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The Soul of a Pilgrim
Eight Practices for the Journey Within
Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 2015
The renowned author of eight books and abbess of the online retreat center Abbey of the Arts, Christine Valters Paintner takes readers on a new kind of pilgrimage: an inner journey to discover the heart of God. Eight stages of the pilgrim's way--from hearing the call to coming home--are accompanied...
Prayer Seeds
A Gathering of Blessings, Reflections, and Poems for Spiritual Growth
Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2017
Named one of the 50 best spiritual books of 2017 by Spirituality & Practice. Winner of a 2018 Catholic Press Association Award: Prayer Collections (First Place). and a 2018 Association of Catholic Publishers Award: Prayer & Spirituality (First Place).
Some of Sr. Joyce Rupp’s most...
Prayers for a Planetary Pilgrim
A Personal Manual for Prayer and Ritual
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2008
First published in 1989 and now available in a revised and newly designed edition, this bountiful treasury of prayers, rituals, and spiritual guidance from best-selling author and teacher Edward Hays is a celebration of the divine presence that unites all people and faiths of the world. Drawing from...
Illuminating the Way
Embracing the Wisdom of Monks and Mystics
Language: English
Release Date: April 29, 2016
Popular author of eight books and abbess of the online retreat center Abbey of the Arts, Christine Valters Paintner explores how the lives and spirituality of twelve monks and mystics offer distinct patterns of thought that will lead you to a deeper understanding of your strengths and areas of growth...
A Book of Uncommon Prayer
100 Celebrations of the Miracle & Muddle of the Ordinary
Language: English
Release Date: December 29, 2014
Acclaimed, award-winning essayist and novelist Brian Doyle (1956-2017)--whose writing, in the words of Mary Oliver, is "a gift to us all"--presents one hundred original prayers that evoke his deep Catholic belief in the mystery and miracle of the ordinary (and the whimsical) in human life.
In,...
My Soul Feels Lean
Poems of Loss and Restoration
Language: English
Release Date: June 18, 2013
Long beloved for her artful prayers, best-selling author Joyce Rupp presents an entirely new collection of 106 meditative poems on a theme she has woven masterfully through all her writing--the pain of loss and the hope of restoration.
My Soul Feels Lean is a journey into compassion. Drawing...
Let Us Be What We Are
The Joys and Challenges of Living the Little Way
Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2012
Let Us Be What We Are: The Joys and Challenges of Living the Little Way offers a glimpse into the life of a Christian disciple facing his own mortality and reflecting on holiness, family, and the saints. This final work from Clarence Enzler, author of the multi-million-selling Everyone’s Way of...
Atchison Blue
A Search for Silence, a Spiritual Home, and a Living Faith
Language: English
Release Date: September 9, 2013
In this meditative spiritual memoir, Judith Valente, celebrated PBS religion journalist and celebrated poet, invites readers along on her transformative pilgrimages to Mount St. Scholastica monastery in Atchison, Kansas. The Benedictine sisters who invited Valente presented her with a view of monastic...
by Origen
Language: English
Release Date: December 9, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: December 9, 2013
Origen’s On First Principles is a foundational work in the development of Christian thought and doctrine: it is the first attempt in history at a systematic Christian theology. For over a decade it has been out of print with only expensive used copies available; now it is available at an affordable...
The Reed of God
A New Edition of a Spiritual Classic
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2006
First published in 1944, The Reed of God is an enduring, timeless spiritual classic. Through beautiful prose and meditations, the British Catholic writer, artist, and poet Caryll Houselander depicts the intimately human side of Mary, Mother of God, as an empty reed waiting for God's music to be played...
The Life of St. Thérèse of Lisieux
The Original Biography Commissioned by Her Sister
Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2017
This remarkable biography of Thérèse of Lisieux, one of the most popular Catholic saints of all time, was commissioned by her sister and religious superior and was the first published in English in 1928. Msgr. August Pierre Laveille was able to portray Thérèse, as well as her parents Zélie and...
My Other Self
Conversations with Christ on Living Your Faith
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2011
In My Other Self Clarence Enzler—author of the multi-million copy seller Everyone’s Way of the Cross—guides readers in prayerful conversation with Christ wherein the reader is personally addressed as “my other self” and is urged to embody Christ’s love and compassion to others. Modeled on...
The Imitation of Christ
A Timeless Classic for Contemporary Readers
Language: English
Release Date: August 11, 2017
"What would Jesus do?"
That’s the primary question Thomas à Kempis answers in his universally acclaimed work, The Imitation of Christ. In 114 short chapters organized into four simple parts, this handbook on the spiritual life offers guidance on dozens of topics such as resisting temptation,...
The Cup of Our Life
A Guide to Spiritual Growth
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2012
Joyce Rupp's bestselling contemporary classic has sold more than 200,000 copies. This new edition continues a fifteen-year tradition of helping individuals and groups pray.
Now with a new preface and fresh design, The Cup of Our Life is available to anyone seeking a more intimate and disciplined...