Reddit mentions of City of God (Penguin Classics)

I would say it's supernatural. Don't stop praying the rosary. One time, While I was praying to work, it felt like while praying the rosary, I felt a spiritual breaking of chains. Just attribute it as awesome and keep on praying. Consider it a blessing:)

Read the Secret of the Rosary and after the Rosary get this book http://www.amazon.com/Devotion-Precious-Blood-Jesus-Christ/dp/1579182720/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1450317863&sr=8-1&keywords=precious+blood+of+jesus

and this one http://www.catholictradition.org/Mary/rosa-mystica4.htm

and get green scapulars. and get brown scapulars. get the 5 fold scapular. get the bible, read it. You can get a plenary indulgence for reading the bible 30 minutes, going to mass, confession, praying 1 our father 1 creed and 1 ave maria and gloria and detachment from all sin, then saying your intention for a plenary indulgence...(removal of punishment due to sin=no purgatory and no punishments of sin here on earth) get it every day... if you can...and make sure to above all else...go to adoration... and mass daily...and do not hesitate to get st. benedict medals and holy water all over your house. ask your priest to bless oil and exorcise salt put over your house and get this book https://www.ewtn.com/library/NEWAGE/EVIDSATN.HTM

reading this book
http://www.amazon.com/City-Penguin-Classics-Augustine-Hippo/dp/0140448942/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1450318220&sr=8-1&keywords=city+of+god

keep going to adoration and search-- get that peace!

He's so readable that I can definitely recommend skipping the books about St. Augustine and just going directly to the source. As others have mentioned, Confessions. Others you may be interested in are City of God and On Grace And Free Will.

Also, as /u/Philip_Schwartzerdt mentioned, John Calvin isn't typically considered one of the Church Fathers given that his time on earth came in the 16th century. In fact, as a Catholic, we would consider him a heretic, but that's neither here nor there. :)

For other early Church Fathers books, you may want to check out this collection of writings from the early church, Against Heresies by St. Iranaeus, countering heresy in the early Church, and The First And Second Apologies by St. Justin Martyr, a convert to the faith at about 130 A.D. and who was martyred (surprise) around 165 A.D.

As you may have guessed, with me being a Catholic in the Roman Rite, that's the perspective to which my study of the early Church Fathers led me, but if you wish to get a primer on St. Irenaeus before the books come, this is a worthwhile read.

I highly encourage the study of the fathers. The whole Christian world disagrees on many parts of of Sacred Scripture, and the testimony of the fathers, especially those who were direct disciples of the Apostles, should be one of our primary sources of discerning Christian truth amid the chaos. Plainly put, there are many interpretations of Scripture which "make sense" or are feasible outside of the tradition of the Apostles, but if said interpretation is true, it should be reflected in the doctrines, beliefs, and practices of those whom the Apostles taught.

I'll pray for you as you jump into this study. Please reach out if I can be of any help!

Peace,

DK