Fr. James Martin, SJ, is one of the most recognized Catholic priests in the United States. His book My Life with the Saints introduced hundreds of thousands ...

The articles on Eucharistic liturgy given here are reprinted from the pages of  Worship  magazine. This expanded edition of the 1982 printing ...

In this book, Charles Murphy explores the still unfolding rediscovery of Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), our foremost American poet, as a mystic of profound ...

Globalization is uniting the world more closely than ever before while at the same time increasing the likelihood of division and conflict. Humanity faces ...

After fifty years of monastic life, prayer, and spiritual direction, Meg Funk knows what it means to listen with the ear of one's heart to the Holy Spirit. ...

Written by a diverse group of younger women religious from North America, In Our Own Words offers a collection of essays on issues central to apostolic ...

All of life is liturgy. People encounter God as they live, work, and play in human communities and as they work to sustain the health of communities and ...

If your parish has been hesitant to dismiss the candidates and catechumens from the Sunday liturgy for fear that they might feel excluded or rejected ...

'The Inner Life of Priests' is a landmark exploration of how the categories and practices of psychology are contributing to a new health and vitality ...

Imagine trying to find a window into the life of an individual who lived approximately two thousand years ago in a culture vastly different from our own. ...

The Charismatic Renewal in the Church is now thirty years old. Appearing soon after the close of Vatican II, it has been one of a number of movements ...

This guide is designed to help readers work through Pope Francis’s apostolic exhortation by providing necessary context (or “back story”) ...

In The Heart of Our Music, master practitioners of the art of liturgical music come together to offer enriching insights, a stirring vision, and practical ...

Thomas Merton's deep roots in his own Cistercian tradition are on display in the two sets of conferences on the early days of the Order included in ...

Most Christians would say that baptism is the one sacrament Christians of all denominations share, that it is the source of ecumenical unity among all ...

Dom André Louf (+2010) was abbot of the Trappist-Cistercian monastery of Mont-des-Cats in northern France from 1963 to 1997. This book brings together ...

Jesus' call to profound discipleship in the Sermon on the Mount is too often dismissed as special instructions for only the holiest and most exceptional ...

"Liturgical language" denotes those words used by Christians in their communal praise and prayer. Liturgical language is often metaphoric, as metaphors ...

When was Christmas first celebrated? How did December 25 become the date for the feast? How did the Bible's "magi from the East" become three kings named ...