50 Books like Autobiography of a saint, Thérèse of Lisieux

The Seven Storey Mountain

by Thomas Merton • 1948

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

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🕯️ Catholic Conversion 📖 Spiritual Autobiography 🧠 Intellectual Conversion 🙏 Contemplative Life ⛪ Monastic Vocation

The Seven Storey Mountain 96%

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 🙏 Contemplative Life ⛪ Monastic Vocation

My Sisters the Saints

by Colleen Carroll Campbell • 2012

Infertility, a father's dementia, a stalled career: the six women saints who walked her through.

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📖 Spiritual Memoir 🙏 Catholic Spirituality ✨ Communion Of Saints 🌊 Faith And Doubt 🌱 Infertility And Faith

My Sisters the Saints 95%

Infertility, a father's dementia, a stalled career: the six women saints who walked her through.

by Colleen Carroll Campbell 2012

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📖 Spiritual Memoir 🙏 Catholic Spirituality ✨ Communion Of Saints 🌊 Faith And Doubt 🌱 Infertility And Faith

Interior Freedom

by Jacques Philippe • 2002

Circumstances don't determine your freedom. Three virtues unlock an inner space no one can touch.

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🕊️ Catholic Spirituality 🙏 Carmelite Spirituality 🗝️ Inner Freedom 🕰️ Present Moment 🤲 Acceptance

Interior Freedom 95%

Circumstances don't determine your freedom. Three virtues unlock an inner space no one can touch.

by Jacques Philippe 2002

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🕊️ Catholic Spirituality 🙏 Carmelite Spirituality 🗝️ Inner Freedom 🕰️ Present Moment 🤲 Acceptance

Searching for and Maintaining Peace

by Jacques Philippe • 1991

Peace does not depend on getting your life right. One inner disposition keeps it through anything.

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🕊️ Catholic Spirituality ✝️ Christian Living 🤍 Interior Peace 🙏 Spiritual Abandonment 🌅 Divine Providence

Searching for and Maintaining Peace Summary

Searching for and Maintaining Peace 95%

Peace does not depend on getting your life right. One inner disposition keeps it through anything.

by Jacques Philippe 1991

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7k+ ratings

🕊️ Catholic Spirituality ✝️ Christian Living 🤍 Interior Peace 🙏 Spiritual Abandonment 🌅 Divine Providence

Saints Who Battled Satan

by Paul Thigpen • 2015

Seventeen saints who treated the devil as real, and the spiritual weapons that still work.

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🛡️ Spiritual Warfare ✝️ Catholic Spirituality 📜 Saint Biographies 🍞 Sacramental Life 🙏 Prayer And Fasting

Saints Who Battled Satan 95%

Seventeen saints who treated the devil as real, and the spiritual weapons that still work.

by Paul Thigpen 2015

4.33

339 ratings

🛡️ Spiritual Warfare ✝️ Catholic Spirituality 📜 Saint Biographies 🍞 Sacramental Life 🙏 Prayer And Fasting

Time for God

by Jacques Philippe • 2005

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

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🕯️ Catholic Spirituality 🙇 Contemplative Prayer 🧠 Mental Prayer 🫀 Interior Life 🏜️ Spiritual Dryness

Time for God 95%

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

by Jacques Philippe 2005

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🕯️ Catholic Spirituality 🙇 Contemplative Prayer 🧠 Mental Prayer 🫀 Interior Life 🏜️ Spiritual Dryness

Vintage Saints and Sinners

by Karen Wright Marsh • 2017

Saints were stubborn, anxious, doubting people. Their flaws are not a scandal; they are the point.

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🕯️ Lives Of The Saints 📜 Spiritual Biography 💔 Flawed Believers ☀️ Everyday Spirituality 🌧️ Faith And Doubt

Vintage Saints and Sinners 95%

Saints were stubborn, anxious, doubting people. Their flaws are not a scandal; they are the point.

by Karen Wright Marsh 2017

4.22

256 ratings

🕯️ Lives Of The Saints 📜 Spiritual Biography 💔 Flawed Believers ☀️ Everyday Spirituality 🌧️ Faith And Doubt

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.

