Cloister Life Books | Summaries & Audio

Strangers to the City

by Michael Casey • 2005

Benedict's ancient rule transforms self-denial into a path to freedom and deeper love.

4.29

148

🏛️ Monastic Spirituality 🙏 Religious Life 🌱 Spiritual Formation

Strangers to the City 90%

Benedict's ancient rule transforms self-denial into a path to freedom and deeper love.

by Michael Casey 2005

4.29

148 ratings

🏛️ Monastic Spirituality 🙏 Religious Life 🌱 Spiritual Formation

The Silent Life

by Thomas Merton • 1957

What four monastic orders discovered by stripping life to silence: a Trappist's survey.

4.06

192

⛪ Catholic Monasticism 🙏 Contemplative Spirituality 🤫 Silence And Solitude

The Silent Life 89%

What four monastic orders discovered by stripping life to silence: a Trappist's survey.

by Thomas Merton 1957

4.06

192 ratings

⛪ Catholic Monasticism 🙏 Contemplative Spirituality 🤫 Silence And Solitude

No Man Is an Island

by Thomas Merton • 1955

True selfhood means giving yourself away, not asserting yourself. Merton on the relational soul.

4.16

5k+

🧘 Monastic Spirituality 🕯️ Contemplative Life 🫀 Interior Life

No Man Is an Island 88%

True selfhood means giving yourself away, not asserting yourself. Merton on the relational soul.

by Thomas Merton 1955

4.16

5k+ ratings

🧘 Monastic Spirituality 🕯️ Contemplative Life 🫀 Interior Life

The Power of Silence

by Robert Sarah • 2016

We use noise to hide from ourselves. A cardinal's case for silence as the way back.

4.41

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✝️ Catholic Spirituality 🙏 Contemplative Prayer 🤫 Silence And Solitude

The Power of Silence 87%

We use noise to hide from ourselves. A cardinal's case for silence as the way back.

by Robert Sarah 2016

4.41

3k+ ratings

✝️ Catholic Spirituality 🙏 Contemplative Prayer 🤫 Silence And Solitude

The Seven Storey Mountain

by Thomas Merton • 1948

Pleasure, communism, literary fame: all failed him. A silent monastery in Kentucky did not.

4.08

21k+

🕯️ Catholic Conversion 📖 Spiritual Autobiography 🧠 Intellectual Conversion

The Seven Storey Mountain 87%

Pleasure, communism, literary fame: all failed him. A silent monastery in Kentucky did not.

by Thomas Merton 1948

4.08

21k+ ratings

🕯️ Catholic Conversion 📖 Spiritual Autobiography 🧠 Intellectual Conversion

Aflame

by Pico Iyer • 2025

Fire took everything. In a monastery above the Pacific, he found what silence returns.

3.79

1k+

🏔️ Monastic Spirituality 🤫 Silence And Solitude 🔥 Impermanence

Aflame 87%

Fire took everything. In a monastery above the Pacific, he found what silence returns.

by Pico Iyer 2025

3.79

1k+ ratings

🏔️ Monastic Spirituality 🤫 Silence And Solitude 🔥 Impermanence

Stone Yard Devotional

by Charlotte Wood • 2023

Fleeing grief, a woman retreats to an abbey where silence is not escape but a trial.

3.72

30k+

🔔 Monastic Life ⚖️ Action Vs Contemplation 🌙 Female Solitude

Stone Yard Devotional 87%

Fleeing grief, a woman retreats to an abbey where silence is not escape but a trial.

by Charlotte Wood 2023

3.72

30k+ ratings

🔔 Monastic Life ⚖️ Action Vs Contemplation 🌙 Female Solitude

The Imitation of Christ

by Thomas à Kempis • 1427

The reward for wanting nothing is peace. Getting what you want only postpones the restlessness.

4.24

27k+

🕯️ Christian Devotion 🏠 Interior Life ⛪ Monastic Spirituality

The Imitation of Christ 87%

The reward for wanting nothing is peace. Getting what you want only postpones the restlessness.

by Thomas à Kempis 1427

4.24

27k+ ratings

🕯️ Christian Devotion 🏠 Interior Life ⛪ Monastic Spirituality

Thoughts in Solitude

by Thomas Merton • 1956

Solitude is not geography. It is the interior awakening where silence replaces everything unreal.

