What is a must have Catholic book? ⚠️Please share books suggestions that are other than the Bible & Catechism as those Books go without saying as a MUST read for all Catholics!! 🤭 Go see the 🥳SURPRISE over on my community page!!!
Hi Deena. Some months ago I had emailed you about a book I thought you may be interested in. Not sure if you ever got that email. I tend to misspell things. The book I recommended was called Divine Intamacy. It's a collectjon of prayers and meditations that follow the liturgical year. Written by Carmelite nuns. Some of the most heart felt and just overall beautifully written prayers I've ever read. The one on Baptism brought tears to my eyes. I'm glad I did pick this up. It's very fulfilling reading.
Thank you for this list! I have written it all down! I am a Protestant and soon-to-be Catholic, so a lot of my must-read Catholic books are "crossing the Tiber" category books - Rome Sweet Home, Crossing the Tiber, Evangelical Is Not Enough, Surprised By Truth, Why Be Catholic, Not God's Type, From Islam to Christ, Something Other Than God, etc. (Recommend all of them!!) Looking forward to branching out and reading your recommendations! Diana
Thank you so much Deena for your recommendation on these wonderful books & I want to get all of them! I have the The Anti-Mary EXPOSED: Rescuing the culture from Toxic Femininity by Carrie Gress. This book was so alarming but much needed to hear for today’s woman! I was so angry in how we, woman have been ripped off & she’s right on 🎯. Will get back to & look in to the “Marion Option”. Another book I highly recommend is the “Biography of Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre” along with “Priestly Holiness”. Hope you do another short video on more 📚 Deena. Thank you
Thank you Deena for the recommendations on these books! I’m always looking for great books to read to grow in my faith! I would love to win “The Marian Option”, I have been having a hard time praying to our Lady and I struggle so much on praying the Rosary, I know she is our mother but for some reason I have such a hard time building a relationship with our Lady. God bless you Deena and thank you! 🙏🏻🤍
@Sean Furlong I will be adding A LOT of books to my list after this video I am afraid. Thank you for these suggestions. I have a Part II of this video coming - I will release it in August.
Loved Ask Your Husband by Mrs Stephanie Gordon!! Understanding and respecting the patriarchy within marriage and family life is so underrated. Thanks for your book recommendations!
I LOVE that you are doing this series!! A Devout Life is one of my life changers as well as Imitation of Christ, The Spiritual Combat (Scupoli) and Discernment of Spirits
Hi Deena. Great topic. I just thought I would mention that TAN books has $5 books every month with great selections. This is how I built my library. Plus you can support a good Catholic company directly. I definitely want to get the Peter K's book that you mentioned.
Thank you for your recommendations! I just ordered The Marian Option. Looking forward to reading it. I love Our Lady, she brought me to her son Our Lord!
77th comment. :-) Imitation of Christ is one I would highly recommend and have done so before including to a seminarian. I did stress that I had a recent conversion. It gave me hope to hear that I'm not the only one who has come back to the Church. And i also can relate to when you explained how you didn't know the importance of Mother Mary before your return. Thankfully I have better understanding of Blessed Virgin Mary's role now from scripture and prophecies such as Fatima. For that reason if I was wanting to win a book would go for Marian option first and after that Devout Life by St Francis De Sales.
Great video as always I would recommend any of G.K. Chesterton’s books especially The Everlasting Man. Also Archbishop Lefebvre’s Open Letter to confused Catholics.
Mother Mary is our most powerful intercessor to Christ Jesus and almighty God. I love the books on Marian consecration, Marianology and the Rosary. St Louis De Montfort is the expert, but I also loved, "33 Days to Morning Glory" by Fr Michael E Gaitley, MIC.
Please pray for me. I am Mark Poggioli (1955--?) Raised in Great Neck Long Island at Saint Aloysius Roman Catholic Church. Real Catholicism was being washed away right at the time I was growing up. I badly need what you are advocating.
This is another book on Marian devotion that I think is very helpful - "The World's First Love, 2nd Edition: Mary, Mother of God" by Bishop Fulton J. Sheen.
"The Life of St Cajetan" by Lady Herbert (reprint from 1888). As a former novus ordo attendee myself and someone in your age group, this was an incredible eye opener for me. I had *no* idea about the horrors that the protestant heretics inflicted on Catholics or their sack of Rome in the early 16th Century. I was expecting another "life of a saint" book where you learn about his sanctity, etc.,... was not expecting this at all when I read it. I'm glad I did though. Really grounded me in some history that was glossed over in "Catholic" school.
True Devotion to Mary by St Louis De Montfort, Imitation of Christ, Preparation for Death by St Alphonsus Ligouri are all must reads. I would love to read either the Marian Option or Ask Your Husband. Thanks for doing this. What a beautiful list of books.
