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ADAM, FATHER KARL
(1876-1966): (German priest, theologian, and writer)(Translated by Father Justin McCann, O.S.B.,1954) (It presents the Church as a community after the Pauline metaphor of the body of Christ and brilliantly reflects on the fundamental nature of the Catholic Church and faith)
The Roots of the Reformation (Translated by Cecily Hastings, 1951) (Weakness in the Church -- Rome and Germany, Martin Luther's break with the Church and Doctrine of Justification, Christendom divided, and the Central Question Today) (from ewtn.com)
The Roots of the Reformation (Translated by Cecily Hastings, 1951) (from catholic-pages.com)
ALBERT THE GREAT, ST. (or Albertus Magnus) (c.1200-1280): (German Dominican bishop, philosopher, theologian, and Doctor of the Church)
On Cleaving to God (from ccel.org)
On Cleaving to God (from catholicfirst.com)
ALIGHIERI, DANTE (1265-1321):
(Italian layman, poet and spiritual and mystic writer)(Hell) (Translated by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow) (A life's journey that confronts evil on its way) (Translated by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow) (A journey of liberation until the writer becomes free, upright, and whole) (Paradise or Heaven) (Translated by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow) (A journey that culminates in the contemplation of the divine)
The Divine Comedy (Inferno, Purgatorio, and Paradiso)
(Translated by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, 1895)The Divine Comedy (Inferno, Purgatorio, and Paradiso) (Original Italian text with two different English translations by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and Rev. H. F. Cary) (from divinecomedy.org)
Digital Dante (Works of Dante Alighieri with illustrations)
ALPHONSUS DE LIGUORI, ST.
(1696-1787): (Italian priest, theologian, founder of the Redemptorist Order, and spiritual writer)The History of Heresies and Their Refutation; Or The Triumph of the Church (2 Vols.) (Translated from the Italian by Father John T. Mullock (1847)
(Main theme of this book: "Let us be content with what God has given us.") (from theworkofgod.org)Uniformity With God's Will (from catholicfirst.com)
Visits to the Blessed Sacrament and to the Blessed Virgin Mary (For each day of the month)
AMBROSE OF MILAN, ST.
(c.340-397): (Roman civil servant, bishop of Milan, writer, Church Father, and Doctor of the Church)(of Baptism, Confirmation, and the Holy Eucharist)
ANGELICA, MOTHER (1923- ):
(American Franciscan Most Blessed Sacrament nun, religious broadcaster, writer, and founder of Eternal World Television Network -- EWTN)(Meditations) (Fourteen Stations with reflections and prayers)
The Living Sacrament: Marriage
(The Blessed Virgin Mary) (1976)ANONYMOUS:
ANONYMOUS:
ANSELM, ST.
(1033-1109): (France's Normandy-born monk, theologian, writer, and archbishop of Canterbury, England)(Translated by Sidney Norton Deane and James Gardiner Vose) (Theological and philosophical writings of the author) (A description of Christ's death on the cross as an act of satisfaction, returning to God the honor stolen by human sin) (from fordham.edu) (Discussion on the Being of God, basing on reason rather than on the authority of the Scripture) (from fordham.edu) (An attempt to prove in a single argument the existence of God, and whatsoever we believe of God) (from fordham.edu)
ANTHONY OF PADUA, ST.
(1195-1231): (Portuguese Franciscan friar in Italy, thaumaturgist, and saint)AQUINAS, ST. THOMAS (1225-1274):
(Italian Dominican friar, theologian, writer, and Doctor of the Church)(A series of passages selected from various Church Fathers form a running commentary on the Gospels)
Commentary on the Psalms (Postilla super Psalmos) (1272-1273) (In Latin and English)
On Being and Essence (De Ente et Essentia)
(Translated by Robert T. Miller, 1997)On the Eternity of the World (De Aeternitate Mundi)
(Translated by Robert T. Miller, 1991) (from fordham.edu)On the Eternity of the World (De Aeternitate Mundi) (1270) (In Castellano, English and Latin) (English translation by Robert T. Miller, 1991 and 1997) (from geocities.com)
On the Mixing of the Elements (De Mixione Elementorum) (In Latin and English) (Translated by Peter Orlowski, 1995)
On the Motion of the Heart (De Motu Cordis) (In Latin and English) (Translated by Gregory Froelich)
On the Principles of Nature (De Principiis Nature)
(Translated by Gerry Campbell, 1995)On the Unity of the Intellect Against the Averroists (or On the Unicity of the Intellect, or On the Uniqueness Against Averroists) (De unitate Intellectus contra Averroista)
Summa Contra Gentiles (Of God and His Creatures)
(On the truth of the Catholic faith) (Translated by Father Joseph Rickaby, S.J., 1905) (An annotated translation with some abridgement) (from nd.edu)Of God and His Creatures (Summa Contra Gentiles) (Translated by Father Joseph Rickaby, S.J., 1905) (Partial e-text version) (from knuten.liu.se)
a (Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province, Second and Revised Edition, 1920) (from newadvent.org) (Translated by the Fathers of the English Dominican Province, 1947 Edition) (from ccel.org) (Translated by Father Joseph B. Collins, S.S., D.D., Ph.D.) (from acs1.bu.edu)The Catechetical Instructions (Translated by Father Joseph B. Collins, S. S.) (from intratext.com)
ATHANASIUS, ST.
(c.295-373): (Bishop of Alexandria, Egypt, and theologian and writer)(Christ's incarnation explained starting from the Creation and Fall)
AUGUSTINE, ST., (or Aurelius Augustinus)
(354-430 A.D.): (North African bishop of Hippo, theologian, Church Father, Doctor of the Church, and writer)(397 A.D.) (Translated by Albert C. Outler) (A history of St. Augustine's fierce struggle to overcome his profligate ways and achieve a life of spiritual grace) (from ccel.org)Confessions (397 A.D.) (Newly translated & edited by Albert C. Outler, Ph.D., D.D.
) (from ourladyswarriors.org)Confessions (from catholicfirst.com)
Confessions (Edited by J. J. O'Donnell) (from stoa.org)
Confessions (Books 1 - 13) (Translated by Albert C. Outler, 1954) (from iclnet.org)
Confessions (Translated by E. B. Pusey) (from knuten.liu.se)
(397 A.D.) (Translated by E. B. Pusey) (from ccel.org)Confessions (Translated by E. B. Pusey) (from ccat.sas.upenn.edu)
Confessions and Letters (with a Sketch of St. Augustine's Life and Work) (Edited by Philip Schaff and The Confessions translated by J. G. Pilkington) (from ccel.org)
(Translated by Jim Marchand)Enchiridion On Faith, Hope and Love
(Translated by J. F. Shaw) (available from leaderu.com)Enchiridion On Faith, Hope and Love
(St. Augustine's teaching on how God should be worshipped in faith, hope and love) (available from ourladyswarriors.org)Enchiridion on Faith, Hope and Love
(Translated by Albert C. Outler) (A brief handbook or enchiridion on the proper mode of serving God through faith, hope, and love) (from ccel.org)Enchiridion: On Faith, Hope, and Love (Parts 1 - 7) (Translated by Albert C. Outler, 1954) (from iclnet.org)
Letters of St. Augustine of Hippo (386-429 A.D.)
