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YIM Catholic reviews “Who is Jesus Christ?”

Posted By Eric Sammons On January 25, 2011 @ 8:18 am In Who is Jesus Christ? | Comments Disabled

Frank Weathers over at Why I Am Catholic [1] just reviewed [2] my book Who is Jesus Christ? Unlocking the Mystery in the Gospel of Matthew [3]:

Yesterday I wrote about classic books in the packs and pockets of the saints and how reading them can help us too. For example, St. Francis de Sales (whose feast day is tomorrow) and his worn copy of Dom. Scupoli’s The Spiritual Combat. [4] St. Teresa of Avila turned from reading trashy romance novels to reading books like Francisco de Osuna’s The Third Spiritual Alphabet [5].

Francisco himself constantly references the works of Jean Gerson [6], which were over 100 years old by the time he read them. I recommend Gerson to you as well.

When the saints above were picking up these volumes, however, they were written by their contemporaries. So just like them, I’m going to recommend a new book to you today: Who Is Jesus Christ? Unlocking the Mystery in the Gospel of Matthew by Eric Sammons.

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[1] Why I Am Catholic: http://yimcatholic.blogspot.com

[2] reviewed: http://yimcatholic.blogspot.com/2011/01/book-review-who-is-jesus-christ-by-eric.html

[3] Who is Jesus Christ? Unlocking the Mystery in the Gospel of Matthew: http://ericsammons.com/book.html

[4] The Spiritual Combat.: http://yimcatholic.blogspot.com/2011/01/to-become-technically-and-tactically.html

[5] The Third Spiritual Alphabet: http://yimcatholic.blogspot.com/2010/12/because-of-francisco-de-osuna-and-minor.html

[6] the works of Jean Gerson: http://books.google.com/books?id=Ed2Mzyn9WtsC&lpg=PP1&ots=Q8kHXoFGmo&dq=Jean%20Gerson&pg=PP1#v=onepage&q&f=false

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