4.02

3k+

🕯️ Contemplative Prayer ⛪ Monastic Spirituality 🔥 Christian Mysticism

Thoughts in Solitude 87%

Solitude is not geography. It is the interior awakening where silence replaces everything unreal.

by Thomas Merton 1956

4.02

3k+ ratings

🕯️ Contemplative Prayer ⛪ Monastic Spirituality 🔥 Christian Mysticism

Cave in the Snow

by Vicki Mackenzie • 1998

Six years into her cave retreat, a blizzard buried her alive. She stayed six more.

4.29

3k+

🏔️ Tibetan Buddhism 🧘‍♀️ Buddhist Nuns 📖 Spiritual Biography

Cave in the Snow 87%

Six years into her cave retreat, a blizzard buried her alive. She stayed six more.

by Vicki Mackenzie 1998

4.29

3k+ ratings

🏔️ Tibetan Buddhism 🧘‍♀️ Buddhist Nuns 📖 Spiritual Biography

Little Angels

by Phra Peter Pannapadipo • 2005

Most Thai novice monks did not choose the monastery. Hunger chose for them.

3.94

135

🧘 Thai Buddhism 🏯 Buddhist Monasticism 📿 Monastic Life

Little Angels 87%

Most Thai novice monks did not choose the monastery. Hunger chose for them.

by Phra Peter Pannapadipo 2005

3.94

135 ratings

🧘 Thai Buddhism 🏯 Buddhist Monasticism 📿 Monastic Life

Going to Church in Medieval England

by Nicholas Orme • 2021

9,500 buildings held medieval England together: the parish church, from birth to burial.

4.19

295

🏛️ Medieval Churches ⛪ Parish Life 📜 Medieval Clergy

Going to Church in Medieval England Summary

Going to Church in Medieval England 87%

9,500 buildings held medieval England together: the parish church, from birth to burial.

by Nicholas Orme 2021

4.19

295 ratings

🏛️ Medieval Churches ⛪ Parish Life 📜 Medieval Clergy

Father Sergius

by Leo Tolstoy • 1911

To escape humiliation, a proud prince chases sainthood. But pride follows him into the cell.

3.86

6k+

🕯️ Crisis Of Faith ⛪ Monastic Life 🌑 Fall Of A Saint

Father Sergius 87%

To escape humiliation, a proud prince chases sainthood. But pride follows him into the cell.

by Leo Tolstoy 1911

3.86

6k+ ratings

🕯️ Crisis Of Faith ⛪ Monastic Life 🌑 Fall Of A Saint

Crafting a Rule of Life

by Stephen A. Macchia • 2012

Build a personal framework that aligns your time, body, money, and relationships with your faith.

3.85

378

📜 Rule Of Life 🛡️ Benedictine Spirituality ✝️ Spiritual Disciplines

Crafting a Rule of Life 87%

Build a personal framework that aligns your time, body, money, and relationships with your faith.

by Stephen A. Macchia 2012

3.85

378 ratings

📜 Rule Of Life 🛡️ Benedictine Spirituality ✝️ Spiritual Disciplines

The Spiral Staircase

by Karen Armstrong • 2004

A failed nun, an undiagnosed brain disorder, and the world religions that rebuilt her faith.

3.94

9k+

🌑 Faith Crisis 📚 Comparative Religion ✍️ Spiritual Memoir

The Spiral Staircase 87%

A failed nun, an undiagnosed brain disorder, and the world religions that rebuilt her faith.

by Karen Armstrong 2004

3.94

9k+ ratings

🌑 Faith Crisis 📚 Comparative Religion ✍️ Spiritual Memoir

The Path to Salvation, A Concise Outline of Christian Ascesis

by Theophan the Recluse • 1869

The soul's ascent: from first zeal, through inner war, to the stillness of union with God.

4.69

150

☦️ Eastern Orthodoxy 🕊️ Christian Mysticism 🏋️ Ascetic Practice

The Path to Salvation, A Concise Outline of Christian Ascesis Summary

The Path to Salvation, A Concise Outline of Christian Ascesis 87%

The soul's ascent: from first zeal, through inner war, to the stillness of union with God.

by Theophan the Recluse 1869

4.69

150 ratings

☦️ Eastern Orthodoxy 🕊️ Christian Mysticism 🏋️ Ascetic Practice

A Circle of Quiet

by Madeleine L'Engle • 1971

A farmhouse, a brook, an hour of silence: what a writer found when she finally stopped.

