Fr. William Barry, SJ, believes that God wants an intimate relationship with each one of us—and that the deepest desire of our own hearts is to have an intimate relationship with God. Yet while we pursue this desire for a relationship with God we also resist it—which can lead to a painful stagnancy. How can we move forward? In God’s Passionate Desire , Fr. Barry serves as our …

This seasonal devotional features meditations drawn from the down-to-earth and eminently practical writings of Catherine Doherty. Providing daily spiritual guidance, there are deep insights on prayer and spiritual growth as well as homespun words of advice on everyday work and family life. Nostalgic entries even recall Christmas and Easter customs from Catherine's childhood in the Old Russia …

By Fr. Benedict Groeschel, C.F.R. Father Benedict Groeschel invites us to explore the astonishing mystery of God's loving plan for us. We all hunger to know more about God and our own destiny. Healing the Original Wound is a book about our journey toward God, our journey from the personal hell of sin and alienation toward the paradise of being held in the "Everlasting Arms of God." …

Eugene McCaffrey, OCD Written to celebrate her elevation to a Doctor of the Church, this book captures the beauty and simplicity of the message and life of St. Thérèse of Lisieux. Written by a Carmelite priest who is an expert on the Little Flower, this is an inspirational and devotional little book that draws on her autobiography, The Story of a Soul, and brings together the main elements of …

Heartfelt prayer is effective! In Heart to Heart with God , readers explore six attitudes or actions that will bring passion and life to their prayer and give them confidence that God still acts powerfully in the world today. Deacon Ralph Torrelli shows us how to pray the deepest desires of our hearts and how to arm ourselves to fight the spiritual battles of the Christian life. He also …

Let's Go to Heaven! We all long for heaven, and yet, we have only vague notions about what it's like. But maybe we've already been to heaven -- maybe heaven is all around us and we simply don't see it. In this deeply thoughtful and inspiring book, popular author Elizabeth Kelly helps us to see our lives with "heavenly eyes." Drawing on our rich Catholic tradition, Kelly explores the …

Like  the heliotropium, an ancient form of sunflower that constantly turned its face toward the sun, so the will of man should be constantly turned toward God - to know and follow His Holy Will. Failure to recognize and accept the Will of God can condemn a soul to misery. Conformity to God's Holy Will, on the other hand, brings peace and contentment to the human heart and is the key …

Rev. Lawrence G. Lovasik You're almost certainly not as kind as you ought to be - and your relationships with God and those you love may be suffering as a result. Probably you just can't find the time - and can't ever seem to develop the patience - that you need in order to be consistently kind amidst the irritations that afflict you daily.  That's why The Hidden Power of Kindness is such …

Very few Catholic writers indeed can touch the minds and hearts of all Catholics-whatever their background-and Fr. Paul O'Sullivan, O.P. happens to be one of these rare few. In How to be Happy-How to be Holy , Fr. O'Sullivan teaches all Christians about prayer: 1) how to pray, 2) how to derive immense benefits from prayer, and 3) how to enjoy the deep consolation of prayer. In the …

How to Converse Familiarly with God . St. Alphonsus Liguori, Doctor of the Church Just as the title indicates, this famous booklet of St. Alphonsus Liguori teaches us how to speak personally and with confidence in prayer to God, who, the Saint says, will not “speak” to us unless we first speak to Him. Covers every aspect of our personal relationship with God. St. Paul says of …

Humility of Heart - by Rev. Cajetan da Bergamo Although not entirely a new title for the publisher, it is being listed as new because this edition is newly typeset and repunctuated, so it will come alive as if you never read it before! Our Lord said, "Learn of me, because I am meek, and humble of heart." (Matt 11:29) And also, "Amen, I say to you, unless you be converted …

Hungry for God Practical Help in Personal Prayer   Ralph Martin   "God is everywhere, always, and we can communicate with Him, everywhere, always."—From Chapter Five Is prayer possible? Does it make any difference? Does God hear and answer? How do we pray? Why? In this classic work on the spiritual life, Ralph Martin gives readers the tools for entering more fully into a fruitful …

THE IMITATION OF CHRIST Thomas a Kempis Translated by Ronald Knox & Michael Oakley The spiritual classic by à Kempis, the second most widely read spiritual book after the Bible, has had an astonishing impact on the spiritual lives of countless saints, peasants, and popes for centuries. Even today, the soul-searching words of the fifteenth-century cleric Thomas à Kempis continue to …

The classic work by Thomas a Kempis This treasured book has brought peace to readers for many ages by showing how to follow the life of Christ to which all are called.  This is the one religious book that is second only to the Bible in popularity. An easy-to-read Large Print revised edition of this Thomas à Kempis classic by Clare Fitzpatrick. Maroon cloth binding.