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📿 Catholic Memoirs 🙏 Ignacian Spirituality ✝️ Vocation Discernment 🤲 Service To The Poor 🌅 Spiritual Awakening

In Good Company 95%

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

by James Martin 2000

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381 ratings

📿 Catholic Memoirs 🙏 Ignacian Spirituality ✝️ Vocation Discernment 🤲 Service To The Poor 🌅 Spiritual Awakening

Letters by a Modern Mystic

by Frank C. Laubach • 1937

One man's experiment in asking God's will every waking minute, and the heaven it unlocked.

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971

🕊️ Practicing The Presence ✝️ Christian Mysticism 🙏 Contemplative Prayer 📝 Spiritual Memoir 👁️ Constant Awareness

Letters by a Modern Mystic 95%

One man's experiment in asking God's will every waking minute, and the heaven it unlocked.

by Frank C. Laubach 1937

4.40

971 ratings

🕊️ Practicing The Presence ✝️ Christian Mysticism 🙏 Contemplative Prayer 📝 Spiritual Memoir 👁️ Constant Awareness

Hope

by Pope Francis • 2025

His family narrowly escaped a shipwreck: the pope on why mercy and memory build a future.

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🕯️ Spiritual Autobiography ✝️ Catholic Social Teaching 🙏 Jesuit Spirituality 💛 Mercy And Forgiveness 🌍 Immigrant Experience

Hope 94%

His family narrowly escaped a shipwreck: the pope on why mercy and memory build a future.

by Pope Francis 2025

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5k+ ratings

🕯️ Spiritual Autobiography ✝️ Catholic Social Teaching 🙏 Jesuit Spirituality 💛 Mercy And Forgiveness 🌍 Immigrant Experience

The Imitation of Christ

by Thomas à Kempis • 1427

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

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🕯️ Christian Devotion 🏠 Interior Life ⛪ Monastic Spirituality 📿 Catholic Spirituality 🙏 Contemplative Prayer

The Imitation of Christ 94%

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

by Thomas à Kempis 1427

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27k+ ratings

🕯️ Christian Devotion 🏠 Interior Life ⛪ Monastic Spirituality 📿 Catholic Spirituality 🙏 Contemplative Prayer

On the Other Side of Fear

by Hallie Lord • 2016

A Catholic woman's testament: vulnerability, surrender, and gratitude conquer fear.

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393

✝️ Catholic Spirituality 🤲 Surrender To God 🙏 Gratitude Practices 🕊️ Redemptive Suffering 😰 Anxiety And Faith

On the Other Side of Fear 94%

A Catholic woman's testament: vulnerability, surrender, and gratitude conquer fear.

by Hallie Lord 2016

4.18

393 ratings

✝️ Catholic Spirituality 🤲 Surrender To God 🙏 Gratitude Practices 🕊️ Redemptive Suffering 😰 Anxiety And Faith

No Greater Love

by Mother Teresa • 1997

Radical love is a thousand tiny gestures. It starts at home, and anyone can do it.

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🙏 Catholic Spirituality ✝️ Christian Living 🫴 Voluntary Poverty 🍞 Serving The Poor 💀 Death With Dignity

No Greater Love 94%

Radical love is a thousand tiny gestures. It starts at home, and anyone can do it.

by Mother Teresa 1997

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3k+ ratings

🙏 Catholic Spirituality ✝️ Christian Living 🫴 Voluntary Poverty 🍞 Serving The Poor 💀 Death With Dignity

Perfectly Yourself

by Matthew Kelly • 2006

Forget perfect. Become who God made you to be, one honest, imperfect day at a time.

