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🧎 Mendicant Orders

Books exploring the world of wandering religious communities — Franciscans, Dominicans, and their kin — who embraced poverty as a radical spiritual practice.
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
12
😇 Catholic Saints📜 Hagiography🏰 Medieval Church
Vie de Saint Dominique Summary
Vie de Saint Dominique 88%
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📜 Hagiography🏰 Medieval Church
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 Summary
The Silent Life 88%
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
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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1k+
🕊️ Franciscan Spirituality⛪ Catholic Mysticism☯️ Non-Dual Thinking
Eager to Love Summary
Eager to Love 87%
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
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
Happy are You Poor Summary
Happy are You Poor 87%
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
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
Strangers to the City Summary
Strangers to the City 87%
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
Following Francis
by Susan Pitchford • 2006
The radical joy of Francis of Assisi, translated for anyone who wants God in ordinary life.
4.25
69
🕊️ Franciscan Spirituality📿 Spiritual Disciplines🙏 Contemplative Prayer
Following Francis Summary
Following Francis 87%
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
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.
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⛪ Catholic History📚 Intellectual History🏰 Medieval Studies
How the Catholic Church Built Western Civilization Summary
How the Catholic Church Built Western Civilization 87%
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
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 Summary
The Long Loneliness 87%
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
Make Me an Instrument of Your Peace
by Kent Nerburn • 1999
The Prayer of St. Francis, lived: not heroism, but small acts of love, pardon, and presence.
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🧎 Franciscan Spirituality🕯️ Everyday Holiness🕊️ Peacemaking
Make Me an Instrument of Your Peace Summary
Make Me an Instrument of Your Peace 87%
The Prayer of St. Francis, lived: not heroism, but small acts of love, pardon, and presence.
by Kent Nerburn 1999
4.44
252 ratings
🧎 Franciscan Spirituality🕯️ Everyday Holiness🕊️ Peacemaking
Laudato Si'
by Pope Francis • 2015
Environmental ruin and human suffering have one cause. The fix demands a spiritual revolution.
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4k+
📜 Papal Encyclicals🌱 Ecotheology🌍 Environmental Justice
Laudato Si' Summary
Laudato Si' 87%
Environmental ruin and human suffering have one cause. The fix demands a spiritual revolution.
by Pope Francis 2015
4.25
4k+ ratings
📜 Papal Encyclicals🌱 Ecotheology🌍 Environmental Justice
No Man Is an Island
by Thomas Merton • 1955
True selfhood means giving yourself away, not asserting yourself. Merton on the relational soul.
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5k+
🧘 Monastic Spirituality🕯️ Contemplative Life🫀 Interior Life
No Man Is an Island Summary
No Man Is an Island 86%
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
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 Summary
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
The Servile State
by Hilaire Belloc • 1912
Capitalism's true successor is not a worker's state but a legally enforced servitude already here.
3.96
659
🏛️ Political Economy📜 Economic History💰 Capitalism Critique
The Servile State Summary
The Servile State 86%
Capitalism's true successor is not a worker's state but a legally enforced servitude already here.
by Hilaire Belloc 1912
3.96
659 ratings
🏛️ Political Economy📜 Economic History💰 Capitalism Critique
Enthusiasm
by Ronald Knox • 1950
Montanists to Methodist revivals, a recurring temperament claims direct guidance, then unravels.
4.45
51
🏛️ Church History📚 Historical Theology🔥 Religious Extremism
Enthusiasm Summary
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
Friendship at the Margins
by Christopher L. Heuertz • 2010
The most radical move in Christian mission: stop helping and start befriending.
4.18
372
🕊️ Missional Theology🤝 Mutuality In Service⚖️ Poverty And Justice
Friendship at the Margins Summary
Friendship at the Margins 86%
The most radical move in Christian mission: stop helping and start befriending.
by Christopher L. Heuertz 2010
4.18
372 ratings
🕊️ Missional Theology🤝 Mutuality In Service⚖️ Poverty And Justice
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 Summary
The Light Ages 86%
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
Saint Pius V
by Roberto de Mattei • 2021
He purged a corrupt Church, excommunicated a queen, and sank the Ottoman navy at Lepanto.