About this Book Written five centuries ago by a humble monk, this timeless message of faith in Christ's teachings remains a vital source of spiritual strength for people seeking to follow in the footsteps of the Lord. Edited and with an introduction by Harold C. Gardiner S.J.

The Imitation of Christ has enjoyed greater popularity down the centuries than any Christian book apart from the Bible. Even today, the soul-searching words of the fifteenth-century monk, Thomas á Kempis, continue to resonate, unbounded by time or geography. Drawing on the Bible, the Fathers of the early Church and medieval mysticism, his four-part treatise shrugs off the allure of the …

Fr. Francis Fernandez This popular collection includes the 7 volumes of In Conversation With God .  Each volume includes meditations on the gospel readings for every day of the year, including the 3 cycles for years A, B, and C.  Each volume covers a liturgical season:  Advent and Christmas (Vol.1) has an orange cover, Lent and Eastertide (Vol.2) has a dark blue cover, …

Francis Fernandez In Conversation with God, Volume 1  has meditations for all of Advent and Christmastide, based on the daily gospels.  This is number 1 in the 7-volume set of In Conversation with God. This book has an orange vinyl cover with the words " In Conversation with God, Daily Meditaions Volume One: Advent, Christmas, Epiphany, Francis Fernandez" all in gold …

Francis Fernandez In Conversation with God, Volume 2  has meditations for all of Lent and Eastertide, based on the daily gospels.  This is number 2 in the 7-volume set of In Conversation with God. This book has a blue vinyl cover with the words " In Conversation with God, Daily Meditaions Volume Two: Lent, Holy Week, Eastertide, Francis Fernandez" all in gold …

Francis Fernandez In Conversation with God, Volume 3  has meditations for all of Ordinary Time Weeks 1-12, based on the daily gospels.  This is number 3 in the 7-volume set of In Conversation with God. This book has a green vinyl cover with the words " In Conversation with God, Daily Meditaions Volume Three: Ordinary Time: Weeks 1-12, Francis Fernandez" all …

Francis Fernandez In Conversation with God, Volume 4  has meditations for all of Ordinary Time: Weeks 13-23, based on the daily gospels.  This is number 4 in the 7-volume set of In Conversation with God. This book has a brown vinyl cover with the words " In Conversation with God, Daily Meditaions Volume Four: Ordinary Time: Weeks 13-23, Francis Fernandez" all …

Francis Fernandez In Conversation with God, Volume 5  has meditations for all of Ordinary Time: Weeks: 24-34, based on the daily gospels.  This is number 5 in the 7-volume set of In Conversation with God. This book has a maroon vinyl cover with the words " In Conversation with God, Daily Meditaions Volume Five: Ordinary Time: Weeks 24-34, Francis …

Francis Fernandez In Conversation with God, Volume 6  has meditations for Special Feasts: January-June, based on the daily gospels.  This is number 6 in the 7-volume set of In Conversation with God. This book has a light blue vinyl cover with the words " In Conversation with God, Daily Meditaions Volume Six: Special Feasts: January-June, Francis …

Francis Fernandez In Conversation with God, Volume 7  has meditations for Special Feasts: July-December, based on the daily gospels.  This is number 7 in the 7-volume set of In Conversation with God. This book has a red vinyl cover with the words " In Conversation with God, Daily Meditaions Volume Seven: Special Feasts: July-December,  Francis Fernandez" …

By Marko Ivan Rupnik, Translated by Susan Dawson Vásquez Foreword by Cardinal Tomáš Špidlík, S.J. The term "spiritual" today means many things to many people. This inspiring book gives Christians a surer footing, showing what church tradition teaches regarding true spirituality and how it can best be lived out amid the hectic pace of modern life. …

The greatest pain of the world today is loneliness. Loneliness is a part of the journey of faith. When loneliness comes upon you, you want to go and hide in some corner—self-pity carries you like a big, huge wave on a beach all full of stones. You see that beach in your mind and you think you are going to be broken up on the rocks... But in the depths of every heart there is a garden enclosed. …

Doubts come to everyone—but you are not alone. In her new book, Catherine Doherty walks with us through some of the doubts that trouble us most in this day and age. Doubts are part of the journey of faith. When you’re affronted by doubts, when you can’t get a handle on the answers that make you feel secure, you are walking in the company of the saints. Doubts come: Does God exist? Where is …

"Who do you say that I am?"  Maybe that sounds like an easy question if we remember our catechism.  How about this one:  "Why are you afraid?" Jesus asked His disciples these questions 2000 years ago, and he's still asking them today.  How will we answer? Long a favorite for his spellbinding stories and his profound knowledge of Scripture, Msgr. Richard C. Antall - a …

