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Old Testament - Douay Rheims
Books read:
Numbers 5-36
Deuteronomy 1-5
Old Testament - Douay Rheims
Books read:
Exodus 32-40
Leviticus 1-23
Numbers 1-4
Old Testament - Douay Rheims
Books read:
Genesis 41-50
Exodus 1-31
Old Testament - Douay Rheims
Books read:
Genesis 1-40
St. John Damascene, the 8th century Doctor of the Church known for his defense of venerating holy images against the Iconoclasts wrote a series of homilies on the Assumption of the Virgin Mary. These homilies are a wonderful combination of both praise of the Virgin and theology concerning her person. These homilies are not limited to being useful for the Feast of the Assumption, but expound greatly upon the human and divine nature of Christ, Mary’s Perpetual Virginity, her being totally immaculate, why the Virgin Mary died even if she was free from sin, and contain many delightful parables to explain the importance of praising her.
How To Be Happy How To Be Holy, Father Paul O'Sullivan
This file contains the following:
Unigenitus-Pope Clement XI (Condemnation of the Errors of Paschasius Quesnel),
Unam Sanctum-Pope Boniface VIII (Outside the Church there is neither salvation nor the remission of sins),
Quartus Supra-Pope Pius IX (On the Church in Armenia),
Ineffabilis Deus-Pope Pius IX (The Immaculate Conception),
Acerbo Nimis-Pope St. Pius X (On teaching Christian Doctrine),
Quanta Cura-Pope Pius IX (Condemning Current Errors),
E Supremi-Pope St. Pius X (On the Restoration of all Things in Christ).
The Oath Aginst Modernism-Pope St. Pius X,
Quo Primum-Pope St. Pius V,
Levate-Pope Pius IX (On the Afflicitons of the Church),
Qui Pluribus-Pope Pius IX (On Faith and Religion),
Syllabus of Errors Condemned by Pope Pius IX,
Mirari Vos-Pope Gregory XVI (On Liberalism & Religious Indifferentism),
Exeunte Jam Anno-Pope Leo XIII (On the Right Ordering of Christian Life).
Pseudo-Dionysius - On the Heavenly Hierarchy
This book was the inspiration for most of Thomas Aquinas hierarchy on angels. It also inspired the gothic architecture, with Abbot Suger in Saint-Denis.
St. Benedict’s teaching found in his Rule and also from the accounts of his life from such authors of St. Gregory the Great made large impacts on the Church, Europe and the entire world. St. Benedict’s contribution remedied many problems that where found in contemporary monasticism at the time and developed a system of discipline and piety that was not just suited to a few limited men of great virtue but to every Christian. To be in the Spirit of St. Benedict, is to become a complete Christian. He also elevated the importance of communal prayer in the Divine Office more so than his contemporaries in monasticism which put greater emphasis on private prayer a trait that would stay with the Roman Church even to modern times. The exterior fasts and abstinence where similar to that of normal laity or what peasants would have done vs the extreme fasts of coenobites of Egypt. Those familiar with the authentic lives of St. Francis and St. Therese will see many similarities on his teaching on the spiritual life.
All of these readings are from Benedictine Monachism published in 1919 and are in the public domain.
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