"Spiritual Combat" by Lorenzo Scupoli (available from Sophia Institute Press)

- this is simply a brilliant book, a must read for anyone and everyone. I have to admit I am reading it far to quickly, but taking the example of St. Francis de Sales I will keep it always within reach and use it for meditation. 

- as well as, Denzinger's "Enchiridion"

- recently I finally got a copy of the Haydock Bible - it is great! I'm getting rid of all the ones in English I used in college...

Next on the schedule Newman and Veuillot.

Currently reading:

"The 33 Doctors of the Church" by Fr. Christopher Rengers O.F.M. Cap. available from TAN

and listening to:

mp3 of G.K. Chesterton's "Heretics" available at one of the sites I mentioned earlier.

- I highly recommend both!

Press Release from the Superior General of the Priestly Society of Saint Pius X

The excommunication of the bishops consecrated by His Grace Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre, on June 30, 1988, which had been declared by the Congregation for Bishops in a decree dated July 1, 1988, and which we had always contested, has been withdrawn by another decree mandated by Benedict XVI and issued by the same Congregation on January 21, 2009.

We express our filial gratitude to the Holy Father for this gesture which, beyond the Priestly Society of Saint Pius X, will benefit the whole Church. Our Society wishes to be always more able to help the pope to remedy the unprecedented crisis which presently shakes the Catholic world, and which Pope John Paul II had designated as a state of "silent apostasy."

Besides our gratitude towards the Holy Father and towards all those who helped him to make this courageous act, we are pleased that the decree of January 21 considers as necessary "talks" with the Holy See, talks which will enable the Priestly Society of Saint Pius X to explain the fundamental doctrinal reasons which it believes to be at the origin of the present difficulties of the Church.

In this new atmosphere, we have the firm hope to obtain soon the recognition of the rights of Catholic Tradition

Menzingen, January 24, 2009

+Bernard Fellay

- I AM SO HAPPY I DO NOT KNOW HOW TO EXPRESS IT IN WORDS!!! THE ONLY THING I CAN THINK OF SAYING IS DEO GRATIAS!!! Now if you excuse me I'm going to go and scream it from the roof!!!

JS29

If you happen to use iTunes there's a Catholic, and I do mean Catholic, College which provides free lectures and talks through iTunesU.

1. Download and install iTunes on your computer. 

2. Click on iTunes store

3. Once the store page comes up click "power search" on the right side of the window, type in "Christendom College" in the Title window and click search, look for the College link on the left side under "Institutions", click on the link and let the learning begin!

Hello,

Here are some sites which provide sermons, talks, lectures and free downloadable audiobooks on Religion and philosophy:

http://traditionalcatholicmedia.com

All SSPX stuff you  desire!

http://librivox.org

- scroll through the catalog to find St. Augustine, St. Bernard of Clairvaux and more.

http://catholicaudio.blogspot.com

- a treasure trove of catholic audiofiles. I highly recommend the talks by Michael Davies and Dr. Wm. A. Marra. A fair warning: the blogger has refused to post SSPX audio files and some of the featured speakers are of the "councilliar" persuasion.

http://www.ejunto.com

Here you can find Plato's Apology and The Republic and Cicero's Treatise on Friendship