Spiritual Book list

• Classics
• Mentors
• Prayer
• Ignatian Prayer
• Poetry
• Visio Divina
• Jesuit Authors
• Discernment
• Spiritual Direction
• Devotionals 

Alighieri, Dante. The Divine Comedy

Anonymous. The Cloud of Unknowing

Antoine de Saint Exupery. The Little Prince

Avila, Teresa. trans. by Allison Peers. Interior Castle

Brother Lawrence. The Practice of the Presence of God the Best Rule of a Holy Life

Bunyon, John. Pilgrim's Progress

Hurnard, Hannah. Hinds Feet on High Places

Lewis, C. S. The Screwtape Letters (and other titles)

_______. The Chronicles of Narnia

Metaxas, Eric. Bonhoeffer

Metz, Johannes Baptist. Poverty of Spirit

Norwich, Julian trans. by Starr, Mirabai. The Showings of Julian of Norwich

St. Augustine. The Confessions

St. John of the Cross. Dark Night of the Soul

St. Therese of Lisieux. The Story of a Soul

Casey, Michael. A Guide to Living in the Truth: St. Benedict's Teaching on Humility 

Chittister, Joan. Scarred by Struggle, Transformed by Hope (any of her books)

Finley, James. Merton's Palace of Nowhere (and other titles)

Kidd, Sue Monk. When the Heart Waits: Spiritual Direction for Life's Sacred Questions (and other titles)

Linn, Dennis, and Sheila and Matthew Linn. Good Goats: Healing Our Image of God. (and other titles)

Marion, Jim. Putting on the Mind of Christ: The Inner Work of Christian Spirituality

Nouwen, Henri. The Inner Voice of Love (and other titles)

_________. Spiritual Formation: Following the Movement of the Spirit

Palmer, Parker. A Hidden Wholeness (and other titles)

Remen, Rachel Naomi, MD. Kitchen Table Wisdom (and other titles)

Ringma, Charles. Dare to Journey with Henri Nouwen

Rohr, Richard. Breathing Under Water: Spirituality and the Twelve Steps (and other titles)

_________. Falling Upward: A Spirituality for the Second Half of Life

Rolheiser, Ronald. The Holy Longing: A Search for a Christian Spirituality (and other titles)

Silf, Margaret. Companions of Christ  (and other titles)

Houselander, Caryll. The Reed of God

Keating, Thomas. Open Mind, Open Heart: The Contemplative Dimension of the Gospel (and other titles)

McColman, Carl. The Big Book of Christian Mysticism (and other titles)

Merton, Thomas. New Seeds of Contemplation (and other titles)

Rolheiser, Ronald. Prayer Our Deepest Longing (and other titles)

Joyce Rupp & Macrina Wiedekehr. The Circle of Life: The Heart's Journey Through the Seasons (and other titles)

O'Donohue, John. Anam Cara: A Book of Celtic Wisdom (and other titles)

Rupp, Joyce. The Cup of Our Life: A Guide to Spiritual Growth (and other titles)

_________. Prayer

Weiderkehr, Marina. Seven Sacred Pauses: Living Mindfully Through the Hours of the Day

Gallagher, Timothy. The Examen Prayer (and other titles)

________.  An Introduction to Ignatian Prayer 

Harter, Michael. Hearts on Fire: Praying with the Jesuits 

Healey, Michael. Praying with the Jesuits: Finding God in All Things

Manney, Jim. An Ignatian Book of Days

Martin, James. Learning to Pray: A Guide for Everyone (and other titles)

Merton, Thomas. New Seeds of Contemplation (and other titles)

Silf, Margaret. Close to the Heart: A Guide to Personal Prayer (and other titles)

Thibodeaux, Mark. Armchair Mystic: Easing into Contemplative Prayer (and other titles)

Books: 

Barks, Coleman and Robert Bly et al., trans. The Illuminated Hafiz

Hirshfield, Jane, Ed. Women in Praise of the Sacred - 43 Centuries of Spiritual Poetry by Women

Murray, Joan, Ed. Poems to Live by in Uncertain Times

O'Donohue, John. Anam Cara: A Book of Celtic Wisdom (and other titles)

Lines:

Eliot, T.S.  

...At the end of all our exploring 

Will be to arrive where we started 

And to know the place for the first time.

Nouwen, Henri. The Return of the Prodigal Son: A Story of Homecoming 

__________. Behold the Beauty of the Lord: Praying with Icons

Barry, William, SJ. Finding God in All Things (and other titles)

Boyle, Gregory, SJ. Tattoos on the Heart.

__________. Barking to the Choir

__________. The Whole Language: The Power of Extravagant Tenderness

__________. Forgive Everyone Everything.

Delp, Alfred. Advent of the Heart: Seasonal Sermons and Prison Writings.

De Mello, Anthony, SJ. Rediscovering Life: Awaken to Reality  

_________. Awareness: The Perils and Opportunities of Reality

_________. Seek God Everywhere

Fleming, David, SJ. What is Ignatian Spirituality?

Green, Thomas H, SJ. Weeds Among the Wheat: Discernment: Where Prayer and Action Meet

Brackley, Dean. The Call to Discernment in Troubled Times: New Perspectives on the Transformative Wisdom of Ignatius of Loyola

Gallagher, Timothy. Discernment of Spirits (and many other titles)

Liebert, Elizabeth.  The Way of Discernment: Spiritual Practices for Decision Making

Lonsdale, David. Listening to the Music of the Spirit: The Art of Discernment

Silf, Margaret. Inner Compass: An Invitation to Ignatian Spirituality (and other titles)

Sparough, et. al. What's Your Decision: How to Make Choices with Confidence and Clarity: An Ignatian Approach to Decision Making

Blythe, Teresa. Spiritual Direction 101: the Basics of Spiritual Guidance 

Dykman, K. Spiritual Exercises Reclaimed, 2nd Edition: Uncovering Liberating Possibilities for Women

English, John, SJ. Spiritual Freedom: From an Experience of the Ignatian Exercises to the Art of Spiritual Guidance

Gratton, Carolyn. The Art of Spiritual Guidance

Green, Thomas H., SJ. Friend of the Bridegroom

Guenther, Margaret. Holy Listening: The Art of Spiritual Direction

Lindahl, Kay. The Sacred Art of Listening: Forty Reflections

May, Gerald. Addiction and Grace: Love and Spirituality in the Healing of Addictions

_________. Care of Mind / Care of Spirit

O'Brien, Kevin, SJ. The Ignatian Adventure: Experiencing the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius of Loyola in Everyday Life

_________. Seeing with the Heart, 2023

Phillips, Susan. Candlelight: Illuminating the Art of Spiritual Direction 

Ruffing, Janet K. Spiritual Direction: Beyond the Beginnings

Savary, Louis M. The New Spiritual Exercises: In the Spirit of Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

Tucker, Lucy Abbott Tucker. Spiritual Direction Supervision: Principles, Practices, and Storytelling

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An Ignatian Book of Days. Jim Manney