Remember those days of assigned summer reading? We might not write book reports or give presentations anymore, but having a list of books to read over the summer months is still a great habit! And if those books will enrich our minds, hearts and souls - even better.
How to Make Summer Spiritual Reading a Habit:
- Find a book that you actually WANT to pick up. Trying to start a habit when you dread the book, is just setting yourself up for failure.
- Start small - maybe 10 minutes, or 5 pages a day. You can always build on this later - increasing the amount of time you spend reading or the number of pages you're committed to after you've established the habit.
- Put it in your schedule. Waiting until you 'find' the time, or have a moment in the day to pick up a book, means it isn't likely to happen. But if you schedule it in, like the other tasks you need to accomplish, you've got a much greater chance of making it happen.
- Set up reminders. Whether that is an alarm on your phone, a sticky note on your bathroom mirror or placing the book on the chair you use to sip your morning coffee - reminders can help a habit form.
- Begin again. Even if you missed the last three days or the last three weeks, NOW is always the right time to begin again.
6 Titles for your Summer Spiritual Reading:
- Coached by Joan of Arc - new release by Alexandre Havard
- Time for God - classic small book by Jacques Philippe about prayer
- How To Profit from Your Faults - Joseph Tissot
- Cardinal Virtues in Focus - new release by Henry Bocala
- Paul of Tarsus - biography of this pilar of the early Church from Dr. Joseph Holzner
- In Love with the Church - four homilies from St. Josemaria Escriva