On Christian Doctrine (De Doctrina Christiana) (Translated by Rev. J. F. Shaw) (A compend of exegetical theology to guide the reader in the understanding and interpretation of the Sacred Scriptures according to the analogy of faith) (from ccel.org)On Christian Doctrine (from ccat.sas.upenn.edu)
On Christian Doctrine (Books 1 - 4) (from iclnet.org)
On Dialectic (De dialectica) (Translated by J. Marchand)
On the Holy Trinity; Doctrinal Treatises; Moral Treatises (Edited by Philip Schaff) (from ccel.org)
(from newadvent.org) (Translated by Dean Goodwin) (Address to the people of the Church of Caesarea) SoliloquiesCity of God and Christian Doctrine (edited by Philip Schaff) (from ccel.org)
The City of God (from newadvent.org)
The Rule of St. Augustine (c.400) (Monastic rules and a guide to religious life)
BAKER, DAVID AUGUSTINE (1575-1641): (English lawyer, historian, Benedictine monk, and mystic, and ascetic spiritual writer, converted to Catholicism in 1603)
BEDE, VENERABLE (or St. Bede the Venerable) (c.673-735): (English monk, scholar, writer, and saint)
BELLOC, HILLAIRE (1870-1953):
(English layman, Member of Parliament, writer, and critic)Survivals and New Arrivals: The Old and New Enemies of the Catholic Church
(1929) (An analysis of the position of the Catholic Church in the world today, particularly vis-a-vis her enemies) (Explanation of heresy, and repudiation of Arian, Mohammedan, Albigensian, Reformation, and other modern heresies) (from cs.cmu.edu) (from ewtn.com)Hilaire Belloc Archives (Life and Works)
Hilaire Belloc Web Page (Life and Works)
BENEDICT OF NURSIA, ST.
(c.480-c.547) : (Italian founder of the Benedictine Order and Father of Western Monasticism)(from osb.org) (Translated by Fr. Boniface Verheyen, OSB) (The 6th-century monastic rules for Benedictine monks) (from ccel.org)
The Rule of Benedict (Regula Benedicti)
(Translated by Leonard Doyle) (The sixth-century monastic rules for Benedictine monks) (from osb.org)Rule of St. Benedict (Translated by Fr. Boniface Verheyen, O.S.B.) (from catholicfirst.com)
BENSON, ROBERT HUGH (1871-1914):
(An English convert from Anglicanism in 1903, Catholic bishop, and writer of sermons and popular novels)Confessions of a Convert (1913)
Papers of a Pariah (1907) (A novel)
The Friendship of Christ (1912)
Works of Robert Hugh Benson (1871-1914)
BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUX, ST.
(1090-1153): (French Cistercian monk, theologian, Doctor of the Church, and writer)(The reason for our loving God is God himself and the measure of love due to him is immeasurable love) (from ccel.org)
On Loving God (from homechurch.com)
In Praise of the New Knighthood (Liber ad milites Templi: De laude novae militae) (Translated by Conrad Greenia, O.S.C.O.)
BOETHIUS (Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius)
(480-524 A.D.): (Roman statesman, philosopher, theologian, translator, martyr, and saint)Consolatio Philosophiae (A Consolation of Philosophy)
(in Latin) (Edited with a Commentary by James J. O'Donnell)The Consolation of Philosophy (Consolatio Philosophiae) (translated by W. V. Cooper, 1902) (upenn.edu)
The Trinity Is One God Not Three Gods
BONAVENTURE, ST. (c.1217-1274): (Italian Franciscan friar, theologian, Doctor of the Church, and writer)
(Nine confereces concerning the seven gifts of the Holy Spirit focus on the writer's teaching on grace)
Mirror of the Blessed Virgin Mary (An exposition of the 'Hail Mary' as it was recited in the 13th century)
The Journey of the Mind Into God (Itinerarium Mentis ad Deum)
(from ccel.org)The Journey of the Mind Into God
(from home.ici.net)The Mind's Road to God (Itinerarium Mentis ad Deum)
(from ewtn.com)BRANDSMA, BLESSED TITUS (1881-1942):
(Dutch anti-Nazi Carmelite monk, educator, journalist, writer, and martyr)CABROL, DOM FERNAND (1855-1937):
(French Benedictine monk and liturgical scholar)CARTER, FATHER EDWARD:
(American Jesuit priest, professor of theology, writer, and spiritual director of the Shepherds of Christ Ministries)Tell My People (Messages from Jesus and Mary as given to Father Edward J. Carter, S. J.)
The Spirituality of Fatima (1993)
The Spirituality of Fatima and Medjugorje
(1994)CASSIAN, ST. JOHN (c.365-c.435):
(Deacon, monk, and founder of monasteries in France)The Conferences
(Translated by Edgar C. S. Gibson) (An exposition of Egyptian monasticism) (from ccel.org) (Translated by Edgar C. S. Gibson, 1894) (An exposition of Egyptian monasticism) (from osb.org) (Translated by Edgar C. S. Gibson) (An exposition of Egyptian monasticism) (from crosswalk.com)The Seven Books on the Incarnation of the Lord, Against Nestorius
The Institutes of Coenobia and the Remedies for the Eight Principal Faults
(On the dress of monks and the canonical system of the nocturnal and daily prayers and psalms, of the institutes of the renunciants, and on the spirit of gluttony, fornication, anger, dejection, accidie, vainglory, and pride) (from newadvent.org)The Twelve Books on the Institutes of the Coenobia and the Remedies for the Eight Principal Faults (Translated by Edgar C. S. Gibson, 1894) (from osb.org)
The Twelve Books on the Institutes of the Coenobia (from crosswalk.com)
On the Institutes of the Coenobia and the Remedies for the Eight Principal Faults (from ccel.org)
CATHERINE OF GENOA, ST.
(1447-1510): (Italian laywoman, mystic, and writer)The Life and Doctrine of Saint Catherine of Genoa
CATHERINE OF SIENA, ST.
(1347-1380): (Italian Dominican nun, mystic, Doctor of the Church, and writer)The Dialogue of the Seraphic Virgin
(1370) (Translated by Algar Thorold)Dialogue (from catholicfirst.com)
CHESTERTON, G. K. (or Gilbert Keith Chesterton) (1874-1936): (An English convert from Anglicanism in 1922, Catholic layman, journalist, essayist, novelist, poet, dramatist, biographer, and apologist)
(1912) (1905) (1908) (An answer to the challenges and an explanation of faith) (1933)
The Catholic Church and Conversion
(1926) (from dur.ac.uk)The Catholic Church and Conversion (1926) (from cin.org)
The Catholic Church and Conversion (1926) (from ewtn.com)
(1925)The Superstition of Divorce (1920)
(1910) (The homelessness of man, imperialism or the mistake about man, feminism or the mistake about woman, education or the mistake about the child, and the home of man)What's Wrong With the World? (1910) (from dur.ac.uk)
(Fiction) (Detective Fiction) (Detective Fiction) (Fiction) (Detective Fiction)
The Man Who Was Thursday (Detective Fiction)
(Fiction) (Detective Fiction)G. K. Chesterton's Works on the Web (Non-fictions, fictions, essays, poems, and quotes)
G. K. Chesteton Mega-Links Page (Dave Armstrong-compiled web sites on G. K. Chesterton)
G. K. Chesterton Web Page (Fictions, Essays, Apologetics, Poetry, Criticism, Links, and Friends)
The American Chesterton Society
CONRAD OF SAXONY (Also known as Conradus Saxo, or Conrad of Brunswick, or Conradus Holyinger ( - 1279): (German Franciscan friar and ascetical writer)
DAY, DOROTHY (1897-1980): (American journalist, communist, convert to Catholicism, social reformer, and co-founder of the Catholic Worker Movement)
DE MARCHI, I.M.C., FATHER JOHN:
(1956) (Story of Our Lady's apparitions and important messages to three illiterate children -- Lucia dos Santos and, her two cousins, Francisco and Jacinta -- of Fatima, a village near Lisbon, Portugal, in 1917)
DE OLIVEIRA, PLINIO CORREA (1908-1995): (Brazilian layman, university professor, philosopher, and writer)
ECKHART, JOHANNES (JOHN) (or Meister Eckhart or Eckhardt) (c.1260-1327): (German Dominican priest, mystic, and writer)
ELIZABETH (CATEZ) OF THE TRINITY, BLESSED
(1880-1906): (French Carmelite nun and writer)Complete Works of Elizabeth of the Trinity (Volume 2): Letters from Carmel
(Translated by Anne Englund Nash) (Letters of inspiration to friends and family sharing secrets of her soul) (from icspublications.org)Complete Works of Elizabeth of the Trinity (Volume 2): Letters from Carmel (Translated by Anne Englund Nash) (from karmel.at)
EPHRAIM (or EPHRAEM) OF SYRIA, ST.