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🏛️ Papal Biography⛪ Counter-Reformation😇 Catholic Saints
Saint Pius V Summary
Saint Pius V 86%
He purged a corrupt Church, excommunicated a queen, and sank the Ottoman navy at Lepanto.
by Roberto de Mattei 2021
4.55
51 ratings
🏛️ Papal Biography⛪ Counter-Reformation😇 Catholic Saints
Back to Virtue
by Peter Kreeft • 1986
Modern ethics is broken. The cure is ancient: the seven deadly sins and the Beatitudes.
4.29
861
🏛️ Virtue Ethics📜 Moral Theology🐍 Seven Deadly Sins
Back to Virtue Summary
Back to Virtue 86%
Modern ethics is broken. The cure is ancient: the seven deadly sins and the Beatitudes.
by Peter Kreeft 1986
4.29
861 ratings
🏛️ Virtue Ethics📜 Moral Theology🐍 Seven Deadly Sins
Going to Church in Medieval England
by Nicholas Orme • 2021
9,500 buildings held medieval England together: the parish church, from birth to burial.
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295
🏛️ Medieval Churches⛪ Parish Life📜 Medieval Clergy
Going to Church in Medieval England Summary
Going to Church in Medieval England 86%
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
The Great Façade
by Christopher A. Ferrara • 2002
Empty seminaries, liturgical chaos, missionary collapse: not despite Vatican II, but because of it.
4.30
77
🕯️ Catholic Traditionalism🏛️ Post-Conciliar Church📖 Liturgical Reform
The Great Façade Summary
The Great Façade 86%
Empty seminaries, liturgical chaos, missionary collapse: not despite Vatican II, but because of it.
by Christopher A. Ferrara 2002
4.30
77 ratings
🕯️ Catholic Traditionalism🏛️ Post-Conciliar Church📖 Liturgical Reform
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 Summary
Thoughts in Solitude 86%
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
No Greater Love
by Mother Teresa • 1997
Radical love is a thousand tiny gestures. It starts at home, and anyone can do it.
4.37
3k+
🙏 Catholic Spirituality✝️ Christian Living🫴 Voluntary Poverty
No Greater Love Summary
No Greater Love 86%
Radical love is a thousand tiny gestures. It starts at home, and anyone can do it.
by Mother Teresa 1997
4.37
3k+ ratings
🙏 Catholic Spirituality✝️ Christian Living🫴 Voluntary Poverty
Thomas Aquinas
by Robert Barron • 1996
Aquinas the rationalist is a mirage. His entire theology is a path to ecstatic union with God.
4.48
276
🧠 Thomistic Studies🙏 Spiritual Masters🔥 Mystical Theology
Thomas Aquinas Summary
Thomas Aquinas 86%
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
Something Beautiful for God
by Malcolm Muggeridge • 1971
When a cynical journalist met Mother Teresa, he discovered that holiness photographs.
4.00
2k+
😇 Catholic Saints🌍 Missionary Work🤲 Faith In Action
Something Beautiful for God Summary
Something Beautiful for God 86%
When a cynical journalist met Mother Teresa, he discovered that holiness photographs.
by Malcolm Muggeridge 1971
4.00
2k+ ratings
😇 Catholic Saints🌍 Missionary Work🤲 Faith In Action
The Theological Origins of Modernity
by Michael Allen Gillespie • 2008
The modern world is a theological argument that left the church and took over everything.
4.23
270
📜 Intellectual History⛪ Political Theology🏛️ Medieval Philosophy
The Theological Origins of Modernity Summary
The Theological Origins of Modernity 86%
The modern world is a theological argument that left the church and took over everything.
by Michael Allen Gillespie 2008
4.23
270 ratings
📜 Intellectual History⛪ Political Theology🏛️ Medieval Philosophy
On Social Justice
by Basil the Great • 2009
Your extra coat is stolen from the naked. A fourth-century bishop on wealth, hoarding, and love.
