Spiritual Life
Scenes from the Lives of the Saints
Scenes from the Lives of the Saints
by Anne Catherine Emmerich
In the first part the visionary provides details of the lives of 59 saints, among them Agatha, Anthony of Padua, Thomas Aquinas, Augustine, Benedict and Scholastica, Catherine, Dionysius the Areopagite, Francis and Clare of Assisi, Ignatius of Loyola (and Aloysius), Justina and Cyprian, Nicholas of Fluë, Perpetua and Felicity, and Paul and Thekla. Part two gives examples of Anne Catherine’s gift of recognizing relics and other blessed objects, leading into deep insights regarding those to whom they relate. Part three presents the fascinating story of two individuals unknown to history: Datula (along with her princely husband Pontianus) and the mysterious Judith of Africa, a Jewess living in a region called the Mountains of the Moon. The closing reflection is on Mary of Agreda.
Paperback, size 8.5" x 5.5", 248 pages
Also available in hardcover on request (additional cost)
by Anne Catherine Emmerich
In the first part the visionary provides details of the lives of 59 saints, among them Agatha, Anthony of Padua, Thomas Aquinas, Augustine, Benedict and Scholastica, Catherine, Dionysius the Areopagite, Francis and Clare of Assisi, Ignatius of Loyola (and Aloysius), Justina and Cyprian, Nicholas of Fluë, Perpetua and Felicity, and Paul and Thekla. Part two gives examples of Anne Catherine’s gift of recognizing relics and other blessed objects, leading into deep insights regarding those to whom they relate. Part three presents the fascinating story of two individuals unknown to history: Datula (along with her princely husband Pontianus) and the mysterious Judith of Africa, a Jewess living in a region called the Mountains of the Moon. The closing reflection is on Mary of Agreda.
Paperback, size 8.5" x 5.5", 248 pages
Also available in hardcover on request (additional cost)
Union With God
Union With God
According to the Letters of Direction of Dom Marmion
by Bl Dom Columba Marmion, O.S.B.
Blessed Columba Marmion was much sought after throughout his life by those with questions on faith, prayer, or temptation; and his striking powers of spiritual counsel are on full display in this collection of letters exchanged between him and various members of the faithful. Union with God reveals a man speaking not only from the experience of the mind, but also from the depths of his own soul. These letters find Marmion employing his vast theological knowledge to give advice that is at once practical and profound, simple and extraordinary. The attentive reader will quickly understand why even popes and bishops looked to him for inspiration and counsel.
Paperback, size 8" x 5", 298 pages
Also available in hardcover on request (additional cost)
According to the Letters of Direction of Dom Marmion
by Bl Dom Columba Marmion, O.S.B.
Blessed Columba Marmion was much sought after throughout his life by those with questions on faith, prayer, or temptation; and his striking powers of spiritual counsel are on full display in this collection of letters exchanged between him and various members of the faithful. Union with God reveals a man speaking not only from the experience of the mind, but also from the depths of his own soul. These letters find Marmion employing his vast theological knowledge to give advice that is at once practical and profound, simple and extraordinary. The attentive reader will quickly understand why even popes and bishops looked to him for inspiration and counsel.
Paperback, size 8" x 5", 298 pages
Also available in hardcover on request (additional cost)
According to the Letters of Direction of Dom Marmion
Sursum Corda!
Sursum Corda!
Collection of Short Works
by Mother Mary Loyola
This long-awaited anthology of all the minor works by Mother Mary Loyola is the fruit of many years of seeking. The relatively small size of the many booklets she wrote, mostly for the Catholic Truth Society, seems to have led over the years to the loss of most copies. Therefore it was no mean feat to assemble the most complete collection possible, including 13 of her 14 known pamphlets, as well as a bonus selection: a short essay published in a school magazine during the last year of Mother Loyola’s life. From her early How to Help the Sick and Dying to her biographical preface for the Maxims of Mary Ward, they can all be found in this volume. We hope that this will preserve them to future generations.
