THE IDEAL OF REPARATION by Raoul Plus, S.J.
The Three Ages of the Interior Life by Rev. Garrigou-Lagrange, O.P.
The Spiritual Life by Rev. Adolphe Tanquerey, S.S.
A Manual of Moral Theology, vols 1-2 by Rev. Thomas Slater, S.J.
Fr. Slater’s classic contains the principles one needs to apply to moral questions and equips the Catholic reader with sound and clear explanations for our Faith lived out.
~Fr. Ermatinger
Spiritual Theology — Fr. Jordan Aumann O.P.
The mainstays for sound spiritual theology over the last 100 years have always been Tanquerey and Garrigou- Lagrange. And I highly recommend them. But Fr Auman has distilled what they’ve taught down to a more digestible size and translates them into easier to comprehend language for those who are somewhat new to this area of theology.
Fundamentals of Catholic Dogma — Ludwig Ott
We have the Catechism of the Council of Trent and John Paul II’s Catechism of the Catholic Church, which have proven to be excellent sources. But rather than a reference book, Ludwig Ott’s Fundamentals of Catholic Dogma is a […]
Thirtieth Day
Last will of the deceased
– We must execute it faithfully –
A dying person’s last will is sacred! We must respect it!
The Council of Trent recommended that bishops closely scrutinise the execution of the last will made by the faithful departed.
Other Councils went so far as to refuse communion to anyone who appropriated to […]
Twenty-Ninth Day
Apparitions
– Does God allow the souls in Purgatory to come back to earth? –
One of St. Augustine’s close friends, the Bishop of Ustale, one day asked him the following, What must we make of the many reports we have of deceased people appearing and going about the world? What must we also make of the reports that in certain graveyards, sounds […]
Twenty-Eighth Day
How can we avoid Purgatory?
– By often thinking about Purgatory –
The thought of Purgatory leads our spirit to meditate on death and judgement and thereby can only inspire in us salvific reflections. Meditate on your death, the Holy Spirit tells us, and you will not sin.
The thought also inspires the spirit of penance and mortification. Meditating on […]
Twenty-Seventh Day
Eighth means of relieving the souls in Purgatory: Heroic acts of charity
– Its nature –
A heroic action consists in abandoning into Our Lady’s hands for the souls in Purgatory, all good deeds, even those done for us by others, before and after our death.
On November 20, 1854, Pope Pius IX recommended that act in a decree to […]