4.52
646
🏛️ Patristic Theology✝️ Christian Ethics⚖️ Economic Justice
On Social Justice Summary
On Social Justice 86%
Your extra coat is stolen from the naked. A fourth-century bishop on wealth, hoarding, and love.
by Basil the Great 2009
4.52
646 ratings
🏛️ Patristic Theology✝️ Christian Ethics⚖️ Economic Justice
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
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 Summary
The Imitation of Christ 86%
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
Iota Unum
by Romano Amerio • 1996
The post-Vatican II Church turned reform into a dismantling of authority, liturgy, and truth.
4.34
61
🏛️ Catholic Traditionalism📜 Vatican Ii Critique⚡ Anti-Modernism
Iota Unum Summary
Iota Unum 86%
The post-Vatican II Church turned reform into a dismantling of authority, liturgy, and truth.
by Romano Amerio 1996
4.34
61 ratings
🏛️ Catholic Traditionalism📜 Vatican Ii Critique⚡ Anti-Modernism
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
3k+
✝️ Catholic Spirituality🙏 Contemplative Prayer🤫 Silence And Solitude
The Power of Silence Summary
The Power of Silence 86%
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
My Religion - What I Believe
by Leo Tolstoy • 1884
Jesus didn't teach about an afterlife. He taught nonresistance, poverty, and building heaven now.
4.08
812
🏴 Christian Anarchism✋ Nonviolence📜 Christian Ethics
My Religion - What I Believe Summary
My Religion - What I Believe 86%
Jesus didn't teach about an afterlife. He taught nonresistance, poverty, and building heaven now.
by Leo Tolstoy 1884
4.08
812 ratings
🏴 Christian Anarchism✋ Nonviolence📜 Christian Ethics
Catholics in Exile
by Scott Hahn • 2023
Exile redefines everything: heaven breaks in through worship and the slow, patient work of love.
4.45
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🧱 Biblical Theology🙏 Liturgical Theology🏛️ Post-Christendom
Catholics in Exile Summary
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
Medieval Iberia
by Olivia Remie Constable • 1997
Eight centuries, three faiths, one peninsula: medieval Iberia speaks in its own words.
4.07
121
🏰 Medieval Spain📜 Primary Sources☮️ Interfaith Relations
Medieval Iberia Summary
Medieval Iberia 86%
Eight centuries, three faiths, one peninsula: medieval Iberia speaks in its own words.
by Olivia Remie Constable 1997
4.07
121 ratings
🏰 Medieval Spain📜 Primary Sources☮️ Interfaith Relations
A Shorter Summa
by Peter Kreeft • 1485
Five proofs for God, four virtues for a good life, and why only the infinite satisfies.
4.04
462
🛐 Thomism📜 Scholastic Theology🏰 Medieval Philosophy
A Shorter Summa Summary
A Shorter Summa 86%
Five proofs for God, four virtues for a good life, and why only the infinite satisfies.
by Peter Kreeft 1485
4.04
462 ratings
🛐 Thomism📜 Scholastic Theology🏰 Medieval Philosophy
The History and the Future of the Roman Liturgy
by Denis Crouan • 2005
The Mass evolved for centuries. Trent froze it; Vatican II's hijackers shattered it.
4.00
16
🕯️ Liturgical History🏛️ Catholic Tradition📜 Liturgical Reform
The History and the Future of the Roman Liturgy Summary
The History and the Future of the Roman Liturgy 86%
The Mass evolved for centuries. Trent froze it; Vatican II's hijackers shattered it.
by Denis Crouan 2005
4.00
16 ratings
🕯️ Liturgical History🏛️ Catholic Tradition📜 Liturgical Reform
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 Summary
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
St. Thomas Aquinas
by G.K. Chesterton • 1923
A friar's proof: the senses are holy, common sense leads to truth, Aristotle walks with saints.