(c.306-373): (A layman, teacher, poet, theologian, and Doctor of the Church)(translated by J. B. Morris, re-edited by John Gwynn)
ERASMUS, DESIDERIUS (or Erasmus of Rotterdam) (1466-1536):
(Dutch scholar, writer, and critic, who influenced both Protestant and Catholic Reformations)(An eloquent testimony to humaneness, reason and Christian love) (This Project has Erasmus' following writings online: Colloquia (Concerning Men, Manners, and Things), The Praise of Folly, and Three Players)
EUCHERIUS OF LYONS, ST.
( -c.449): (Bishop of Lyons, theologian, and spiritual writer)(Translated by Henry Vaughan the Silurist) (A parenetical epistle to his kinsman, Valerianus)
The Formulae (Formulas for Spiritual Intelligence)
(Translated by Karen Rae Keck) (Letter to Veranus)FARRELL, FATHER WALTER
(1902-1951): (American Dominican friar, moral theologian, preacher, and writer)(A successful attempt to put into modern English for a lay audience the essential arguments and insights of Thomas Aquinas' greatest work, the Summa Theologiae, 1938-1942)
FENELON, FRANCOIS (or Francois de Salignac de la Mothe Fenelon, or Abbe de Fenelon)
(1651-1715): (French archbishop of Cambrai, theologian, and spiritual writer)FLYNN, TED AND MAUREEN :
FORREST, M.S.C., FATHER M. D.:
Chats With Prospective Converts
(1943) (With Preface by Bishop Fulton J. Sheen)FRANCIS DE SALES, ST. (1567-1622): (French bishop of Geneva, speaker, and writer)
(It reveals a thorough understanding of the spiritual tradition of the Church and an ability to make it relevant for people in various circumstances
Treatise on the Love of God (Translated by Father Henry Benedict Mackey, OSB)
FRANCIS OF ASSISSI, ST.
(c.1181-1226): (Italian hermit, founder of the Franciscan Order, preacher, stigmatist, and mystic)(1226 A.D.)
The Writings of St. Francis of Assissi (Opuscula) (Parts I & II) (Translated from Latin by Fr. K. Esser, O.F.M.)
(from home.ici.net)The Writings of St. Francis of Assissi (Opuscula) (Parts I & II) (Translated from Latin by Fr. K. Esser, O.F.M.)
(from franciscan-archive.org)GARRIGOU-LAGRANGE, FATHER REGINALD (1877-1964): (French Dominican monk, philosopher, theologian, and writer)
Christ the Savior: A Commentary on the Third Part of St. Thomas' Theological Summa
(from ewtn.com)Providence (God Himself and His infinite perfections, especially His goodness)
The Three Ways of Spirtual Life
(The interior life is for all the one thing necessary to attain holiness and heaven) (from ourladyswarriors.org)The Three Ways of the Spiritual Life (from internetpadre.com)
The Trinity and God the Creator
GLUECKERT, FATHER LEOPOLD:
(Carmelite friar and writer)Titus Brandsma: Friar Against Fascism
(Dutch Carmelite priest who died a martyr in the hands of the Nazis during World War II) (France, Church, and State at the time of St. Therese of Lisieux in the late 19th century)GOODIER, MOST REV. ALBAN:
(Jesuit Archbishop of Hierapolis)(1959) (Short lives of St. Augustine of Hippo, St. Margaret of Cortona, St. John of God, St. Francis Xavier, St. John of the Cross, St. Camillus de Lellis, St. Joseph of Cupertino, Blessed Claude de la Colombiere, and St. Benedict Joseph Labre, who had overcome their own sins)
The Inner Life of a Catholic (A description of the inner spirit of the Catholic Church)
(1930) (Historical background and work of members of the Jesuit Order)The More Excellent Way (A pamphlet on the way shown by Jesus)
GREGORY I (Gregory the Great), ST.
(c.540-604): (Roman monk, pope, and writer)Commentary on the Book of Job (Moralia in Iob)
Dialogos (Second Dialogue): Life of St. Benedict
(Translated by P.W. and re-edited by Edmund G. Gardner, 1911) (from ocf.org)Dialogos (Dialogues, Book II) (Life of St. Benedict of Nursia) (Translated by P.W. and re-edited by Edmund G. Gardner, 1911)
(from umilta.net)The Life of Our Most Holy Father St. Benedict (with the Rule of St. Benedict)
GREGORY OF NYSSA, ST. (c.335-c.395): (Cappadocia-born bishop, theologian, and Church Father)The Complete Works of Gregory of Nyssa
GUARDINI,
FATHER ROMANO (1885-1968): (German priest, theologian, writer, and advocate of liturgical renewal)(Translated from the German by Ronald Walls)The Humanity of Christ: Contributions to a Psychology of Jesus
(1935) (Translated by Ada Lane)
GUYON, MADAME (or Madame Jeanne Guyon, or Madame Jeanne Marie Bouvier de la Mothe Guyon, or Madame Guion) (1647-1717): (French laywoman, mystic, and spiritual writer)
HILTON, WALTER
( -1396): (English Carthusian monk, mystic, and writer)HOPKINS, GERARD MANLEY (1844-1889): (English poet, convert from Anglicanism in 1866, and Jesuit priest)
IGNATIUS OF LOYOLA, ST.
(1491-1556): (Spanish soldier, founder of the Jesuit Order, and writer)(Translated by Father Elder Mullan, S.J.) (A manual for spiritual growth based on the gifts and graces given to Ignatius of Loyola by God over the course of one year) (from ccel.org)
The Spiritual Exercises (Translated by Father Elder Mullan, S. J.) (1914) (from intratext.com)
The Spiritual Exercises (Translated by Father Elder Mullan, S.J.) (from jesuit.org)
Spiritual Exercises (from catholicfirst.com)
IRENAEUS, ST.
(c.130-c.200): (Smyrna-born bishop of Lyons, theologian, and writer)The Demonstration of the Apostolic Preaching
(Translated from the Armenian by J. Armitage Robinson) (Preaching of the Apostles, tradition of the Apostles, and preaching of the Truth)JOHN OF THE CROSS, ST.