Paperback, size 8.5" x 5.5", 522 pages
Collection of Short Works
by Mother Mary Loyola
This long-awaited anthology of all the minor works by Mother Mary Loyola is the fruit of many years of seeking. The relatively small size of the many booklets she wrote, mostly for the Catholic Truth Society, seems to have led over the years to the loss of most copies. Therefore it was no mean feat to assemble the most complete collection possible, including 13 of her 14 known pamphlets, as well as a bonus selection: a short essay published in a school magazine during the last year of Mother Loyola’s life. From her early How to Help the Sick and Dying to her biographical preface for the Maxims of Mary Ward, they can all be found in this volume. We hope that this will preserve them to future generations.
Paperback, size 8.5" x 5.5", 522 pages
Collection of Short Works
Guidance to Heaven
Guidance to Heaven
by Cardinal Giovanni Bona
Amid the shortness and uncertainty of life, Guidance to Heaven shows why we should live in anticipation of and preparation for death. Cardinal Bona advises us not to live in such a way that we are afraid to die because we are unprepared; but rather, realizing that death is our grand entrance into true life, we should make it our life's work to get ready. This spiritual text has been compared to the Imitation of Christ for its simplicity, clarity, and potency of doctrine, which befits the Cistercian formation of the author. And yet Cardinal Bona, a consummate liturgist and classicist, cannot fail to exude some of that scholarly erudition in his writing on the ascetical life. His Guidance to Heaven is short and powerful, coming from the heart of a man dedicated to the Lord in prayer and humility.
Giovanni Cardinal Bona was born in 1609 in Mondovi, Piedmont, Italy, near the border with France. He became a Cistercian monk at the age of 15, exhibiting an extraordinary erudition in his studies, as well as exceptional humility and sanctity. His qualities led him to be called as a prior, then abbot, and finally superior general of the Cistercians in Rome. While there, he served humbly and fervently, declining even offers of the episcopate, and hoped to retire into a life of study: instead, he was made a consultor to the Holy Office. When he became a cardinal, his extreme simplicity shone forth: his lifestyle did not change at all, and all of his surplus wealth he donated to needy priests at the Missionary College in Rome.
Let the words of this holy man reach you and bring you to an ever-greater zeal for pursuing the Lord in preparation for death.
Paperback, size 7" x 4.25", 188 pages
by Cardinal Giovanni Bona
Amid the shortness and uncertainty of life, Guidance to Heaven shows why we should live in anticipation of and preparation for death. Cardinal Bona advises us not to live in such a way that we are afraid to die because we are unprepared; but rather, realizing that death is our grand entrance into true life, we should make it our life's work to get ready. This spiritual text has been compared to the Imitation of Christ for its simplicity, clarity, and potency of doctrine, which befits the Cistercian formation of the author. And yet Cardinal Bona, a consummate liturgist and classicist, cannot fail to exude some of that scholarly erudition in his writing on the ascetical life. His Guidance to Heaven is short and powerful, coming from the heart of a man dedicated to the Lord in prayer and humility.
Giovanni Cardinal Bona was born in 1609 in Mondovi, Piedmont, Italy, near the border with France. He became a Cistercian monk at the age of 15, exhibiting an extraordinary erudition in his studies, as well as exceptional humility and sanctity. His qualities led him to be called as a prior, then abbot, and finally superior general of the Cistercians in Rome. While there, he served humbly and fervently, declining even offers of the episcopate, and hoped to retire into a life of study: instead, he was made a consultor to the Holy Office. When he became a cardinal, his extreme simplicity shone forth: his lifestyle did not change at all, and all of his surplus wealth he donated to needy priests at the Missionary College in Rome.
Let the words of this holy man reach you and bring you to an ever-greater zeal for pursuing the Lord in preparation for death.
Paperback, size 7" x 4.25", 188 pages
Imitation of The Sacred Heart of Jesus
Imitation of The Sacred Heart of Jesus
by Rev. Peter J. Arnoudt, SJ
Recommended to us as even better than The Imitation of Christ. Jesus speaks to the reader - through the author, of course - in short, easy-to-understand chapters that are filled with wisdom. Thereafter the soul speaks to Jesus.
This book thoughtfully covers every way in which we can perfect ourselves through devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. Not only that, but it warns us against every pitfall we face in the daunting task of attaining holiness. It includes important chapters on:
by Rev. Peter J. Arnoudt, SJ
Recommended to us as even better than The Imitation of Christ. Jesus speaks to the reader - through the author, of course - in short, easy-to-understand chapters that are filled with wisdom. Thereafter the soul speaks to Jesus.
