Insidious plot

Hello:

I am beginning to suspect that I have fallen victim to a trap of my own construction (very Insidious Dr. Fu Manchu). A few posts back I rather smuggly mentioned that with Liguori Publications list of more than 2,000 titles, the Liguorian magazine, and Theological Book Service's offerings it would be a long time before I ran out of titles to feature. I now realize what a reading backlog that I've created for myself. I am going to try REALLY REALLY hard to only suggest titles that I am familiar with (though I may not have read every word), genuinely like and feel may appeal to non-Catholics as well as Catholics. I'm under no allusions that this BLOG will ever pick up massive numbers of readers - BUT - I would like to provide something of value to those of you who are kind enough to visit on a regular basis (or at all).

Today, I'm just going to jump straight into my featured title. I'm still tired from the Saturday's century and it is Monday after all. Last Thursday, I mentioned that one of our top shelf authors is (was?) the recently deceased Abbot M. Basil Pennington, O.C.S.O. It will be in keeping with the mystic and meditative slant that my recent postings have taken to suggest A Place Apart: Monastic Prayer and Practice for Everyone. Basil Pennington had quite a talent for helping those of us mired in the hectic day to day, introduce monastic calm (and dare I say a sense of tranquility?).

I'd like to wrap this up by saying that my thoughts have been with all those enduring hurricane Katrina.

Peace,

P. Del Ricci