The montfort path is the same one which Wisdom took to enter the human family: the Immaculate Mary. Her spirit permeates every aspect of Father de Montfort's staunchly Christ-centered doctrine. To be bathed in her spirit is the turning point of our advance into a renewed baptismal consecration of union with the triune God. The key, then, to an understanding of montfort spirituality is to grasp …

“The Jesus Prayer has historically been passed on face-to-face, from one Christ-loving person to the next, down the generations ever since the desert saints. It is learned in a community of fellow-believers, all of whom are aware of their need and sin, trying daily to resist temptation better and love God more. As you form the habit of saying this prayer in the back of your mind all the …

“15 Days of Prayer” Collection Now distributed by New City Press, this popular series is perfect for those looking for an introduction to a particular spiritual guide, those searching for gift ideas, and those who merely wish to know more about the person and his or her spirituality. Additional volume planned in 2 to 3 months intervals. Each volume contains: • A brief …

In one series, the original writings of the universally acknowledged teachers of the Catholic, Protestant, Eastern Orthodox, Jewish, Islamic and Native American traditions have been critically selected, translated and introduced by internationally recognized scholars and spiritual leaders. I abandoned and forgot myself Laying my face on my beloved; All things ceased; I went out from …

Translated by Edmund Colledge and James Walsh     'My thoughts on the spiritual exercises proper to cloistered monks'; the ninth prior of La Grande Chartreuse, Guigo II,  (†1180) articulates the monastic contemplative tradition in distinctively western terms. '...reading, meditation, prayer and contemplation. These make a ladder for monks by which they are lifted up from …

With the rediscovery of Ignatian spirituality spurred by the Second Vatican Council, individual directed retreats of the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius of Loyola are commonplace. On any given day in the United States, hundreds of people are making the Exercises. As a result of this recovery of tradition, the Spiritual Exercises have taken on a new life in the church. Having served as a …

Light And Images - Elements Of Contemplation One of Adrienne von Speyr's most cherished concerns was to rekindle Christians' desire for contemplation and thus to renew the Church's prayer. Light and Images is one of the most important of her works on the subject. She sets forth the deepest theological foundations of contemplative prayer according to the reciprocal relationship between "light" …

Even though she never bore a child physically, Gonxha Agnes Bojaxhiu deserves the name by which everyone knows her: Mother Teresa of Calcutta, now beatified and on her was to becoming a saint. Her sayings reveal the qualities that we treasure in every mother: playfulness, compassion, humility, calmness, evenhandedness, the ability to reprove wrongdoing with firmness and love, and to maintain a …

The Little Book of the Holy Spirit by Fr. Bede Jarrett, O.P. CHRIST SAID THAT THE HOLY SPIRIT DWELLS WITHIN EACH OF US - loving us, sanctifying us, protecting us from sin, and leading us in the ways of virtue and prayer. In these pages, Fr. Bede Jarrett helps you penetrate this great mystery of God's presence in our hearts. He explains the ineffable dignity that this presence gives you, no …

Translated by Norman Russell, Introduction by Sister Benedicta Ward SLG Eyewitness accounts of the lives and teachings of the fourth-century Desert Fathers from the Historia monachorum in Aegypto. This book is a Cistercian publication. ". . . may make a good source for the historian; it may give some information and pleasure for the casual reader. But the spiritual man will never forget the …

Christoph Cardinal Schonborn Christoph Cardinal Schonborn, the editor of the monumental Catechism of the Catholic Church , a world-wide best seller, provides a brief and profound commentary on the fourth part of the Catechism, the Paths of Prayer. Schonborn gives an incisive, detailed analysis of the Paths of Prayer, providing a specific meditation for each week of the year on how to develop a …

Embracing Ignatian Spirituality. In Making Choices in Christ , Fr. Joseph A. Tetlow, SJ, reveals how the ordinary person in modern times can embrace Ignatian spirituality through the extraordinary theology of St. Ignatius of Loyola and the Jesuits. In the process, Tetlow explains, the individual deepens and enriches his or her relationship with God. Written in a warm and wise fashion, this …

Miraculous Images of Our Lord - the companion to Miraculous Images of Our Lady -is one of the most telling revelations ever written about our Saviour.  In this book the best-selling author, Joan Carroll Cruz, has again proved herself one of the foremost Catholic writers and researchers of our time.  For the 42 remarkable true accounts included here describe miraculous manifestations …

In language poetic and meditative yet direct and simple, the author invites us to share her own pilgrimage into God’s silence. Pilgrimage lasts as long as one’s life, and involves purification, union with God, work and suffering, culminating in the almost miraculous experience of the divine silence. Much of Molchanie is in the way of allegory, full of visions and imagination—it is an …

Mother Teresa A collection of quotes, stories and prayers that reflect Mother Teresa's undying faith and concern for the human spirit.