4.21

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🖊️ Writing Life 🙏 Contemplative Faith 🎨 Creative Process

A Circle of Quiet 87%

A farmhouse, a brook, an hour of silence: what a writer found when she finally stopped.

by Madeleine L'Engle 1971

4.21

7k+ ratings

🖊️ Writing Life 🙏 Contemplative Faith 🎨 Creative Process

The Monk

by Matthew Gregory Lewis • 1796

A monk revered as a saint falls into lust, murder, and a bargain with the Devil.

3.86

35k+

🖤 Gothic Horror ✝️ Religious Horror 😈 Demonic Pact

The Monk 87%

A monk revered as a saint falls into lust, murder, and a bargain with the Devil.

by Matthew Gregory Lewis 1796

3.86

35k+ ratings

🖤 Gothic Horror ✝️ Religious Horror 😈 Demonic Pact

Year with God

by Richard J. Foster • 1978

Ancient practices for turning faith from a Sunday belief into a daily, lived friendship with God.

4.21

40k+

🧘 Spiritual Disciplines 🙏 Contemplative Christianity 🌱 Christian Formation

Year with God 87%

Ancient practices for turning faith from a Sunday belief into a daily, lived friendship with God.

by Richard J. Foster 1978

4.21

40k+ ratings

🧘 Spiritual Disciplines 🙏 Contemplative Christianity 🌱 Christian Formation

Reaching Out

by Henri J.M. Nouwen • 1986

Three transformations that use your loneliness, defensiveness, and death-denial as doorways to God.

4.17

5k+

🕊️ Christian Spirituality 🧘 Christian Contemplation 🌵 Loneliness And Solitude

Reaching Out 87%

Three transformations that use your loneliness, defensiveness, and death-denial as doorways to God.

by Henri J.M. Nouwen 1986

4.17

5k+ ratings

🕊️ Christian Spirituality 🧘 Christian Contemplation 🌵 Loneliness And Solitude

The Light Ages

by Seb Falk • 2020

Eclipse math, precision clocks, a six-foot computer: the medieval laboratory inside the monastery.

3.67

2k+

🔬 History Of Science 🏰 Medieval History ⚗️ Medieval Science

The Light Ages 87%

Eclipse math, precision clocks, a six-foot computer: the medieval laboratory inside the monastery.

by Seb Falk 2020

3.67

2k+ ratings

🔬 History Of Science 🏰 Medieval History ⚗️ Medieval Science

New Seeds of Contemplation

by Thomas Merton • 1962

Your ego is a fiction that flees reality. Your true identity waits in God, beyond thought.

4.27

9k+

🕯️ Christian Mysticism 🙏 Contemplative Prayer 🏺 Self-Emptying

New Seeds of Contemplation 87%

Your ego is a fiction that flees reality. Your true identity waits in God, beyond thought.

by Thomas Merton 1962

4.27

9k+ ratings

🕯️ Christian Mysticism 🙏 Contemplative Prayer 🏺 Self-Emptying

Canticle

by Janet Rich Edwards • 2025

Medieval Bruges: a merchant's daughter reads forbidden texts, finds God, and challenges the Church.

3.87

7k+

🕯️ Medieval Mysticism ⚖️ Heresy And Inquisition 📜 Women And Scripture

Canticle 87%

Medieval Bruges: a merchant's daughter reads forbidden texts, finds God, and challenges the Church.

by Janet Rich Edwards 2025

3.87

7k+ ratings

🕯️ Medieval Mysticism ⚖️ Heresy And Inquisition 📜 Women And Scripture

Vie de Saint Dominique

by Henri-Dominique Lacordaire • 2012

When the medieval Church crumbled, one man held it up with poverty and preaching alone.

4.08

😇 Catholic Saints 🧎 Mendicant Orders 📜 Hagiography

Vie de Saint Dominique 87%

When the medieval Church crumbled, one man held it up with poverty and preaching alone.

by Henri-Dominique Lacordaire 2012

4.08

12 ratings

😇 Catholic Saints 🧎 Mendicant Orders 📜 Hagiography

La monaca

by Simonetta Agnello Hornby • 2010

A noble family in decline has only one use for its most rebellious daughter: the convent.

3.51

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🏛️ 19th Century Italy ⛪ Convent Life 💔 Love Vs Duty

La monaca 87%

A noble family in decline has only one use for its most rebellious daughter: the convent.

by Simonetta Agnello Hornby 2010

3.51

542 ratings

🏛️ 19th Century Italy ⛪ Convent Life 💔 Love Vs Duty

Saint Teresa of Avila

by Mirabai Starr • 2013

Your soul is a crystal castle. God waits at its center. A Spanish mystic's map inward.

