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Saint Therese Of Lisieux Prayer Book
$17.99Add to cartI THE PRAYER LIFE OF ST. THERESE OF LISIEUX
Her Childhood Devotion And Family Life
Prayer In The Carmelite Convent
Mental Prayer
Loving Jesus
II PRAYING ALONGSIDE ST. THERESE
Morning And Evening Prayer (AN INTRODUCTION)
Themes For Seven Days Of PrayerAdditional Info
The wisdom of St. Therese of Lisieux–for all who want to prayHow did this saint’s precious–even precocious–childhood devotion to God develop into such wisdom? Therese Martin entered a Carmelite convent at age 15 and died of tuberculosis at age 24. In that short time, her “little flower” of a life came into vibrant, spiritual bloom.
Millions of people know and adore St. Therese–the world’s most popular saint during the first half of the 20th century–from her autobiography, The Story of a Soul, an international bestseller.
This warm, wise little book will help you to discover firsthand how to receive God’s presence and love. You will:
Walk with Therese through days of humility, suffering, beauty, and spiritual sensitivity.
Discover how, through prayer and growing faith, you too can follow your own Little Way to authentic Christian experience.
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Christ Within Me
$16.95Add to cartFrom the rich tradition of the Anglo-Saxon Church of the sixth, seventh, and eighth centuries, Benedicta Ward has selected prayers and passages for meditation from both Latin and Anglo-Saxon sources. The mixture of Latin and Celtic Christian cultures, distilled and appropriated by the Germanic Anglo-Saxons, produced a distinctive English spiritual tradition which embraced kings and princesses, abbesses and monks, cowherds and poets, soldiers and beggars, and birds and animals. ‘It is possible through these passages to walk with these men and women as friends and see how their lives became filled with the life of Christ, in pain and desolation as well as in wonder, love, and praise.’
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Gentle Keeping : Prayers And Services For Remembering Departed Loved Ones T
$7.95Add to cartAt last a book of simple prayers and prayer services for those who mourn that is intended for use at the dining room table or on the living room couch. Author and bereavement ministry leader Mauryeen O’Brien offers grieving loved ones words for remembering those who have died. Designed for use in the home with family and friends, Gentle Keeping offers comfort for the grieving and gentle guidance on leading prayer. With prayers for particular people and special occasions, these twenty-eight simple prayers and twenty-five prayer services sustain those who mourn through the ordinary and not-so-ordinary days of the year.
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Praying Our Experiences (Expanded)
$13.95Add to cartTable Of Contents
Introduction: To Know Ourselves As God Knows Us
1. Beginning To Pray Our Experiences: Notions Of Prayer
2. Self-Knowledge: Giftedness And Brokenness
3. Introspection: Narcissism And The Limited Ego
4. Healing The Past: Naming, Accepting, And Forgiving
5. Writing: Discovery And Dialogue
6. Sacred Scripture: Biblical Events And Personal History
7. Incarnational Prayer: Praying From Our Humanness
8. Ministry: Good Works, Love, And Ambiguity
9. Faith: Incarnation And Truth
10. Our Best PrayerAdditional Info
God wants us to share our lives and our hearts with him. In this updated and expanded edition of a spiritual classic, Christian Brother Joseph Schmidt gently leads us to recognize than honest reflection before God on the ordinary experiences of our lives is the very means of our spiritual growth. As we speak to God about our personal story, we can explore the significance of our unrest, our joys, our fears, and our hopes. Then the Holy Spirit will lead us to self-knowledge and the freedom to accept and appreciate ourselves and our lives as they are. This book goes beyond any specific way of praying to the very heart of prayer: intimacy with God.Valuable for any Christian, no matter where they are in their faith journey.
Helps readers view distractions in prayer as opportunities to draw closer to God.
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Ignatian Introduction To Prayer
$16.95Add to cartThis is a book for those who desire to pray with Sacred Scripture. Following the spiritual itinerary of the Spiritual Exercises by Ignatius of Loyola, forty reflections offer a great resource for those beginning to pray with Scripture. They provide accompaniment in the first, tentative steps of such blessed prayer. For those who already practice prayer with Scripture, and who seek new depth in that prayer, these emotionally rich reflections can provide an opportunity for such growth. They are also useful for spiritual directors, retreat directors, small groups in parishes, and in the home.
