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Brooklyn Sterling is an award-winning journalist who makes her living exposing frauds, crooked politicians, and con-men in the pages of the Boston Globe newspaper. Her latest assignment has her...

These Stories of Catholic Faith Will Inspire You to Live Courageously May these stories of grace and courage find their way into your heart each morning. May they influence the way that you treat...

The Christian mystical tradition has its roots in Holy Scripture but was enunciated most clearly by the late 5th century author writing under the name Dionysius the Areopagite. It was acquaintance...

The most engaging collection of the French mystics' writings now available Twenty-first century Christians are now discovering the wisdom of this controversial theologian and spiritual thinker...

There are many editions of the writings of St. Francis, and biographies about him, but here in one volume are both, plus the complete text of the late medieval work, The Little Flowers, which did...

Published in over 6,000 editions before the year 1900, The Imitation of Christ has been more widely read than any other book in human history except the Bible itself. It has been called "the most...

Guyon's theology and spiritual writing opened new doors to people from all walks of life who yearned for spiritual joy and wisdom. These new translations include her popular A Short and Easy Method...

The first autobiography ever written, and one of the most profound testaments of faith, ever. "This book is the masterpiece from which all other Christian memoirs flow. Augustine's astonishing story...

Who is the Holy Spirit? What role does the Spirit play in the life of the Church and of the individual Christian? Beginning with the belief in the Holy Spirit as a Person of God, and not just a...

In the earliest centuries of faith, Christians in the deserts of Palestine and Africa sought a short prayer that could be easily repeated, in order to acquire the habit of "prayer without ceasing."...

From the author of the new BIG BOOK OF CHRISTIAN MYSTICISM comes an engaging look at how the principles and practices of Christian mysticism are illustrated in C. S. Lewis's Narnia series. Releasing...

From the best-selling illustrator of My Baptism Book comes this sweet collection of angelic prayers and blessings. Soft pastel adorable illustrations accompany the simple, joyful text that reassures...

Discover how icons can become part of your own life of prayer.Encounter twelve of the world's most significant Orthodox icons with one of today's best-loved spiritual writers as your guide."The Open...

The original guide to "practicing the presence of God""We must not grow weary of doing little things for the love of God, who looks not on the great size of the work, but on the love of it." In this...

Originally published in French in 1894, Sabatier's was the first modern biography of Francis of Assisi. It was a worldwide bestseller, and in 2003 when this new edition was first published, it again...

Discussion around the bestseller The Benedict Option by Rod Dreher has led many people to want to know more about Benedictine principles.Listen, my child. I want you to put the ear of your heart to...

For all who love St. Francis and his spirit of passionate creativity and devotion to God, this prayer book is an invitation to experience the spiritual gifts of one of his closest companions. Clare...

This warm-hearted little book is a window into the soul of St. Francis, one of the most passionate and inspiring followers of Jesus. "Prayer was to Francis as play is to a child: natural, easy,...

The wisdom of St. Th?r?se of Lisieux--for all who want to prayHow did this saint's precious--even precocious--childhood devotion to God develop into such wisdom? Th?r?se Martin entered a Carmelite...

"The grace of God, our savior, in these last days appeared in his servant Francis to all who are truly humble and truly friends of holy poverty." Bonaventure's Life of St. Francis Art historian...

The Transfiguration, one of the most mysterious miracles of Christ, has been mostly misunderstood for two millennia."Andreas Andreopoulos approaches the Transfiguration explaining its significance in...

Heavenly Love comes as a wound that is a gift of God. Francis de Sales's spiritual masterpiece, Treatise on the Love of God, was originally published in 1616 while he was Bishop of Geneva. This...

Patrick of Ireland lived a Christian life beyond the ordinary - that's why we call him a saint. But Jamie Arpin-Ricci contends that, although St. Patrick may have been extraordinary, the sort of life...

God will always give us more than we ask for.Millions have read and benefited from this book since it was first written nearly 500 years ago. St. Teresa's message of humility, simplicity,...

When words don't come easily, there are still ways to pray.For those who have experienced a sudden and terrible loss, it is important to realize that you don't have to do the things one normally...

A new collection of poems by Palestinian-American Catholic poet Andrew Calis, Which Seeds Will Grow? ​finds hope in the Holy Land. Grappling with his identity as a Christian Palestinian...

Christians talk about the Holy Spirit, but rarely know how to recognize the Spirit's presence and activity in the world. These meditations attempt to discern how the winds of the Spirit have blown in...

Jesus offers grace and mercy but he's also ratcheted up all the rules. Nice as it would be to frame Jesus as fun-loving, or a mercy-dispensing friend, the stories we have about him are a lot more...

Original Edition of I Will See You in HeavenWhat do you think: Will we see our dogs and cats in the hereafter? Does God's plan for eternity include the created nonhuman world? Franciscan friar and...

Friar Jack wants you to know: God loves and cares for all creatures, including and especially those we are closest to! "Today at school, one of the kids told me that only humans go to heaven," my...