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Just a couple of notes recently received from kind readers who took the time to email and let me know that they appreciated books mentioned here:<\/p>\n

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At the beginning of the year I prayed for the gift of silence.  The year has not been going well at all in respects to this prayer; then I started reading this book.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The book…The Gift of Faith.<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

And then from a long-time reader, who’d written me with a question I have unfortunately forgotten, but in answer to which I recommended a book: Why Matter Matters: Philosophical and Scriptural Reflecitons on the Sacraments.<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

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…what a great treatise. It’s one of those books that makes one revisit everything one holds dear and look at each thing through it like a prism. I’ve just begun, but chapter one alone is like a prolepsis, a densely packed version of what (I hope) the rest of the book will visit in <\/em>turn. BTW, I’m realizing what a gnostic I’ve been for much of my life!<\/em> <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

So…here’s a bestseller’s list for ya:<\/p>\n

What Books People who Read Amy’s Open Book blog<\/span><\/a> and Michael’s Annunciation blog<\/span><\/a> are buying<\/em> this month.<\/p>\n

March 2007 (3\/25\/07)<\/strong><\/p>\n

1. A Pocket Guide to the Meaning of Life (Peter Kreeft)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

<\/span>2. The Roman Catholic Church: An Illustrated History<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

<\/span>3 (tie) Those Terrible Middle Ages: Debunking the Myths<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

<\/span>3. (tie)A Stay Against Confusion: Essays on Faith and Fiction<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

<\/span>3. (tie) By Way of Grace: Moving from Faithfulness to Holiness<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

<\/span>3. (tie) The Holy Way: Practices for a Simple Life<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

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Last Month’s Bestsellers<\/strong><\/p>\n

1. The Power of the Cross: Meditations for the Lenten Season<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

<\/span>2. The How-To Book of the Mass: Everything You Need to Know but No One Ever Taught You<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

<\/span>3. The Gift of Faith<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

<\/span>4. The Best American Catholic Short Stories: A Sheed & Ward Collection<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

<\/span>5. Those Terrible Middle Ages: Debunking the Myths<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n

February 2007<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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