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Spiritualities of the Heart by Annice Callahan, R.S.C.J.
19 90, Paulist Press
225 pages
This book "combines primary sources with current scholarship to help us understand the general history of Christian spirituality. It particularly stresses the importance of the heart as a major symbol in Chirstian Spirituality." Includes writings by Thomas Aquinas, Teresa of Avila, Jean Vanier, and more.
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Parables of the Kingdom by Robert Farrar Capon
1985, Zondervan Books
170 pages
"In the author's own words, 'This book is not a routine, pious review of the parables; rather it is a fresh, adventurous look at the parabolic words and acts of Jesus in the larger light of their entire gospel and biblical context.' The Parables of the Kingdom is an exegesis of the parables of Christ that instructs entertainingly becasue of Robert Farrar Capon's distince ability to intermingle scholarship with a felicity of speech and mastery of idiom. [He] reminds us that if we want to hear the ticking of Jesus'mind, we can hardly do better than to study his parabolic words and acts over and over -- with our minds open not only to learning but to joy."
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The Love Book by Karen Casey, illustrated by David Spohn
1985, Hazeldon
105 pages
"This collection of weekly meditations explores the topic of love between friends, family, lovers, and strangers, as well as self-love, and the challenges and new vistas love offers in any of its forms.
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Weekly meditations in a pocket-size book.
The Experience of Praying by Sean Caulfield, O.S.C.O.
1980, Paulist Press
82 pages
"This book is more about the experience of praying than about the science of prayer. It is not a recipe book for meditation, although it does contain some exercises. It is not a step-by-step introduction to the comtemplative life, although there is a certain progression to the chapters. Basically this is one man's reflection on his growth in prayer. It is a sometimes-funny, sometimes-painful account of a Trappist monk's struggle to come closer to God and more in touch with his own hidden, real self."
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Sower's Seeds That Nurture Family Values: Sixth Planting by Brian Cavanaugh, T.O.R.
2000, Paulist Press
138 pages
"In an age in which guns silence the excitement of students at Columbine High School and shatter the tranquility in the community of Littleton, Colorado, and families are broken by separation, divorce, and alienation, consummate storyteller Brian Cavanaugh has gathered a collection of one hundred stories to restore faith, renew hope and refresh the spirit in family life. With a telling turn of phrase or compelling insight, the author focuses on the values and virtues that nurture and strengthen families: compassion, forgiveness, hope, humor and love. In story after story, he weaves these essentials wiht ancedotes of parenting, marriage, children, family relationships, teenagers, and peer pressure.
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Together for Life by Joseph M. Champlin
1972, Ave Maria Press
95 pages
A preparation booklet for Marriage and the Ceremony. Special edition for marriage outside Mass. Includes Scripture Readings, Comments for Couples, and the New Marriage Rite.
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Psalm Journal Book II by Joan Chittister, OSB and Mary Lou Kownacki, OSB
1985, Sheed and Ward
104 pages
"This book joins journaling and prayer. By praying and writing reflections on verses from the psalms from a personal perspective, this work enables the reader/writer to record and trace their own expeireinces, attitudes, and growth. This is a book that will be read, written and remembered by every reader/writer who begins it. This is a book to make prayer real."
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What Happens When Women Pray by Evelyn Christenson
1976, Victor Books
144 pages
"Not a stuffy theological treatise, nor yet an emotional binge, Here is down-to-earth, practical, and thoroughly biblical teaching on prayer. Best of all, it is teaching that has worked out in practice for thousands of women who have attended the author's prayer seminars."
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Who Do You Say That I Am? by Rev. Edward J. Ciuba
1974, Alba House
155 pages
"More and more Christians, in their quest for meaning to life and for personal orientation to Jesus Christ, are becoming aware of the refreshing source of the biblical Word. The author's purpose is to utilize the best critical tools, methods, and colculsions of contemporary scholarship--applying these in such a way that the ordinary layman will better appreciate the power, vitality and freshness of God's Word. This book is aimed at helping the reader to better answer the question directed to every disciple of Jesus: 'And, you, who do you say that I am?'"
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A Doubter's Prayer Book by William Cleary
1994, Paulist Press
67 pages
This "is a book written only for those who find the search for God puzzling, bewildering, frustrating, mystifying, baffling and all but hopeless: therefore, for all enlightened believers. Teh author writes from the experience of painful doubt yet his apporach is often whimsical".
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Special Days by William V. Coleman
1985, Growth Associates
96 pages
"A practical and prayerful guide to better talks, homilies and prayer services. EAch entry begins with an insightful reflection on the deeper meaning of hte day and is followed by a story to issustrate its meaning. The entry concludes with a moving prayer which can be used as a part of a talk or the high point of a prayer service. The special days pondered int his book incude: the great liturgical days, American secular celebrations, the special moments in every child's and adult's life, and the sacramental celebrations so dear to Catholic life.
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Prayer: Your Foundation for Success by Kenneth Copeland
1988, KCP Publications
105 pages
"Kenneth Copeland opens God's Word to the powerful principles behind effective prayer. Discover why we should pray and what kinds of prayer produce results. Learn how to develop a deeper spiritual life that will guide you toward success."