(1542-1591): (Spanish Carmelite monk, mystic, Doctor of the Church, and writer)A Spiritual Canticle of the Soul and the Bridegroom of Christ
(Translated by David Lewis) (The blessedness of a soul, in union with God, is shown under the Biblical similies of espousals and matrimony) (from ccel.org)A Spiritual Canticle of the Soul and the Bridegroom of Christ (Translated by David Lewis) (from catholicfirst.com)
The Spiritual Canticle (Translated by Kieran Kavanaugh, O.C.D. and Otilio Rodriguez, O.C.D., 1991) (Through lyric verses, the author sings about the loving exchange between a soul (author himself) and Christ the Bridegroom) (Verses accompanied by icons) (from icspublications.org)
The Ascent of Mount Carmel (Translated by E. Allison Peers) (A guide to spiritual life for informed Christians who aspire to grow in union with God) (from ccel.org)
Ascent of Mt. Carmel (from catholicfirst.com)
Ascent of Mt. Carmel (from ourladyswarriors.org)
Counsels to a Religious (Translated by Kieran Kavanaugh, O.C.D. and Otilio Rodriguez, O.C.D., 1991) (Counsels to a friar on how to reach perfection)
(Translated by E. Allison Peers) (This book, a continuation of the book The Ascent of Mount Carmel, explains how our senses and faculties are purged and purified by God with a view of union with him) (from ccel.org)Dark Night of the Soul (from catholicfirst.com)
Dark Night of the Soul (from ourladyswarriors.org)
The Dark Night (Translated by Kieran Kavanaugh, O.C.D., and Otilio Rodriguez, O.C.D., 1991) (from icspublications.org)
(Translated by Kieran Kavanaugh, O.C.D. and Otilio Rodriguez, O.C.D., 1991) (Letters to different persons: the content being "live in the poverty of faith, hope, ad love because to receive the embraces of God you must be empty of desire for earthly and heavenly satisfaction")Poetry of St. John of the Cross
(Translated by Kieran Kavanaugh, O.C.D. and Otilio Rodriguez, O.C.D.) (The poetry, overflowing with mystical experience, was meant to be sung) (Translated by Kieran Kavanaugh, O.C.D. and Otilio Rodriguez, O.C.D., 1991) (Precautions for the nuns in Beas, while the author lived at El Calvario (1578-1579), after his escape from prison in Toledo, Spain)Special Counsels (Same as Counsels to a Religious above)
(Translated by Kieran Kavanaugh, O.C.D. and Otilio Rodriguez, O.C.D., 1991) (The poem sings of an elevated union within the intimate depths of the spirit) The Sayings of Light and Love (Dichos de Luz y Amor) (Translated by Kieran Kavanaugh, O.C.D. and Otilio Rodriguez, O.C.D., 1991) (Spiritual wisdoms for guidance of those whom St. John had spiritually directed)
Poetry of St. John of the Cross (Translated by Kieran Kavanaugh, O.C.D. and Otilio Rodriguez, O.C.D.) (This collection includes The Spiritual Canticle, The Dark Night, The Living Flame of Love, and other poems)
The Collected Works of the John of the Cross (Translated by Kieran Kavanaugh, O.C.D. and Otilio Rodriguez, O.C.D.) (Revised Edition, 1991) (A collection of poetry, Sayings of Light and Love, The Ascent of Mount Carmel, The Dark Night of the Soul, The Spiritual Canticle (with icons), The Living Flame of Love, Special Counsels, Precautions, and Letters of St. John of the Cross) (from icspublications.org)
Collected Works of St. John of the Cross (Revised Edition, 1991) (from ocd.or.at)
JOHN PAUL II
(1920- ): (Polish Pope, theologian, and writer)Crossing the Threshold of Hope
(1994) (Reflections and comments of the Pope on matters of Catholic faith, other religions, and miscellaneous issues)JOURNET, CARDINAL CHARLES (1891-1975):
(Swiss cardinal and theologian)(1960)
JULIAN (or Juliana) OF NORWICH
(c.1342-c.1420): (English female mystic and writer)(1371) (A revelation of love that Jesus made in sixteen showings) (from ccel.org) (God's love for mankind shown in the Passion, suffering, death of Jesus Christ, and the response of men towards God) (from hti.umich.edu) The Works of Julian of Norwich
JUSTIN (THE) MARTYR, ST.
(c.100-c.165 A.D.): (Palestine-born apologist, writer, and martyr)(The complete defense of the faith written to the Roman Emperor Antonius Pius around 150 A.D.)
KNOX, MSGR. RONALD (1888-1957):
(An English convert from Anglicanism in 1917, Catholic priest, and Bible translator)(1927) (A masterly exposition of Catholic doctrine) (1927) (A masterly exposition of Catholic doctrine)
The Essentials of Spiritual Unity
(The importance of the Old Testament prophesy and hope in the coming of Christ)LAWRENCE, BROTHER (formerly Nicholas Herman) (c.1614-1691):
(French Discalced Carmelite Lay Brother, also known as Lawrence of the Resurrection)The Practice of the Presence of God: The Best Rule of Holy Life
(Sayings and letters) (from ccel.org)The Practice of the Presence of God (from homechurch.com)
LOUIS OF GRANADA (1504-1588): (Spanish Dominican preacher, theologian, and writer)
LOUIS DE MONTFORT, ST. (or Louis Marie Grignion de Montfort) (1673-1716):
(French priest, mission preacher, writer, and founder of Montfort Religious Orders)(of St. Louis de Montfort)
Jesus Living in Mary: Handbook of the Spirituality
Letters to the Friends of the Cross
(Letters to all who would follow Jesus in carrying their cross and instruction on how to do so)Letters to the Members of the Company of Mary
Letter to the People of Montbernage, St. Saturnin, St. Simplicien, La Resurrection and Others
(The letter condemns many irreligious practices of the day)(On the beauty and lovableness of the Eternal Wisdom, Jesus Christ)
Rule of the Missionary Priests of the Company of Mary
(This religious community was founded by St. Louis de Montfort) (for the Forty-Four Virgins and the White Penitents -- groups of lay women and men) (Explanation of why the true devotion to Mary is the secret to the spiritual life of a Christian) (St. Louis de Montfort's last will and testament) (A poem on the Wisdom of the Cross)Treatise on the True Devotion to the Blessed Virgin
(On the nature of perfect consecration to Jesus Christ by means of true devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary)Works of Montfort (St. Louis-Marie Montfort)
LUNN, ARNOLD (1888-1974):
(English convert to Catholicism from Methodism, and a famed apologist and author)MARITAIN, JACQUES (1882-1973): (French Protestant philosopher converted to Catholicism in 1906, and writer)
MAURIN, PETER (formerly Aaristode Pierre Maurin) (1877-1949): (French-born former Christian Brother, journalist, social reformer, and co-founder of the Catholic Worker Movement in New York)
MORE, SIR THOMAS (1478-1535): (English layman, knight, Lord Chancellor, author, martyr, and saint)
MORELLO, O.C.D., FATHER SAM ANTHONY:
(An article that compares Teresa's approach to prayer with ancient tradition of Lectio Divina)
MOST, FATHER WILLIAM G.: (1905-1999)
(American priest, teacher, theologian, scripture scholar, and classicist)(1986)
Free From All Error: Authorship, Inerrancy, Historicity of Scripture, Church Teaching, and Modern Scripture Scholars (1985)
Grace, Predestination and the Salvific Will of God: New Answers to Old Questions (1997)
