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Take Ten (for Teens), published by St. Marys Press. Take Ten includes a lectionary-based reading for each day of the year. Readings are chosen from cycle A, B, or C, or are the exact reading for feast days or solemnities. Each day has a Scripture citation, a reflection, a short prayer, and a connection to an article in The Catholic Youth Bible.™

Loving God Through the Darkness, by John of the Cross, a sixteenth century Carmelite monk who used vivid metaphors and Biblical stories to describe a process of detachment from earthly loves. This he described as the "dark night of the soul." The experience frees us to receive God's blessings. John's writings have inspired countless Christians over the centuries. 4.25" x 7" - 80 pages.

Daily Prayer 2006 This is a prayer book started by Liturgical Training Press. The layout is perfect for beginners and those who want a prayer book that just takes them from start to finish in a year. There are really no lengthy instructions needed for this prayer book. Just open the book to the date on the top of the page and everything is laid out. My wife loves this prayer book over all the others. It gives the Roman Catholic feast day/holy day, a small collection of Psalms at the back (called a 'Psalter'), a reading and a place for individual prayers. The only things suspect about this prayer book is that it sometimes can get weird in the devotional.

Celebration of Discipline by Richard Foster Review This is a spiritual classic. This book teaches you step by step how to fast, how to pray, how to do many different disciplines of spiritual development. It is a must have for those who want to know how to live a spiritual life. The only drawback is that it is a little thin on the depth of understanding that is present in the Eucharist. But we need to remember that it was written by a Quaker and Quakers do not believe in sacraments. Other than that precaution, there is much to be learned from Foster.

The Gospels for Prayer is a new and exciting book that teaches us 10 ways to pray which have been used by Christians through the centuries. Each way is outlined in a simple to understand fashion. Michael Hansen, S. J. edits the Gospel in a printed format which allows you to pray, meditate and contemplate the Gospels. If you want to "get spiritual" through praying the Scriptures. This book is a must for your collection.

The Upper Room Spiritual Classics, Series I

The Upper Room Spiritual Classics are a series of small books which take excerpts from Spiritual Masters over the centuries. You can get a feel for what was written in the much larger volumes. Each little book has an introduction which includes a small history of the author and then has short chapters which allow people to read little bits at a time during devotional time. Each volume is no larger than a half sheet of 8.5 x 11 paper and is between 71 and 95 pages, including appendix and title pages. They are all published by The Upper Room, Nashville.

The Soul's Passion for God by Teresa of Avila

Making Life a Prayer by John Cassian

Hungering for God, by Augustine

The Upper Room Spiritual Classics, Series 2

The Riches of Simplicity by Francis and Clare

The Soul's Delight by Evelyn Underhill

Living Out Christ's Love by Toyohiko Kagawa

Encounter With God's Love by Julian of Norwich

A Pattern for Life by Thomas a Kempis

The Upper Room Spiritual Classics, Series 3
Loving God Through the Darkness, by John of the Cross

A Life of Total Prayer, Catherine of Siena

Seeking a Purer Christian Life by The Desert Mothers and Fathers

For Intermediate Readers and Heavy Hitters

These books are thick, both in the number of pages and in their content. I loved reading them, but fully understand that they are not for everyone. And that is fine. I want those who are beginning and those who have been at this Spiritual Life thing for a while to have a home at MySpiritualAdvisor.com. So here it goes:

The Classics of Western Spirituality Series (Available Soon)
This is a marvelous series that seems to be inexhaustible. It is published by Paulist Press. These are some really incredible books. My favorites are Pseudo-Macarius and St. Catherine of Siena.

Margaret Ebner: Major Works She has a series of revelations which meditate on the Pater Noster, also known as "The Lord's Prayer" because it starts our Our Father..., which is what Pater Noster means.

Teresa of Avila: The Interior Castles, These are meditations on a revelation of encounters with Jesus Christ which took Teresa on a journey through the rooms of the "Interior Castle". It is widely popular and deservedly so.

Catherine of Siena: The Dialogue, This is a meditation on Jesus Christ as a Great Bridge which crosses over a great polluted river (which represents the church of her day). This is a wonderful book to understand what it means to be a priest/pastor. I cannot say enough about this book. Buy it and try it.

Birgitta of Sweden: Life and Selected Works, These are revelations on a pilgrimage to reform the Church of her day. She was a contemporary of St. Catherine of Siena and helped to get things in order to have the Pope return to Rome from Avignon, France. This was all before the Reformation and should be fair game for Protestants and Catholics alike.

Angela of Foligno: Complete Works, A wonderful spiritual piece that examines the pure nothingness of everything around us but God. It is an amazing work and experience of a woman with little education who examines some of the deep mysteries of God.

Pseudo-Macarius: The Fifty Spiritual Homilies, This author, scarred by the controversies of whether he lived in Syria or Egypt, nonetheless gives a wonderful step by step ladder approach to the mystery of what to do about sin and how to live the Christian life. He has been quoted over and over whenever there has been spiritual renewal in the Church. His images of Christ are incredible. One of my favorites.

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