Three Books That Radically Changed My Life

[@johnmb69]

I hadn't heard of Sir Thomas Carlyle before. Thank you, I'll check this out!

[@Ramennoodles-wu8ib]

I am happy to say that a few months back I converted to Catholocism, currently in OCIA and also I was pleasently suprised that of the 3 books you mentioned I am currently reading one, (confessions) and have already finished another (way of a pilgrim), so if we have already overlapped on 2/3 of the books I must be missing out on Carlyle!

[@scrapdog2113]

Brother, I’m glad to hear that your apart of the family! No matter the size of your channel, I hope you continue to grow in your faith. God bless

[@kinsmarts2217]

Reading "Felix or the book of wonders" by Ramon Lull changed my life, its about Felix a pilgrim who goes around the medieval world with the objective of making god know, honored and reverenced, and "wonders himself" with the world around him, it has an enciclopedic quality and "sensibility and misticism" that I never saw before in any catholic author, read up on Ramon Lull his life story is amazing by itself.

[@TCM1231]

Loving the style, keep up the good work.

[@marvalice3455]

Adding to the list! 😊

[@peaceandlove544]

Woww wonderful deep books, and you are sooo young. But clearly you are incredibly smart. Thank you for the recommendations. Thank God you are home in these tribulation times. You are on the right side of history.

[@dynamic9016]

🙏 🙏 🙏

[@Paul9443]

Nice video , where can I get the first book you showcased in that specific cover it looks gorgeous!

[@arngrimurjokull8882]

Disney show? There is some lore I need to know

[@observadorcritico8572]

Read books is OK! but if someone want to learn about how must be saved, first have to know, what should you believe? (the creed or apostolic symbol) how should you request God? (Lord's prayer and Hail Mary) and how should you work? (the 10 commandments).

[@nuzzi6620]

What’s with the Western world’s apparent refusal to acknowledge the Orthodox context and content of _The Way of a Pilgrim?_ I get why it appeals to non-Orthodox, but there seems to be a trend among Catholics and Protestants to refer to it the way you have, as generically “Russian Christian” or “Eastern Christian”. We don’t have to be afraid of acknowledging things outside of our tradition as exactly that. And let’s definitely not try to co-opt it (or other works like the Philokalia) as somehow within Catholic tradition because 1% of the Orthodox population schismed to join Rome at Brest (or much later than even that, as is the case for the vast majority of the _sui juris_ Eastern rites). It looks bad to the Orthodox and hurts any attempts at real ecumenical dialogue. I might be reading too much into your particular case, but there are many others who use the same language you did here, which is why I thought I’d point it out.

[@ConfessionsofAConvert]

I have no problem calling it an Eastern Orthodox work. I said Russian Christian as that is what he was, a baptized, Christian living in Russia. I do however consider it part of the Catholic tradition as well. I think the Western Mind is actually quite familiar to the Eastern way of prayer, our spirituality is not just the Ignatian exercises. For example the English work the “Cloud of Unknowing” promotes a spirituality quite similar to the Philokalia. I don’t think there is anything contrary to the Western expression Catholic faith within the five volumes of the Philokalia except perhaps very specific passages of Palamas in Volume 4. Kallistos Ware says something similar when speaking about Volume 1. The Philokalia did, after all, get the imprimatur of the Catholic Patriarch of Venice during the Renaissance and was never put on the Index. Thanks for watching!