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Chittister, Joan, OSB. The Rule of Benedict: Insights for the Ages (Crossroad Spiritual Legacy Series).
Chittister, Joan, OSB.Wisdom Distilled from the Daily: Living the Rule of St. Benedict Today.
Clarke, John, OCD, trans. Story of a Soul: The Autobiography of St. Therese of Lisieux, Third Edition.
Colledge, Edmond, OSA, and James Walsh, SJ, trans. and introduction.Julian of Norwich: Showings (Classics of Western Spirituality).
De Caussade, Jean Pierre. Self Abandonment to Divine Providence.
De Caussade, Jean Pierre. Sacrament of the Present Moment, The.
Fox, Matthew. Breakthrough, Meister Eckhart's creation spirituality, in new translation.
Henry, Patrick, ed. Benedict?s Dharma: Buddhists Refl ect on the Rule of St. Benedict.
Kavanaugh, Kieran, OCD, and Otilio Rodriguez, OCD, trans. The Collected Works of Saint John of the Cross.
Lawrence, Brother. The Practice of the Presence of God: With Spiritual Maxims.
Levko, John J. Cassian?s Prayer for the 21st Century.
Palmer, G. E. H., Philip Sherrard, and Kallistos Ware, ed. and trans. The Philokalia, Volume 1: The Complete Text; Compiled by St. Nikodimos of the Holy Mountain & St. Markarios of Corinth (Philokalia Vol. I).
Peers, E. Allison, trans. Interior Castle ? Saint Theresa of Avila.
Plattig, Michael, O. Carm. ?Freedom to Souls: Spiritual Accompaniment According to the Carmelite Tradition,? in Tending the Holy: Spiritual Direction Across Traditions, ed. Norvene Vest.
Radier, Beatrice, ed. The Cloud of Unknowing and Other Works (Penguin Classics).
Toner, Jules J. Commentary on Saint Ignatius Rules for Discernment of Spirits: A Guide to the Principles and Practice (Hadronic Press Monographs in Mathematics). Ward, Benedicta, SLG, trans. The Sayings of the Desert Fathers. (Back to Top)