American Benedictine Formation Conference

Reading for Spiritual Growth

Books by Anne Morrow-Lindberg
           
Gifts from the Sea
           
Teaching a Stone to Talk

Books by Annie Dillard
            Holy the Fern
           
Pilgrims at Tinker Creek

Book by Joyce Rupp
           
Cup of our Life

Book by Thomas Moore
           
Care of the Soul

Book by Pat Collins
           
Prayer in Practice

 

Doing the Truth in Love, Rev. Michael J. Himes
       
Contemporary ideas on theology & spirituality
Wisdom Distilled from the Daily, Sr. Joan Chittister, OSB
       
Commentary on the Rule of St. Benedict; easy to read, practical, solid
Benedict, Stories of the Great Saint, Norvene Vest
        Life and Miracles of St. Benedict from Book Two of the Dialogues by Pope St. Gregory the Great
A Tree Full of Angels, Sr. Macrina Wiederkehr, OSB
       
A poet, has the best definition of Lectio Divina (prayerfully reading of Scripture)
Praying Our Experiences, Rev. Johann Schmidt
        Gives practical example of how to pray
Friends of God and Prophets, Sr. Elizabeth Johnson
        A great book on the Communion of Saints and lots of other ideas, very contemporary, good scholarship
The Holy Longing, Rev. Ronald Rolheiser
       
A fresh and inspiring book on spirituality for today

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