Amazon Synopsis: Before there was a famous king named Arthur, there was a curious boy named Wart and a kind…
You Shall Receive the Gift of the Holy Spirit
We have the entire series of Beginner Books, and now my children have outgrown them. So I plan to take my…
One cannot be Catholic and support Communism
My last blog focused on the required reading for my high schooler’s lit class. So this week, I thought I…
The violence under the illusion of fighting evil only makes it worse.
Synopsis from Amazon: Today, the whole world knows him as Magneto, the most radical champion of mutant rights that mankind…
If he is, why not I?
St. Thomas Aquinas once said, “Let us leave a saint to write the life of a saint.” The book, The…
Responsibility for an action can be diminished or nullified
Small as an Elephant by Jennifer Richard Jacobson is a book my daughter had to read a few years ago…
The one who handed me over to you has the greater sin.
Synopsis: The Silent Patient is a psychological thriller written by Alex Michaelides. It is a story of a woman who shoots…
The human person has a communal dimension as an essential component of his nature
Geronimo Stilton is the pen name for Italian author Elisabetta Dami. There are many books to this series and a…
Forgive them, Father! They don’t know what they are doing.
Synopsis (from Amazon): “Welcome to dinner, and again, congratulations on being selected. Now you must do the selecting.” What do the queen…
The ministry of reconciliation
When I needed a new book to read, I went into my 14-year-old daughter’s bedroom and found this book in…