Msgr. Halfpenny’s Suggested Reading List

    William Barry, SJ
    Praying the Truth
    A Friendship Like No Other

    C.S. Lewis
    The Screwtape Letters
    The Great Divorce
    Surprised by Joy
    A Grief Observed

    G.K. Chesterton
    Life of St. Francis

    Evelyn Waugh
    Edmund Campion

    Patrick Ahern
    Maurice and Therese: The Story of a Love

    St. Therese of Lisieux
    The Story of a Soul

    Jerome Murphy O’Connor, OP
    Paul: His Story
    Becoming Human Together

    Flannery O’Connor
    The Habit of Being: Letters

    St. Francis de Sales
    Introduction to the Devout Life

    St. Augustine
    Confessions

    Blessed John XXIII
    Journal of a Soul

    George Weigel
    Witness to Hope: The Biography of Pope John Paul II

    Etty Hillesum
    An Interrupted Life

    Thomas Merton
    Seven Story Mountain

    Dorothy Day
    The Long Loneliness

    Shusaku Endo
    Silence
    A Life of Jesus

    Henri Nouwen
    Life of the Beloved

    Georges Bernanos
    Diary of a Country Priest

    Graham Greene
    The Power and Glory

    Vinny Flynn
    7 Secrets of Confession

    Additional Resources

    The following resources are located in the Gathering Space inside the St. Paul on the Lake church building. Take one home and share another with a family member or friend!

    Devotionals
    The ever-popular “Little Black Book” daily reflections for Lent (for adults and children)
    The Living Gospel Daily Devotions for Lent
    Holy Week: Simple Ways to Walk with Jesus

    Home Heart Spirit: Family Prayers and Activities for Lent (especially for families)
    Lent: A Time of Grace-Daily Lenten Reflections by Pope Francis

    Catholic Lighthouse CDs
    Anger and Forgiveness
    Defeating Satan’s Deadly Weapon Against Men
    Freedom Through Forgiveness
    Meditations on the Stations of the Cross
    Jesus and the Jewish roots of the Eucharist
    Jesus the Bridegroom
    Seven Deadly Sins & Seven Lively Virtues
    The Four Last Things
    The Seven Last Things of Christ
    The True Meaning of Easter
    Trust in the Lord

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