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Book Of Common Prayer Personal Edition
$66.00Add to cartThe perfect style for a wide variety of uses, such as pew book or special gift, the Personal Edition includes a Family Record section with certificates for the rites of Baptism, Confirmation, and Marriage. All bindings feature ribbon markers and gilded page edges. Includes Revised Common Lectionary.
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Book Of Common Prayer 1979 Gift Edition
$32.99Add to cartThis gift edition of The Book of Common Prayer by Oxford University Press features a durable imitation leather cover, stained page edges, a ribbon marker, presentation page, and baptismal, confirmation and marriage certificates. It also includes the Revised Common Lectionary.
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Silence Solitude Simplicity
$29.95Add to cart“We all need God,” Sister Jeremy says in her first sentence, and readers of all sorts will find here a warm and practical address to that need. The monastic way is not forsaking the world, but for the sake of the world, and Sister Jeremy’s Benedictine wisdom is fundamental human wisdom. Her book is the fruit of decades of practice, and the spiritual journey she recounts is nobody’s but hers-which makes it, paradoxically, something from which everyone can learn. “I did” is much more effective teaching than “one might” or “you should.”
There is nothing musty, cobwebbed, or nostalgic in these pages. Sister Jeremy, in her late 80s, is totally alert to the world around her and within us. She is allergic to sentimentality. Because she has spent so much time in silence-she lived as a hermit for 20 years-she is especially attentive to words and how like a chameleon they can be. Her antennae are sensitive to anything phony. Every sentence glows with her graceful and witty and hospitable spirit. She is an inspired teacher, a trustworthy guide, one of God’s great ones. She shows how a monastic is not on a pedestal or behind a wall, but right in the thick of things with all of us.
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Praying Throughout The Day
$17.99Add to cartCombating their distorted sense of time and space, anyone with addictions will find comfort in this hourly structure that nourishes them from the start of the day, through their working hours, and into the safety and peace of nighttime. Praying Throughout the Day uses the format of the Church’s Liturgy of the Hours as a framework for people with adductions to pray their way through each day, hour by hour. Guided by Scripture and the saints, readers will become immersed in salvation history and empowered to move from one struggle to the next.
This book combines the best wisdom of spiritual formation, i.e., regularity in prayer, with modern methods of addiction recovery, and will appeal to those with addictions of all kinds. In addition to those with addictions or in self-help programs, this book will be most useful to counselors, retreat directors, pastoral ministers, chaplains, and all healing professionals. -
40 Days To A Closer Walk With God
$14.99Add to cartAre you trying to do it all yourself? Muyskens reminds us that what God seeks is relationship with us, a two-way communication. What relationship with God requires is very similar to what our earthly relationships require: openness, listening, focused time. One way to practice the skills needed for this relationship is centering prayer, a simple but deeply powerful prayer practice. In beautiful and accessible language, Muyskens invites us to spend time daily focusing our hearts on God, to find the power to be still and be reoriented to “the One who is the Center of all.”
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Praying At Every Turn
$16.95Add to cartThroughout history people have walked the ancient archetypal spirals of labyrinths as a spiritual practice. Walking the path into the center of the labyrinth is a metaphor for finding one’s own center or finding God. Walking out of the labyrinth is a symbol of being reborn into the world. Carole Ann Camp’s insightful, meditative book deepens our understanding of this process and gives us practical guidance. With Bible readings, prayers, and stories from the author’s many years of experience with the power of the labyrinth, Praying at Every Turn supports us as we take this journey of faith.
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Bread Of Heaven
$15.95Add to cartAn Ave Maria Press Title
Part Carmelite history and part anthology of Eucharistic prayers and meditations, Bread of Heaven is an ideal prayer resource for the growing number of Catholics drawn to Carmelite spirituality and dedicated to Eucharistic devotions. Penny Hickey, O.C.D.S., gathered together choice selections from twenty-four Carmelite saints and writers, introducing each one with a brief biography. Voices from the long, rich Carmelite tradition–from Teresa of Avila and John of the Cross to Edith Stein and Jessica Powers–proclaim their profound love and adoration of the Eucharist.
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Francis And The San Damiano Cross
$14.99Add to cartSusan Saint Sing, a former resident of Assisi and follower of Francis, takes the reader on a journey to the place where Francis prayed before the San Damiano Cross. Not only does she recall her own personal journey to Assisi, she recounts the spiritual and physical transformation of Francis in his quest to “rebuild” the church – a quest that began in the small, broken-down church of San Damiano but was the catalyst for a much broader reconstruction.
