tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-357900543213693100.post4324684582394422713..comments2024-01-21T11:25:12.140-06:00Comments on Reading Catholic: How's Your Lenten Reading Going?Nancy Piccionehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08440982166820769813noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-357900543213693100.post-21407513995013948882011-03-24T12:47:46.274-05:002011-03-24T12:47:46.274-05:00Last year, my spiritual director asked me to read ...Last year, my spiritual director asked me to read Holy Thursday, by Francois Mauriac. What a wonderful meditation, and an easy read, on the the days before the crucifixion. But the text is much more than that- a living conversation with the Eucharist. I plan to read this again in the next weeks.<br /><br />This year's Lenten season was less prepared for; I had no reading planned. Yet one day at the bookstore, Michael O'Brien's book Father Elijah popped out at me from the crowded shelves. I read a chapter at the bookstore and was compelled to bring it home.(I did pay for it.)<br /><br />Even though the story is fictional, so much of it is true to the church. I feel the desire to strengthen my faith as a result of reading this book. And while there are a small handful of political jabs i disagreed with, overall the book is a beautiful testament to the Catholic faith.<br /><br />I am eager to read O'Brien's other books now, including one book about exposing our children to fantasy. His acid test: The dragon is the bad guy. We dont make friends with him, we defeat him. A fascinating point to make in our strange love affair with 'the bad guy'.<br /><br />Jen McDanielAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com