Consecration to Mary original St.Louis de Montfort, Consecration to St.joseph ,father Calloway ...Manual of spiritual warfare Paul thigpen and one from Dan Burke....I read a pamphlet on consecration of children I don’t have the author ...Padre Pio Spiritual direction for everyday ...sacraments are a must but consecration today is necessity due to the spiritual warfare ...if you only read the Bible , then you will be in good shape, ask the Holy Spirit what you should read,he will guide you in the right direction thanks for the list 🙏🙏🙏
Ahhh! Love this video! My recommendations include : "Praying in the Presence of Our Lord for the Holy Souls" by Susan Tassone, which I found after reading "Hungry Souls" by Gerard J M Van Den Aardweg, that scared the pee outta me ! profoundly life-changing! ; "Prodigal Daughters: Catholic Women Come Home to the Church" by Donna Steichen; :Mexican Martyrdom: Firsthand Accounts of the Religious Persecution in Mexico 1926-1935" by Rev. Wilfrid Parsons - I had no idea! I think of Mexico as Catholic and 'that's that' - boy, was I wrong! ; There is also a book I can't find (must be borrowed-out) I believe is called "Confessions of an Ex-Feminist"
Great video. I look forward to reading these books. I think the only one on your list that I have read is Infiltration and it was eye opening. I am a cradle Catholic but I have learned so much since covid about our Faith. Turns out all these years I was not worshiping God as He wants to be worshipped especially at Mass. i was never comfortable with all of the NO stuff that took place but it was all I knew. We have a new priest now who is way more traditional. (And we have lost many parishioners because of it😔). I know I’m not completely there yet as it will take a lot to reorder my thinking and practices of 40 years. But I will get there and I pray that my family comes along with me.
Hi Dena I just want to say thank you for this video I absolutely loved it. I wish I could choose every book but I would love if I had the opportunity to win “The Marion Option”, lol. all the books are amazing and one of the books that stood out to me too was Deliverance prayers which I already have and am going to put down and leave to those who are trained to use it. I appreciate your honesty and speaking about the book that was never explained to us , but we’re told to purchase one for each of my children to keep close by which we will not be doing so thank you very much for that information. As a cradle Catholic I grew up in a Catholic home and we weren’t supposed to ask questions about the Mass because it was considered sacred. All I remember was getting pinched ,poked ,and prodded during Mass for looking up or moving around too much. As an adult and a mom of four now I often catch myself doing that to my young adult children. And I grew up in my home where mom‘s word was ultimate she was a stern Catholic wife and mother but she ran the show lol. And I often have found myself doing the same thing in my own marriage, my 4 sisters are all now divorced. My husband and I just had our 35th wedding anniversary and if I could go back and take so many things that I have said to make him feel less then I would. So thank you for this video God bless🙏🏼
Have all the books except the second one! So now I know what to put on my Christmas list lol. I totally agree with all you other book selections so I’m sure it’s a great one. Thank you!❤
The Mystical City of God by venerable Mary of Agreda Visions of Blessed Anne Catherine Emmerich A complete must for all Catholics and just about everyone
I'm a recent convert and these all look like excellent suggestions! I think I would start with Reclaiming Our Roman Catholic Birthright, but I feel a need to eventually read them all!
Letters to a Young Catholic is excellent. It's a great tour of various sites, shrines, basilicas, etc and how those places shape us as Catholics. I particularly enjoyed the chapter on the Vatican; specifically the tomb of St. Peter.
All good books Deena! I want to suggest Fr. Mawdsley's recent publication of his first book called Adam's Deep Sleep: The Passion of Christ prefigured in the Old Testament. For those of us who want to better understand the OT and how it's permeated with figures of Christ, it is amazing. I found that my heart burns within me when I read it, like the disciples on the road to Emmaus when Christ opened up to scriptures to them. Highly recommend it. God bless you all.
"Militant" by Michael Voris was instrumental in me returning to the Faith. "Dominus Est" by Bishop Athanasius Schneider is wonderful. He has such an amazing back story. Avoid all the popular Bp. Barron screeds, he's sweet selling bad ideas contrary to the Faith. Orémus Y'all.
Two great books for every Catholic library on the mystics are Diary of Divine Mercy (St. Faustina) and Mystical City of God (Venerable Mary of Agreda) Awesome, Church approved writings.
infiltration by dr taylor and ask your husband by tim..... great tandem. .. great books deena ..you have great books , can you make book review of DOMINION BY FR.RIPPERGER.
Hi Deena. I would love to win a copy of Carrie Gress's book The Marian Option. I appreciated her other book and would love to read this one. I also thank you for your channel and videos, you are one of my favorites and have been watching you since the beginning. God bless.
Hi Deena! Thank you so much for your ministry! I would love to read the book "Discernment of Spirits in Marriage". Thank you for this opportunity! God bless you and the whole family always!
Another excellent Dr. Carrie Gress - The Anti-Mary Revealed, rescuing the culture from toxic femininity. Reading it again as a read aloud with my teenage daughters
Thank you Deena for doing this video! A lot of times I feel so overwhelmed because there are so many books and so many things I have to learn about the faith but this is always a good start. I was profoundly impacted by Ask Your Husband so I would definitely reccomend that one. I also read Infiltration after I read Resistance by Michael Voris. I highly reccomend reading those together because they complement each other so well. Voris' book gets more at the emotion of what was stolen from us and Marshall's is more academic. I can't wait for part 2! P.S I'd love to win Introduction to the Devout Life because a group from my church is starting a book study on it!
