📿 Religious Orders

Stories set within monasteries, convents, and spiritual brotherhoods, exploring the tension between communal devotion and individual desire behind cloistered walls.

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 90%

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

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 89%

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

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 89%

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

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 89%

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 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 89%

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

Saint Pius V

by Roberto de Mattei • 2021

He purged a corrupt Church, excommunicated a queen, and sank the Ottoman navy at Lepanto.

4.55

🏛️ Papal Biography ⛪ Counter-Reformation 😇 Catholic Saints

Saint Pius V 89%

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

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 89%

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

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 89%

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

3k+

✝️ Catholic Spirituality 🙏 Contemplative Prayer 🤫 Silence And Solitude

The Power of Silence 89%

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 Great Façade

by Christopher A. Ferrara • 2002

Empty seminaries, liturgical chaos, missionary collapse: not despite Vatican II, but because of it.

4.30

🕯️ Catholic Traditionalism 🏛️ Post-Conciliar Church 📖 Liturgical Reform

The Great Façade 89%

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

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 89%

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

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 89%

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

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 89%

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

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 89%

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

The Gurus, the Young Man, and Elder Paisios

by Dionysios Farasiotis • 2002

Yoga gave him power. Gurus gave him terror. A Greek monk gave him back his soul.

4.49

1k+

🏛️ Eastern Orthodoxy ⚖️ Comparative Religion 📖 Spiritual Memoir

The Gurus, the Young Man, and Elder Paisios Summary

The Gurus, the Young Man, and Elder Paisios 88%

Yoga gave him power. Gurus gave him terror. A Greek monk gave him back his soul.

by Dionysios Farasiotis 2002

4.49

1k+ ratings

🏛️ Eastern Orthodoxy ⚖️ Comparative Religion 📖 Spiritual Memoir

Why the Catholic Church Must Change

by Margaret Nutting Ralph • 2013

One in three Catholics has left. The way back, a theologian argues, is reform not rigidity.

3.96

🕊️ Catholic Reform 🫂 Pastoral Care 💭 Primacy Of Conscience

Why the Catholic Church Must Change Summary

Why the Catholic Church Must Change 88%

One in three Catholics has left. The way back, a theologian argues, is reform not rigidity.

by Margaret Nutting Ralph 2013

3.96

28 ratings

🕊️ Catholic Reform 🫂 Pastoral Care 💭 Primacy Of Conscience

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 88%

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

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 88%

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 Second Vatican Council

by Roberto de Mattei • 2010

No new dogmas, but a revolution: how Vatican II changed the Church more than any council before it.

4.47

🏛️ Council History ⛪ Catholic Traditionalism 🔄 Liturgical Reform

The Second Vatican Council 88%

No new dogmas, but a revolution: how Vatican II changed the Church more than any council before it.

by Roberto de Mattei 2010

4.47

66 ratings

🏛️ Council History ⛪ Catholic Traditionalism 🔄 Liturgical Reform

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 88%

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

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 88%

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

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 88%

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 88%

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

Saints Who Battled Satan

by Paul Thigpen • 2015

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

4.33

339

🛡️ Spiritual Warfare ✝️ Catholic Spirituality 📜 Saint Biographies

Saints Who Battled Satan 88%

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

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 88%

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

Iota Unum

by Romano Amerio • 1996

The post-Vatican II Church turned reform into a dismantling of authority, liturgy, and truth.

4.34

🏛️ Catholic Traditionalism 📜 Vatican Ii Critique ⚡ Anti-Modernism

Iota Unum 88%

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

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 88%

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

Dorothy Day

by Robert Coles • 1987

She called her church a scandal and spent sixty years feeding the poor in its name.

4.15

338

✝️ Conversion Stories 🕊️ Christian Pacifism 🤲 Social Justice And Faith

Dorothy Day 88%

She called her church a scandal and spent sixty years feeding the poor in its name.

by Robert Coles 1987

4.15

338 ratings

✝️ Conversion Stories 🕊️ Christian Pacifism 🤲 Social Justice 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 88%

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 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 88%

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

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 88%

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

Catholicism

by Robert Barron • 2011

God became flesh. Church, saints, sacraments, your own story: everything Catholic starts there.

4.50

4k+

🕯️ Catholic Theology 🙏 Catholic Spirituality 🧠 Faith And Reason

Catholicism 88%

God became flesh. Church, saints, sacraments, your own story: everything Catholic starts there.

by Robert Barron 2011

4.50

4k+ ratings

🕯️ Catholic Theology 🙏 Catholic Spirituality 🧠 Faith And Reason

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 88%

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

Dressing With Dignity

by Colleen Hammond • 2005

What to wear and why: a Catholic case for modesty as the lever that moves culture.

3.92

337

👗 Modesty And Dress 🕊️ Catholic Teaching 🌸 Feminine Spirituality

Dressing With Dignity 88%

What to wear and why: a Catholic case for modesty as the lever that moves culture.

by Colleen Hammond 2005

3.92

337 ratings

👗 Modesty And Dress 🕊️ Catholic Teaching 🌸 Feminine Spirituality

Holy Envy

by Barbara Brown Taylor • 2019

A Christian theology built on admiring other faiths, tested by students in the Bible Belt.