Our Father's Plan: God's Arrangements and Our Response (1988)
The Consciousness of Christ (1980)
Vatican II: Marian Council (1972)
Theological Works of Father William G. Most
(Books, courses, articles, and notes)NEWMAN, CARDINAL JOHN HENRY (1801-1890):
(An English convert from Anglicanism in 1845, Catholic cardinal, scholar, apologist, and writer)An Essay (On the Development of Christian Doctrine)
(1845, and revised in 1878)An Essay in Aid of Gramamar of Assent
(1870) (from geocities.com)An Essay in Aid of a Grammar of Assent (1870) (from newmanreader.org)
(1864) (It discloses the history of the Cardinal's religious opinions from childhood and defends both reason and authority in the Catholic Church) (from fordham.edu)Apologia Pro Vita Sua (from newmanreader.org)
Callista (A fiction that attempts to imagine and express, from a Catholic point of view, the feelings and mutual relations of Christians and heathens)
Certain Difficulties Felt by Anglicans in Catholic Teaching Considered (Vol. I) (Twelve lectures addressed in 1850 to the Faculty of the Religious Movement of 1833)
Certain Difficulties Felt by Anglicans in Catholic Teaching Considered (Vol. II) (A letter addressed to Rev. E. B. Pusey on occasion of his Eirenicon) (1865)
Certain Difficulties Felt by Anglicans in Catholic Teaching Considered (Vol. III) (A letter addressed to the Duke of Norfolk on occasion of Mr. Gladstone's recent Expostulation) (1875)
Discourses to Mixed Congregations (1849)
Lectures on the Present Position of Catholics in England (Addressed to the Brothers of the Oratory, 1851)
Loss and Gain: The Story of a Convert (1848)
Meditations on the Christian Doctrine
My Mind As a Catholic (1933) (Taken from the section "The Position of My Mind Since 1845" in his book Apologia Pro Vita Sua)
On Consulting the Faithful in Matters of Doctrine
(1859)Sermons Preached on Various Occasions (1857)
(1854) (His view on the aim of education) (from fordham.edu)The Idea of a University Defined and Illustrated (In nine discourses delivered to the Catholics of Dublin and in occasional lectures and essarys addressed to the members of the Catholic University) (from newmanreader.org)
Newman Reader (Life and Works of Venerable John Henry Cardinal Newman)
Venerable John Henry Newman (Life and Works)
(Web Links)OKUMURA, O.C.D., FATHER AUGUSTINE ICHIRO:
(Introduction to prayer, drawing on the Eastern and Western traditions)(1994) (Translated from the Japanese by Masaru Yamato, O.C.D., and Kazue Hiraki, O.C.D.)
PASCAL, BLAISE (1623-1662):
(French mathematician, scientist, religious thinker, and writer)(1660) (Translated by W. F. Trotter) (A collection of notes intended as an apology in defense of Christianity for unbelievers) (from ccel.org)
Pensees (1660) (Translated by W. F. Trotter) (from mala.bc.ca)
PATRICK, ST.
(c.390-c.461): (English Celt, missionary to Ireland, and bishop)(Translated from the Latin by Ludwig Bieler) (Autobiographical confession) (from ccel.org)
The "Confessio" (Confession) of St. Patrick
(from mcs.net)The Confession of St. Patrick (translated from the Latin by Ludwig Bieler
) (from irishchristian.com)Confession (from catholicfirst.com)
PAYNE, O.C.D., FATHER STEVEN:
(A tribute to St. John of the Cross, the Mystical Doctor)
PERE LA COMBE:
(French priest and one-time spiritual director of Madame Jeanne Marie Guyon)s (from ccel.org)
Spiritual Maxims (from homechurch.org)
PERKINS, MARY:
Beginning At Home: The Challenge of Christian Parenthood
(1955)PLUS, FATHER RAOUL
(1882-1958): (French-born Jesuit priest and writer)(1951) (Part 1: Marriage)
(1951) (Part 2: Home)
(1951) (Part 3: Training)
RICHARD ROLLE OF HAMPOLE
(c.1300-1349): (English layman and hermit, and author of biblical commentaries and didactic treatises. Also called "Father of English Mysticism")The Fire of Love and the Mending of Life (Incendium Amoris
and De Emendatione Vitae) (Translated by Richard Misyn) (The first book is an autobiographical writing showing the purification and enlightenment of the writer's soul, and the second one attempts towards the orderly presentation of his ascetic doctrine)RUYSBROECK, BLESSED JAN VAN (or Blessed John Ruysbroeck) (1293-1381):
(Flemish Augustinian priest, mystic, and writer)The Adornment of the Spiritual Marriage; Sparkling Stone; and the Book of Supreme Truth
(Translated from the Flemish by C. A. Wynschank Dom) (The author describes the hard self-discipline, the enlightenment, raptures, and derelictions, and condemns the false mystics and their teachings)SAYERS, DOROTHY LEIGH (1893-1957):
(English laywoman, scholar and writer)Catholic Tales and Christian Songs
(Poetry) (Founded in 1976, this society promotes the study of the life, works, and thoughts of this writer)SEVERINUS BOETHIUS, ST. :
(Please see BOETHIUS)SEVERUS, SULPICIUS (c.360-c.420):
(Ancient France's Aquitain-born historian, ascetic, and disciple of St. Martin of Tours)SHEEN, ARCHBISHOP FULTON J.
(1895-1979): (American Archbishop, preacher, author, and radio and TV evangelist)Calvary and the Mass: A Missal Companion
(1962) (All the seven sacraments explained) (1951)STRUB, FATHER CELESTINE :
(Franciscan priest and writer)(1934)
STEIN, EDITH : (
Please see TERESA BENEDICTA OF THE CROSS, SISTER)SUSO, HENRY (Also called Amandus) (c.1295-1366):
(German Dominican friar, mystic, writer, and Blessed) (A path to the sublime heights of perfection)TAULER, JOHANNES (or John Tauler) (c,1300-1361):
(German Dominican friar, preacher, mystic, and writer) (36 sermons for festivals)TERESA BENEDICTA OF THE CROSS, SISTER, (formerly Edith Stein)
(1891-1942): (A Germany-born Jewish convert to Catholicism in 1933, Catholic Carmelite nun, philosopher, scholar, writer, martyr, and saint)(On the goal of education for Christian women)Separate Vocations of Man and Woman According to Nature and Grace
Spirituality of Christian Women
The Collected Works of Blessed Edith Stein (The Hidden Life: Hagiographic essays, meditations, and spiritual texts)
(Edited by Dr. L. Gelber and Father Michael Linssen, O.C.D.) (Hagiographic Essays, Meditations, and Spiritual Texts)TERESA OF AVILA, ST. (or St. Teresa of Jesus) (1515-1582):
(Spanish Carmelite nun, mystic, Doctor of the Church, writer, and founder of the Discalced Carmelite Order)(1577) (Translated by E. Allison Peers) (An account of the writer's spiritual progress in virtue and grace as well as an expression of the full flowering of her experience in guiding souls towards spiritual perfection) (from ccel.org)
Interior Castle (from catholicfirst.com)
The Life (1562-1565)
(Translated by E. Allison Peers) (Autobiography of St. Teresa of Avila showing a history of the manifestations of divine grace in her life) (from ccel.org)The Life (autobiography) (from catholicfirst.com)
(c.1565) (Translated by E. Allison Peers) (A practical guide to prayer for attainment of spiritual perfection) (from ccel.org)
The Way of Perfection (from ourladyswarriors.org)
The Way of Perfection (from catholicfirst.com)
THEOPHILUS OF ANTIOCH, ST.