This book thoughtfully covers every way in which we can perfect ourselves through devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. Not only that, but it warns us against every pitfall we face in the daunting task of attaining holiness. It includes important chapters on:
- The dissatisfaction worldly goods provide
- Salvation and the Sacred Heart
- Perfection and imitation of the Sacred Heart
- Cleansing of mortal and venial sins
- Sanctifying grace
- Jesus’s life and the Sacred Heart
- Jesus’s suffering and the Sacred Heart
- Unity with the Sacred Heart
Paperback, size 8.5" x 5.5", 576 pages, Impr.
The Gift of Oneself
The Gift of Oneself
Surrendering Oneself to God as a Way of Life
by Fr Joseph Schryvers, C.SS.R.
The Gift of Oneself discusses the giving of oneself completely to God, holding back nothing for ourselves. And in return, Almighty God in a special way concerns Himself with the sanctification of our souls and the care of our temporal needs. Jesus will work wonders in a soul so given over to Him, for He is the best of all spiritual directors.
Those who read this book derive a great feeling of peace and security from it. The Gift of Oneself will be a surprise and a delight to those generous souls who are ready to embark upon a secure and rewarding spiritual life!
Paperback, size 8.5" x 5.5", 180 pages
Surrendering Oneself to God as a Way of Life
by Fr Joseph Schryvers, C.SS.R.
The Gift of Oneself discusses the giving of oneself completely to God, holding back nothing for ourselves. And in return, Almighty God in a special way concerns Himself with the sanctification of our souls and the care of our temporal needs. Jesus will work wonders in a soul so given over to Him, for He is the best of all spiritual directors.
Those who read this book derive a great feeling of peace and security from it. The Gift of Oneself will be a surprise and a delight to those generous souls who are ready to embark upon a secure and rewarding spiritual life!
Paperback, size 8.5" x 5.5", 180 pages
Surrendering Oneself to God as a Way of Life
Dark Night of the Soul hardcover
Dark Night of the Soul
by St John of the Cross
St. John of the Cross takes us on a journey into ourselves, a journey of knowledge and self understanding, that encompasses our failings and imperfections. It shows us how in a place beyond words we can embrace sadness and grief, and seeking God, our lives will be turned around. He describes the “arid and dark night of contemplation” which leads us to “the knowledge of oneself and of one’s misery.” True knowledge of our self and of our condition shows how far we must go to find God, who our restless hearts incessantly seek.
The Dark Night of the Soul describes how first the senses, and then the spirit undergo a series of purgation, which aids in bringing it closer to God, and eventually preparing it for union with Him. The individual soul seeks Jesus in a mystical marriage. For after the dark night, comes the joy of mystical union with God.
This edition has been re-typeset using the text of the 1916 edition originally published by Thomas Baker, London under the Imprimatur of Edm. Canon Surmont, Vicar General, Westminster, 26th March 1916.
Also available in Paperback.
Leather Hardcover, size 8.3" x 5.5", 200 pages
by St John of the Cross
St. John of the Cross takes us on a journey into ourselves, a journey of knowledge and self understanding, that encompasses our failings and imperfections. It shows us how in a place beyond words we can embrace sadness and grief, and seeking God, our lives will be turned around. He describes the “arid and dark night of contemplation” which leads us to “the knowledge of oneself and of one’s misery.” True knowledge of our self and of our condition shows how far we must go to find God, who our restless hearts incessantly seek.
The Dark Night of the Soul describes how first the senses, and then the spirit undergo a series of purgation, which aids in bringing it closer to God, and eventually preparing it for union with Him. The individual soul seeks Jesus in a mystical marriage. For after the dark night, comes the joy of mystical union with God.
This edition has been re-typeset using the text of the 1916 edition originally published by Thomas Baker, London under the Imprimatur of Edm. Canon Surmont, Vicar General, Westminster, 26th March 1916.
Also available in Paperback.
Leather Hardcover, size 8.3" x 5.5", 200 pages
The Blessed Sacrament
The Blessed Sacrament
God with Us
by The Benedictine Convent of Clyde
Booklet, size 6" x 3.75", 78 pages
God with Us
by The Benedictine Convent of Clyde
The Blessed Sacrament is the great "open secret" of the Catholic Church — the great truth that Jesus Christ is in the Tabernacle and is accessible to all who believe in Him. But this truth is not immediately obvious, and thus it is not really appreciated as it should be.