These meditations not only detail and explain the images on the cross itself, but they explain the powerful message of the cross – transformation: “It speaks to us still, beckoning us to repair our lives, our relationships, our failings – honor of Him who gave his life there on the cross in order for us to become more in the fullness of his presence, to be instruments of peace.”
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Praying With The Church
$18.99Add to cartScot McKnight, best-selling author of The Jesus Creed, invites readers to get closer to the heart of Jesus’ message by discovering the ancient rhythms of daily prayer at the heart of the early church. “This is the old path of praying as Jesus prayed,” McKnight explains, “and in that path, we learn to pray along with the entire Church and not just by ourselves as individuals.” Praying with the Church is written for all Christians who desire to know more about the ancient devotional traditions of the Christian faith, and to become involved in their renaissance today. With his trademark style of getting right to the heart of theological concepts through practical, witty, and memorable examples from everyday life, Scot invites readers to explore: -How Jesus prayed -How the Psalms teach us to pray -How Orthodox Christians pray -How Roman Catholics pray -How Anglicans pray -How The Divine Hours of Phyllis Tickle teaches us to pray -And, how praying with the church is an essential part of spiritual formation.
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Interior Prayer
$18.95Add to cartThe Carthusian’s traditional doctrine on prayer – from its very beginnings to the simplicity of its highest forms. Far from being abstract and theoretical, we learn about the prayer process by sharing the novices’ concrete spiritual journey. Their problems and difficulties, and the many pitfalls they encounter on the way, are expressed in an ongoing dialogue with their guide who relates to each one individually. Illuminating, even dazzling, insights, in one of the most profound books on Christian prayer available today. Many will find help here in their own quest for God and the ultimate purpose of life.
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From Ash To Fire (Reprinted)
$15.00Add to cartThis excellent introduction to one of the most important spiritual classics of the Christian tradition is now reprinted in a new edition by popular demand. Full of solid insight, keen intuition and wise counsel for the spiritual journey, the book situates St Teresa’s work in the context of the Carmelite tradition and of a contemporary understanding of holistic spirituality. One chapter is devoted to each of the seven spiritual mansions of The Interior Castle. From Ash to Fire is particuarly useful for those who are at the beginning of the spiritual journey, but has many valuable insights for all readers. Carolyn Humphreys uses easy to follow, lay person’s language to describe each spiritual stage, relating it to the corresponding human dimension. You may recognize yourself in many of her vivid examples that relate to everyday experiences. She delicately brings to light that ‘authentic humanness comes through a person who is dependent on God and interdependent on others, ‘ and thus guides you along the way with sound advice. Carolyn Humphreys is a registered occupational therapist and a Secular Discalced Carmelite.
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Prayer Of Love And Silence
$13.95Add to cartThis volume issues a powerful invitation to respond to the Love of Christ, centered on the need for prayer and teaches that prayer is not merely a devotional exercise to be carried out at the beginning and end of the day, or simply as the mood takes us. Reissued by popular demand this book presents ideal material for daily reading and reflection. It will provide true sustenance for a life of prayer. Carthusian Spirituality.
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Benedict Of Nursia
$14.95Add to cartBrief reflections on aspects of the Rule of Benedict.
Ponders how work is an aid to prayer and how the Benedictine vow of stability is essential to building community.
Each chapter concludes with a brief reflection ont he state of contemporary society and how the aspect of the Rule of Benedict treated in the chapter applies to the needs of today. -
What Our Kids Teach Us About Prayer
$17.95Add to cartWe’re all accustomed to hearing about prayer from mystics, preachers, and spiritual masters, but what if we could learn from listening to our children? In What Our Kids Teach Us About Prayer, Reverend Watkins looks at the struggles everyone endures as they try to pray and shows how children lead us out of those struggles with their candor, humor, and willingness to say absolutely whatever is on their minds.