(Late 2nd Century): (Bishop of Antioch and apologist)(Translated by Rev. Marcus Dods, A.M.) (Letter of Theophilus to Autolycus, an idolater and scorner of Christians)
THERESE OF LISIEUX, ST. ( or Little Flower of Jesus)
(1873-1897): (French Carmelite nun, mystic, Doctor of the Church, and writer)(Translated by John Clarke, O.C.D.) (A Little Catechism)
Poems (Translated by S. L. Emery)
Poems (from catholicfirst.com)
The Story of a Soul (Autobiography of St. Therese of Lisieux)
THOMAS A KEMPIS (or Thomas Hemerken) (1380-1471): (Prussia-born Augustinian monk and spiritual writer)
(It expresses the spirituality of the Modern Devotion (Devotio Moderna) in the form of meditations on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ) (from ccel.org)
TRAPP, MARIA AUGUSTA:
Around the Year With the Trapp Family
(1955)UGOLINO, BROTHER (or Brother Ugolino di Monte Santa Maria):
(Wit, miracles, and pious examples of St. Francis of Assissi and some of his companions) (from ccel.org)
Little Flowers of St. Francis of Assissi (from ewtn.com)
Little Flowers of St. Francis of Assissi (from geocities.com)
ULLATHORNE, ARCHBISHOP WILLIAM BERNARD
(1806 - 1889): (English Dominican monk, archbishop, and writer)(1945) (Being selections from The Groundwork of the Christian Virtues - 1882 and Christian Patience -1886)
VINCENT OF LERINS, ST.
(-c.450 A.D.): (French monk, priest, and writer in the island of Lerins)(434 A.D.) (Translated by the Rev. C. A. Heurtley, D.D.) (Statement of the character and authority of tradition and its relation to scriptures and of the possibility of the development of doctrine)
SUBJECT-WISE LISTING: (Please note: Except few of the books mentioned under AUTHOR-WISE LISTING above, other books are not repeated under SUBJECT-WISE LISTING)
APOLOGETICS:
(by Father William G. Most) (1986)To Tell You the Whole Truth About the Church and the Holy Bible
AUTOBIOGRAPHY:
(by Abbot Guibert de Nogent: 1053 - 1124) (Translated by C.C. Swinton Bland)The Story of My Misfortunes (Historia Calamitatum) (by Peter Abelard -- 1079-1142) (Translated by Henry Adams Bellows)
BIBLE, THE:
(The Vulgate in Latin -- the Catholic Bible)
(by W. Hartono) (How the Old Testament got 46 books in the Catholic Bible) (by W. Hartono) (How the New Testament got 27 books) (Challoner Editon) (The Catholic Bible, translated from the Latin Vulgate) (from cybercom.net)
Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner Edition) (The Catholic Bible at the Scborromeo.org)
Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner Edition) (from catholicfirst.com)
Latin Vulgate Bible (with Search Engine)
(Latin Bible) (from vanderbilt.edu)The Vulgate Bible (Latin Bible of St. Jerome) (from usyd.edu.au)
The Vulgate Bible (in Latin) (from ukans.edu)
The Bible: Revised Standard Version (with Apocrypha
) (from virginia.edu)Bible (Revised Standard Version) (with Apocrypha) (from umich.edu)
(Modern Catholic Bible)The New Testament (Rheims, 1582)
Novum Testamentum (The New Testament in both Latin and English)
Where We Got Our Bible: Our Debt to the Catholic Church (by Father Henry G. Graham) (1911)
101 Answers on the Bible (by James Akin) (the book is in progress)
BIOGRAPHY:
(of Assissi) (by Thomas of Celano) (Translated by David Burr)Johannes [John] Tauler, O.P.: Mystic, Pastor, and Preacher
(by Michael Suso Berry, O.P.)Life in Abundance: Meister Eckhart & the German Dominican Mystics of the 14th Century (by Gundolf M. Gieraths, O. P.) (1986)
Lives of the Brethren of the Order of Preachers, 1206-1259 (Vitae Fratrum) (by Gerard de Frachet, O. P.) (Translated by Placid Conway, O. P.) (1955)
Saint Dominic (Biographical Documents) (Edited by Francis C. Lehner, O. P.) (1964)
St. Dominic and His Work (by Pierre Mandonnet, O. P.) (Translated from the French by Sister Mary Benedicta Larkin, O. P.) (1943)
BYZANTINE CATHOLIC RITUALS:
(a special service having a combination of vespers and communion rituals)CANON LAW:
[In English, Spanish, French, and Latin placed side-by-side] (Issued by the authority of Pope John Paul II at Rome on January 25, 1983) (from prairienet.org)(1983) [With detailed Contents] (English translation by the Canon Law Society of Great Britain and Ireland in association with the Canon Law societies of Australia, New Zealand and Canada) (from veritas.hrs.virginia.edu)
The Code of Canon Law (1983) (With detailed Contents) (from ourladyswarriors.org)
CATECHESIS/CATECHETICS:
(1928) by Frank Sheed and Maisie Ward (Class outlines to prepare a person for presenting the truths of the Catholic Church in the street corner)Our Hearts Were Burning Within Us
(1999) (A Pastoral Plan for Adult Faith Formation in the U.S.A.)CATECHISM, THE:
[Pope] St. Pius X (Directed to the Laity)
Catechism of the Catholic Church (from vatican.va)
(1994) (British Edition with Apostolic Constitution "Fidei Depositum") [with Search Engine] (Directed to all Bishops, and issued by Pope John Paul II)
Catechism of the Catholic Church
(American Edition with Corrections promulgated by Pope John Paul II on September 8, 1997) (Directed to all Bishops, and issued by Pope John Paul II) (from scborromeo.org)Catechism of the Catholic Church (from cin.org)
Catechism of the Catholic Church (with Search Engine) (from kofc.org)
Catechism of the Catholic Church (with Search Engine) (from ziplink.net)
(Five Catechisms placed side-by-side) [Catechetical Instructions of St. Thomas Aquinas (1273). Council of Trent Catechism (1556 -- also known as "Roman Catechism" or "Catechism of Pope Pius V"), The Baltimore Catechism (1891), Catechism of Pope Pius X, and Catechism of the Catholic Church (CCC) (1992)]My Catholic Faith (A Manual of Religion) (1949) (by Bishop Louis Laravoire Morrow, S. T. D.)
