"Any book which inspires us to lead a better life is a good book."
—Venerable Fulton Sheen (1895-1979)
The Lord has put it on my heart to pray & fast for the unity of the Church, of all who claim the name of Christian. I post these intentions to the Twitters twice a day, at 10:54 A.M. (1054 hours, to heal the East-West Schism of A.D. 1054) for Catholic-Orthodox reconciliation & 3:17 P.M. (1517 hours, to heal the Protestant Revolution of A.D. 1517) for Catholic-Protestant reconciliation. I've been doing this for years, tweeting more regularly than I've been stopping to pray, I confess. Last week, for algorithmic reasons I'll never understand, my tweets started to attract more attention & I've been joined by a few Catholic & Protestant accounts; to date, no Orthodox.
I have studied what the Church teaches about unity (though I could always study more), but I have no idea what Protestants/Evangelicals think about the issue. Obviously & lamentably, there is no one Protestant position on anything, but I have long had
Until Unity sitting unread on my bookshelf; so, that seems a reasonable place to start.
I do want to get back to
Israel Alone &
After the Pogrom, but my physical copy of
Magnifica Humanitas has arrived, & I was blessed to receive several new books for my birthday:
The Apollo Murders, a novel by Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield (famous for his social media performance of "Space Oddity" from the International Space Station), &
Homesteading Space: The Skylab Story, co-written by Skylab astronauts Owen Garriott (R.I.P.) & Joe Kerwin.
Recently
Pope Leo XIV,
Dilexi Te: On Love for the Poor
Bishop Robert Barron,
An Introduction to Prayer
Yaakov Katz & Amir Bohbot,
While Israel Slept: How Hamas Surprised the Most Powerful Military in the Middle East
Currently
Francis Chan,
Until Unity
Presently
Pope Leo XIV,
Magnifica Humanitas: On Safeguarding the Human Person in the Time of Artificial Intelligence
Chris Hadfield,
The Apollo Murders
Bernard-Henri Lévy,
Israel Alone ***paused***
Brendan O'Neill,
After the Pogrom: 7 October, Israel, and the Crisis of Civilization ***paused***
Kiel Phegley & Jacques Khouri,
Strikers: A Graphic Novel
Andy Saunders,
Apollo Remastered: The Ultimate Photographic Record *
Andy Saunders,
Gemini and Mercury Remastered *
David Hitt, Owen Garriott, & Joe Kerwin,
Homesteading Space: The Skylab Story
Joe Heschmeyer,
The Eucharist Is Really Jesus: How Christ's Body and Blood Are the Key to Everything We Believe
Mike Aquilina,
Understanding the Mass: 100 Questions, 100 Answers
Pope Leo XIII,
The Leonine Encyclicals: 1878-1902
*Coffee table books.