@@RobynG70 oh I totally understand that!! It’s only an option for us because my husband is retired. It would be a hardship but something we would do if our Bishop takes the Latin Mass away. I have every hope that won’t happen as he has been very kind to the TLM faithful in his diocese but in this bizarre world …anything is possible I suppose. I am a firm believer that if the Lord wants us to attend the Vetus Ordo Missae…He will provide the way. ♥️🙏🏽
Attaining Salvation by St. Alphonsus Liguori, Frequent Confession by Benedict Baur and Conversation with Christ by Peter Thomas Rohrbach. All very good. Thank you for your list! Also, I would love to read Infiltration by Dr Taylor Marshall!
So many good suggestions! thank you. One of my favorite books is just a tiny but powerful one. Searching for and maintaining peace by Father Jacques Philippe. All his books are wonderful . This is the book to read if you’re finding your spirit troubled and want to learn how to live in a state of peace.
Also... Crucial Truths To Save Your Soul by Fr. Nicholas Grunner / True Obedience in The Church by Peter Kwasniewski / for children: Our Lady's Wardrobe by Anthony DeStefano
I’m now watching this for the third time because I wanted to ask about those beautiful posters behind you? Mysteries of Rosary? I’ve seen them before but I can’t remember who created them. Someone we know wife??? Can you hook me up and jog my memory. 😁 Thanks friend!
@Tanya Sheldrake 😃 it’s from Sophia Institute Press (their warehouse is closed until 8/5 fyi) Due to a major database transition, our warehouse will be closed from 7/25 to 8/5. For the inconvenience, use promo code CLOSED25 to save 25% on your order.
I apppreciate your sharing the books that changed your life. I have so many books that I consider "must haves". However, for the sake of not writing a too lengthy comment or a book of my own in the comment section, I narrowed it down to the following four books out of the ones I have read/still have: (1) Christus Vincent. Christ's Triumph Over the Darkness Of the Age by Bishop Athanasius Schneider (2) An Ordinary's Not So Ordinary Life. Bishop Rene Gracida's autobiography. (3) God Is Love. Deus Caritas Est by Pope Benedict XVI (4) The Weapon. Changing the Gates of Hell with the Holy Rosary by Michael Voris. These books are important to me. They also have been helpful for my family.
Ms Deena Thank you for sharing your favorite books with us. I think I really want to read all of the ones your suggested book " Ask my Husband." haha I am sure it is a great book Both Mr. and Mrs Gordon have awesome books. I would love to hear from your Husband for us men that love your channel. :) but really your Husband the times I have seen and heard him is a man of God and he Fears the Lord. I would like to hear what he things about he prayer book by Fr Rippenger. Also if I were to win a book I would really like to gave "Reclaiming Our Roman Catholic Birthright" by Peter K ( going even going to try to spell it. ) I hope you and your family have an awesome and Bless Lord's day.
When I returned to the faith, my friend gave me a book that made a big difference in my life. Even the very night I brought it home something strange happened that still makes no sense to me. Something did not want me to read that book. Anyway the book is, True devotion to Mary by St. Louis de Montfort.
Ms Deena Thank you for sharing your favorite books with us. I think I really want to read all of the ones your suggested but " Ask my Husband." haha I am sure it is a great book Both Mr. and Mrs Gordon have awesome books. I would love to hear from your Husband for us men that love your channel. :) but really your Husband the times I have seen and heard him is a man of God and he Fears the Lord. I would like to hear what he things about he prayer book by Fr Rippenger. Also if I were to win a book I would really like to gave "Reclaiming Our Roman Catholic Birthright" by Peter K ( going even going to try to spell it. ) I hope you and your family have an awesome and Bless Lord's day.
Enjoy your channel Deena. Some must haves: Baltimore Catechism1-4 / Modern Saints: Their Lives And Faces by Ann Ball vol 1 &2 / Stories of The Saints by Carey Wallace / Poems Every Catholic Should Know by Joseph Pearce / Cooking With The Saints by Alexandra Greeley / Bearing False Witness by Rodney Stark / The Suicide of Altering The Liturgy by Paul L Kramer / The incorruptibles (and other works) by Joan Carroll Cruz / The Four Last Things by Fr. Martin von Cochem / The Apocalypse by Michael D. O'Brien / fiction works by Michael D. O'Brien / Murder in the 33rd Degree by Charles Murr ...... A Catholic Lifetime Reading Plan (pdf) by Fr. John Hardon ----and the list is endless!