(St. Joseph Edition) (by Rev. A. Lodders, C.SS.R.)Short Catechism (by Father William G. Most) (For classroom use)
(1891 and 1921 Edition) (from catholic.net)The Baltimore Catechism (with Explanations) (from cin.org)
The Catechetical Instructions (1273) (by St. Thomas Aquinas) (from cin.org)
The Catechetical Instructions (by St. Thomas Aquinas) (Translated by Fr. Joseph B. Collins, S. S. (from intratext.com)
The Catechism of Trent (1556) (Issued by Pope Pius V and directed to the Parish Priests)
CATHOLIC EDUCATION:
CHRISTMAS:
(1955) (by Elsa Chaney) (1955) (by Father Edward J. Sutfin)
CHURCH, LATIN AMERICAN:
CHURCH DOCUMENTS & WRITINGS:
(Web Links) (Church Council Documents, Papal Documents, Encyclicals, and Writings of the Church Fathers) Church Documents (Apostolic Fathers, Catechism, Christian Classics, Code of Canon Law, Dead Sea Scrolls, Church Documents, Papal Encyclicals, Resources in Theology, Medieval Sourcebook, Theology Library, Theology Resources on the Internet, and Vatican II Documents)All Catholic Church Ecumenical Councils (All decrees from the Council of Nicea -- 325 A.D. to 2nd Vatican Council -- 1961-1965)
Documents of the 2nd Vatican Council (1961-1965) (from the official Vatican website)
Documents of Vatican II (from RC.Net)
Documents of Vatican II (from American University website)
Documents of Vatican II (from christusrex.org)
Guide to Early Church Documents (New Testament Canonical Information; Writings of Apostolic Fathers; Patristic Texts, Creeds and Canons; and other documents and texts)
THE ECOLE INITIATIVE: Early Church Documents -- Councils of the Church
(1545-1563) Canons and DecreesEWTN: Second Vatican Council's 16 Documents (1962-1965) (Four Constitutions, nine Decrees, and three Declarations)
RC.Net: Documents of Vatican II
Second Vatican Council Documents (1962-1965) (with Search Engine)
Vatican II Documents (1962-1965)NEW ADVENT SUPERSITE: Church Documents
(A collection of Church documents and papal encyclicals and writings)RC.Net: Documents of the Roman Catholic Church (Documents of the Vatican II, Papal Encyclicals, and other Papal Documents from Pope Boniface VIII to Pope John Paul II)
THE ECOLE INITIATIVE: Early Church Documents -- Vitae
(Lives) (Their Writings) (For Catholic writings, see the following theologians and writers who are Catholics: Ambrose of Milan, Anselm of Canterbury, Augustine of Hippo, Athanasius, Basil the Great, Bernard Lonergan, Blaise Pascal, Clement of Alexandria, Desiderius Erasmus Gregory of Nazianzus, Gregory of Nyssa, Irenaeus, Jerome, John Chrysostom, John Henry Newman, Karl Rahner, Tertullian, and Thomas Aquinas)Two Thousand Years of Catholic Writings
(1 A.D. to Present) (Writings of Church Fathers, Doctors of the Church, Saints, Popes, Clergy, and Laity)CHURCH FATHERS (including APOSTOLIC FATHERS):
(Books and writings of the Fathers) (Writings of Barnabas, Clement, Diognetus, Hermas, Ignatius, and Polycarp) Apostolic Fathers (Writings of Barnabas, Clement, Hermas, and Polycarp)
Documents of Church History: Fathers of the Church
(Writings of early Church Fathers, early Heretics and their followers, list of canonical books, and manuscript collections) (Writings of Ante-Nicene, Nicene, and Post-Nicene Fathers) ew Advent: FATHERS OF THE CHURCH (Their writings) he Ecole Initiative: EARLY CHURCH DOCUMENTSWritings from the Early Church (1 - 500 A.D.)
(Selected writings of the Apostolic Fathers, Documents from early Church History, Various Versions of Nicene Creed, and Encyclopedia of the Early Church)Writings of the Church Fathers, Doctors, and Saints
(Writings of St. Cyprian, St. Ignatius, Tertullian, St. Athanasius, Barnabas, St. Bernard of Clairvaux, St. Bonaventure, St. Clement, and Polycarp)CHURCH HISTORY:
A History of the Church: To the Eve of the Reformation
(by Msgr. Philip Hughes) (from netacc.net)A History of the Church: To the Eve of the Reformation (by Msgr. Philip Hughes) (from ewtn.com)
(1981) (by Basil Shereghy) (by Eusebius of Caesarea) (translated by G. A. Williamson) (1965)Church History in the Light of the Saints (1945) (by Joseph A. Dunney)
Colorado Catholicism: The Archdiocese of Denver 1857-1989
(by Thomas J. Noel)Handbook on the Origins of the Order of Preachers (The Dominicans)
Historians of the Church (Select the Catholic historians from them for their writings on the early Church history)
(Translated by Sister Mary Benedicta Kennedy) (by the Slaves of the Immaculate Heart of Mary) (Popes from St. Peter through St. Leo the Great, Pope St. Gregory the Great, Pope St. Martin I, Pope St. Zachary, Pope St. Leo III, Pope St. Gregory VII, and Pope Innocent III) (Published by the Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights, USA)The Carroll History Database (From 7 B.C. to 1592 A.D.) (by Warren H. Carroll) (with Search Engine)
The Church in Crisis: A History of the General Councils -- 325-1870 A. D.) (by Msgr. Philip Hughes, 1960) (A comprehensive survey of the origins, accomplishments and signigicance of the 20 General Councils of the Catholic Church)
The Dominicans: A Short History (by William A. Hinnebusch, O. P.) (1975)
(by Father Titus Brandsma. O. Carm.)The Mantle of Elijah: The Martyrs of Compiegne as Prophets of Modern Age
(by Terrye Newkirk, OCD) (1995) (Sixteen Carmelite nuns guillotined in Paris in mid-July of 1794 in the closing days of Robbespierre's Directorate)The Persecution and Martyrdom of Lyons in 177 A.D.
