Embraced by God: Facing Chemotherapy with Faith by Steve Givens (Twenty-third Publications, 2010)

The Bible's Best Love Stories by Allan F. Wright (St. Anthony Messenger Press, 2010)

The Naked Now: Learning to See as the Mystics See by Richard Rohr (Crossroad Publishing Company, 2009)

Tattoos on the Heart: The Power of Boundless CompassionBy Gregory Boyle, S.J. (Free Press, 2010) While reading the stories of the “homies” that Father Gregory Boyle, S.J. has worked with for the past 20 years at his Homeboy Industries ministry among gang members in Los Angeles, it is easy to forget that these young people probably strike fear in most Americans.

Olivia and the Little Way by Nancy Carabio Belanger (Harvey House Publishing, 2008)Olivia and the Little Way is a delightful children's novel about Olivia, a 10-year-old who moves with her family from Texas to Michigan. She is nervous about going to a new school so her grandmother gives her a St. Thérèse chaplet and tells her about the Little Way that St.

Christianity: The First Three Thousand Years By Diarmaid MacCulloch (Viking, 2010)

Stieg Larsson Trilogy: The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Vintage, 2009), The Girl Who Played With Fire (Vintage, 2010), and The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest (Knopf, 2010)

Your Personal Apostolate: Accepting and Sharing the Love of God by Michele Elena Bondi (Joseph Karl Publishing)

Catherine of Siena: A Passionate Life by Don Brophy (Bluebridge, 2010)

By Stephen Prothero (HarperOne, 2010) In the comparative study of religion, there are two main lines of thought, both of which use the analogy of mountain climbing. One is that all religions take different routes up the same mountain and will meet at the peak, be it God or whatever you call it. The other is that adherents of each religion climb their own mountain.