@Mimi J why wouldn’t you be able to *receive* Holy Communion? You’ll go up as usual and kneel at the communion rail. Father will place the Eucharist on your tongue while is says Corpus Dómini nostri Iesu Christi custódiat ánimam tuam in vitam ætérnam. Amen. He says Amen …we do not. After you receive …get up and return to your pew (obviously kneel and say your prayers). The *Novus* Ordo is very different from the Vetus Ordo (TLM). The *missal* will guide you as to what is happening in the Mass. Please understand that the missal you use at the *Novus* Ordo is not the same missal you’d use at the Vetus Ordo. Here is my missal (I also have a video on my channel showing how to use the missal at the TLM) amzn.to/3zKJyug Let me know if you have any questions 🙂
Books I like: The Holy Bread of Eternal Life Peter Kwasniewski, Grzegorz Gorny Witnesses To Mystery, Fatima Mysteries Grzegorz Gorny, Guadalupe Mysteries: Deciphering the Code Grzegorz Gorny.
Thank you for this list Deena. I do have a question though - I am someone who is hoping to convert and through all the reading I have done and the TH-cam videos I have watched, very little of anything is spoken about women who are divorced and who remain single. I'm 63 and have been on my own for 15 years and when people speak about such things as perimeter prayers being left to their husbands, my thought is "Where does that leave those of us who are without a husband?" . I don't know if you would be willing to address this or whether you could point me (and others) in the direction of someone who could answer this question. For context, I live in a small Scottish island and good Catholic priests are thin on the ground here - sadly. Many thanks and apologies for the long post 🙂
This may be a good question for Catholic Answers. Call into their radio show Monday-Friday, 3-5 p.m. Eastern Time. Their website shows the topic lineup ahead of time so maybe call during an "open forum" show. You could send them an email too if you don't want to talk on the radio. They could probably direct you to other sources from there. God bless you.
@@julieelizabeth4856 thank you so much for this. I’ll e-mail them as phoning from Scotland is probably prohibitive ☺️. Thank you once again for the reply.
Best ever, anyone can understand this book and will grow spiritually. My Daily Bread. Father Anthony J. Paone S.J. Imitation leather. Written as a dialogue with Christ himself, Father Paone leads the reader through the three ways of the spiritual life: Purification, Imitation, and Union. Arranged for daily reflection, this pocket-sized book is an indispensable guide to the spiritual life. With more than one million copies sold, My Daily Bread is a true Christian classic. It's simple, yet carefully crafted daily reflections have led thousands to a drastically improved interior life and a deeper love for Christ.
What is a must have Catholic book?
⚠️Please share books suggestions that are other than the Bible & Catechism as those Books go without saying as a MUST read for all Catholics!!
🤭 Go see the 🥳SURPRISE over on my community page!!!
The Power of Silence by Robert Cardinal Sarah.
True Devotion to Mary by St. Lois de Montfort is a must read! It will certainly draw you closer to our Heavenly Mother!
How the Catholic Church Built Western Civilization by Thomas E. Woods is a book I recommend to all Catholics.
Ooh, that looks good. Definitely adding to the list. Diana
Life of Christ- Fulton Sheen
Dolorous Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ- Anne Catherine Emmerich
Hi Deena. Some months ago I had emailed you about a book I thought you may be interested in. Not sure if you ever got that email. I tend to misspell things.
The book I recommended was called Divine Intamacy. It's a collectjon of prayers and meditations that follow the liturgical year. Written by Carmelite nuns. Some of the most heart felt and just overall beautifully written prayers I've ever read. The one on Baptism brought tears to my eyes. I'm glad I did pick this up. It's very fulfilling reading.
Champions of the Rosary
Fr. Don Calloway. Takes you through the history of the rosary with some amazing stories and history
Thank you for this list! I have written it all down! I am a Protestant and soon-to-be Catholic, so a lot of my must-read Catholic books are "crossing the Tiber" category books - Rome Sweet Home, Crossing the Tiber, Evangelical Is Not Enough, Surprised By Truth, Why Be Catholic, Not God's Type, From Islam to Christ, Something Other Than God, etc. (Recommend all of them!!) Looking forward to branching out and reading your recommendations! Diana
Humility of Heart by Fr. Cajetan Mary da Bergamo. Fr. Ripperger recommended it.
Thank you so much Deena for your recommendation on these wonderful books & I want to get all of them! I have the The Anti-Mary EXPOSED: Rescuing the culture from Toxic Femininity by Carrie Gress. This book was so alarming but much needed to hear for today’s woman! I was so angry in how we, woman have been ripped off & she’s right on 🎯. Will get back to & look in to the “Marion Option”. Another book I highly recommend is the “Biography of Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre” along with “Priestly Holiness”. Hope you do another short video on more 📚 Deena. Thank you
The Anti Mary book is brilliant! It changed much of my ‘feminist’ mindset
To Know Christ Jesus by Fr. Frank Sheed. Really good.
I’d like the Fr. Rip book if I win.
I would have to say the one book that beyond a doubt changed my life is True Devotion to Mary by St. Louis De Monfort.
Thank you! Awesome video.