4.01
12k+
📜 Thomism🏛️ Scholasticism🤝 Faith And Reason
St. Thomas Aquinas Summary
St. Thomas Aquinas 86%
A friar's proof: the senses are holy, common sense leads to truth, Aristotle walks with saints.
by G.K. Chesterton 1923
4.01
12k+ ratings
📜 Thomism🏛️ Scholasticism🤝 Faith And Reason
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 Summary
Little Angels 86%
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
Dominion
by Tom Holland • 2019
Secularism, human rights, even atheism: a historian shows why these are all products of the cross.
4.26
12k+
✝️ Church History🏛️ Western Civilization🎭 Cultural History
Dominion Summary
Dominion 86%
Secularism, human rights, even atheism: a historian shows why these are all products of the cross.
by Tom Holland 2019
4.26
12k+ ratings
✝️ Church History🏛️ Western Civilization🎭 Cultural History
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 Summary
The Seven Storey Mountain 86%
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
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
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🏰 Early Medieval History✝️ Christianization Of Europe✨ Saints And Miracles
Ecclesiastical History of the English People Summary
Ecclesiastical History of the English People 86%
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
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 Summary
Aflame 86%
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
Simplicity
by Richard Rohr • 2004
The way of Christian leadership runs opposite to every instinct for status, applause, and control.
4.31
2k+
🐑 Christian Leadership🧘 Contemplative Spirituality⛪ Pastoral Ministry
Simplicity Summary
Simplicity 86%
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
Christus Vincit
by Athanasius Schneider • 2019
Modernism emptied the Church of the supernatural. One ancient gesture can bring it back.
4.69
504
🕊️ Catholic Traditionalism🛐 Liturgical Restoration🍞 Eucharistic Reverence
Christus Vincit Summary
Christus Vincit 86%
Modernism emptied the Church of the supernatural. One ancient gesture can bring it back.
by Athanasius Schneider 2019
4.69
504 ratings
🕊️ Catholic Traditionalism🛐 Liturgical Restoration🍞 Eucharistic Reverence
Interventions 2020
by Michel Houellebecq • 2020
A provocateur on religion's sudden return, America's exit from power, and hell's disappearance.
3.57
579
📄 French Essays⛪ Secularization✝️ Catholic Liturgy
Interventions 2020 Summary
Interventions 2020 86%
A provocateur on religion's sudden return, America's exit from power, and hell's disappearance.
by Michel Houellebecq 2020
3.57
579 ratings
📄 French Essays⛪ Secularization✝️ Catholic Liturgy
Pontifex Maximus
by Christopher Lascelles • 2017
The papacy's claim to divine authority is shaky; its real story is power, corruption, and scandal.
3.93
140
⛪ Church History🏛️ Papacy👑 Temporal Power
Pontifex Maximus Summary
Pontifex Maximus 86%
The papacy's claim to divine authority is shaky; its real story is power, corruption, and scandal.
by Christopher Lascelles 2017
3.93
140 ratings
⛪ Church History🏛️ Papacy👑 Temporal Power
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
59
🕊️ Catholic Mysticism🇪🇸 Spanish Mysticism📖 Mystical Theology
Union with God Summary
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
Inventing the Individual
by Larry Siedentop • 2014
Liberalism wasn't born against Christianity. Christianity invented the individual.
4.11
710
🧠 Intellectual History📜 Political Thought🗽 Origins Of Liberalism
Inventing the Individual Summary
Inventing the Individual 86%
Liberalism wasn't born against Christianity. Christianity invented the individual.
by Larry Siedentop 2014
4.11
710 ratings
🧠 Intellectual History📜 Political Thought🗽 Origins Of Liberalism
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.
4.23
1k+
🕯️ Sacramental Worldview🎨 Catholic Imagination🛐 Spiritual Pilgrimage
Letters to a Young Catholic Summary
Letters to a Young Catholic 86%
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
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 Summary
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
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