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Book Review: New Bio of John Paul II
- Art
- Friday, October 1st, 2010
- Br. Benet Exton, O.S.B.
The End and the Beginning: Pope John Paul II – The Victory of Freedom, the Last Years, the Legacy (Doubleday, $32.50) is George Weigel’s sequel to his 1999 bestseller Witness to Hope which was a biography of Venerable Pope John… Read More
Book Review: Bleeding Hands, Weeping Stone
- Art
- Friday, July 16th, 2010
- Br. Benet Exton, O.S.B.
Bleeding Hands, Weeping Stone: true stories of divine wonders, miracles, and messages by Elizabeth Ficocelli (St. Benedict Press, 236 pages. Paperback. $12.95) is very interesting and entertaining. Ficocelli presents some of those old time miracles and fascinating wonders which in… Read More
Book Review: A Priest Forever
- Art
- Friday, March 19th, 2010
- Br. Benet Exton, O.S.B.
Norbertine Fr. Alfred McBride has written an encouraging book for the priests of today who are overworked, getting older and fewer in numbers. In A Priest Forever: nine signs of renewal and hope ( St. Anthony Messenger Press, 2010. 117… Read More
Book Review: Elizabeth’s Spymaster
- Art
- Saturday, February 20th, 2010
- Br. Benet Exton, O.S.B.
Robert Hutchinson has a wonderful way in telling the history of Tudor England. His histories flow so well and keep the reader enthralled in the events of this tumultuous time in English history. Tumultuous in the sense that one did… Read More
Book Review: Annulment: 100 Questions and Answers for Catholics
- Art
- Thursday, January 28th, 2010
- Br. Benet Exton, O.S.B.
Peter Vere and Jacqui Rapp are canon lawyers who in this book, Annulment: 100 Questions and Answers for Catholics (Servant. 117 pages. Paperback. $11.99.) provide information about how an annulment is processed and obtained. Many consider annulment to be the… Read More
Book Review:Saint of the Day, lives, lessons, and feasts
- Art
- Friday, January 22nd, 2010
- Br. Benet Exton, O.S.B.
The first edition of this book came out in 1975 edited by the late Fr. Leonard Foley, O.F.M. and now has been revised and updated for the sixth time by Fr. Patrick McCloskey, O.F.M. (St. Anthony Messenger Press. 408 pages. … Read More
Book Review: The Templars, Knights of Christ
- Art
- Monday, December 28th, 2009
- Br. Benet Exton, O.S.B.
The Templars, Knights of Christ by Regine Pernoud (Ignatius Press, 157 pages, $14.95, October 2009) is the English translation (by Henry Taylor) of French historian Regine Pernoud’s book, Les Templiers, that was published in Paris, France. Pernoud wrote her book… Read More
Book Review: Ancient Christian Devotional
- Art
- Wednesday, December 2nd, 2009
- Br. Benet Exton, O.S.B.
Here is a great way to prepare for the readings at Mass or church services during this Church liturgical year C and for 2009-10′s calendar. This Ancient Christian Devotional: a year of weekly readings, lectionary cycle C (Ed. Cindy Crosby,… Read More
Book Review: Thomas Cromwell and House of Treason
- Art
- Friday, November 20th, 2009
- Br. Benet Exton, O.S.B.
Thomas Cromwell is infamous for his role in the dissolution of the monasteries and other religious houses in England during the reign of King Henry VIII. He had worked as an assistant to Cardinal Wolsey, chancellor of England and the… Read More
Book Review: Angel Time by Anne Rice
- Art
- Monday, November 2nd, 2009
- Br. Benet Exton, O.S.B.
This reviewer has never read any of Anne Rice’s Vampire stories, but he has read her more recent fictional books on Christ and her memoir about her life and her conversion. He has seen two of the movies based on… Read More
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