Catholic Must Reads Novels & Stories

Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners now, and at the hour of our death. Dominic recited the hail Mary and listened as Father Balboni led them through the first mystery, the resurrection of Christ. He closed his eyes as the priest’s voice droned on and he thought of Isadora, alone in his penthouse. “Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, a world without end.” Dominic’s mind drifted through the hail Mary’s, the glory be prayers and the next four mysteries, the priest’s voice becoming softer and softer. He thought of all the times Conrad had taken him into the basement.

He said. "What did you mean?" Catherine asked standing on her feet. "What I'm saying is Clancy took everything." The bishop rephrased "Clancy took the whole seven inscriptions within himself." Scott who couldn't understand the bishop asked again "You know something, what is it?" The bishop scoffed bitterly "The Unholy Books are just fragments of the seven deadly sins, tiniest portions of their powers but now, Clancy represents the sins, all of them." "What?" Bella awed. The bishop heaved "Clancy is the new seven deadly sins!" He finalized.

, Don Vito said with sarcastic sadness. “You could start now”, Leonardo suggested. “If only it were that easy. You have to get to work. Those books”, he said and pointed to the high heap of books on his desk, “are your responsibility for the day. You must learn about saints, basic prayers and biblical stories to impress him in front of everyone. He might not be Pope material but he has to uphold the church in front of the others”, Don Vito finished. Leonardo could feel the earth beneath him sway.