4.46

160

🕯️ Christian Mysticism ⛪ Carmelite Spirituality 🙏 Women Mystics

Saint Teresa of Avila 87%

Your soul is a crystal castle. God waits at its center. A Spanish mystic's map inward.

by Mirabai Starr 2013

4.46

160 ratings

🕯️ Christian Mysticism ⛪ Carmelite Spirituality 🙏 Women Mystics

Ecclesiastical History of the English People

by Bede • 2003

Holy kings, miracle-working monks, and a council that chose Peter's keys: the conversion of England.

3.91

🏰 Early Medieval History ✝️ Christianization Of Europe ✨ Saints And Miracles

Ecclesiastical History of the English People Summary

Ecclesiastical History of the English People 87%

Holy kings, miracle-working monks, and a council that chose Peter's keys: the conversion of England.

by Bede 2003

3.91

94 ratings

🏰 Early Medieval History ✝️ Christianization Of Europe ✨ Saints And Miracles

Autobiography of a saint, Thérèse of Lisieux

by Thérèse of Lisieux • 2007

Sainthood without heroics: a young French nun discovered holiness in ordinary acts of love.

4.17

🕊️ Spiritual Memoir ⛪ Carmelite Spirituality 💒 Catholic Saints

Autobiography of a saint, Thérèse of Lisieux Summary

Autobiography of a saint, Thérèse of Lisieux 87%

Sainthood without heroics: a young French nun discovered holiness in ordinary acts of love.

by Thérèse of Lisieux 2007

4.17

12 ratings

🕊️ Spiritual Memoir ⛪ Carmelite Spirituality 💒 Catholic Saints

How the Catholic Church Built Western Civilization

by Thomas E. Woods Jr. • 2005

Universities, science, and human rights emerged not despite the Catholic Church but because of it.

4.12

3k+

⛪ Catholic History 📚 Intellectual History 🏰 Medieval Studies

How the Catholic Church Built Western Civilization Summary

How the Catholic Church Built Western Civilization 86%

Universities, science, and human rights emerged not despite the Catholic Church but because of it.

by Thomas E. Woods Jr. 2005

4.12

3k+ ratings

⛪ Catholic History 📚 Intellectual History 🏰 Medieval Studies

Mysteries of the Middle Ages

by Thomas Cahill • 2006

Never dark: how Catholic Europe's cathedrals and cults launched feminism, science, and modern art.

3.80

5k+

🏰 High Middle Ages 👑 Women In History 🔮 Female Mystics

Mysteries of the Middle Ages 86%

Never dark: how Catholic Europe's cathedrals and cults launched feminism, science, and modern art.

by Thomas Cahill 2006

3.80

5k+ ratings

🏰 High Middle Ages 👑 Women In History 🔮 Female Mystics

In Good Company

by James Martin • 2000

He traded a corporate salary for a mop at Mother Teresa's, and found what he'd been missing.

4.30

381

📿 Catholic Memoirs 🙏 Ignacian Spirituality ✝️ Vocation Discernment

In Good Company 86%

He traded a corporate salary for a mop at Mother Teresa's, and found what he'd been missing.

by James Martin 2000

4.30

381 ratings

📿 Catholic Memoirs 🙏 Ignacian Spirituality ✝️ Vocation Discernment

Eager to Love

by Richard Rohr • 2014

A spiritual path that runs toward failure, poverty, and weakness. Francis of Assisi opened it.

4.38

1k+

🕊️ Franciscan Spirituality ⛪ Catholic Mysticism ☯️ Non-Dual Thinking

Eager to Love 86%

A spiritual path that runs toward failure, poverty, and weakness. Francis of Assisi opened it.

by Richard Rohr 2014

4.38

1k+ ratings

🕊️ Franciscan Spirituality ⛪ Catholic Mysticism ☯️ Non-Dual Thinking

The Intellectual Life

by Antonin Sertillanges • 1921

Thinking as a sacred calling: the 1921 guide to the virtues, solitude, and discipline it demands.

4.41

3k+

🧠 Life Of The Mind ✝️ Catholic Intellectual Tradition 📜 Thomism

The Intellectual Life 86%

Thinking as a sacred calling: the 1921 guide to the virtues, solitude, and discipline it demands.

by Antonin Sertillanges 1921

4.41

3k+ ratings

🧠 Life Of The Mind ✝️ Catholic Intellectual Tradition 📜 Thomism

Thirty Steps to Heaven

by Vassilios Papavassiliou • 2013

An ancient monk's thirty-rung ladder to divine love, built for the monastery, now made for everyone.

