A list of recommended books and study material for private study:

THE ASHLEY READER by Benedict Ashley, O.P.

COMMENTARY ON COLOSSIANS by St. Thomas Aquinas

WISDOM IN THE FACE OF MODERNITY by Thomas Joseph White, O.P.

REASON WITH PIETY by Aidan Nichols, O.P.

THE TRINITY by Gilles Emery, O.P.

BIOMEDICINE AND BEATITUDE by Nicanor Pier Giorgio Austriaco, O.P.

THE LOGIC OF DESIRE by Nicholas E. Lombardo, O.P.

CHRIST AND SPIRITUALITY IN ST. THOMAS AQUINAS by Jean-Pierre Torrell, O.P.

COMMENDATION AND DIVISION OF SACRED SCRIPTURE by St. Thomas Aquinas

We must force ourselves to DETACH the heart and the will from all earthly love; to love no fleeting things, except for the love of God and, above all, not to love God for our own sakes, for self-interest but with a love as pure as His own goodness.

St. Catherine de Ricci