books!!

I haven't bought a new book in quite some time now. So it was with joy that when we got to Boston College early enough on Friday there were literally thousands of books to be purused at all the exhiboters.

So I spent quite some time looking around. I had made a pact with myself that I would not be using a credit card only the cash that I had brought with me.

I ended up with with three books (four if you count one that I bought as a gift).

Here is a brief synoposis of each one. And they each have a bit of a story as well.

The first one Do I have to Go? was one that I'd never heard before. But as I have started having the Confirmation classes sign-in at Mass each weekend I thought this book sounded wonderful. Especially since I want to really bring them a love for the Eucharist. The book has 101 questions and answers about the Eucharist, the Mass and prayer. While it is geared towards teens EVERYONE could benefit from reading it.

The next one is Kimberly Hahn's Life Giving Love: Embracing God's Beautiful Design for Marriage. I didn't mean to buy this book. I honestly am not sure what I thought the book was but it wasn't that. I saw the cover, thought it was another book and didn't even really look at the title. But as I was glancing through it this weekend it looks REALLY GOOD and I think I may benefit from reading it.

The last one is A Mother's Rule of Life. I meant to buy this one. Last week while I was at Adoration a copy of this book was there and I picked it up. I read the introduction and the first chapter and I was hooked. Yes it's geared towards mothers but really anyone can benefit from it. All about how we need to have a "Rule" for our lives no matter our vocation and how we can set up a Rule for our lives just like the Religious Orders have. I plan on reading this one carefully and taking notes as I go.

But I won't be reading those last two books until I finish at least one or two of the five I'm already in the middle of. The first book I've started reading as I want to use some of it's content this Wednesday during Confirmation class.