4.64

301

🕯️ Orthodox Spirituality 🏜️ Desert Fathers 📿 Monastic Wisdom

Thirty Steps to Heaven 86%

An ancient monk's thirty-rung ladder to divine love, built for the monastery, now made for everyone.

by Vassilios Papavassiliou 2013

4.64

301 ratings

🕯️ Orthodox Spirituality 🏜️ Desert Fathers 📿 Monastic Wisdom

Happy are You Poor

by Thomas Dubay • 1981

Radical poverty is not for saints alone. It is the normal Christian life, and it is joyful.

4.39

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🕯️ Catholic Spirituality 🫴 Voluntary Poverty 🌾 Christian Simplicity

Happy are You Poor 86%

Radical poverty is not for saints alone. It is the normal Christian life, and it is joyful.

by Thomas Dubay 1981

4.39

727 ratings

🕯️ Catholic Spirituality 🫴 Voluntary Poverty 🌾 Christian Simplicity

Wake Up With Purpose!

by Jean Dolores Schmidt • 2023

Fame arrived at 98; wisdom took a century. A nun on purpose, joy, and staying alive.

4.17

3k+

📿 Nun Memoirs 👵 Aging Gracefully 📚 Lifelong Learning

Wake Up With Purpose! 86%

Fame arrived at 98; wisdom took a century. A nun on purpose, joy, and staying alive.

by Jean Dolores Schmidt 2023

4.17

3k+ ratings

📿 Nun Memoirs 👵 Aging Gracefully 📚 Lifelong Learning

Enthusiasm

by Ronald Knox • 1950

Montanists to Methodist revivals, a recurring temperament claims direct guidance, then unravels.

4.45

🏛️ Church History 📚 Historical Theology 🔥 Religious Extremism

Enthusiasm 86%

Montanists to Methodist revivals, a recurring temperament claims direct guidance, then unravels.

by Ronald Knox 1950

4.45

51 ratings

🏛️ Church History 📚 Historical Theology 🔥 Religious Extremism

The Long Loneliness

by Dorothy Day • 1952

From bohemian journalist to Catholic radical: she fed the hungry while the church debated doctrine.

4.02

6k+

✝️ Radical Catholicism ✊ Faith And Activism 🏘️ Intentional Community

The Long Loneliness 86%

From bohemian journalist to Catholic radical: she fed the hungry while the church debated doctrine.

by Dorothy Day 1952

4.02

6k+ ratings

✝️ Radical Catholicism ✊ Faith And Activism 🏘️ Intentional Community

The Way of the Heart

by Henri J.M. Nouwen • 1981

Three ancient desert practices that quiet the compulsive self, resurrecting a ministry that heals.

4.30

9k+

🏜️ Desert Spirituality ⛪ Contemplative Ministry 🎭 True And False Self

The Way of the Heart 86%

Three ancient desert practices that quiet the compulsive self, resurrecting a ministry that heals.

by Henri J.M. Nouwen 1981

4.30

9k+ ratings

🏜️ Desert Spirituality ⛪ Contemplative Ministry 🎭 True And False Self

Sacred Rhythms

by Ruth Haley Barton • 2006

Move your spiritual life from duty to desire through the ancient rhythms of solitude and Sabbath.

4.28

5k+

🕊️ Spiritual Formation 📜 Rule Of Life 🕯️ Sabbath Keeping

Sacred Rhythms 86%

Move your spiritual life from duty to desire through the ancient rhythms of solitude and Sabbath.

by Ruth Haley Barton 2006

4.28

5k+ ratings

🕊️ Spiritual Formation 📜 Rule Of Life 🕯️ Sabbath Keeping

Narcissus and Goldmund

by Hermann Hesse • 1930

An ascetic monk awakens his friend's sensuality, exiling him into art, desire, and the Black Death.

4.22

74k+

🏰 Medieval Germany ☠️ Black Death 🎨 Artist'S Journey

Narcissus and Goldmund 86%

An ascetic monk awakens his friend's sensuality, exiling him into art, desire, and the Black Death.

by Hermann Hesse 1930

4.22

74k+ ratings

🏰 Medieval Germany ☠️ Black Death 🎨 Artist'S Journey

Catholics in Exile

by Scott Hahn • 2023

Exile redefines everything: heaven breaks in through worship and the slow, patient work of love.

