Picks
Top Book Picks for the Spiritual Life
"Do not neglect your spiritual reading. Reading has made many saints." ~ St Josemaria Escriva
"You will not see anyone truly striving after his spiritual advancement who is not given to spiritual reading." ~ St Athanasius
"I can't imagine a man really enjoying a book and reading it only once." ~ C. S. Lewis
Personal Favorites
To Raise the Fallen by Fr. William Doyle
He Leadeth Me by Fr. Walter Cizek
The Autobiography of a Hunted Priest by Fr. John Gerard
Correspondence with Raffaelina Cerase Vol 2. of Letters of Padre Pio
Bernadette Speaks by Fr. Rene Laurentin
Growth in Prayer
Fire Within by Fr. Thomas Dubay
Thirsting for Prayer by Fr. Jacques Philippe
This Tremendous Lover by M. Eugene Boylan
The Secret of the Rosary by St Louis de Montfort
Contemplative Enigmas by Fr. Donald Haggerty
Growth in the Spiritual Life
Seeking Spiritual Direction by Fr. Thomas Dubay
Knowing the Love of God by Fr. Garrigou-Lagrange
Eternity in the Midst of Time by Fr. Stinissen
Plan of Life by Fr. Roger Landry
Interior Freedom by Fr. Jacques Philippe
The Way of the Disciple by Erasmo Leiva-Merikakis
Growth in Virtue
Humility of Heart by Fr. Cajetan da Bergamo
Deep Conversion, Deep Prayer by Fr. Thomas Dubay
Holy Simplicity by Fr. Raoul Plus
The Little Book of Holy Gratitude by Fr. Frederick Faber
Introduction to the Devout Life by St. Francis de Sales
Discerning Consecrated Life
And You Are Christ's by Fr. Thomas Dubay
Vocations by Fr. William Doyle
The One Bride by Sr. Mary Jane Klimisch
Jesus the Bridegroom by Brant Pitre
My Beloved is Mine and I am His by Mother Mary Francis
Discerning Religious Life by Sr. Clare Matthias
Called by God by Rachel Marie Collins
Vita Consecrata by Pope John Paul II
Sacra Virginitas by Pope Pius XII
Discerning Married Life
By Love Refined by Alice Von Hildebrand
Three to Get Married by Ven. Fulton Sheen
A Call to a Deeper Love by Sts. Louis and Zelie Martin
The Story of a Family by Fr. Stephane-Joseph Piat
Novels
Come Rack, Come Rope by Msgr. Robert Hugh Benson
By What Authority? by Msgr. Robert Hugh Benson
The Shadow on the Earth by Fr. Owen Francis Dudley
Till We Have Faces by C. S. Lewis
The Family that Overtook Christ by Fr. Raymond
The Cure D'Ars by Abbe Francois Trochu
Joan of Arc by Mark Twain