with the successor of St. Peter, the Bishop of Rome; the value of suffering in union with Christ crucified; the indispensable service of the laity in the apostolate-all these are becoming more clear and meaningful in the life of the Church. Called to Communion is a goldmine of insights, which brings out the development of Catholic doctrine in our day without surrendering on iota of the deposit of faith entrusted to the Church by her divine founder.-Fr. John Hardon, S.J. (From a blurb on the back cover)
I’m also currently working my way through THE CATECHETICAL LECTURES of St Cyril of Jerusalem. Ive posted some notes on part of the opening address called the Protocatechesis. I hope to continue these notes in the near future
I just finished reading DRUMS ALONG THE MOHAWK by Walter D. Edmonds. Edmonds was considered to be the greatest author of regional fiction that the United States ever produced. I’m told that at one time you could not attend public school in New York without at some point in your education reading one of his works for English class. I’m told that the book was the second best in sales the year it was released, running a close second to GONE WITH THE WIND. In 1939 it was made into a famous movie starring Henry Fonda and finished second in box office draws behind GONE WITH THE WIND. His book ROME HAUL about the Erie Canal was also good.
