This book means to assist readers in understanding the nature of spirituality. The author, a professor of theology, shows how Christian spirituality manifests itself in multiple aspects of daily life, and how it functions when its adherents doubt both the church and God.
Revealing the inner spiritual life of one of the most beloved and important religious figures in history, this collection of her writing and reflections sheds light on Mother Teresas interior life in a way that reveals the depth and intensity of her holiness for the first time.
The author of "The Holy Longing" explores the debilitating obsessions that often dominate people's lives and offers down-to-earth guidance for learning to leave fears, anxieties, and guilt "forgotten among the lilies."
Written in the spirit of the Second Vatican Council, this book explores those brighter elements of Catholicism that make it strong and, according to the author, still worthy of belief during this climate of disenchantment.
Sister Molly Monahan recounts her experiences in Alcoholics Anonymous as a religious woman, combining the subtle religiosity of AA with her own contemplative life, and remarking on the lessons that she learned about grace and forgiveness from this group.
This gorgeously written memoir tells the story of one man's search for his religious calling--a search that led him to the Dominican Republic and Central Europe, to Moscow and the South Bronx, and finally into married life with a woman whose search for God coincided with his own.
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.
St. Francis de Sales speaks to the modern generation from the 17th century with counsel on how to develop patience, humility, generosity, selflessness, obedience, courage, trust, and, most importantly, love of God.
Offers a historical survey of the influence of theology on spirituality, followed by commentaries on practical links between spirituality and theology.
Here is an opportunity to explore the vibrant spirituality of Celtic Christianity through a seven-day retreat. Each day offers an engaging reflection, suggested scriptures, reflection questions, prayerful activities, and a rich array of prayers and blessings.
Do we love with a love we know, or with a love we do not know? This question, posed to Dunne in a dream, prompts him to describe the journey one takes in contemplating and coming to know love. His insights lead him to a vision of the city of God, in which contemplation replaces violence.
A masterful teacher looks at "down-to-earth" holiness and inspires us to live for God on the spot where we're standing. To be holy, writes Fr. O'Malley, is to be "fully human, fully alive," and he draws on Jesus' life and the examples of saints who are flawed like us to surprise us and inspire us to be what we already are: children of God in the ...
The author of In the Stillness You Will Know offers us the new story of religion, spirituality, and science. Drawing on her own influential work and the writings of Diarmuid O'Murchu and others, Fiand lays out a passionate vision of the spiritual life as the overlooked core of all religions and religious quests. Topics include Taking the Son ...
Each meditation in this volume reflects what the author calls 'the spiritual work of our time' - cultivating grateful living, the key to joy. The selections explore the broad range of issues that have been at the core of a lifetime of meditation and teaching. Throughout each of these meditations, Steindl-Rast seeks to nourish the mystic within the ...
Can a book on the spiritual life be a 'fun read'? The answer is yes, if it's written by best-selling author Carol Bonomo. In My Soul to Keep, Bonomo addresses the problem: How does a spiritual seeker unpack her bags and stick around? How does she know that the next pit stop on the spiritual journey isn't the one she's been seeking all her life? ...
Here bestselling author Joyce Rupp offers us the spiritual assurance that God is always with us, a loving, enduring presence. On encountering God in Scripture she writes: One word or phrase from Scripture can leap out at me and draw me into spending time with the whisper of truth calling to me. In this brief moment of recognition I see that this ...
Discovering who we are as women in Gods sight is an amazing journey toward truth and love. We make sense of God as we reflect, walk, drive, ponder and question the meaning of our lives as Christians.
Care for Creation takes both a theological and practical approach to developing a Franciscan spirituality of the earth. Four sections focus on: the relationship between the earth as Gods creation and Jesus as the Incarnation of God; the implication of Francis Canticle of Creation for our time; the role of contemplative prayer as a key to ...
Written for spiritual sojourners, this "reflective reader" combines the wisdom of retired Regent College mission studies professor Ringma with themes, quotes, and stories from the life of the late Henri Nouwen, a prolific writer and teacher of Christian spirituality.--"Publishers Weekly."
The purpose of this book, write the authors, is "to help priests and people to enter into the Eucharist at its deepest level, to experience it in its fullness, so that they will find they can pray the Eucharistic prayers as their own personal prayers". The authors explore moments in the past when liturgy and spirituality went their separate ways.
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Against an Infinite Horizon: The Finger of God in Our Everyday Lives