Thank you Deena for the recommendations on these books! I’m always looking for great books to read to grow in my faith! I would love to win “The Marian Option”, I have been having a hard time praying to our Lady and I struggle so much on praying the Rosary, I know she is our mother but for some reason I have such a hard time building a relationship with our Lady. God bless you Deena and thank you! 🙏🏻🤍
Forgot to mention. Purgatory: Explained by the Lives and Legends of the Saints by Rev. Fr. F. X. Shouppe S.J.
@Sean Furlong I will be adding A LOT of books to my list after this video I am afraid. Thank you for these suggestions. I have a Part II of this video coming - I will release it in August.
The Heart of the Mass!
Great video!
Loved Ask Your Husband by Mrs Stephanie Gordon!! Understanding and respecting the patriarchy within marriage and family life is so underrated. Thanks for your book recommendations!
Saint Gertrude the Great 👍 reading the saints, our good examples ❣️
I LOVE that you are doing this series!! A Devout Life is one of my life changers as well as Imitation of Christ, The Spiritual Combat (Scupoli) and Discernment of Spirits
Hi Deena. Great topic. I just thought I would mention that TAN books has $5 books every month with great selections. This is how I built my library. Plus you can support a good Catholic company directly. I definitely want to get the Peter K's book that you mentioned.
Great Catholic books! Thank you Deena for highlighting this mostly lost form of meditation on our Faith .
Thank you for your recommendations! I just ordered The Marian Option. Looking forward to reading it. I love Our Lady, she brought me to her son Our Lord!
Wowww amazing...
77th comment. :-) Imitation of Christ is one I would highly recommend and have done so before including to a seminarian. I did stress that I had a recent conversion. It gave me hope to hear that I'm not the only one who has come back to the Church. And i also can relate to when you explained how you didn't know the importance of Mother Mary before your return. Thankfully I have better understanding of Blessed Virgin Mary's role now from scripture and prophecies such as Fatima. For that reason if I was wanting to win a book would go for Marian option first and after that Devout Life by St Francis De Sales.
Great video as always
I would recommend any of G.K. Chesterton’s books especially The Everlasting Man.
Also Archbishop Lefebvre’s Open Letter to confused Catholics.
Thanks for sharing and I look forward to more book suggestions. I would really love to read "The Marian Option". 🙂
Mother Mary is our most powerful intercessor to Christ Jesus and almighty God. I love the books on Marian consecration, Marianology and the Rosary. St Louis De Montfort is the expert, but I also loved, "33 Days to Morning Glory" by Fr Michael E Gaitley, MIC.
Good list.
+1 for Deliverance Prayers
Please pray for me. I am Mark Poggioli (1955--?) Raised in Great Neck Long Island at Saint Aloysius Roman Catholic Church. Real Catholicism was being washed away right at the time I was growing up. I badly need what you are advocating.
@Mark Poggioli I will absolutely pray for you.
This is another book on Marian devotion that I think is very helpful - "The World's First Love, 2nd Edition: Mary, Mother of God" by Bishop Fulton J. Sheen.
Thanks for your list of books. I also love the Raccolta which is a treasury of indulgenced prayers. It has greatly deepened my prayer life.
@Paul Quist the Raccolta is definitely a good prayer book to have in the arsenal 🙏🏽♥️
I totally agree with all these recommendations, they are absolutely excellent and essential.
"The Life of St Cajetan" by Lady Herbert (reprint from 1888). As a former novus ordo attendee myself and someone in your age group, this was an incredible eye opener for me. I had *no* idea about the horrors that the protestant heretics inflicted on Catholics or their sack of Rome in the early 16th Century. I was expecting another "life of a saint" book where you learn about his sanctity, etc.,... was not expecting this at all when I read it. I'm glad I did though. Really grounded me in some history that was glossed over in "Catholic" school.
Thank you for sharing this.
The Secret of The Rosary,True Devotion to The Blessed Virgin Mary,The Way of Divine Love
True Devotion to Mary by St Louis De Montfort, Imitation of Christ, Preparation for Death by St Alphonsus Ligouri are all must reads. I would love to read either the Marian Option or Ask Your Husband. Thanks for doing this. What a beautiful list of books.
Reclaiming Our Roman Catholic Birthright! It’s been on my list and now I have more books to add to the list 😊
Consecration to Mary original St.Louis de Montfort, Consecration to St.joseph ,father Calloway ...Manual of spiritual warfare Paul thigpen and one from Dan Burke....I read a pamphlet on consecration of children I don’t have the author ...Padre Pio Spiritual direction for everyday ...sacraments are a must but consecration today is necessity due to the spiritual warfare ...if you only read the Bible , then you will be in good shape, ask the Holy Spirit what you should read,he will guide you in the right direction thanks for the list 🙏🙏🙏
Ahhh! Love this video! My recommendations include : "Praying in the Presence of Our Lord for the Holy Souls" by Susan Tassone, which I found after reading "Hungry Souls" by Gerard J M Van Den Aardweg, that scared the pee outta me ! profoundly life-changing! ; "Prodigal Daughters: Catholic Women Come Home to the Church" by Donna Steichen; :Mexican Martyrdom: Firsthand Accounts of the Religious Persecution in Mexico 1926-1935" by Rev. Wilfrid Parsons - I had no idea! I think of Mexico as Catholic and 'that's that' - boy, was I wrong! ; There is also a book I can't find (must be borrowed-out) I believe is called "Confessions of an Ex-Feminist"
Great video. I look forward to reading these books. I think the only one on your list that I have read is Infiltration and it was eye opening. I am a cradle Catholic but I have learned so much since covid about our Faith. Turns out all these years I was not worshiping God as He wants to be worshipped especially at Mass. i was never comfortable with all of the NO stuff that took place but it was all I knew. We have a new priest now who is way more traditional. (And we have lost many parishioners because of it😔). I know I’m not completely there yet as it will take a lot to reorder my thinking and practices of 40 years. But I will get there and I pray that my family comes along with me.