4.39

6k+

☸️ Interfaith Dialogue 📚 Comparative Religion 🕊️ Spiritual Memoir

Holy Envy 88%

A Christian theology built on admiring other faiths, tested by students in the Bible Belt.

by Barbara Brown Taylor 2019

4.39

6k+ ratings

☸️ Interfaith Dialogue 📚 Comparative Religion 🕊️ Spiritual Memoir

Infiltration

by Taylor R. Marshall • 2019

Freemasons infiltrated the clergy. Communists followed. After 150 years, their man took the papacy.

4.36

2k+

✝️ Catholic Traditionalism 🏛️ Vatican History ⚖️ Church Politics

Infiltration 88%

Freemasons infiltrated the clergy. Communists followed. After 150 years, their man took the papacy.

by Taylor R. Marshall 2019

4.36

2k+ ratings

✝️ Catholic Traditionalism 🏛️ Vatican History ⚖️ Church Politics

The Orthodox Church

by Timothy Ware • 1963

Christianity's forgotten half: no Pope, no Reformation, and questions the West never asked.

4.28

4k+

☦️ Eastern Orthodoxy 📜 Church History 📖 Christian Doctrine

The Orthodox Church 88%

Christianity's forgotten half: no Pope, no Reformation, and questions the West never asked.

by Timothy Ware 1963

4.28

4k+ ratings

☦️ Eastern Orthodoxy 📜 Church History 📖 Christian Doctrine

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

🕯️ 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 88%

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

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 88%

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

Laudato Si'

by Pope Francis • 2015

Environmental ruin and human suffering have one cause. The fix demands a spiritual revolution.

4.25

4k+

📜 Papal Encyclicals 🌱 Ecotheology 🌍 Environmental Justice

Laudato Si' 88%

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

Interior Freedom

by Jacques Philippe • 2002

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

4.72

5k+

🕊️ Catholic Spirituality 🙏 Carmelite Spirituality 🗝️ Inner Freedom

Interior Freedom 88%

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

by Jacques Philippe 2002

4.72

5k+ ratings

🕊️ Catholic Spirituality 🙏 Carmelite Spirituality 🗝️ Inner Freedom

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.

4.44

252

🧎 Franciscan Spirituality 🕯️ Everyday Holiness 🕊️ Peacemaking

Make Me an Instrument of Your Peace Summary

Make Me an Instrument of Your Peace 88%

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

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 88%

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

The Spiritual Life and How to be Attuned to it

by Theophan the Recluse • 1996

The soul has a structure, the passions have a cure: a recluse's letters on spiritual repair.

4.67

179

☦️ Eastern Orthodoxy 🧭 Spiritual Direction 🏔️ Ascetic Practice

The Spiritual Life and How to be Attuned to it Summary

The Spiritual Life and How to be Attuned to it 88%

The soul has a structure, the passions have a cure: a recluse's letters on spiritual repair.

by Theophan the Recluse 1996

4.67

179 ratings

☦️ Eastern Orthodoxy 🧭 Spiritual Direction 🏔️ Ascetic Practice

Apologia Pro Vita Sua

by John Henry Newman • 1864

Reading about a fifth-century heresy, Newman recognized his own church. He could not stay.

4.10

2k+

🛡️ Catholic Apologetics ✍️ Spiritual Autobiography ⛪ Anglo-Catholicism

Apologia Pro Vita Sua 88%

Reading about a fifth-century heresy, Newman recognized his own church. He could not stay.

by John Henry Newman 1864

4.10

2k+ ratings

🛡️ Catholic Apologetics ✍️ Spiritual Autobiography ⛪ Anglo-Catholicism

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.

4.35

4k+

📖 Spiritual Memoir 🙏 Catholic Spirituality ✨ Communion Of Saints

My Sisters the Saints 88%

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

by Colleen Carroll Campbell 2012

4.35

4k+ ratings

📖 Spiritual Memoir 🙏 Catholic Spirituality ✨ Communion Of Saints

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 88%

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

Crushing satan's head

by James Mawdsley • 2022

Old Testament women killed tyrants. Not history repeating: prophecy unfolding toward one victory.

4.61

👑 Marian Theology 📖 Biblical Typology ⚔️ Spiritual Warfare

Crushing satan's head 88%

Old Testament women killed tyrants. Not history repeating: prophecy unfolding toward one victory.

by James Mawdsley 2022

4.61

49 ratings

👑 Marian Theology 📖 Biblical Typology ⚔️ Spiritual Warfare

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.

4.73

7k+

🕊️ Catholic Spirituality ✝️ Christian Living 🤍 Interior Peace

Searching for and Maintaining Peace Summary

Searching for and Maintaining Peace 88%

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

by Jacques Philippe 1991

4.73

7k+ ratings

🕊️ Catholic Spirituality ✝️ Christian Living 🤍 Interior Peace

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