The Blessed Sacrament: God With Us is a call to all Catholics to appreciate and love Our Lord in the Blessed Sacrament, for in that perpetual miracle is all the wealth of His love, and our "heaven" on earth! Impr.
Booklet, size 6" x 3.75", 78 pages
God with Us
The Twelve Steps to Holiness and Salvation
The Twelve Steps to Holiness and Salvation
Compiled from the writings of St Alphonsus Liguori
St. Alphonsus Liguori, the Prince of Moral Theologians, was one of the greatest preachers in Church history. A religious founder, far-reaching theologian, and holy man of God, St. Alphonsus never fails to utter a stirring word that draws out a lively penitence and redoubled dedication to the work of God from his audience. Carved out from his greatest writings, The 12 Steps to Holiness and Salvation contains classic texts of Catholic spirituality that teach you the practical way to Heaven.
In these selections, St. Alphonsus reviews twelve key virtues that lead to sanctity and heavenly glory:
Compiled from the writings of St Alphonsus Liguori
St. Alphonsus Liguori, the Prince of Moral Theologians, was one of the greatest preachers in Church history. A religious founder, far-reaching theologian, and holy man of God, St. Alphonsus never fails to utter a stirring word that draws out a lively penitence and redoubled dedication to the work of God from his audience. Carved out from his greatest writings, The 12 Steps to Holiness and Salvation contains classic texts of Catholic spirituality that teach you the practical way to Heaven.
In these selections, St. Alphonsus reviews twelve key virtues that lead to sanctity and heavenly glory:
- Love, Faith, and Hope
- Love of God and Love of Neighbor
- Poverty, Chastity, and Obedience
- Meekness and Humility
- Recollection and Prayer
- Mortification and Love of the Cross
Resonating throughout St. Alphonsus's work, and here no less, is the profound sense of sin and its awfulness that he undoubtedly felt and from which he longs to save his flock. He dwells repeatedly on the Four Last Things: Death, Judgment, Hell, and Heaven, bringing the reader to consider his own eternal destiny. Above all, St. Alphonsus's words are permeated by what seems a prolonged meditation on the words of Our Lord: "What doth it profit a man if he gain the whole world and suffer the loss of his own soul?"
And yet, though St. Alphonsus can be a terrible and grave man to hear, it is only from the most unique tenderness and subtlety of his heart that such words can spring. For "out of the fullness of the heart, the mouth speaketh," and St. Alphonsus's heart was only filled to the brim with genuine desire for innocence and purity of heart in all his spiritual children. It is worth noting he never refused absolution to anyone.
There is no better teacher on moral theology to ever grace the Church than St. Alphonsus Liguori. Let The 12 Steps to Holiness and Salvation guide you away from the mortal error of indifference to sin and into the joyful light and beatitude of holy suffering, leading you up the 12-step stairway to sanctity.
Paperback, size 7" x 4.25", 216 pages
Compiled from the writings of St Alphonsus Liguori
The Way of Perfection
The Way of Perfection
by St Teresa of Avila
Saint Teresa of Ávila, mystic, Carmelite reformer, and Doctor of the Church, is one of the greatest people to ever walk the face of the Earth—and even one of the greatest saints. Her position as a spiritual master is uncontested and, as her Way of Perfection will attest, her method of prayer was simple: through astounding sanctity and humility, as well as intensive recollection, we may approach God through meditation and come to know Him intimately. And He always rewards us more than we deserve.
From this saintly life developed a method of prayer, a veritable method of growing in perfection, that includes such insights as this:
The Way of Perfection is an astounding work by an astounding saint, a highly detailed and immensely useful guide to approaching the Lord through higher and higher degrees of meditative prayer and contemplation, written by the queen among the saints of meditation, beyond compare in mystical wisdom. Let that wisdom pierce your heart too, through the words of these pages.
Paperback, size 8.5" x 5.5", 271 pages
by St Teresa of Avila
Saint Teresa of Ávila, mystic, Carmelite reformer, and Doctor of the Church, is one of the greatest people to ever walk the face of the Earth—and even one of the greatest saints. Her position as a spiritual master is uncontested and, as her Way of Perfection will attest, her method of prayer was simple: through astounding sanctity and humility, as well as intensive recollection, we may approach God through meditation and come to know Him intimately. And He always rewards us more than we deserve.