I LOVE your Sacred Heart and Immaculate Heart icons.
Wonderful recommendations Deena 🌹 Thank you so much for sharing!
Hi Dena I just want to say thank you for this video I absolutely loved it. I wish I could choose every book but I would love if I had the opportunity to win “The Marion Option”, lol.
all the books are amazing and one of the books that stood out to me too was Deliverance prayers which I already have and am going to put down and leave to those who are trained to use it. I appreciate your honesty and speaking about the book that was never explained to us , but we’re told to purchase one for each of my children to keep close by which we will not be doing so thank you very much for that information. As a cradle Catholic I grew up in a Catholic home and we weren’t supposed to ask questions about the Mass because it was considered sacred. All I remember was getting pinched ,poked ,and prodded during Mass for looking up or moving around too much. As an adult and a mom of four now I often catch myself doing that to my young adult children. And I grew up in my home where mom‘s word was ultimate she was a stern Catholic wife and mother but she ran the show lol. And I often have found myself doing the same thing in my own marriage, my 4 sisters are all now divorced. My husband and I just had our 35th wedding anniversary and if I could go back and take so many things that I have said to make him feel less then I would. So thank you for this video God bless🙏🏼
Imitation of Christ is amazing! Thanks for all of your recos.
Would love to read Ask Your Husband
Thank you for this video and a great giveaway. ❤️
Have all the books except the second one! So now I know what to put on my Christmas list lol. I totally agree with all you other book selections so I’m sure it’s a great one. Thank you!❤
Infiltration is an eye opening! Great book!
Introduction to the Devout Life is tremendous! You can often find it at TAN books for those who need a copy!
The Mystical City of God by venerable Mary of Agreda
Visions of Blessed Anne Catherine Emmerich
A complete must for all Catholics and just about everyone
"See How She Loves Us" is also very, very good
Thanks for much Deena for recommending these books and providing ur feedbacks, super helpful. I will pick one up and start reading. I love Latin Mass!
I'm a recent convert and these all look like excellent suggestions! I think I would start with Reclaiming Our Roman Catholic Birthright, but I feel a need to eventually read them all!
Letters to a Young Catholic is excellent. It's a great tour of various sites, shrines, basilicas, etc and how those places shape us as Catholics. I particularly enjoyed the chapter on the Vatican; specifically the tomb of St. Peter.
All good books Deena! I want to suggest Fr. Mawdsley's recent publication of his first book called Adam's Deep Sleep: The Passion of Christ prefigured in the Old Testament. For those of us who want to better understand the OT and how it's permeated with figures of Christ, it is amazing. I found that my heart burns within me when I read it, like the disciples on the road to Emmaus when Christ opened up to scriptures to them. Highly recommend it. God bless you all.
"Militant" by Michael Voris was instrumental in me returning to the Faith.
"Dominus Est" by Bishop Athanasius Schneider is wonderful. He has such an amazing back story.
Avoid all the popular Bp. Barron screeds, he's sweet selling bad ideas contrary to the Faith.
Orémus Y'all.
Great video…I have some new books to add to my reading list now! Thank you
Two great books for every Catholic library on the mystics are Diary of Divine Mercy (St. Faustina) and Mystical City of God (Venerable Mary of Agreda) Awesome, Church approved writings.
infiltration by dr taylor and ask your husband by tim..... great tandem. .. great books deena ..you have great books , can you make book review of DOMINION BY FR.RIPPERGER.
Hi Deena.
I would love to win a copy of Carrie Gress's book The Marian Option. I appreciated her other book and would love to read this one. I also thank you for your channel and videos, you are one of my favorites and have been watching you since the beginning. God bless.
Hi Deena! Thank you so much for your ministry! I would love to read the book "Discernment of Spirits in Marriage". Thank you for this opportunity! God bless you and the whole family always!
Thank you for the suggestions! I already have a few of those, but I would love a copy of The Discernment of Spirits in Marriage.
How is your husband,you are in my heart thought and prayers 🙏🙏🙏🦅🦅🦅
Another excellent Dr. Carrie Gress - The Anti-Mary Revealed, rescuing the culture from toxic femininity. Reading it again as a read aloud with my teenage daughters
@Juanita Rodriguez I agree wholeheartedly with you!! I love love love that book!! 🤫I mention that book in the part II of this video.