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✝️ Catholic Spirituality 📖 Christian Self-Help 📿 Spiritual Formation 🎭 Authentic Living 📈 Incremental Growth

Perfectly Yourself 94%

Forget perfect. Become who God made you to be, one honest, imperfect day at a time.

by Matthew Kelly 2006

4.21

2k+ ratings

✝️ Catholic Spirituality 📖 Christian Self-Help 📿 Spiritual Formation 🎭 Authentic Living 📈 Incremental Growth

Thomas Aquinas

by Robert Barron • 1996

Aquinas the rationalist is a mirage. His entire theology is a path to ecstatic union with God.

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🧠 Thomistic Studies 🙏 Spiritual Masters 🔥 Mystical Theology ✨ Union With God 🫂 Embodied Spirituality

Thomas Aquinas 94%

Aquinas the rationalist is a mirage. His entire theology is a path to ecstatic union with God.

by Robert Barron 1996

4.48

276 ratings

🧠 Thomistic Studies 🙏 Spiritual Masters 🔥 Mystical Theology ✨ Union With God 🫂 Embodied Spirituality

Practical Theology

by Peter Kreeft • 2014

The most abstract theologian in history left us the most practical guide to joy.

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🏛️ Thomistic Theology ⛪ Catholic Spirituality 🧭 Spiritual Direction 💡 Faith And Reason ⚖️ Virtue Ethics

Practical Theology 94%

The most abstract theologian in history left us the most practical guide to joy.

by Peter Kreeft 2014

4.52

210 ratings

🏛️ Thomistic Theology ⛪ Catholic Spirituality 🧭 Spiritual Direction 💡 Faith And Reason ⚖️ Virtue Ethics

Letters to a Young Catholic

by George Weigel • 2004

A tour through Catholic sacred sites: the faith is made of stone, silence, incense, and argument.

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🕯️ Sacramental Worldview 🎨 Catholic Imagination 🛐 Spiritual Pilgrimage 📜 Vocation And Calling 🔔 New Evangelization

Letters to a Young Catholic 94%

A tour through Catholic sacred sites: the faith is made of stone, silence, incense, and argument.

by George Weigel 2004

4.23

1k+ ratings

🕯️ Sacramental Worldview 🎨 Catholic Imagination 🛐 Spiritual Pilgrimage 📜 Vocation And Calling 🔔 New Evangelization

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 ✝️ Radical Discipleship 🌿 Simplicity

Following Francis 93%

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 ✝️ Radical Discipleship 🌿 Simplicity

The Dark Night of the Soul

by Gerald G. May • 2004

Spiritual emptiness isn't failure. A psychiatrist reveals it as the hidden liberation of the soul.

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🌑 Christian Mysticism 🧘 Contemplative Spirituality 🌧️ Spiritual Crisis 🧠 Psychology And Faith ⛈️ Faith And Doubt

The Dark Night of the Soul 93%

Spiritual emptiness isn't failure. A psychiatrist reveals it as the hidden liberation of the soul.

by Gerald G. May 2004

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3k+ ratings

🌑 Christian Mysticism 🧘 Contemplative Spirituality 🌧️ Spiritual Crisis 🧠 Psychology And Faith ⛈️ Faith And Doubt

The Long Loneliness

by Dorothy Day • 1952

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

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✝️ Radical Catholicism ✊ Faith And Activism 🏘️ Intentional Community 🥖 Voluntary Poverty 🧑 Personalism

The Long Loneliness 93%

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 🥖 Voluntary Poverty 🧑 Personalism

Strangers to the City

by Michael Casey • 2005

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

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🏛️ Monastic Spirituality 🙏 Religious Life 🌱 Spiritual Formation 📖 Lectio Divina 🔕 Contemplative Practice

Strangers to the City 93%

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 📖 Lectio Divina 🔕 Contemplative Practice

The Way of Silence

by Br. David Steindl-Rast • 2016

You were born a mystic. Gratitude wakes that up, one sense at a time.

