I recently came across The Osterley Selection from the Latin Fathers (1949), compiled for seminarians, especially late vocations. Its preface praises classical authors—Caesar, Cicero, Livy, Virgil—yet argues that Christian writing has a different beauty: not polished elegance, but urgency and conviction. The book offers 42 short readings from Ambrose, Augustine, Tertullian, Vincent of Lérins, Jerome, etc. I propose podcasts with translation, brief commentary, and the Latin itself.