Thank you Deena for doing this video! A lot of times I feel so overwhelmed because there are so many books and so many things I have to learn about the faith but this is always a good start. I was profoundly impacted by Ask Your Husband so I would definitely reccomend that one. I also read Infiltration after I read Resistance by Michael Voris. I highly reccomend reading those together because they complement each other so well. Voris' book gets more at the emotion of what was stolen from us and Marshall's is more academic. I can't wait for part 2! P.S I'd love to win Introduction to the Devout Life because a group from my church is starting a book study on it!
Unfortunately there are many of us who have absolutely no access to the TLM
@Robyn Speaks if the TLM ended in my diocese we will be forced to relocate.
The Novus Ordo Missae is not an option for us.
@@ACatholicWife we have looked into relocating unfortunately, financially that is not an option for us
@@RobynG70 oh I totally understand that!! It’s only an option for us because my husband is retired. It would be a hardship but something we would do if our Bishop takes the Latin Mass away. I have every hope that won’t happen as he has been very kind to the TLM faithful in his diocese but in this bizarre world …anything is possible I suppose.
I am a firm believer that if the Lord wants us to attend the Vetus Ordo Missae…He will provide the way.
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_Maurice and Therese_ is a book about the friendship between St Therese and a missionary named Maurice. Includes all their correspondence.
Hi Deena! Thank you for this video and the opportunity to win. I would love to read The Heart of the Mass. ❤️
Attaining Salvation by St. Alphonsus Liguori, Frequent Confession by Benedict Baur and Conversation with Christ by Peter Thomas Rohrbach. All very good. Thank you for your list! Also, I would love to read Infiltration by Dr Taylor Marshall!
please take a look at Romano Guardini's works
@paul smith anything in particular? I have a bazillion books to read 😵💫 and trying to figure out what to read next is always difficult.
So many good suggestions! thank you. One of my favorite books is just a tiny but powerful one. Searching for and maintaining peace by Father Jacques Philippe. All his books are wonderful . This is the book to read if you’re finding your spirit troubled and want to learn how to live in a state of peace.
I forgot to mention: it would be a great blessing to win the “ heart if the mass”! Ty for your channel!
Also... Crucial Truths To Save Your Soul by Fr. Nicholas Grunner / True Obedience in The Church by Peter Kwasniewski / for children: Our Lady's Wardrobe by Anthony DeStefano
Deena, I am reading now Father Elijah- I cannot recommend it enough ;)
I’m now watching this for the third time because I wanted to ask about those beautiful posters behind you? Mysteries of Rosary? I’ve seen them before but I can’t remember who created them. Someone we know wife??? Can you hook me up and jog my memory. 😁 Thanks friend!
@Tanya Sheldrake 😃 it’s from Sophia Institute Press (their warehouse is closed until 8/5 fyi)
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@@ACatholicWife Thanks! :)
Also can I get those books in Canada 🇨🇦 at our catholic book store,Thanh’s so much for all you videos,stay strong,Godbless 🙏🙏🙏🦅🦅🦅
I apppreciate your sharing the books that changed your life. I have so many books that I consider "must haves". However, for the sake of not writing a too lengthy comment or a book of my own in the comment section, I narrowed it down to the following four books out of the ones I have read/still have:
(1) Christus Vincent. Christ's Triumph Over the Darkness Of the Age by Bishop Athanasius Schneider
(2) An Ordinary's Not So Ordinary Life. Bishop Rene Gracida's autobiography.
(3) God Is Love. Deus Caritas Est by Pope Benedict XVI
(4) The Weapon. Changing the Gates of Hell with the Holy Rosary by Michael Voris.
These books are important to me. They also have been helpful for my family.
Ms Deena Thank you for sharing your favorite books with us. I think I really want to read all of the ones your suggested book " Ask my Husband." haha I am sure it is a great book Both Mr. and Mrs Gordon have awesome books. I would love to hear from your Husband for us men that love your channel. :) but really your Husband the times I have seen and heard him is a man of God and he Fears the Lord. I would like to hear what he things about he prayer book by Fr Rippenger. Also if I were to win a book I would really like to gave "Reclaiming Our Roman Catholic Birthright" by Peter K ( going even going to try to spell it. ) I hope you and your family have an awesome and Bless Lord's day.
When I returned to the faith, my friend gave me a book that made a big difference in my life. Even the very night I brought it home something strange happened that still makes no sense to me. Something did not want me to read that book.
Anyway the book is, True devotion to Mary by St. Louis de Montfort.
Ms Deena Thank you for sharing your favorite books with us. I think I really want to read all of the ones your suggested but " Ask my Husband." haha I am sure it is a great book Both Mr. and Mrs Gordon have awesome books. I would love to hear from your Husband for us men that love your channel. :) but really your Husband the times I have seen and heard him is a man of God and he Fears the Lord. I would like to hear what he things about he prayer book by Fr Rippenger. Also if I were to win a book I would really like to gave "Reclaiming Our Roman Catholic Birthright" by Peter K ( going even going to try to spell it. ) I hope you and your family have an awesome and Bless Lord's day.
