Looking for inspiration to supplement your reading of holy scripture? Look no further...the team at St Mary's Cathedral in Edinburgh each shared their top five books for a Lockdown Reading List. Visit the Cathedral's Facebook page to read the reviews.

Fr Patrick Burke's Top Five

THE JEWISH STUDY BIBLE
(Edited by Adele Berlin and Marc Brettler)
Buy here

THE TEMPLE: ITS MINISTRY AND SERVICES
(Alfred Edersheim)
Buy here

JERUSALEM: THE BIOGRAPHY
(Simon Sebag Montefiore)
Buy here

INTRODUCTION TO CHRISTIANITY
(Joseph Ratzinger)
Buy here

THE LORD
(Romano Guardini)
Buy here

 

Fr Jamie McMorrin's Top Five

THE WAY
(St Josemaria Escriva)
Buy here

THIS TREMENDOUS LOVER
(Eugene Boylan)
Buy here

THE CREED IN SLOW MOTION
(Ronald Knox)
Buy here

THE EVERLASTING MAN
(G. K. Chesterton)
Buy here

THEOLOGY OF THE LITURGY: COLLECTED WORKS
(Joseph Ratzinger / Benedict XVI)
Buy here

 

Sister Mary Simone's Top Five

INTRODUCTION TO THE DEVOUT LIFE
(St. Francis de Sales)
Buy here

LOVE AND RESPONSIBILITY
(Karol Wojtyla)
Buy here

THE LIFE OF CHRIST
(Fulton Sheen)
Buy here

FIRE WITHIN: ST. TERESA OF AVILA, ST. JOHN OF THE CROSS, AND THE GOSPEL, ON PRAYER
(Thomas Dubay)
Buy here

THE CATECHISM OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH
Buy here

 

Deacon Peter Traynor's Top Five

EARLY CHRISTIAN PRAYER
(Adelbert Hamman)
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WISDOM SHALL ENTER
(Leo Trese)
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EARLY CHRISTIAN DOCTRINES
(JND Kelly)
Buy here

MARY, MOTHER OF THE LORD
(Karl Rahner)
Buy here

THE CHURCH OF GOD
(Louis Bouyer)
Buy here

 

Martin Eckersley's Top Five

(Seminarian on placement at the Cathedral).

WHEN THE CHURCH WAS YOUNG
(Marcellino D'Ambrosio)
Buy here

FATHER ELIJAH: AN APOCALYPSE
(Michael O'Brien)
Buy here

THE SCREWTAPE LETTERS
(C. S. Lewis)
Buy here

THE POWER AND THE GLORY
(Graham Greene)
Buy here

SIMPLE PRAYER
(John Dalrymple)
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