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Healing Takes Time
$19.95Add to cartLoss can occur in many forms, such as the death of a loved one, divorce, or termination of a job. Healing Takes Time is filled with 52 meditations and reflections to help people experiencing loss start a journey of healing. This biblical resource draws on experiences from Gallagher’s life, and includes a theme, relevant Scripture passages, personal illustrations, and practical steps to take toward healing in each meditation. Just as a physical injury takes time to mend, emotional and spiritual anguish require time, patience, and faith to heal. Perspective is often lost during painful times, and the Scripture passages in this book are a fresh reminder of God’s love and faithfulness.
Most people have heard about the stages of grief, but knowing the stages academically is quite different from knowing them in the heart. Healing Takes Time helps those suffering loss, loneliness, and sorrow prayerfully walk through the stages of grief step-by-step. Healing Takes Time is ideal for support groups or people working at their own pace. This short, practical, and focused book is a helpful companion for anyone experiencing emotional or spiritual distress.
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Praying With The Desert Mothers
$21.95Add to cartFourth- and fifth-century desert mothers in the Mediterranean region, known as ammas (spiritual mothers), were the founders of Christian community in the early church. Praying with the Desert Mothers introduces the lives, sayings, and stories of these remarkable spiritual elders. It enriches readers’ lives and compels them to return in meditation and prayer. For each topic a true story is drawn from a modern person’s experience of seeking God. This tapestry of stories of the desert ammas is woven together with theological insights, discussion of genres of literature, historical views on women, and reflective approaches to the wisdom tradition.
Praying with the Desert Mothers combines scholarship and reflection for praying, meditating, and living the wisdom of spiritual practices today. Chapters are “Introduction to the Desert Mothers,” “Ammas as Midwives of Wisdom,” “Ammas as Scripture Scholars,” “Heralds in the Desert,” “Desert as Idyllic Garden,” “The Pearl of Great Price,” “Humility and the Manifestation of Thoughts,” “Penthos and Tears-Signs of Conversion,” “The Hidden Life,” “Prayer and Hospitality”; and concludes with “The Visitation” and a complete bibliography on the desert ammas.
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Reflections On A Dying Life
$16.95Add to cartReflections on a Dying Life is a series of reflections based on two common themes in Saint Augustine’s Spirituality. Donald Burt O.S.A., explores Augustine’s recurrent idea that as human beings we are living in an Inn for Travelers-a hospice for those who are still on the road-as well as the idea that every moment of our existence is a movement towards death, the moment when we must “exit” this hospice to the life waiting for us beyond the doors. These ideas are developed in three sections; Part One: “Life in the Inn for Travelers,” Part Two: “Death: the Door to Life,” and Part Three: “Life After Death.”
In hopes that his reflections on these ideas will assist himself and his readers to be happy, Fr. Burt focuses on the support the Christian faith provides for those in transit. The Christian faith assures us that whatever happens to us in this life, we will never be without the presence of a loving God who guaranteed through God’s own death that we can have perfect happiness on the other side of the door of death, and who in the meantime has promised that God will stay with us, supporting us along the way.
A remarkable collection of essays that provides thoughtful rumination on our life now, our future death, and the life that awaits us thereafter, Reflections on a Dying Life is an excellent navigational tool for any thoughtful guest in this mostly pleasant Inn for Travelers.
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Together We Pray
$18.95Add to cartEveryday we convene gatherings to make decisions, plan, solve problems, to take on projects, celebrate unity, and to recognize accomplishments big and small. The prayers in this book are intended to enhance such gatherings and help groups acknowledge God’s role at the center of their common work and in all of life. The prayers fit the needs of groups struggling with change, grief or discord, as well as those who are rejoicing, celebrating a job well done, or just beginning a project together. Nineteen reproducible prayer services and thirty-four short prayers in user friendly formats make this book a welcome addition to any parish, school or other faith based organization’s resource shelf.
