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Christianity and Anti-Christianity in Fantasy and Science FictionTicket for eternity
Consecration to Saint JosephTicket for eternity
Christianity and Anti-Christianity in Fantasy and Science Fiction by Manuel AlfonsecaWheat that Springeth Green by J.F. Powers
Ticket For Eternity Understanding the Hillbilly Thomist
Christianity and Anti-Christianity in Fantasy and Science FictionTicket for eternity
Christianity and Anti-Christianity in Fantasy and Science Fiction by Manuel Alfonseca and Jiao Tu’s Endeavour: Episode 1: The Kidnapped Mousling by Donald Jacob Uitvlugt, nominated
Don Manuel’s book andHillbilly Thomist
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Christianity and Anti-Christianity in Fantasy and Science Fiction and Behold the man
The book(s) with the most votes will be our BOTM. If there is a tie, the moderator uses a random list generator to determine the order and they are all read over however many months. Books that receive fewer than 2 votes will be removed from the Voting List, with those that receive 1 vote being placed at the end of the Nominations List.
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The Voting List for December is:
The Arrow That Flies by Day by John Servant, nominated by John Servant
The Arrow That Flies by Day deals with a wounded marines efforts to conquer his physical wounds and to play in the NFL and to overcome his spiritual and emotional wounds to win at the ultimate game of life. The main character joins the service to avoid reform school and comes out physically and emotionally wounded. His parents are dead, he has no family, and he only has one friend, an old nun who was his high school principal and who would help him find his way.
Voting History: NONE
Bakhita: A Novel of the Saint of Sudan by Véronique Olmi, nominated by Don Mario
Inspired by the true story of a former slave who became a saint, this poignant novel explores how a human being can survive the obliteration of her identity, and how kindness and generosity can be born out of profound trauma.
Voting History: November: 2
Behold the Man: A Catholic Vision of Male Spirituality by Harold Burke-Sivers, nominated by Jill
Lucid and inspiring, Behold the Man is a unique exploration of Catholic spirituality for men. Much of the literature written for Catholic men focuses on topical issues such as fatherhood and sexuality. While this book does not exclude these subjects, it is the first to present a comprehensive picture of Catholic male spirituality.
Voting History: NONE
Christianity and Anti-Christianity in Fantasy and Science Fiction by Manuel Alfonseca, nominated by Fonch.
The great works of science fiction and fantasy are classified according to their relationship with Christianity. Are they inspired by Christianity? Do they openly deny it? Are they indifferent to the message of the Gospel? These are some of the questions that underpin our author's innovative approach. Christianity and Anti-Christianity in Fantasy and Science Fiction constitutes a pertinent reading guide to the canonical works of the genre.
Voting History: NONE
Consecration to St. Joseph: The Wonders of Our Spiritual Father by Donald H. Calloway, nominated by Mariangel
Drawing on the wealth of the Church's living tradition, Fr. Donald Calloway, MIC, calls on all of us to turn to St. Joseph, entrust ourselves, our Church, and our world to our spiritual father's loving care, and then watch for wonders when the Universal Patron of the Church opens the floodgates of Heaven to pour out graces into our lives today. Definitely a book for our time, Consecration to St. Joseph is dedicated to meeting the challenges of the present moment and restoring order to our Church and our world, all through the potent paternal intercession and care of St. Joseph.
Voting History: NONE
GIVE LOVE: A 91-Day Devotional for Searching Catholics by Heidi E. Vincent nominated by Heidi
In response to the Pharisees’ question - “Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?” - Jesus cited both love of God and love of neighbour (Matthew 22:34-40) as the greatest commandment. Love is so very important this it is also the first fruit of the Holy Spirit. We all like and want to receive but some people never give, give little or give grudgingly. However, Luke 6:38 reveals three extremely important principles about true love of God and our fellow human beings.
Voting History: NONE
The Gospel According to Judas: A Handbook on Life by John H. Doe, nominated by Andrew
A whirling chaos of thought, not to be caught and tamed, but to be consumed in their wildness. This is nothing like you've ever read before, guaranteed. It is the voice of a True Believer, and maybe that means someone crazy enough to think everything, simply everything can make sense. The meaning of life? God is love, even when you don't believe in God, or even love.
