Have you read anything good today?

"You will not see anyone who is truly striving after his spiritual advancement who is not given to spiritual reading."

~ St. Athanasius

For those of us who love to read, this admonition is easy to observe. For those who don't, maybe you can plod through one page of reading a day, like eating your vegetables, or getting exercise, or other things that you may not like to do but that are good for you. :)

We are blessed with a plethora of good spiritual books, particularly old Catholic ones that can be found through online booksellers (or dusty bookstores in your hometown). So many saints and other excellent spiritual writers have written on each subject (there are hundreds of different books on Saint Therese alone, for example), that everyone is sure to find one that appeals to him/her. Keep looking!

Are you a man, a woman, a child, a teen, an elderly person? There is a spiritual book for you. Are you an avid reader of intellectual books, or prefer lighter "fluffier" books? Either way, there is a spiritual book for you! Are you discouraged by lengthy treatises, and need something short and to the point? There is a spiritual book for you!

I'd like to make some recommendations here, but I'm running short on time...duty calls!