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Practicing His Presence (The Library of Spiritual Classics, Volume 1)
Brother Lawrence, Frank Laubach
Christian Books Pub House, 1988
A Must Read!
This book I believe is a must read by any Christian desiring to live an others centered self sacrificial broken life style before the Lord. This can only be acomplished by staying on our cross and allowing God to have all of us. Practicing His Presence will help us ...
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Meditation and Contemplation: An Ignatian Guide to Prayer with Scripture (Crossroad Book)
Timothy M. Gallagher
The Crossroad Publishing Company, 2008
A practical and reliable spiritual guide
This volume is a practical, experience-based guide to the twin Ignatian practices of meditation and contemplation. Distilling from years of spiritual direction and retreat work, and drawing freely from the insights of well-known figures in the Catholic mystical ...
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Fire Within: St. Teresa of Avila, St. John of the Cross, and the Gospel-On Prayer
Thomas Dubay
Ignatius Press, 1989
One of my all-time favorites
I've read this book twice now, and it places in the top 5 books that I've ever read. It guides us through the stages of Spiritual growth as experienced and taught by St. Theresa of Avila and St. John of the Cross. It's the best book I've ever found on the subject.
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New Seeds of Contemplation
Thomas Merton
New Directions, 2007
"To hope is to risk frustration. So make up your mind in advance to risk frustration."
Thomas Merton's "New Seeds of Contemplation" is nothing short of life-changing: the complexity of his relationship with the interior life and titanic inward spirituality makes this the kind of book you will refer to for your entire life and may never understand it ...
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The Wisdom of the Enneagram: The Complete Guide to Psychological and Spiritual Growth for the Nine ...
Don Richard Riso, Russ Hudson
Bantam, 1999
The only book to get on the Enneagram
I had the good fortune to study the Enneagram, as a graduate student in psychology, with Luc Brebion, one of Claudio Naranjo's original "disciples," who brought the teaching of the Enneagram to North America. It was my understanding at the time (1980) that the teaching ...
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Centering Prayer and Inner Awakening
Cynthia Bourgeault
Cowley Publications, 2004
A Comprehensive Examination of Centering Prayer and Contemplation
Bourgeault does a very good job of introducing the practice of Centering Prayer and placing it within the framework of contemplation. She links experience to insight which reveals the tremendous power of this simple yet profound practice.
Bourgeault expands this ...
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Interior Castle
St. Teresa of Avila
Image, 1972
Knowing Christ
An excellent book that deals with the process of knowing and surrendering ones life to Jesus Christ. One is struck by the deep passion to have an intimate relationship with Jesus and what a person is willing to forsake for that relationship. One will not agree with ...
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Everything Belongs: The Gift of Contemplative Prayer
Richard Rohr
Crossroad General Interest, 2003
Great eye opener
Growing up in a fundamental Christian home and attending a conservative church,I was at first hesitant to read such a "out there" book by a catholic none the less. But it being recommended to me by my counselor as the middle road between the eastern way and the ...
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Open Mind Open Heart: The Contemplative Dimension of the Gospel
Thomas Keating
Continuum International Publishing Group, 2006
I am enjoying this book.
This book has opened up a whole new path to prayer for me. It is what I was looking for. Centering Prayer,Contemplative Prayer, is explained well inThomas Keating's book.
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Things Hidden: Scripture As Spirituality
Richard Rohr
Saint Anthony Messenger Press, 2008
richard releases the freshest breeze of resurrection air
with this book, once again richard
releases the freshest breeze of resurrection air
within the catholic tradition.
i entreat mr bunbury to read the book again,
but this time with easter-eyes
and thus enter the joy of being wrong
(to paraphrase james alison, ...
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Radiant Mind: Awakening Unconditioned Awareness
Peter Fenner
Sounds True, 2007
An Enlightened Approach to Enlightenment
For those seeking some form of Enlightenment, Fenner shines a bright, if not harsh, light on just what enlightment is - and is not. His writing is actually very positive and helps one to experience the non-dual in everyday life (hence: Radiant Mind), instead of merely ...
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Contemplative Youth Ministry: Practicing the Presence of Jesus (Youth Specialties)
Mark Yaconelli
Zondervan/Youth Specialties, 2006
Extraordinary Resource
This is a stunning book. It's grounded in a seven year Lilly Endowment study of youth ministry. The power of the book is in its authenticity, its deep reality. We lived in a speeded-up, multi-tasking society. A richer life lies in a real connection with God and ...
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The Cloud of Unknowing (HarperCollins Spiritual Classics)
Harpercollins Spiritual Classics
HarperOne, 2004
May all be revealed
It is perhaps perfectly appropriate that the author of 'The Cloud of Unknowing' is himself or herself unknown. This is a spiritual classic, a masterpiece in the real sense of the word. The style of writing is grand, well-versed and perfectly in concert with the ...
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Invitation to Love: The Way of Christian Contemplation
Thomas Keating
Continuum International Publishing Group, 1994
Invitation to Deeper Prayer
INVITATION TO LOVE is the third of Father Keating's books to deal with Christian Comtemplation, centering prayer and developing a deeper understanding of our relationship to God. This type of prayer, unlike more active forms, enables us to "rest in God's presence" and ...
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The Human Condition: Contemplation and Transformation (Wit Lectures.)
Thomas Keating
Paulist Press, 1999
Spirituality and Psychology
Very engaging and readable discussion of deepening one's awareness of and response to God that combines spiritual tradition with psychological insights. I've given several as gifts.
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