Bro,
I hope you're doing well.
Since our last communication, I have been thinking about you. You mentioned listening to televangelists and prosperity preachers like Joel Osteen. I've read and listened to him quite a bit in the past. Please consume him with caution. His preachings are extremely lightweight and loaded with New Age undertones.
You are highly gifted. I would suggest that when you are taking a break from cracking medical texts, you engage with the classics and theology. They will fortify your mind and spirit.
Texts like those below will strengthen your faith and walk with God. You will be a much sharper weapon of God. You already have everything in you. And when you learn, teach others. That is part of the corporal works of mercy: to instruct the ignorant.
FOUNDATIONAL CLASSICS
1. Confessions — Saint Augustine of Hippo
Raw, intellectual, and deeply personal conversion story.
Teaches sin, grace, memory, and God’s relentless pursuit.
Forms humility and self-knowledge.
2. Summa Theologica -Saint Thomas Aquinas
The intellectual backbone of Catholic theology.
Covers God, morality, Christ, sacraments, and virtue.
Not for speed-this is lifelong study.
3. The Imitation of Christ -Thomas à Kempis
Pure interior life, humility, detachment, discipline.
Short, piercing reflections; best read daily.
4. Introduction to the Devout Life-Saint Francis de Sales
Practical holiness in everyday life.
Balanced, wise, psychologically sharp.
5. The Spiritual Combat-Lorenzo Scupoli
Brutally honest about temptation and self-will.
A manual for mastering the interior battlefield.
6. Uniformity with God's Will -Saint Alphonsus Liguori
Teaches total surrender to divine providence.
7. The Interior Castle -Saint Teresa of Ávila
The soul as a castle with stages toward union with God.
A profound map of spiritual growth.
8. Dark Night of the Soul -Saint John of the Cross
Explains spiritual dryness and purification.
These books in PDF format can be accessed online all for free.
God bless you 🙏
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