How is your husband been praying,Godbless you🙏🙏🙏🦅🦅🦅
@Marilyn Wicklow not good at all. He is in TREMENDOUS pain. Surgery is scheduled for Monday 🥹💔
Anything from St Alphonses Liguori!!! And Carmelites like St Teresa, St Therese and St John of the Cross!!
Can you show the book again after Taylor Marshall’s because you had your fingers over it
*Please check the description box of this video* where I’ve provided the time stamps and links for the books shared in this video.
_Triumph: History of the Catholic Church_ by author: Crocker is a good concise history of our Church.
Enjoy your channel Deena. Some must haves: Baltimore Catechism1-4 / Modern Saints: Their Lives And Faces by Ann Ball vol 1 &2 / Stories of The Saints by Carey Wallace / Poems Every Catholic Should Know by Joseph Pearce / Cooking With The Saints by Alexandra Greeley / Bearing False Witness by Rodney Stark / The Suicide of Altering The Liturgy by Paul L Kramer / The incorruptibles (and other works) by Joan Carroll Cruz / The Four Last Things by Fr. Martin von Cochem / The Apocalypse by Michael D. O'Brien / fiction works by Michael D. O'Brien / Murder in the 33rd Degree by Charles Murr ...... A Catholic Lifetime Reading Plan (pdf) by Fr. John Hardon ----and the list is endless!
The Catechism of the Council of Trent.
@Airstrip One TV the Bible & Catechism goes without saying.
Can I take communion at a TLM? I’ve only been to Norvus Ordo and will more than likely screw it up even though I have a missel 😬😬
@Mimi J why wouldn’t you be able to *receive* Holy Communion? You’ll go up as usual and kneel at the communion rail. Father will place the Eucharist on your tongue while is says
Corpus Dómini nostri Iesu Christi custódiat ánimam tuam in vitam ætérnam. Amen.
He says Amen …we do not. After you receive …get up and return to your pew (obviously kneel and say your prayers).
The *Novus* Ordo is very different from the Vetus Ordo (TLM).
The *missal* will guide you as to what is happening in the Mass.
Please understand that the missal you use at the *Novus* Ordo is not the same missal you’d use at the Vetus Ordo.
Here is my missal (I also have a video on my channel showing how to use the missal at the TLM)
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Let me know if you have any questions 🙂
Books I like: The Holy Bread of Eternal Life Peter Kwasniewski, Grzegorz Gorny Witnesses To Mystery, Fatima Mysteries Grzegorz Gorny, Guadalupe Mysteries: Deciphering the Code Grzegorz Gorny.
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Thank you for this list Deena. I do have a question though - I am someone who is hoping to convert and through all the reading I have done and the TH-cam videos I have watched, very little of anything is spoken about women who are divorced and who remain single. I'm 63 and have been on my own for 15 years and when people speak about such things as perimeter prayers being left to their husbands, my thought is "Where does that leave those of us who are without a husband?" . I don't know if you would be willing to address this or whether you could point me (and others) in the direction of someone who could answer this question. For context, I live in a small Scottish island and good Catholic priests are thin on the ground here - sadly. Many thanks and apologies for the long post 🙂
This may be a good question for Catholic Answers. Call into their radio show Monday-Friday, 3-5 p.m. Eastern Time. Their website shows the topic lineup ahead of time so maybe call during an "open forum" show. You could send them an email too if you don't want to talk on the radio. They could probably direct you to other sources from there. God bless you.
@@julieelizabeth4856 thank you so much for this. I’ll e-mail them as phoning from Scotland is probably prohibitive ☺️. Thank you once again for the reply.
Best ever, anyone can understand this book and will grow spiritually. My Daily Bread. Father Anthony J. Paone S.J. Imitation leather. Written as a dialogue with Christ himself, Father Paone leads the reader through the three ways of the spiritual life: Purification, Imitation, and Union. Arranged for daily reflection, this pocket-sized book is an indispensable guide to the spiritual life. With more than one million copies sold, My Daily Bread is a true Christian classic. It's simple, yet carefully crafted daily reflections have led thousands to a drastically improved interior life and a deeper love for Christ.
I would have them, but buying through Amazon is quite costly, could they be publish in India, as these could be lesser priced. Thank you.
Can I get your books in 🇨🇦 Canada or please send a. Link where I can get the books🙏🙏🙏🦅🦅🦅
isn't "introduction to the devout life" public domain??
@leaverus I have no idea.
May I ask if you are familiar with or use the Bible translation written by Fr. Ronald Knox?
@Kaleb H I am familiar but I use the Douay Rheims Bible 🙂
@@ACatholicWife Thank you for responding!
The _Jerome Biblical Commentary_ is a massive 1 volume commentary. Very small print and scholarly, it's not for everyone.
You do such a lovely job on your channel and for the faith. Thank you for your time and talent, used to encourage others. God bless!