From this saintly life developed a method of prayer, a veritable method of growing in perfection, that includes such insights as this:
- Prayer must never be self-indulgent.
- Only solitude and interior quietude are necessary for meditative prayer.
- Vocal prayer is of extreme use and must be said humbly and attentively.
- Meditation is necessary to grow in virtue.
- Recollection of one's nothingness before prayer is essential.
- Humility and perseverance are necessary for prayer.
- And so much more . . .
The Way of Perfection is an astounding work by an astounding saint, a highly detailed and immensely useful guide to approaching the Lord through higher and higher degrees of meditative prayer and contemplation, written by the queen among the saints of meditation, beyond compare in mystical wisdom. Let that wisdom pierce your heart too, through the words of these pages.
Paperback, size 8.5" x 5.5", 271 pages
The Collected Works of St. Teresa of Avila, vol. 1
The Collected Works of St. Teresa of Avila, vol. 1
Includes The Book of Her Life, Spiritual Testimonies and the Soliloquies
by St Teresa of Avila
Volume One of The Collected Works of St. Teresa of Avila, first woman doctor of the church. The translators have taken full advantage of all that recent scholarship has contributed to a better understanding of Teresa and her writings.
This volume includes her first major work, The Book of Her Life, and two of her shorter works, the Spiritual Testimonies and the Soliloquies. Clear and contemporary, this rendering captures Teresa's spirit while remaining faithful to her thought. Includes general and biblical index.
Paperback, size 8.5" x 5.5", 420 pages
Includes The Book of Her Life, Spiritual Testimonies and the Soliloquies
by St Teresa of Avila
Volume One of The Collected Works of St. Teresa of Avila, first woman doctor of the church. The translators have taken full advantage of all that recent scholarship has contributed to a better understanding of Teresa and her writings.
This volume includes her first major work, The Book of Her Life, and two of her shorter works, the Spiritual Testimonies and the Soliloquies. Clear and contemporary, this rendering captures Teresa's spirit while remaining faithful to her thought. Includes general and biblical index.
Paperback, size 8.5" x 5.5", 420 pages
Includes The Book of Her Life, Spiritual Testimonies and the Soliloquies
The Collected Works of St. Teresa of Avila, vol. 2
The Collected Works of St. Teresa of Avila, vol. 2
Includes The Way of Perfection and The Interior Castle
by St Teresa of Avila
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 and contemplation. Throughout this work she teaches her nuns about prayer and also teaches us.
The Interior Castle is considered St. Teresa of Avila’s masterpiece. She wrote this last work in just a few months in 1577, five years before her death. At this point in her life she had been granted the highest mystical graces; this book is the fruit of her lived experience and a deep-felt praise of God for it. Using the image of a castle, Teresa describes the soul’s progressive inner journey through seven dwelling places, until finally reaching the center where, now transformed, it is united with God.
Paperback, size 8.5" x 5.5", 554 pages
Includes The Way of Perfection and The Interior Castle
The Spiritual Doctrine of St Catherine of Genoa
The Spiritual Doctrine of St Catherine of Genoa
by St Catherine of Genoa & Don Cattereo Marabotto (her Confessor)
The Spiritual Doctrine of St. Catherine of Genoa is one of the most unusual Catholic books ever written. The subject of this book explains what the spirit of Christ opposed to the spirit of the world can mean in the life of a soul. St. Catherine of Genoa, a member of an illustrious Italian noble family, was married but had no children. She and her husband worked in a hospital in Genoa, of which she later became director.
This volume contains three separate works: The Life and Doctrine of St. Catherine of Genoa, the Spiritual Dialogue and the Treatise on Purgatory. The latter alone is worth the price of the entire book and sets the theme for all three writings. St. Catherine sees the entire Christian life as one of purgation. If the cleansing of the soul in this life is not completed it is simply continued in the next. The Treatise on Purgatory explains the attitude of the Poor Souls, their sufferings of Purgatory and those of Hell.
The Spiritual Doctrine of St. Catherine of Genoa teaches us that the only truly important progress made in this life is the development of the human soul and that all else is insignificant in comparison. St. Catherine demonstrates that what we do with our precious allotment of time will determine what we shall be for all eternity.