4.45

114

🧱 Biblical Theology 🙏 Liturgical Theology 🏛️ Post-Christendom

Catholics in Exile 86%

Exile redefines everything: heaven breaks in through worship and the slow, patient work of love.

by Scott Hahn 2023

4.45

114 ratings

🧱 Biblical Theology 🙏 Liturgical Theology 🏛️ Post-Christendom

Desire and Mental Health in Christianity and the Arts

by David Torevell • 2023

The West's mental health crisis has roots that psychology overlooks: a forgotten theology of desire.

🔥 Theology Of Desire 🎨 Art And Faith 🧠 Mental Health And Faith

Desire and Mental Health in Christianity and the Arts Summary

Desire and Mental Health in Christianity and the Arts 86%

The West's mental health crisis has roots that psychology overlooks: a forgotten theology of desire.

by David Torevell 2023

🔥 Theology Of Desire 🎨 Art And Faith 🧠 Mental Health And Faith

Time for God

by Jacques Philippe • 2005

Mental prayer is received, not mastered. The one shift that transforms dry prayer into communion.

4.60

3k+

🕯️ Catholic Spirituality 🙇 Contemplative Prayer 🧠 Mental Prayer

Time for God 86%

Mental prayer is received, not mastered. The one shift that transforms dry prayer into communion.

by Jacques Philippe 2005

4.60

3k+ ratings

🕯️ Catholic Spirituality 🙇 Contemplative Prayer 🧠 Mental Prayer

The Pastor

by Eugene H. Peterson • 2011

After building his church from scratch, the real work began: six years of unlearning everything.

4.46

4k+

🕊️ Pastoral Vocation 🌱 Spiritual Formation 🏔️ Place And Belonging

The Pastor 86%

After building his church from scratch, the real work began: six years of unlearning everything.

by Eugene H. Peterson 2011

4.46

4k+ ratings

🕊️ Pastoral Vocation 🌱 Spiritual Formation 🏔️ Place And Belonging

Holy Listening

by Margaret Guenther • 1992

The spiritual director's secret: the less you fix, the more the Spirit works.

4.25

1k+

🧭 Spiritual Direction 🔍 Discernment 👂 Contemplative Listening

Holy Listening 86%

The spiritual director's secret: the less you fix, the more the Spirit works.

by Margaret Guenther 1992

4.25

1k+ ratings

🧭 Spiritual Direction 🔍 Discernment 👂 Contemplative Listening

A Mind at Peace

by Christopher O. Blum • 2017

Phones are designed to hook you. The real cure is an ancient set of virtues.

4.12

164

🕯️ Catholic Spirituality 📚 Thomistic Philosophy 📱 Digital Distraction

A Mind at Peace 86%

Phones are designed to hook you. The real cure is an ancient set of virtues.

by Christopher O. Blum 2017

4.12

164 ratings

🕯️ Catholic Spirituality 📚 Thomistic Philosophy 📱 Digital Distraction

Following Francis

by Susan Pitchford • 2006

The radical joy of Francis of Assisi, translated for anyone who wants God in ordinary life.

4.25

🕊️ Franciscan Spirituality 📿 Spiritual Disciplines 🙏 Contemplative Prayer

Following Francis 86%

The radical joy of Francis of Assisi, translated for anyone who wants God in ordinary life.

by Susan Pitchford 2006

4.25

69 ratings

🕊️ Franciscan Spirituality 📿 Spiritual Disciplines 🙏 Contemplative Prayer

Union with God

by Fr. Gabriel of St. Mary Magdalen • 2019

Your prayer runs dry, and you think you have failed. A sixteenth-century mystic says otherwise.

4.63

🕊️ Catholic Mysticism 🇪🇸 Spanish Mysticism 📖 Mystical Theology

Union with God 86%

Your prayer runs dry, and you think you have failed. A sixteenth-century mystic says otherwise.

by Fr. Gabriel of St. Mary Magdalen 2019

4.63

59 ratings

🕊️ Catholic Mysticism 🇪🇸 Spanish Mysticism 📖 Mystical Theology

Invitation to Retreat

by Ruth Haley Barton • 2018

The spiritual detox your soul actually needs: less phone, more silence, and permission to sleep.

4.44

981

🏞️ Spiritual Retreat 🙏 Contemplative Prayer 😴 Burnout And Rest

Invitation to Retreat 86%

The spiritual detox your soul actually needs: less phone, more silence, and permission to sleep.

by Ruth Haley Barton 2018

4.44

981 ratings

🏞️ Spiritual Retreat 🙏 Contemplative Prayer 😴 Burnout And Rest

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