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🧘 Contemplative Spirituality 🌿 Everyday Mysticism 🙏 Gratefulness Practice ✨ Embodied Spirituality 🕊️ Interfaith Mysticism

The Way of Silence 93%

You were born a mystic. Gratitude wakes that up, one sense at a time.

by Br. David Steindl-Rast 2016

4.09

193 ratings

🧘 Contemplative Spirituality 🌿 Everyday Mysticism 🙏 Gratefulness Practice ✨ Embodied Spirituality 🕊️ Interfaith Mysticism

Scouting the Divine

by Margaret Feinberg • 2009

Sheep, vines, honey, wool: one writer's search for the God the Bible's first readers knew.

4.22

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🐑 Spiritual Memoir 🌾 Faith And Farming 🤲 Experiential Faith 👁️ Sensory Spirituality ✨ Everyday Sacred

Scouting the Divine 93%

Sheep, vines, honey, wool: one writer's search for the God the Bible's first readers knew.

by Margaret Feinberg 2009

4.22

912 ratings

🐑 Spiritual Memoir 🌾 Faith And Farming 🤲 Experiential Faith 👁️ Sensory Spirituality ✨ Everyday Sacred

The Ignatian Adventure

by Kevin O'Brien • 2011

A 32-week way to experience Ignatius's retreat without leaving your family, job, or home.

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550

🧱 Ignatian Spirituality 📖 Daily Devotions 🔍 Discernment 🕯️ Contemplative Prayer ✝️ Catholic Tradition

The Ignatian Adventure 93%

A 32-week way to experience Ignatius's retreat without leaving your family, job, or home.

by Kevin O'Brien 2011

4.53

550 ratings

🧱 Ignatian Spirituality 📖 Daily Devotions 🔍 Discernment 🕯️ Contemplative Prayer ✝️ Catholic Tradition

Eager to Love

by Richard Rohr • 2014

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

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🕊️ Franciscan Spirituality ⛪ Catholic Mysticism ☯️ Non-Dual Thinking 🧘 Contemplative Practice 💔 Embracing Suffering

Eager to Love 93%

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

by Richard Rohr 2014

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1k+ ratings

🕊️ Franciscan Spirituality ⛪ Catholic Mysticism ☯️ Non-Dual Thinking 🧘 Contemplative Practice 💔 Embracing Suffering

The Year of Living like Jesus

by Edward G. Dobson • 2009

A pastor ate kosher, prayed the rosary, kept Sabbath. Following Jesus dismantled his certainties.

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🖊️ Spiritual Memoir 🧪 Religious Experiment ✡️ Jesus' Jewish Roots 🙏 Spiritual Disciplines 📿 Prayer Traditions

The Year of Living like Jesus 93%

A pastor ate kosher, prayed the rosary, kept Sabbath. Following Jesus dismantled his certainties.

by Edward G. Dobson 2009

3.47

549 ratings

🖊️ Spiritual Memoir 🧪 Religious Experiment ✡️ Jesus' Jewish Roots 🙏 Spiritual Disciplines 📿 Prayer Traditions

The Pursuit of God

by A.W. Tozer • 1948

The one requirement is the one thing Christians think they've finished: pursuing God.

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🧘 Inner Life 🌱 Spiritual Formation 🙏 Practicing The Presence 🪶 Spiritual Detachment ✝️ Christian Mysticism

The Pursuit of God 93%

The one requirement is the one thing Christians think they've finished: pursuing God.

by A.W. Tozer 1948

4.39

88k+ ratings

🧘 Inner Life 🌱 Spiritual Formation 🙏 Practicing The Presence 🪶 Spiritual Detachment ✝️ Christian Mysticism

The Spiral Staircase

by Karen Armstrong • 2004

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

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🌑 Faith Crisis 📚 Comparative Religion ✍️ Spiritual Memoir ❤️ Compassion Ethics 🛐 Monastic Life

The Spiral Staircase 93%

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 ❤️ Compassion Ethics 🛐 Monastic Life

Sacred Fire

by Ronald Rolheiser • 2014

Spiritual maturity demands you give away the things that matter most, including your final breath.