Paperback, size 7" x 4.25", 328 pages
by St Catherine of Genoa & Don Cattereo Marabotto (her Confessor)
The Spiritual Doctrine of St. Catherine of Genoa is one of the most unusual Catholic books ever written. The subject of this book explains what the spirit of Christ opposed to the spirit of the world can mean in the life of a soul. St. Catherine of Genoa, a member of an illustrious Italian noble family, was married but had no children. She and her husband worked in a hospital in Genoa, of which she later became director.
This volume contains three separate works: The Life and Doctrine of St. Catherine of Genoa, the Spiritual Dialogue and the Treatise on Purgatory. The latter alone is worth the price of the entire book and sets the theme for all three writings. St. Catherine sees the entire Christian life as one of purgation. If the cleansing of the soul in this life is not completed it is simply continued in the next. The Treatise on Purgatory explains the attitude of the Poor Souls, their sufferings of Purgatory and those of Hell.
The Spiritual Doctrine of St. Catherine of Genoa teaches us that the only truly important progress made in this life is the development of the human soul and that all else is insignificant in comparison. St. Catherine demonstrates that what we do with our precious allotment of time will determine what we shall be for all eternity.
Paperback, size 7" x 4.25", 328 pages
The Blessed Sacrament
The Blessed Sacrament
The Works and Ways of God
by Fr. Frederick William Faber
Fr. Faber's brilliant work on the Eucharist, The Blessed Sacrament: The Works and Ways of God considers the magnificent gift Our Lord has given us in this holiest of mysteries: the Mystery of His very Body and Blood. His aim is to inspire a reverential awe and love for God's greatest work, the compendium of all miracles, and Summit of the Sacraments. Included are Fr. Faber's insights into the theology of transubstantiation (rendered all the more useful by Fr. Faber's upbringing in and countering of Protestant denials of this truth), as well as descriptions of Our Lord's five Eucharistic sufferings. Fr. Faber urges reparation to the Sacred Heart of Jesus in the Most Blessed Sacrament.
As usual, Fr. Faber ranges over the entire Catholic Faith in this work, not limiting his wisdom's scope, and enlightening our minds and inflaming our souls with a more deeply Catholic outlook on life.
Paperback, size 8.5" x 5.5", 464 pages
The Works and Ways of God
by Fr. Frederick William Faber
Fr. Faber's brilliant work on the Eucharist, The Blessed Sacrament: The Works and Ways of God considers the magnificent gift Our Lord has given us in this holiest of mysteries: the Mystery of His very Body and Blood. His aim is to inspire a reverential awe and love for God's greatest work, the compendium of all miracles, and Summit of the Sacraments. Included are Fr. Faber's insights into the theology of transubstantiation (rendered all the more useful by Fr. Faber's upbringing in and countering of Protestant denials of this truth), as well as descriptions of Our Lord's five Eucharistic sufferings. Fr. Faber urges reparation to the Sacred Heart of Jesus in the Most Blessed Sacrament.
As usual, Fr. Faber ranges over the entire Catholic Faith in this work, not limiting his wisdom's scope, and enlightening our minds and inflaming our souls with a more deeply Catholic outlook on life.
Paperback, size 8.5" x 5.5", 464 pages
The Works and Ways of God
The Precious Blood
The Precious Blood
The Price of Our Salvation
by Fr Fredrick William Faber
Fr. Faber calls it the price of our salvation, for Our Lord died from loss of blood. Says, it is out of the Precious Blood that men draw martyrdoms, vocations, celibacies, austerities, heroic charities and all the magnificent graces of high sanctity.
The Price of Our Salvation
by Fr Fredrick William Faber
Fr. Faber calls it the price of our salvation, for Our Lord died from loss of blood. Says, it is out of the Precious Blood that men draw martyrdoms, vocations, celibacies, austerities, heroic charities and all the magnificent graces of high sanctity.
The Sacraments are God's machinery for keeping His Precious Blood always flowing in the Church and that the evils on earth and the pains of Hell would be much worse without the shedding of Our Lord's Precious Blood.