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On Prayer And Contemplation
$36.00Add to cartSt. Clement Of Rome
St. Justin Martyr
Egeria
St. Gregory Of Nyssa
John Cassian
St. Augustine
St. Thomas Aquinas
St. Gregory Of Sinai
St. Catherine Of Siena
St. Ignatius Of Loyola
St. Teresa Of Avila
St. John Of The Cross
Blessed John Henry Newman
St. Elizabeth Of The Trinity
St. Edith SteinAdditional Info
This is a rich, informative, and inspiring compendium of the Christian tradition of prayer and contemplation from the earliest days of the Church to the present day. Included are selections from St. Ignatius of Antioch, Justin Martyr, St. Clement of Rome, St. Gregory of Nyssa, John Cassian, St. Augustine, St. Gregory of Sinai, St. Thomas Aquinas, St. Bonaventure, St. Ignatius Loyola, St. Teresa of Avila, St. John of the Cross, St. Catherine of Siena, St. Julian of Norwich, Brother Lawrence, St. Francis de Sales, St. Vincent de Paul, Lancelot Andrewes, St. Elizabeth of the Trinity, St. Edith Stein, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Hans Urs von Balthasar and Pope John Paul II.Levering has selected readings that capture how Christian saints and spiritual leaders through the ages have understood what prayer is, why we pray, and how we pray. The selections also integrate the Eastern Orthodox and Western understandings of prayer and contemplation. The book is perfect for study, meditation, and inspiration
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On Prayer And Contemplation
$104.00Add to cartSt. Clement Of Rome
St. Justin Martyr
Egeria
St. Gregory Of Nyssa
John Cassian
St. Augustine
St. Thomas Aquinas
St. Gregory Of Sinai
St. Catherine Of Siena
St. Ignatius Of Loyola
St. Teresa Of Avila
St. John Of The Cross
Blessed John Henry Newman
St. Elizabeth Of The Trinity
St. Edith SteinAdditional Info
This is a rich, informative, and inspiring compendium of the Christian tradition of prayer and contemplation from the earliest days of the Church to the present day. Included are selections from St. Ignatius of Antioch, Justin Martyr, St. Clement of Rome, St. Gregory of Nyssa, John Cassian, St. Augustine, St. Gregory of Sinai, St. Thomas Aquinas, St. Bonaventure, St. Ignatius Loyola, St. Teresa of Avila, St. John of the Cross, St. Catherine of Siena, St. Julian of Norwich, Brother Lawrence, St. Francis de Sales, St. Vincent de Paul, Lancelot Andrewes, St. Elizabeth of the Trinity, St. Edith Stein, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Hans Urs von Balthasar and Pope John Paul II.Levering has selected readings that capture how Christian saints and spiritual leaders through the ages have understood what prayer is, why we pray, and how we pray. The selections also integrate the Eastern Orthodox and Western understandings of prayer and contemplation. The book is perfect for study, meditation, and inspiration
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Becoming Fully Human
$14.95Add to cartIntroduction
What Is A Simple Life? Matthew 6:30
When Is War Unjust? Isaiah 2:4
What Are The Blessings Of Diminishment? Psalm 23:6
What Is Sanctity? Matthew 5:48
How Is Caring For The Earth Spiritual? Revelations 7:3
What Can Christians Learn From The Koran, Dhammapada, Bhagavad Gita, Lotus Sermons? John 17:21
When Is Care For The Self / Care For The Other Excessive? Matthew 22:39
How Does One Balance Patient Waiting And Action On Behalf Of Justice? Luke 18:11
What Does It Mean To Be Faithful In The Face Of Failure? Psalm 78:1
What Does It Mean To Be Enlightened? Proverbs 1:20
How Can We Be Grateful In The Midst Of Violence, Suffering, And Loss? Psalm 107: 1
Do The Little Things Matter? Ecclesiastes 1:2-3
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Drawing from the folklore and scripture of other cultures, as well as her own monastic tradition, Sister Joan Chittister develops a spirituality that understands what it means to be human and the importance of seeing others for what they truly are-sacred.Centered around twelve questions–from “What does it mean to be enlightened?” to “How is caring for the earth spiritual?”–Becoming Fully Human reveals that no matter our color, economic or social status, or religion, we are all dealing with the same human desires, fears, needs, feelings and hopes. Coming to see the heart of the other allows us to see our own, which in turn leads us to live lives dedicated to respect, holiness, balance, and peace.
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Psalms For Zero Gravity
$16.95Add to cartIn this his twenty-first book, Father Edward Hays presents 148 original psalm-prayers. Like the psalms of David, they are richly lyrical, speaking to the heart, soul and mind. The reflections that follow each psalm are guides to the spiritual life for all who desire to learn better how to pray. Some day in the third millennium, perhaps sooner than we think, we will emigrate from planet Earth to a new life in space. Like all space travelers, we will have to acclimate ourselves to living in a gravity-free environment. Yet even without leaving home, all of us are at various times emigrants in the journey of life. Daily life creates forms of gravity we often take for granted until sickness, divorce, the loss of a job or the death of a loved one cause a temporary loss of grounding. Falling in love or crossing over one of life’s borders at various ages or stages of living can also make us temporary emigrants into zero gravity. These psalms give a holy voice both to life’s intoxicating joy and devastating grief and agony. As psalms of the New Testament, these prayers sing of that radical shift in gravity created by the parables and teaching of Jesus, who turned our values upside down. These psalms call us, like medieval troubadours, to the gravity-free joy of falling in love with God, while grounding us in the wholesome soil of daily life.
