If you are looking to increase your knowledge of our Catholic faith and to deepen your relationship with Christ our Lord, these are some recommended books:

• The Way, Josemaria Escriva*


• Life of Christ, Fulton Sheen


• Christ is Passing By, Josemaria Escriva


• Transformation in Christ, Dietrich von Hildebrand*


• In the Likeness of Christ, Edward Leen


• The Friendship of Christ, Robert Hugh Benson


• Come, Creator Spirit, Raniero Cantalamessa


• The Lord, Romano Guardini*


• The Practice of the Presence of God, Br. Lawrence of the Resurrection*


• I Believe in Love, Jean d'Elbee*


• Ways of Imperfection, Simon Tugwell


• The Beatitudes, Simon Tugwell


• Introduction to the Devout Life, St. Francis de Sales*


• Toward God, Michael Casey


• Sacred Reading, Michael Casey


• Interior Freedom, Jacques Philippe*


• The Sanctifier, Luis Martinez*


• This Tremendous Lover, M. Eugene Boylan*


• Difficulties in Mental Prayer, Eugene Boylan


• Spiritual Combat, Lorenzo Scupoli


• Abandonment to Divine Providence, Jean-Pierre de Caussade*


• Fire Within, Thomas Dubay*


• True Devotion to the Blessed Virgin, St. Louis de Montfort


• The Soul of the Apostolate, Jean-Baptiste Chautard*


• The Reed of God, Caryll Houselander*


• The World’s First Love, Fulton Sheen


• He Leadeth Me, Walter Ciszek*


• Confessions, St. Augustine*


• Divine Intimacy, Gabriel of St. Mary Magdalene


• Christ the Life of the Soul, Columba Marmion


• The Imitation of Christ, Thomas A Kempis*

 *Available in the St. James Parish Library collection