Voting History: NONE
Intercession by Kevin J Haar, nominated by Madeleine
Aoife is cursed. Everyone says so, except for her father, Niall, an innkeeper, who knows such things are nonsense. She was born under mysterious circumstances on an isolated island off the coast of Ireland after the Irish Civil War. Now nearing twelve, Aoife is willing to do whatever it takes to rid herself of the malediction and protect her father. She encounters saints and witches while she navigates the superstitions and Irish folklore that permeate her homeland and guide her towards understanding and adulthood. Niall, however, struggles with the coming-of-age and political awakening of his daughter, while his tight-knit island home grapples with its place in a fast-changing world newly lit by electricity.
Voting History: NONE
Jiao Tu’s Endeavour: Episode 1: The Kidnapped Mousling by Donald Jacob Uitvlugt, nominated by Fonch.
On a multigenerational colony ship five hundred years off course, a lagomorph warrior must survive using only his wits and his sword. Jiao Tu has been hired to rescue a young kidnapped mousling. A tip leads him to the Below, home to the engines that keep the world in motion. His mission has hardly begun when an encounter with a monstrous being plunges him into the midst of a struggle not only for control of the Below but for the world itself.
Voting History: NONE
The Purple Robe, David Dean, nominated by David
Rumors rising out of the Yucatan jungle report healings and miracles attributed to a holy relic. Father Pablo Diego Corellas discovers that even his own parishioners are making secret pilgrimages to the decrepit plantation where it is held. There, Doña Josefa, a mysterious woman who is either mystic or mad, possesses an artifact that she claims is a fragment of the robe worn by Christ at his trial. Guarded by armed Mayan farmers, she holds sway over an ever-growing number of pilgrims desperate for the healing power of the Purple Robe.
Voting History: November: 2
The Secret of the Holy Face: The Devotion Destined to Save Society by Fr. Lawrence Daniel Carney III, nominated by Sandralena
From the creation of man to the current ecclesial infiltration and world revolution, the devil and his minions have sought to destroy the human race made in the image of God. No longer attacking from without, they are now secretly laying siege from within the Holy Roman Catholic Church. But why is God allowing this? He loves to see souls heroically battle for the faith.
Voting History: April: 4; July: 5; September: 4; October: 7; November: 5
The Secrets of Successful Financial Planning: Inside Tips from an Expert, by Dan Gallagher, nominated by Dan
There are six interrelated segments to a complete financial plan: Cash & Budget Planning, Insurance & Risk Management, Tax Management, Retirement Planning, Investment Planning, and Estate Planning. What aspects of the financial plan require sophisticated planning by a professional, and what can savvy, well-educated consumers handle themselves? The Secrets of Successful Financial Planning empowers readers to take charge of their financial present and future, regardless of where they are financially, by presenting technical jargon in a way that's easy to understand.
Voting History: NONE
The Shattering of Loneliness: On Christian Remembrance by Erik Varden nominated by Kristi
The experience of loneliness is as universal as hunger or thirst. Because it affects us more intimately, we are less inclined to speak of it. But who has not known its gnawing ache?The fear of loneliness causes anguish. It prompts reckless deeds. To this, every age has borne witness. No voice is more insidious than the one that whispers in our 'You are irredeemably alone, no light will pierce your darkness.' The fundamental statement of Christianity is to convict that voice of lying. The Christian condition unfolds within the certainty that ultimate reality, the source of all that is, is a personal reality of communion, no metaphysical abstraction.
Voting History: November: 2
Understanding the Hillbilly Thomist: The Philosophical Foundations of Flannery O’Connor’s Narrative Art by Damian Ference, nominated by Fergus, Quondam Happy Face
The author examines the various ways in which St. Thomas Aquinas and the philosophical tradition of Thomism shaped not only O’Connor’s view of reality but also the stories she told to help us see and know it.
Voting History: October: 2; November: 2
Wheat that Springeth Green by J.F. Powers, nominated by Steven R.
A comic foray into the commercialized wilderness of modern American life. Its hero, Joe Hackett, is a high school track star who sets out to be a saint. But seminary life and priestly apprenticeship soon damp his ardor, and by the time he has been given a parish of his own he has traded in his hair shirt for the consolations of baseball and beer. Meanwhile Joe's higher-ups are pressing for an increase in profits from the collection plate, suburban Inglenook's biggest business wants to launch its new line of missiles with a blessing, and not all that far away, in Vietnam, a war is going on. Joe wants to duck and cover, but in the end, almost in spite of himself, he is condemned to do something right.
Voting History: NONE
And from the Current Interest List:
Ticket for Eternity: The Life of Sister Annella Zervas by James Kritzeck
The biography of Sister Annella Zervas, whose cause for canonization was opened in November in the Diocese of Crookston, MN.