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🌅 Midlife Spirituality 🌱 Christian Maturity 🕊️ Forgiveness 🙏 Prayer And Contemplation 💝 Self-Giving

Sacred Fire 93%

Spiritual maturity demands you give away the things that matter most, including your final breath.

by Ronald Rolheiser 2014

4.43

1k+ ratings

🌅 Midlife Spirituality 🌱 Christian Maturity 🕊️ Forgiveness 🙏 Prayer And Contemplation 💝 Self-Giving

Immortal Diamond

by Richard Rohr • 2013

The identity you built must fall apart before the real one can emerge.

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🧘 Contemplative Spirituality ✝️ Christian Mysticism 🕊️ Franciscan Spirituality 🎭 Ego Dissolution 💔 Redemptive Suffering

Immortal Diamond 93%

The identity you built must fall apart before the real one can emerge.

by Richard Rohr 2013

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🧘 Contemplative Spirituality ✝️ Christian Mysticism 🕊️ Franciscan Spirituality 🎭 Ego Dissolution 💔 Redemptive Suffering

Rediscover Catholicism

by Matthew Kelly • 2002

Catholicism feels broken. The fix starts with seven ancient practices, not a committee.

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🕯️ Catholic Spirituality ⛪ Church Renewal 🏋️ Spiritual Discipline 😇 Personal Holiness 🙏 Prayer Life

Rediscover Catholicism 93%

Catholicism feels broken. The fix starts with seven ancient practices, not a committee.

by Matthew Kelly 2002

4.19

6k+ ratings

🕯️ Catholic Spirituality ⛪ Church Renewal 🏋️ Spiritual Discipline 😇 Personal Holiness 🙏 Prayer Life

Peace Pilgrim

by Peace Pilgrim • 1983

She walked 25,000 miles for peace, carrying no money, one tunic, and a single prayer.

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749

🕊️ Spiritual Memoir ✌️ Nonviolence 🌿 Simple Living 🧘 Inner Peace 🤲 Surrender

Peace Pilgrim 93%

She walked 25,000 miles for peace, carrying no money, one tunic, and a single prayer.

by Peace Pilgrim 1983

4.25

749 ratings

🕊️ Spiritual Memoir ✌️ Nonviolence 🌿 Simple Living 🧘 Inner Peace 🤲 Surrender

Spiritual Formation

by Henri J.M. Nouwen • 2010

The heart's quiet turn from fear to love and resentment to gratitude; no steps, no ladder.

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📖 Spiritual Formation 🙏 Contemplative Prayer ✨ Christian Mysticism 🌧️ Grief And Grace 🤝 Inclusive Church

Spiritual Formation 93%

The heart's quiet turn from fear to love and resentment to gratitude; no steps, no ladder.

by Henri J.M. Nouwen 2010

4.33

1k+ ratings

📖 Spiritual Formation 🙏 Contemplative Prayer ✨ Christian Mysticism 🌧️ Grief And Grace 🤝 Inclusive Church

Just This

by Richard Rohr • 2017

The simple practice of paying attention: how to hold life's contradictions and let them reshape you.

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561

🕯️ Christian Mysticism 🧘 Contemplative Practice 👁️ Nondual Awareness ✝️ Dying To Self 🌿 Presence And Awareness

Just This 93%

The simple practice of paying attention: how to hold life's contradictions and let them reshape you.

by Richard Rohr 2017

4.53

561 ratings

🕯️ Christian Mysticism 🧘 Contemplative Practice 👁️ Nondual Awareness ✝️ Dying To Self 🌿 Presence And Awareness

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.

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✝️ Catholic Spirituality 🙏 Contemplative Prayer 🤫 Silence And Solitude ⛪ Liturgical Reform 🏠 Interior Life

The Power of Silence 93%

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 ⛪ Liturgical Reform 🏠 Interior Life

The Biggest Lie in the History of Christianity

by Matthew Kelly • 2018

Most Christians have accepted a lie about holiness. One ordinary moment begins to undo it.

