Book Review: To Raise the Fallen

Book Review: To Raise the Fallen Ignatius Press Compiled and Edited by Patrick Kenny             Are you looking for some motivation or inspiration? What words would you use to describe military life? Perhaps duty, honor, courage, and self-sacrifice come to mind or maybe early mornings, lack of sleep, and discipline enter your thoughts. A reader…

Book Review: The House of the Virgin Mary by Godfrey Phillips

Book Review: The House of the Virgin Mary By: Godfrey E. Phillips Sophia Institute Press             I have not sat down and developed a written bucket list, but I know at the top of that list would be a trip to Rome, but after reading this book I would have to likely add Loreto, Italy…

Book Review: Hauntings, Possessions, and Exorcisms by Adam Blai

Book Review: Hauntings, Possessions, and Exorcisms by Adam C. Blai Emmaus Road Publishing                     I hope that it is not bad form to start a book review with a thank you, but I felt in my situation, the only honest way I could begin is to thank Mr. Blai for writing this book. Let me…

Book Review: The Great Heresies by Hilaire Belloc

Book Review: The Great Heresies by Hilaire Belloc One of my weaknesses is historical reading (for a complete list of my inabilities and limitations just ask my teenage children). It is not that I don’t enjoy historical stories, but I find myself getting “bogged down” in details and dates such that I often miss the…