Prayer category: 975 books
The Way of a Pilgrim
And the Pilgrim Continues His Way
Language: English
Release Date: August 5, 2009
This enduring work of Russian spirituality has charmed countless people with its tale of a nineteenth-century peasant's quest for the secret of prayer. Readers follow this anonymous pilgrim as he treks over the Steppes in search of the answer to the one compelling question: How does one pray constantly?...
by Paramhansa Yogananda
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2008
Many poetic works can inspire, but few, like this one, have the power to change your life. These verses rank with the greatest mystical poetry of all time: the works of St. John of the Cross, Rumi, Kabir, Mirabai, and Omar Khayyam. In this book Paramhansa Yogananda—the great master of yoga and author...
A Heart on Fire
Rediscovering Devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus
Language: English
Release Date: May 14, 2012
In A Heart on Fire: Rediscovering Devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, Rev. James Kubicki, S.J., presents a a persuasive and engaging guide to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, an age-old and often misunderstood Catholic devotion. He delves into the rich theological and spiritual roots of the devotion...
by Julian of Norwich
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2008
Each book in the 30 Days with a Great Spiritual Teacher series provides a month of daily readings from one of Christianity's most beloved spiritual guides. For each day there is a brief and accessible morning meditation drawn from the mystic's writings, a simple mantra for use throughout the day,...
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Language: English
Release Date: April 18, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: April 18, 2018
A classic of Christian mysticism, this marvelous guide to the contemplative life originated with the reflections of an unknown 14th-century priest who believed that a "cloud of unknowing" separates people from God. This cloud, the writer maintained, cannot be penetrated by intellect but...
by Thomas Keating
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2005
Manifesting God is about the principles of contemplative prayerthe retreat into the "inner room" mentioned by Jesus in Matthew 6:6, where the individual is able to meet God. In the inner room, the silent space in which God unloads the burdens and false selves that govern our individuality and our daily...
by Teresa of Avila
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2008
Each book in the 30 Days with a Great Spiritual Teacher series provides a month of daily readings from one of Christianity's most beloved spiritual guides. For each day there is a brief and accessible morning meditation drawn from the mystic's writings, a simple mantra for use throughout the day, and...
Catholic Saints Prayer Book
Moments of Inspiration from Your Favorite Saints
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2008
Moments of inspiration from some of your favorite saints: strive to imitate their virtues, learn from their timeless wisdom, and ask for their intercessions.Dear St. Padre Pio, Pray for me, please, that I may receive the graces I need to deeply participate in the holy sacrifice of the Mass. Please...
by St. Teresa of Avila, Kieran Kavanaugh, O.C.D.
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2012
This volume contains two of Teresa's most popular works: The Way of Perfection and The Interior Castle. Shortly after writing The Book of Her Life for her confessor, St. Teresa wrote The Way of Perfection at the request of her nuns who were eager to learn about prayer...
Jesus is My All in All
Praying with the "Saint of Calcutta"
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2008
The postulator for Mother Teresa’s cause for sainthood, Father Brian Kolodiejchuk, has culled some of her most stirring words into a powerful book that her admirers will treasure. Jesus is My All in All follows the Roman Catholic novena format; derived from the Latin word for nine, the novena provides...
Psalter for Prayer
An Adaptation of the Classic Miles Coverdale Translation, Augmented by Prayers and Instructional Material Drawn from Church Slavonic and Other Orthodox Christian Sources
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2011
Reaching back hundreds of years, this volume is the first major English edition to include all the prayers needed to read the Slavic Psalter at home in the Orthodox tradition. The contents include many texts traditionally printed in Orthodox Psalters and not easily found in English. With psalms and...
When I Am Older, I Will Pray More
Prayers in the Senior Years
Language: English
Release Date: August 24, 2011
As Ecclesiastes says, There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens. In the same way, When I Am Older, I Will Pray More shares prayers for seniors suitable for every life situation. These prayers can be used exactly as they are written in your devotional life, or...
by Andre Louf OCSO
Language: English
Release Date: July 21, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: July 21, 2015
Dom André Louf (+2010) was abbot of the Trappist-Cistercian monastery of Mont-des-Cats in northern France from 1963 to 1997. This book brings together talks given to a variety of audiences in which he shared his spiritual experience from both his life of prayer and his life in community.
Each...
by M. Basil Pennington
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2012
Discover how to listen for God’s “voice” as you read the Holy Scriptures. This new series of books is designed to open up the meaning of one ancient way of Christian prayer in a relatively short amount of time. In Praying the Holy Scriptures, the late Father Pennington: * Briefly introduces “Three...