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🕯️ Catholic Spirituality ✝️ Christian Living 🙏 Everyday Holiness 📿 Spiritual Habits 🦋 Spiritual Transformation

The Biggest Lie in the History of Christianity Summary

The Biggest Lie in the History of Christianity 93%

Most Christians have accepted a lie about holiness. One ordinary moment begins to undo it.

by Matthew Kelly 2018

3.69

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🕯️ Catholic Spirituality ✝️ Christian Living 🙏 Everyday Holiness 📿 Spiritual Habits 🦋 Spiritual Transformation

Surprised by Joy

by C.S. Lewis • 1955

One desire no pleasure could satisfy broke C.S. Lewis's atheism.

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🕯️ Spiritual Memoir ✝️ Conversion Narratives 📖 Literary Memoir 🏔️ Spiritual Longing 🌅 Aesthetic Awakening

Surprised by Joy 93%

One desire no pleasure could satisfy broke C.S. Lewis's atheism.

by C.S. Lewis 1955

4.06

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🕯️ Spiritual Memoir ✝️ Conversion Narratives 📖 Literary Memoir 🏔️ Spiritual Longing 🌅 Aesthetic Awakening

The Quest for God

by Paul Johnson • 1996

The 20th century was supposed to bury God. Instead, it made the case for him.

3.56

124

🛡️ Christian Apologetics 📖 Spiritual Memoir 🧠 Faith And Reason 🌒 Problem Of Evil 🏛️ Critique Of Secularism

The Quest for God 93%

The 20th century was supposed to bury God. Instead, it made the case for him.

by Paul Johnson 1996

3.56

124 ratings

🛡️ Christian Apologetics 📖 Spiritual Memoir 🧠 Faith And Reason 🌒 Problem Of Evil 🏛️ Critique Of Secularism

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 🕯️ Contemplative Prayer 🏜️ Ascetic Practice

The Silent Life 93%

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 🕯️ Contemplative Prayer 🏜️ Ascetic Practice

Entering the Castle

by Caroline Myss • 2007

The interior journey Teresa of Ávila mapped, translated for people who still have bills to pay.

4.06

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✝️ Christian Mysticism 🙏 Contemplative Prayer ✨ Divine Union 🔍 Inner Work ⛪ Contemplative Christianity

Entering the Castle 93%

The interior journey Teresa of Ávila mapped, translated for people who still have bills to pay.

by Caroline Myss 2007

4.06

2k+ ratings

✝️ Christian Mysticism 🙏 Contemplative Prayer ✨ Divine Union 🔍 Inner Work ⛪ Contemplative Christianity

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

727

🕯️ Catholic Spirituality 🫴 Voluntary Poverty 🌾 Christian Simplicity 🔓 Detachment ✝️ Radical Discipleship

Happy are You Poor 93%

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 🔓 Detachment ✝️ Radical Discipleship

Simplicity

by Richard Rohr • 2004

The way of Christian leadership runs opposite to every instinct for status, applause, and control.

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🐑 Christian Leadership 🧘 Contemplative Spirituality ⛪ Pastoral Ministry 💧 Servant Leadership 🙏 Contemplative Prayer

Simplicity 93%

The way of Christian leadership runs opposite to every instinct for status, applause, and control.

by Richard Rohr 2004

4.31

2k+ ratings

🐑 Christian Leadership 🧘 Contemplative Spirituality ⛪ Pastoral Ministry 💧 Servant Leadership 🙏 Contemplative Prayer

I Heard God Laugh

by Matthew Kelly • 2020

Prayer as a daily habit, not a feeling: the simple framework that outlasts dry seasons.