(The letter of the Churches of Vienna and Lyons to the Churches of Asia and Phrysia, including the story of the Blessed Blandina)US Catholic Documentary Heritage Archives
COMMUNICATION:
COMMUNITY, ECCLESIAL:
ENCYCLICALS & OTHER PAPAL DOCUMENTS:
EWTN: Papal Encyclicals Document Library
(From 1750 to Present)Papal Encyclicals (Of Popes Pius XII, John XXIII, Paul VI, and John Paul II)
ENCYCLOPEDIA, CATHOLIC:
(1913)EUCHARIST, THE HOLY:
EVANGELIZATION:
FAITH:
FAMILY:
HEAVEN:
HELL:
(1883) (by Fr. Francois Xavier Schouppe, S.J.) (The dogma of hell)JESUS CHRIST:
Death and Resurrection of Jesus (2nd Volume) (The theology of Jesus) (by Donald J. Goergen, O. P.) (1988)
JUSTICE & PEACE:
LITURGY:
MARRIAGE:
(1957) (by The Cana Conference of Chicago) [from the book Marriage: The Mystery of Faithful Love] (1991) (by Dietrich von Hildebrand)
Love is a Great Thing [from the book By Love Refined: Letters to a Young Bride] (by Alice von Hildebrand)
Marriage and the Family (by F. J. Sheed)
Morals and Marriage: The Catholic Background to Sex (by T. G. Wayne) (1936)
Nullity of Marriage (1959) (by Francis Joseph Sheed)
The Man for Her (1957) (by Leo J. Kinsella)
The Wife Desired (1954) (by Leo J. Kinsella)
Two Secret That Can Transform Your Marriage: Towards a Christian Spirituality of Marriage (Partial book online)
PRAYER:
(by Fr. Luke Dysinger, O.S.B.)Centered Living: The Way of Centering Prayer
(by Fr. M. Basil Pennington, O.C.S.O.)Lectio Divina and the Practice of Teresian Prayer (by Sam Anthony Morello, O. C. D.) (Comparision of Teresa of Avila's approach to prayer with the ancient tradition of Lectio)
PRAYER BOOKS:
(Basic prayers, general Catholic knowledge, litany of the saints, devotion to Mary, the Rosary, and the Sacraments) (Prayers for different times of the day, prayers for the Church, prayers to help one pray, prayers in times of trial, prayers for Franciscan meetings, meditations, and other miscellaneous prayers) (Prayers for different hours of the day)
The Online Catholic Prayerbook
(Different types of prayers online)PREACHING:
PRIESTHOOD:
PRO-LIFE ISSUES:
(by Dr. & Mrs. J. C. Willke)Glossary of Terms Relating to Abortion and Human Reproduction
Is There a Solution to the Catholic Debate on Contraception? (by James Arraj)
The Moral Question of Abortion (1990) (by Dr. Stephen Schwarz, Ph.D.) (A philosophical reflection upon the value of human life)
Why Can't We Love Them Both? (by Dr. and Mrs. J. C. Wilke) (A right-to-life question and answer book)
RULES & CONSTITUTIONS (of Religious Orders):
The Rule of St. Augustine (c.400) (Monastic rules and a guide to religious life)
SAINTS:
(A huge collection of the lives of saints from various web sources)
SPIRITUALITY:
A Spiritual Communion (by St. Conrad of Parzham, German Capuchin Lay Brother, 1818-1894)
Jesus Living in Mary: Handbook of the Spirituality of St. Louis de Montfort
(1994) (by Montfort Religious Men and Women)THEOLOGY:
Spiritual Theology (by Father Jordan Aumann, O. P.) (The real purpose of the ascetical and mystical theology is not to produce scholars but to form holy Christians)
VIRGIN MARY, BLESSED:
Mary in Our Life (by Father William G. Most)
Mary's Role in Salvation History According to Saint Louis Mary Grignion de Montfort (by Father Patrick Gaffney, S. M. M.)
Rosaries from the Hearts of Jesus and Mary (As given to Rita Ring) (by Marty Coby) (1996) (Readers' discretion advised)
Rosary Meditations for Little People and Elderly (by Rita Ring) (Readers' discretion advised)
Rosary Meditations for Parents and Children (From the Hearts of Jesus and Mary) (by Rita Ring) (Readers' discretion advised)
Saint Catherine Laboure of the Miraculous Medal (The life of the saint and the story of Virgin Mary's manifestation of the Miraculous Medal to her in Paris in 1830)
VOCATION:
MISCELLANEOUS BOOKS:
(by F. J. Sheed)
De Rerum Naturis (Also known as De Universo) (by Rabanus Maurus)
(In Latin)(1st or 2nd Century A.D.) (Teaching of Jesus Christ to the Gentiles through his twelve Apostles) (from newadvent.org)
Didache, The (or The Teaching of the Lord to the Gentiles by the Twelve Apostles) (
Translated by J. B. Lightfoot, 1891 and slightly edited by Baruch, 1993) (from antioch.com.sg)Didache, The ( or Teaching of the Twelve Apostles) (Translated by Charles H. Hoole) (from ocf.org)
Does God Really Love Me? (A booklet by Ralph Martin)
Ethica Thomistica (Thomistic Ethics)
(by Ralph McInerny)Fundamental Moral Attitudes (1950) (by Dietrich von Hildebrand) (Translated from the German by Alice M. Jourdain)
Galileo's Heresy (by Paula Haigh) (1999)
Give to God What Is God's (A booklet by Peter J. Herbeck)
God, Zen and the Institution of Being (1988) (by James Arraj)
God's Blue Book (Vol. I): Teachings to Lift You Up (Messages received by Rita Ring) (Readers' discretion advised)
God's Blue Book (Vol. II): The Fire of His Love (Messages received by Rita Ring) (Readers' discretion advised)
God's Blue Book (Vol. III): Love God, Love One Another (Messages received by Rita Ring) (Readers' discretion advised)
God's Severe Mercy: The Signs of Our Times (A booklet by Ann Shields)
How Can I Truly Be Free? (A booklet by Ralph Martin)
Human Knowledge and God in Cusanus' "De docta ignorantia" (Book I) (by Clyde Lee Miller)
In Behalf of the Fool (Answer to the argument of Anselm in Proslogium) (by Gaunilon) (With Anselm's Reply to Gaunilon's Criticism of Proslogium)
(1988) (by James Arraj)Inner Nature of Faith: A Mysterious Knowledge Coming Through the Heart
Introduction to Augustine's City of God
(by James J. O'Donnell)Introduction to Augustine's Confessions
(by James J. O'Donnell)Is There Any Hope for Me? (A booklet by Ralph Martin)
(Translated by W. R. Inge) (Selections from the German Mystics of the Middle Ages: Meister Eckhart, John Tauler, Meditations on the Seven Words from the Cross, Henry Suso, and Theologica Germanica)Liberalism Is Sin (by Father Don Felix Sarda y Salvany (1899)
Mass Book: A Journey Into the Heart of Jesus (by Rita Ring) (Readers' discretion advised)
Mind Aflame: The Theological Vision of One of the World's Great Theologians: Emile Mensch, S.J. (by James Arraj) (Partial book online)
My Nameday -- Come for Dessert (1962) (by Helen McLoughlin) (Programs for one's nameday, most popular boys' and girls' names, saints' names, and others)
Mysticism, Metaphysics and Maritain: On the Road to the Spiritual Unconscious
(by James Arraj) (Partial book online)Philobiblion (The Love of Books
) (by Richard de Bury -- 1281-1345)Remarks on Eckhart's Influence on Cusanus' 1456 Sermon: "Ubi est qui natus est rex Judaeorum?" (by Clyde Lee Miller)
Shepherds of Christ Apostle's Manual
Solet Annuere: The Bull of Pope Honorius III on the Rule of Friars Minor
(The Franciscans) (Nov. 29, 1223)Spiritual Progress (or Instructions in the Divine Life of the Soul (by Francois Fenelon --1651-1715-- with Madam Guyon)
The Catholic Evidence Guild (by Frank J. Sheed) (1925) (A pamphlet)
The Cell of Self-Knowledge: Seven Early English Mystical Treatises
(1521) (Edited by Edmund G. Gardner) (These treatises are: A Treatise Named Benjamin, Doctrines of St. Katherin of Seenes, Treatise of Contemplation, Of the Song of Angeles, An Epistle of Prayer, An Epistle of Discretion, and Of Discerning of Spirits)The Complaint of Nature (De Planctu Naturae) (by Alain of Lille or Alanus de Insulis)
The Concordance of Scripture: The Homiletic and Exegetical Methods of St. Anthony of Padua (by Father Paul Spilsbury) (A dissertation)
The Franciscan Experience Since 1182
The Second Bridge (1996) (by James H. Dobbins) (A summary of the three conversions necessary in the spiritual life and the signs to look for which tell us when they are necessary)
The Treasures of Simple Living: A Family's Search for a Simpler and more Meaningful Life in the Middle of a Forest (1989) (by Tyra and James Arraj)
Unperceived Ideological Transshipment and Dialogue (by Plinio Correa de Oliveira)
What Is the Spirit Saying? (A booklet by Peter J. Herbeck)
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