Imprimatur: Franciscus Joannes Mugavero, D.D - Episcopus Bruklynensis

Prayerful thoughts on the life and teachings of Christ.

Geoffrey Bliss, S.J. My Path To Heaven is an old-fashioned "retreat-a-book" that helps children ponder the truths of the Faith and calls them to live lives of holiness in accordance with those truths. Based on the traditional St. Ignatius Retreat (trusted by Catholics for centuries) and adapted particularly for children, this clear, simple, thoughtful presentation of the Faith is ideal for …

Mysteries in My Hands:  Young People, Life, and the Rosary by Maureen P. Provencher Mysteries in My Hands is a book for today's older teens who want to learn how to pray the rosary. The reader will discover why this prayer is important to Catholic faith by understanding how the practice came to be. Scripture references, quotes from Pope John Paul II's Rosarium Virginis Mariae, the prayers …

By Rev. Irénée Hausherr S.J.; Translated by Charles Cummings OCSO How the Jesus Prayer developed and the names by which early Christians addressed Christ. This book is a Cistercian publication. ". . . deservedly a classic in spiritual writing and necessary reading for all those interested in the method of Eastern Christian prayer." -The Heythrop Journal "For the …

The pontificate of the first non-Italian since the sixteenth century has left a lasting imprint on the Church. As the world has faced the tremendous theological, social, economic and political realignment of the last half of the twentieth century, Pope John Paul II has offered clear guidance for Roman Catholics and innumerable others. The moving selections from his writings contained here …

Rejection can hurt beyond any other state or emotion. Rejection is a part of the journey of faith. To be rejected by friends hurts—being rejected by family even more so. This rejection is a mystery that encompasses you when you choose to follow Jesus Christ. Like him, you will experience that strange feeling of rejection by God himself, when you too cry out, “Father, Father, why have you …

Unlike many books of meditations on icons, this book presents a unique opportunity for readers to visit an imaginary church and see icons "in action" throughout the year---to stand alongside worshipers for whom the use of icons is a natural part of their devotional lives. Reproductions of icons on the book jacket and in the inside text allow the reader to view the icons that would be …

The Philokalia is a collection of texts written between the fourth and fifteenth centuries by spiritual masters of the Eastern Christian tradition. First published in Greek in 1782, translated into Slavonic and later into Russian, The Philokalia has exercised an influence far greater than that of any book other than the Bible in the recent history of the Eastern Churches - both …

The Philokalia is a collection of texts written between the fourth and the fifteenth centuries by spiritual masters of the Eastern Christian tradition. First published in Greek in 1782, translated into Slavonic and later into Russian, The Philokalia has exercised an influence far greater than that of any book other than the Bible in the recent history of the Eastern Churches - …

The Philokalia is a collection of texts on prayer and the spiritual life, written between the fourth and fifteenth centuries by spiritual masters of the Eastern Christian tradition. First published in Greek in 1782, translated into Slavonic and later into Russian, The Philokalia has had a decisive influence upon the Eastern Churches (both Catholic and Orthodox) during the …

The Philokalia is a collection of texts written between the fourth and fifteenth centuries by spiritual masters of the Eastern Christian tradition. First published in Greek in 1782, translated into Slavonic and later into Russian, The Philokalia has exercised an influence far greater than that of any book other than the Bible in the recent history of the Eastern Churches, both …

In this volume is the authentic text of one of the most famous examples of Russian spiritual literature, which deals with various aspects of the Jesus Prayer. A redaction of this text is thought to have been written no earlier than 1859. 

In this volume is the authentic text of one of the most famous examples of Russian spiritual literature, which deals with various aspects of the Jesus Prayer. A redaction of this text is thought to have been written no earlier than 1859. 

Poustinia is a mode rn spiritual classic for those seeking the open heart and listening soul of a silent contemplation. Poustinia , a Russian word, means ‘desert’, a place to meet Christ in silence, solitude and prayer. Catherine Doherty combines her insights into the great spiritual traditions of the Russian Church with her very personal experience of life with Christ. Men and women who …

About this Book The newly translated version of the seventeenth-century spiritual classic written by a simple Trappist monk, Br. Lawrence of the Ressurection. Beautifully rendered and divinely inspirational, this devotional masterpiece is a simple guide for all Christians aspiring to the ultimate goal of life--complete mystical union with God.