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Advent And Christmas Wisdom From Henri J M Nouwen
$13.99Add to cartThe inspiring words of Henri J. M. Nouwen guide the faithful on a spiritual journey through the Advent and Christmas season in this book of waiting, hope, anticipation, and celebration. Each day of the Advent season (28 in all, to accommodate the varying number of days in the season) and each day of Christmas (12 in all, ending with Jesus’ baptism in the Jordan by John the Baptist) contain a pertinent excerpt from the writings of Father Nouwen, a related quotation from Scripture, a prayer for the day, and a suggested activity that offers a concrete response to mark the season.
Advent and Christmas Wisdom is indeed an easy-to-use, daily program to celebrate the momentous arrival of the Christ Child and the joyous news of our salvation. It is also an ideal book for the individual seeking active participation in the season and a renewal of faith for the start of the liturgical year.
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Prayer In All Things
$19.95Add to cartWitness and share in the Benedictine tradition of central Minnesota. Those who share the land of Saint Benedict’s (Monastery and College) in Saint Joseph, and Saint John’s (Abbey, University, Preparatory School, and Liturgical Press) in Collegeville, invite you to experience the prayerfulness of Benedictine spirituality and community. The monastic communities, students, professors, oblates, and friends of these two campuses bring together their humble, honest Benedictine values of “Prayer and Work” and hospitality to create this collection which reaches beyond the campus grounds. Prayers are grouped under New Testament quotations, and inspiring photos invite meditation and prayerful listening. The assortment of works is as diverse as the lives of the contributors, including prayers for times of day, moments of rest, thanksgiving, and petition.
This campus prayer book is perfect for college students, alumni/alumnae, professors, oblates, and anybody who feels a bond with College of Saint Benedict/Saint John’s University, or the larger Benedictine community.
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Prayer Book Of Catholic Devotions
$15.99Add to cartThis Catholic prayer book by best-selling author William G. Storey contains some of the best traditional devotions to assist in daily prayer throughout the liturgical year. Strongly biblical in tone and content, A Prayer Book of Catholic Devotions was written to carry out a Vatican mandate which promotes the revival of traditional Catholic devotions. This leatherette Catholic prayer book is the first devotional book based on the liturgical year; psalms, canticles, Scripture readings, and traditional prayers help readers celebrate the holy seasons of the year.
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Saint Francis Prayer Book (Deluxe)
$17.99Add to cartWith this guide you will pray the words that Francis taught his spiritual brothers and sisters to pray, explore Francis’s time and place and feel the joy and earnestness of the first Franciscans, and experience how it is possible to live a contemplative and active life, at the same time.
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Dialogues With Silence
$16.99Add to cartAn intensely personal devotional book from Thomas Merton, the ultimate spiritual writer of our time, showing his contemplative and religious side through his prayers and rarely-seen drawings. The only Merton gift book available.
Dialogues with Silence contains a selection of prayers from throughout Merton’s life–from his journals, letters, poetry, books–accompanied by all 100 of Merton’s rarely seen, delightful Zen-like pen-and-ink drawings, and will attract new readers as well as Merton devotees. There is no other Merton devotional like this, and the paperback edition will be elegantly designed and packaged.
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Taking Jesus Seriously
$24.95Add to cartIn this book the words of Jesus become clearer when matched with the practices and insights of Buddhist meditation. This book presents a Christian way to implement the words of Jesus by looking inside to see what stands between the reader and God’s kingdom. Cowan connects everyday examples and Jesus’ words to the method of Buddhist vipassana or insight meditation by offering instruction, perception, and guidance. With practice, readers can begin to notice what is actual, leave anxiety to the Father, accept pain, and see the world as a child would. This book is designed to be read over twelve weeks while practicing 20-30 minutes of daily meditations. Each chapter includes questions and answers.
