Book Recommendations For Those Just Getting Started in Their Faith

So, you’re ready to start taking your faith seriously?  Reading is a great way to really dive into the various elements of the faith.  Below is a list of recommendations based on the various interests you might have.

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On Prayer & the Spiritual Life

• God Help Me: How to Grow in Prayer – an excellent book for those desiring to understand prayer more and are just getting started.
• Introduction to the Devout Life – a more comprehensive text on the spiritual life, prayer, etc.
• Story of a Soul – one of the most popular spiritual classics.
• An Ignatian Introduction to Prayer – provides exercises and reflections for prayer.

On Starting Out Your Journey of Faith

• Follow: Your Lifelong Adventure with Jesus – a great overview of all of the different realities of starting out your Catholic faith.
• Into His Likeness: Be Transformed as a Disciple of Christ – another great text focused on the “four habits of a disciple.”

Standard Texts on Various Topics

• Why We’re Catholic – an excellent overview of the most common topics brought up in Catholicism.
• True Devotion to Mary – for those interesting in understanding the Church’s devotion to the Blessed Mother.
• A Biblical Walk Through the Mass: Understanding What We Say and Do in the Liturgy – self-explanatory.
• Rome Sweet Home – one of the most popular Catholic books of all time.  The story of the conversion of a Presbyterian minister to Catholicism.
• Reasons to Believe: How to Understand, Explain, and Defend the Catholic Faith – goes through the most common misunderstandings about the Catholic faith.

Know of Others?

These suggestions are intended to be just an overview of some great books to get started with.  If you have specific topics you’re looking for, please let us know in the community!