In celebration of their Back to School Blog Tour, Pauline Books and Media is sponsoring a special giveaway. One lucky winner will receive one copy of each of the books featured in the blog tour listed below. Forever You by Nicole Lataif I Forgive You by Nicole Lataif a.k.a Genius by Marilee Haynes Genius Under Contruction by Marilee Haynes Ten Commandments for Kissing Gloria Jean by Britt Leigh I use Rafflecopter to run my giveaways which makes it simple for... Read more
Today I am really excited to reveal a new feature here at The Catholic Book Blogger. Thanks to a newly forged partnership of sorts between Lighthouse Catholic Media and CBB, I will be highlighting CD talks weekly. For my first talk I have chosen Evangelizing Catholics: The Bible, The Eucharist and The New Evangelization by Dr. Scott Hahn. I found this talk to be timely and very informative. With all the buzz about the New Evangelization in recent years Scott... Read more
Denying free will proves that there is free will We Christians know that we have free will: that we can choose between good and evil. Want proof, asks St. Ephrem the Syrian? The very denial of free will proves it exists. If anyone asks what this “will” is, we must tell him the real truth about it: that it is the power of free choice. So if anyone asks, “What is this will? For it is only one thing, but... Read more
Welcome back to “The Clergy Speaks”, a recurring feature here at The Catholic Book Blogger. “The Clergy Speaks” is a column focusing on one question I have asked various members of the clergy. That question is: What five books would you recommend as must-reads for Catholics today? I left the responses open to current or classic books with the only restriction being that the Bible and the Catechism could not be used as they are a given. This week we... Read more
Free will is the problem—and the solution To pagans who blame everything on “fate,” Tatian answers that our miseries are our own fault. Our own free will brought evil into the world—but our own free will can reject evil. Why should I admit that we’re born by “fate,” when I see such managers of “fate” as the pagan gods? How can you be “fated” to be sleepless from greed? Why are you “fated” to grasp at everything, and die often?... Read more
Rely on what no one can take away Expensive tack doesn’t make a good horse, says St. John Chrysostom. Likewise, wealth, health, and reputation don’t make a good man. All these things can be taken away, but nothing can take away real virtue. What is the virtue of a horse? Is it to have a bridle studded with gold and straps to match, and a silk band to fasten the housing, and colorful clothes embroidered with gold thread, and headgear... Read more
Follow the promptings of nature Moral law is natural, says St. Basil. No one needs to teach it to us; we already know what’s right and wrong. When we violate the basic principles of morality, we not only go against God, we go against the nature he created in us. We shall not be able to say in self-justification that we have learned useful knowledge in books, since the untaught law of nature makes us choose that which is advantageous... Read more
This week publisher Image Catholic Books sponsors the CBB giveaway. One lucky winner will receive one copy of the new paperback edition of My Sisters the Saints: A Spiritual Memoir by Colleen Carroll Campbell (you can read my review here). I use Rafflecopter to run my giveaways which makes it simple for you and me! Enter below. The contest starts at midnight tonight EST and will end 12AM EST Friday 10/03 with a winner being announced later that day. Good... Read more
Recognize the good emotions A good Christian is not insensibly tranquil, says St. Augustine. Even in heaven, we will know joy and love; here on earth, we also know sadness and compassion. To be without those emotions would be to be less than human. Since we must live a good life in order to gain a blessed life, a good life gets all the emotions right, and a bad life gets them wrong. But in the blessed life eternal there... Read more
This week brings a unique review here at The Catholic Book Blogger. We were asked by Image Books to review My Sisters the Saints: A Spiritual Memoir by Colleen Carroll Campbell for its new release in paperback. I had reviewed this book early last year upon its initial release. This time my wife Laura provides her review and I have mine, a dual review of this book from a female perspective and a male perspective. Enjoy. LAURA’S REVIEW: Our struggles... Read more
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