Book of the Month
September and October 2025
The Book of the Month for both September and October 2025 is The Good, The Messy, and the Beautiful: The Joy and Struggles of Real Married Life by Edward and Beth Sri. It makes sense that marriage is the fundamental structure and bedrock of society because it forms the family unit. However, sometimes we can overidealize married life in the Catholic Faith while not being honest with the real struggles and challenges that married couples face with their spouses as husband and wife as well as with their potential children as well. The well-known Catholic speaker and author Dr. Edward Sri co-writes this book with his wife Beth, and it is easy to read, honest, filled with little stories and examples, and truly includes both perspectives of the good, the messy, and the beautiful within marriage. Every person can benefit from reading this book not only in a personal way for their own lives (even those who are not married…although I do believe it can be transformative for married couples!), but also because we need to try our best to support married couples striving to live this beautiful vocation within our Catholic Faith. Please consider purchasing this book in order to read it during September and October of 2025, and we will have the Book Summary and Discussion on Wednesday, October 29th from 7:30 pm – 8:30 pm in the parish social hall. You will have to purchase this book individually (we are not able to purchase this for everyone and give it away), but even if you don’t get a chance to read it over these two months, please still come to the meeting on October 29th!