Off The Shelf

Feel like you have hit a brick wall in your spiritual life? Does despair gnaw at you because you think you just aren't good enough? Dwell on past sins and can't move forward with your life? Join Father Tim Gallagher and I as we discuss how to overcome this despair and lead a happy joy-filled spiritual life. Check our his book   Overcoming Spiritual Discouragement: The Wisdom and Spiritual Power of Venerable Bruno Lanteri .

This week I am joined by Jim Papandrea to discuss his book  The Early Church: St. Peter, the Apostles, and Martyrs . This is the second installment in the new Reclaiming Catholic History series. Listen in as we explore some of the trials and triumphs of the infant Church. Get your copy of the book  here .

f there is one key area we can focus on in our spiritual lives that will ultimately help us grow spiritually, it's the virtues. "Learning" the virtues will take a lifetime but the time spent will be invaluable in helping us prepare for being the saints we are all called to be. Join Sara Estabrooks and I as we discuss her book  Becoming Holy, One Virtue at a Time: A Guide to Living the Theological and Cardinal Virtues.  Get your copy  here .

All one needs to do is look on social media or turn on the news and you will quickly realize that things are in a bit of turmoil in our country, world, and Church. Now more than ever we need a spiritual father. We need the terror of demons, St. Joseph. Father Donald Calloway joins me this week to discuss his exceptional new book that is taking the Catholic world by storm, Consecration to St. Joseph: The Wonders of Our Spiritual Father.

Fresh off the Solemnity of Mary, Sonja Corbitt and I sit down to discuss her latest book Exalted: How the Power of the Magnificat Can Transform Us. This book is AWESOME. In it, Sonja takes a line by line deep dive into the Magnificat. Once you read the book your love of Mary will be multiplied. Get your copy  here .