Revolutionary Darkness

Brian Welter recommends I Loved Jesus in the Night: Teresa of Calcutta — A Secret Revealed by Paul Murray.

‘Breathtaking’ Prayer Resource

Stephen Mirarchi recommends The Better Part: A Christ-Centered Resource for Personal Prayer by Father John Bartunek.

Dawson Rediscovered

Carl Olson recommends Sanctifying the World: The Augustinian Life and Mind of Christopher Dawson by Bradley J. Birzer.

Hope in Hollywood

Stephen Vincent recommends Behind Bella by the Register’s own Tim Drake.

Becoming Saints

Eric Scheske recommends Saints: A Closer Look by Father Thomas Dubay.

Reader Recap: The Register Recommends …

The books we’ve recommended over the past quarter.

Faith, Family and Baseball

Mary Claire Kendall recommends A Sense of Belonging: From Castro’s Cuba to U.S. Senate, One Man’s Pursuit of the American Dream by Sen. Mel Martinez.

Reading Up Before Election Day

The Register recommends three new books that will help Catholics prepare for the Nov. 4 elections: Render Unto Caesar: Serving the Nation by Living Our Catholic Beliefs in Political Life by Archbishop Charles J. Chaput, Knowing Right from Wrong: A Christian Guide to Conscience by Thomas D. Williams, LC, and Onward Christian Soldiers: The Growing Political Power of Catholics and Evangelicals in the United States by Deal Hudson.

Smart Bombs

Ann Applegarth recommends Faith, Reason, and the War Against Jihadism, by George Weigel.

Sunday School Teacher

David Paul Deavel recommends Jesus, The Apostles, and the Early Church by Pope Benedict XVI.

Naturally Speaking

Peter Sonski recommends Raising Kids in the Media Age by Jay Dunlap.

For Many, a Place of Hope

Pope Benedict XVI will be in Lourdes, France, at the end of the week. If you are not able to join him — or make a pilgrimage to the Shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes sometime soon, Kerry Crawford gives you a firsthand look in Lourdes Today: A Pilgrimage to Mary’s Grotto.

Our Guide to Fall Reading

The beach chairs and the garden equipment are being put away. Fall can be a time when lengthening evening hours afford the time to do some good spiritual reading.

Love and Responsibility Explained

Gift That Lasts a Lifetime

John Grondelski recommends Marriage As Gift: A Catholic Approach, by Josephine Robinson.

Life and Literature

Meditating With the Master

Joseph Pearce on Shakespeare the Catholic

Reader Recap

He Was There

John Burger recommends Priestblock 25487 by Father Jean Bernard.