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Praying The Scriptures
$26.95Add to cartPraying the Scriptures sets a number of biblical prayers in the context of biblical revelation so that they are seen as celebrations of God’s great saving deeds of the Exodus and the Resurrection. Thus they bring us into the very heart of the experience of salvation in that ultimate prayer-event that is the Eucharist. In this context prayers of petition become acts of trust in the goodness of the God who entered our world definitively in the person of Jesus Christ, while prayers of gratitude convert the lives of believers from fear and guilt to courage and joy.
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20 Mysteries Of The Rosary
$16.99Add to cartOffering reflections based on Scripture on each of the twenty mysteries–the newest, the Mysteries of Light, are included–Father M. Basil Pennington brings to those who pray the rosary a deeper experience of the mysteries and their many treasures. For those new to the rosary, this book includes the rosary prayers, step-by-step instructions on how to pray the rosary, and insight into the historical time and place of each mystery.
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Call To The Center (Reprinted)
$14.95Add to cartChristians have a long-standing ancient tradition of meditation and this book gives clear guidance as to how to engage this increasingly popular practice. Each chapter begins with a passage from the Gospel of Matthew followed by a meditation provided by the author, a Trappist monk, and one of the world’s leading experts on the subject of centering prayer. the traditional way of grounding one’s prayer and relationship to God in the inspired word of the gospel.–This text refers to the Paperback edition
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Praying For Others
$16.95Add to cartTo help guide people in their prayer lives, Walsh brings together the practices of many religious traditions, including the wisdom of Buddhism’s “keeping company,” shamanism’s traveling to other worlds to retrieve healing power for others, and the Chassidim’s tradition of using “Kabbalah” to heal the world.
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Swift Lord You Are Not
$21.95Add to cartSome poets begin very early to write great poetry. Arthur Rimbaud wrote one of his best poems at 15, Percy Shelley published his first book of poetry at 18. But Kilian McDonnell, O.S.B., did not start until he was 75, after decades of writing as a professional theologian. Now 82 he gives us Swift, Lord, You Are Not, poems of the struggle to find God-waiting for the silence of God to break. He does not write pious verse, or inspirational poetry, but of wrestling with the illusive God. His themes are mostly biblical and monastic. He closes with an essay Poet: Can You Start at Seventy-Five? in which he describes the literary decisions he makes within the monastic context-decisions he needs to make with some dispatch. At 75 he does not have decades to mature. He writes with a new language.
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Prayers Of Our Faith
$12.00Add to cart“This prayer collection provides a rich selection of devotional material that will deepen understanding of the central truths of our faith and nurture spiritual growth. Chosen for their timelessness and beauty, these are prayers that can be memorized and used over and over again. Many of them have inspired and sustained Christian worship for centuries. Compiled as a gift companion to “”This is My Faith””, though a volume that can also stand alone, “”Prayers of Our Faith”” will make an ideal confirmation gift for candidates of all ages.”
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Blessing Of The Table
$16.99Add to cartDescription:
Blessings of the Table is a book of seasonal and special occasion table blessings for adults and children.Christian groups and families, as well as those who live alone, will find in these readings and prayers a time-honored way to sanctify mealtime and spiritualize daily experiences as they honor the Lord in a special way at the daily meal.
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Everything Belongs : The Gift Of Contemplative Prayer (Revised)
$19.95Add to cartIn Everything Belongs, Richard Rohr offers a personal retreat for those who hunger for a deeper spiritual life but don’t know what contemplation is.
Fr. Rohr helps us understand that intimacy with God cannot be achieved in the rational mind. By practicing contemplation, we learn not to reason better but to see everything–including ourselves and other people–differently. As our perspective becomes wider, we discover that everything belongs.
This edition includes a reading guide for individual and group reflection.
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Family Prayers For Daily Grace
$9.99Add to cartFamily Prayers for Daily Grace provides the prayerful words that describe a wide range of family experiences. Beginning with a selection of mealtime blessings and prayers of thanks, expressions of gratitude naturally flow into collections of prayers of appreciation for the many blessings of home and family. More intimate prayer topics focus on facing the challenges of life, learning and growing, the importance of developing personalities, and overcoming bad habits. Prayers about relating to other people and developing social values are provided as prayerful reminders that family members must reach out to others in the spirit of the Gospel.