4.19

3k+

🛐 Christian Prayer 📿 Spiritual Disciplines 🌅 Daily Devotions 🤲 Surrender To God ✝️ Ignatian Spirituality

I Heard God Laugh 93%

Prayer as a daily habit, not a feeling: the simple framework that outlasts dry seasons.

by Matthew Kelly 2020

4.19

3k+ ratings

🛐 Christian Prayer 📿 Spiritual Disciplines 🌅 Daily Devotions 🤲 Surrender To God ✝️ Ignatian Spirituality

The Prophet's Way

by Thom Hartmann • 2001

Small mercies, everyday wonder, self-forgiveness: a mystic's lessons on living awake.

4.10

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📖 Spiritual Memoir ✨ Everyday Spirituality 🤲 Compassion Practice 🌿 Nature Spirituality 🪶 Indigenous Wisdom

The Prophet's Way 93%

Small mercies, everyday wonder, self-forgiveness: a mystic's lessons on living awake.

by Thom Hartmann 2001

4.10

295 ratings

📖 Spiritual Memoir ✨ Everyday Spirituality 🤲 Compassion Practice 🌿 Nature Spirituality 🪶 Indigenous Wisdom

Surrender to Love

by David G. Benner • 2003

Spiritual growth isn't about trying harder. It's about letting yourself be loved at your worst.

4.39

3k+

🕊️ Christian Spirituality 🌱 Spiritual Formation 💗 Divine Love 🔓 Overcoming Fear 💔 Spiritual Vulnerability

Surrender to Love 93%

Spiritual growth isn't about trying harder. It's about letting yourself be loved at your worst.

by David G. Benner 2003

4.39

3k+ ratings

🕊️ Christian Spirituality 🌱 Spiritual Formation 💗 Divine Love 🔓 Overcoming Fear 💔 Spiritual Vulnerability

Life is Messy

by Matthew Kelly • 2021

How to repair your brokenness with gold, not shame: a Catholic guide to healing.

3.78

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🧘 Spiritual Growth ✝️ Christian Living 🎨 Embracing Imperfection 🕊️ Forgiveness Practice 🏡 Simplicity Living

Life is Messy 93%

How to repair your brokenness with gold, not shame: a Catholic guide to healing.

by Matthew Kelly 2021

3.78

4k+ ratings

🧘 Spiritual Growth ✝️ Christian Living 🎨 Embracing Imperfection 🕊️ Forgiveness Practice 🏡 Simplicity Living

Help Thanks Wow

by Anne Lamott • 2012

A simple framework for prayer, tested in the messiest moments of one writer's life.

4.01

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🛐 Everyday Prayer 📖 Spiritual Memoir 🙏 Gratitude Practice 📥 Surrender Rituals ✨ Finding Wonder

Help Thanks Wow 93%

A simple framework for prayer, tested in the messiest moments of one writer's life.

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4.01

22k+ ratings

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by Steve Dawson • 2015

You don't need a theology degree to evangelize: a medal, your story, and a street corner.

4.22

🕊️ Catholic Evangelism 🗣️ Personal Testimony 🤝 Relational Evangelism 🌍 New Evangelization 🍞 Holistic Ministry

Catholic Street Evangelization 93%

You don't need a theology degree to evangelize: a medal, your story, and a street corner.

by Steve Dawson 2015

4.22

41 ratings

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Cruelty is a symptom, punishment deepens wounds, and discarded people carry trauma, not evil.

4.45

2k+

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Cherished Belonging 93%

Cruelty is a symptom, punishment deepens wounds, and discarded people carry trauma, not evil.

by Gregory Boyle 2024

4.45

2k+ ratings

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by Paul E. Miller • 2019

Prayer isn't a discipline to master. It's showing up messy, empty-handed, letting God do the rest.

4.39

295

🛐 Prayer And Devotion 👶 Childlike Faith 😢 Lament And Suffering 🤲 Surrender And Trust 💞 Intimacy With God

Beginning a Praying Life 93%

Prayer isn't a discipline to master. It's showing up messy, empty-handed, letting God do the rest.

by Paul E. Miller 2019

4.39

295 ratings

🛐 Prayer And Devotion 👶 Childlike Faith 😢 Lament And Suffering 🤲 Surrender And Trust 💞 Intimacy With God

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