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Patterns in Biblical Spirituality by Thomas E. Crane
1979, Dimension Books
85 pages
"This unique work helps to create a fresh idea of the universal biblical spirituality as it brings out the human facotr in the sory of the scriptures and hleps us view certain dominant religious themes which the biblical writers use repeatedly such as God, covenant, law, bread, house, word, knowing, loving, glory , speech, blood, servant, etc." Fr. Crane was originally from Buffalo, NY.
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The Message of Saint John by Rev. Thomas E. Crane
1980, Alba House
184 pages
"Because of their spiritual language and character, the Johannine writings of the New Testament are in a class by themselves. They speak in an idiom of symbol, image, insight and mystery, centered in Jesus. Although the Christian tradition has recognized the Beloved Disciple as the teacher behind these writings, we usually do not find an explanation of the special message which joins all of these writings together on hte theological level. Father Crane shares his own reflections on the theological nature of these books. Striving to remain in vital communication with the mind behind the literature, this enlightening and reflective journey through the biblical texts constantly seeks to learn, in faith, what the apostolic teacher has said and how we can absorb this message in today's world."Fr. Crane is originally from Buffalo, NY.
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The Devotion to the Sacred Heart of Our Lord Jesus Christ by Jean Croiset, S.J.
1976, International Institute of the Heart of Jesus
251 pages
Devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, one of the greatest treasures of Christian spirituality, has received the most explicit encouragement from the Church's Magisterium. It can indeed be called the devotion of devotions. When properly practiced, it is 'the highest act of religion'."
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Spiritual Bookkeeping: A Way to Grow by Rev. Robert DeGrandis, S.S.J.
1984
A year-long journal to keep track of your spiritual goals. Includes guidelines and suggestions.
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The Secret of the Rosary by St.Louis De Montfort
1990, Montfort Publications
126 pages
"Canon Willam says of DeMontfort's book, The Secret of the Rosary--'It goes far beyond mere research. We might say that it contains everything that can be said about the rosary, its content and form, its real worth,about the instruction necessaryfor its appreciation and use.'"
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Resurrection Love-Life by Barbara Dent
1993, Paulist Press
189 pages
This book "is a remarkable invitation to experience the depth of prayer that is encountered when one is united iwhtthe risen Lord. Combining the comtemplative tradition of the church--embodied in the writing of John of the Cross and Teresa of Avila--with her own contemporary mysticism, the author weaves a series of relfection that simultaneously comfort and challenge".
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That Strange Divine Sea by Christopher Derrick
1983, Ignatious Press
189 pages
Says the author, "I offer nothing more than one man's reflections upon his own experience of 'being a Catholic'--and not a particularly good Catholic--throughout a mostly fortunate lifetime, and in particular through the changes and confusions of these last few years. I hope thereby to cast a little light upon something which, for many people, has been thrown into considerabele obscurity by those changes and confusions--the meaning of 'being a Catholic', in the sense of tis point or value or importance or relevance".
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Poustinia: Christian Spirituality of the East for Western Man by Catherine de Hueck Doherty
1975, Ave Maria Press
216 pages
"She speaks of the inner journey, but she carrie it into the Trinity. She speaks of the silence, but a silence that is the speech and silence of God. This book will speak richly to all who are in the prayer movement. But perhapsit will touch most deeply the hidden poor and hungry who have no words for the gift that sustains them--the poustinia of the heart, His presence."
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The Gospel of a Poor Woman by Catherine de Hueck Doherty
1981, Dimension Books
187 pages
"For more than a century Baroness "Katie" has stood for Christ's love for the poor -- in Harlem, in Chicago, in Toronto and in Combermere, Canada. In this lively and entertaining work she gives us the fascinating anecdotes behind her apostolate, the misery and th egrandeur, the squalor and the serenity of someone who has witnessed to Christ in the cataclysm of our times."
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Prayers for a New Day by Rev. S.C. Doyle and the Sacred Heart League
1973, Sacred Heart League
160 pages
The official prayerbook of the Sacred Heart League. A practical treasury of prayers for today's men and women. Prayers of adoration, thanksgiving, petition, confession, and intercession.
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We Cannot Find Words: The Foundations of Prayer by Tad Dunne, S.J.
1981, Dimension Books
112 pages
"This book deals with feelings-the hungry, restless longing aspects of prayer. Father Dunne shows how prayer belongs to the poor of all human progress and our development as persons.
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The Men and the Message of the Old Testament by Peter F. Ellis
1963, The Liturgical Press
560 pages
Literary and historical analysis of the Old Testament. Includes maps and other charts.
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A Month With Christ by J. Murray Elwood
1979, Ave Maria Press
127 pages
"A practical, self-taught method for praying the Gospels. An easy three step method for people who would like to learn to pray the gospels in their own words.
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Spiritual Freedom by John J. English
1973, Loyola House
256 pages
An introduction to the art of spiritual direction through the excersizes of St. Ignatious
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We Dare to Say Our Father by Louis Evely
1965, Herder and Herder
129 pages
An exploration of the Lord's Prayer. The reader is shown what is meant and what he askes for when he says the Our Father and what is asked for by this prayer.
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Teach Us How to Pray by Louis Evely
1967, Newman Press
90 pages
"Prayer for self is not an attempt to change God but a determination to let him change us; prayer for others is not an excuse for inertia but a resolve to find ways of lifting the cross."
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