Paperback, size 8.5" x 5.5", 278 pages
Paperback, size 8.5" x 5.5", 278 pages
The Price of Our Salvation
All for Jesus
All for Jesus
The Easy Ways of Divine Love
by Fr. Frederick William Faber
In All for Jesus, Fr. Faber provides one of his most tender and encouraging spiritual treatises, because the subject of his discourse is Divine Love. He urges us to save our souls by "serving Jesus out of love," for "everything comes easy to love." In addition to powerful motives for the love of God (something we have been preached since youth and can take for granted without stopping to contemplate), Fr. Faber shows how Christian perfection is not nearly so difficult as it seems, because true love will transform all of our actions. For the yoke of the Lord is easy, and His burden is light.
In short, Fr. Faber shows that, if we love God, it will be with us as it was with Jacob working to earn the hand of Rachel: "Years would seem but days; for the greatness of our love." This is Fr. Faber at his finest. Let his rare wisdom, characteristic of a more ancient Christian sage, guide you through the "easy ways of Divine Love."
Paperback, size 8.5" x 5.5", 328 pages
The Easy Ways of Divine Love
Way to Everlasting Happiness
Way to Everlasting Happiness
The Beatitudes
compiled by Fr Francis X. Lasance
This short work is a practical guide for daily living the beatitudes. Through quotations, stories and examples, Father Lasance simplifies each of the eight beatitudes and shows us the importance of practicing virtue, so we too may one day be numbered among the Blessed in Heaven.
Original 1940 reprint with improved formatting.
Paperback, size 7" x 5", 150 pages, Impr 1940
The Beatitudes
compiled by Fr Francis X. Lasance
This short work is a practical guide for daily living the beatitudes. Through quotations, stories and examples, Father Lasance simplifies each of the eight beatitudes and shows us the importance of practicing virtue, so we too may one day be numbered among the Blessed in Heaven.
Original 1940 reprint with improved formatting.
Paperback, size 7" x 5", 150 pages, Impr 1940
The Beatitudes
The Rules for Spiritual Life
The Rules for Spiritual Life
by Fr Jose Trevino
As in biological life, spiritual life has its iron laws ordained by God that must be followed for one to thrive. In this practical and edifying book, Fr. José Guadalupe Treviño presents these laws and shows how to employ them to make spiritual progress.
Fr. Treviño devotes a full chapter to each of the eighteen rules, unpacking their significance and benefits. You will profit from St. Thomas Aquinas’s advice about the chief duty of beginners in the spiritual life and his reflection on why the contemplative life is superior to the active life.
You will come to understand the common barriers to prayer and how to overcome them—including the single greatest obstacle on your road to perfection. You will learn how to grow in recollection throughout the day and cultivate the awareness of the presence of God. Additionally, you’ll discover your predominant fault, answers to common misconceptions about holiness, and the authentic signs of spiritual progress.
In this classic foundational work for spiritual growth, Fr. Treviño will teach you three steps to total surrender that will lead your soul to the heights of holiness and the one thing to which you must be ever faithful on the road to sanctity.
Masterfully, through practical points and enriching explanations, he will guide you in:
by Fr Jose Trevino
As in biological life, spiritual life has its iron laws ordained by God that must be followed for one to thrive. In this practical and edifying book, Fr. José Guadalupe Treviño presents these laws and shows how to employ them to make spiritual progress.
Fr. Treviño devotes a full chapter to each of the eighteen rules, unpacking their significance and benefits. You will profit from St. Thomas Aquinas’s advice about the chief duty of beginners in the spiritual life and his reflection on why the contemplative life is superior to the active life.
You will come to understand the common barriers to prayer and how to overcome them—including the single greatest obstacle on your road to perfection. You will learn how to grow in recollection throughout the day and cultivate the awareness of the presence of God. Additionally, you’ll discover your predominant fault, answers to common misconceptions about holiness, and the authentic signs of spiritual progress.
In this classic foundational work for spiritual growth, Fr. Treviño will teach you three steps to total surrender that will lead your soul to the heights of holiness and the one thing to which you must be ever faithful on the road to sanctity.
Masterfully, through practical points and enriching explanations, he will guide you in:
- Four steps to rooting out venial sin
- The first quality necessary for total surrender
- The surprising way we receive the highest graces
- What must become our daily food (Try to guess!)
- The six essential ways to love
- Three signs that you have become lukewarm (Fervent souls, take note!)
You will see how to live a balanced spiritual life and avoid scrupulosity and will discover the pitfall you must watch out for as you advance. And you will learn about the source of all holiness and the golden thread that binds all the stages of the spiritual life together and unites us with God.
Paperback, size 8.4" x 5.4", 256 pages
The Collected Works of St John of the Cross
The Collected Works of St John of the Cross
by St John of the Cross
translated byKieran Kavanaugh, OCD and Otilio Rodriguez, OCD
This revised edition of The Collected Works of St. John of the Cross was produced to mark the fourth centenary of the death of St. John of the Cross (1542–1591). The result is an English translation of his writings that preserves the authentic meaning of the great mystic’s writings, presents them as clearly as possible, and at the same time gives the reader the doctrinal and historical information that will lead to a deeper understanding and appreciation of the teachings of the Mystical Doctor.
Included in The Collected Works are St. John’s poetry, The Ascent of Mount Carmel, The Dark Night, The Spiritual Canticle, and The Living Flame of Love, as well as his extant letters and other counsels.
Paperback, size 9" x 6", 814 pages
by St John of the Cross
translated byKieran Kavanaugh, OCD and Otilio Rodriguez, OCD
This revised edition of The Collected Works of St. John of the Cross was produced to mark the fourth centenary of the death of St. John of the Cross (1542–1591). The result is an English translation of his writings that preserves the authentic meaning of the great mystic’s writings, presents them as clearly as possible, and at the same time gives the reader the doctrinal and historical information that will lead to a deeper understanding and appreciation of the teachings of the Mystical Doctor.
Included in The Collected Works are St. John’s poetry, The Ascent of Mount Carmel, The Dark Night, The Spiritual Canticle, and The Living Flame of Love, as well as his extant letters and other counsels.
Paperback, size 9" x 6", 814 pages
Overcoming Worldly Concerns
Overcoming Worldly Concerns
by Archbishop Alban Goodier
No matter how pure or virtuous your intentions may be, you can easily get so caught up in temporal pursuits — “the things of this world” — that you forget about God and His intimate, sustained involvement in your life. But with help from this book, you can turn that around by making an examination of your life that will orient you on the fertile path to Jesus Christ.
It's not enough simply to call yourself a Christian or attend Sunday Mass: you need to decide to live for God rather than for yourself. To help you do so, Archbishop Alban Goodier explains how giving yourself to God will ennoble you and bring you great rewards. He details the many ways in which you will gain happiness by rising above the concerns of this world, even amid the cares and duties of your daily life! He shows how the very fact of God's existence — to say nothing of achieving spiritual closeness with Him — gives meaning and dignity to your life in a way that worldly possessions or success never can.
Uncompromising, incisive, and comprehensive, Overcoming Worldly Concerns is a much-needed wake-up call for every “comfortable Christian.”
Abandon yourself fully to God and learn:
Paperback, size 8.5" x 5.5", 144 pages
by Archbishop Alban Goodier
No matter how pure or virtuous your intentions may be, you can easily get so caught up in temporal pursuits — “the things of this world” — that you forget about God and His intimate, sustained involvement in your life. But with help from this book, you can turn that around by making an examination of your life that will orient you on the fertile path to Jesus Christ.
It's not enough simply to call yourself a Christian or attend Sunday Mass: you need to decide to live for God rather than for yourself. To help you do so, Archbishop Alban Goodier explains how giving yourself to God will ennoble you and bring you great rewards. He details the many ways in which you will gain happiness by rising above the concerns of this world, even amid the cares and duties of your daily life! He shows how the very fact of God's existence — to say nothing of achieving spiritual closeness with Him — gives meaning and dignity to your life in a way that worldly possessions or success never can.
Uncompromising, incisive, and comprehensive, Overcoming Worldly Concerns is a much-needed wake-up call for every “comfortable Christian.”
Abandon yourself fully to God and learn:
- The little-known fact that will inspire you to resist sin with all your strength
- The ways in which you've been throwing away God's grace
- The secret of the saints that makes them such a powerful help for you today — if only you ask for that help
- How you can be certain of God's love for you at any given moment
- How you can arm yourself for the spiritual warfare that is sure to beset your soul
- The many forms and levels of prayer (and why just knowing them is not enough)
- The most common hindrances to prayer — and how to overcome them
Paperback, size 8.5" x 5.5", 144 pages