Spiritual Literature

The Mystery of the Sacred Stigmata is a compelling book about those who bore the wounds of Christ. A best seller for Our Sunday Visitor, it has received dozens of top notch recommendations from scholars and critics the world over. Author Michael Freze, SFO, has taken the original book and broken it down into a series of smaller books.

On the level of the collective unconscious, this study shows, the historical transition from matriarchy to patriarchy has not taken place. On the contrary, it appears that the intrinsic symbolism of the soul level, the content of the unconscious, the level of spiritual visions, is one of the matriarchal gods and cosmic energy holders, such as the mythic or lunar bull, and the serpent.

In crescendo - una novela profunda, cautivadora y poética- te invitará a revisar tu vida con nuevos ojos y a encontrarle nueva belleza y significado. Weiss profundiza en las preguntas fundamentales que son inherentes a todo viaje: ¿Por qué estamos aquí? ¿Cuál es el significado de la vida? ¿Es posible perder para siempre aquello que más amamos? ¿Cómo estamos interconectados?

Dr. Jonathan Weber, Harvard professor and biblical scholar, is looking forward to his sabbatical year on an archaeological dig in Israel. But a spectacular find that seems to be an archaeologist’s dream-come-true becomes a nightmare that many fear will be the death rattle of Christianity. Carefully researched and compellingly written, A Skeleton in God’s Closet explores the tension between faith and doubt when science and religion collide. In the end, it’s a thought-provoking thriller, driven by one man’s determination to find the truth—no matter the cost.

More than an engaging story, the seven-book Waldmeer series is a doorway to personal and spiritual growth. Waldmeer is an idyllic coastal village with stunning natural beauty. It is a place of healing with its quiet repetitive rhythm and has remained relatively undamaged by the outside world. The simple events of Waldmeer belie the far more complex events of the inter-dimensional worlds. These worlds meet and merge.

One of the best-known poets of the Revolutionary War era, Phillis Wheatley made history with this collection, which was the first such work to be published from an African American woman. Celebrated on both sides of the Atlantic, Wheatley found admirers in the likes of Voltaire, George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, and John Paul Jones.

This devotional focuses on four key categories—physical sensations, negative emotions, compassion to self, and lovingkindness to others. It can be used as a guide for daily meditation and reflection but allows for flexibility, providing inspiration and God’s peace in any situation. Use it on your journey to self-love and then let it take you to a place of love for all as Jesus calls us to love.

God wants every girl to know she's awesome in his sight. He cares about everything - from boys to bullies, friends to future goals, disappointments to discoveries. In this 90-day devotional, girls will grow closer to God as they share with him their everyday achievements and dilemmas.

Ever since her emergence as a child prodigy Isabelle Bryant has only ever known one love - her violin. Then, aged 32, at the height of her career, the unthinkable happens. What do you do when everything depends on the dexterity of your fingers, only to lose them in a horrifying instant? Devastated and vulnerable in the aftermath of her accident, Isabelle struggles to find new meaning in her life. Her perilous path of self-discovery leads her to Vienna, the historic city home of her musical hero, Beethoven, and into the arms of the man who will become her lover.

Before becoming a monk, Brother Mark O’Reilly was an extraordinary small town physician. With his guru-like clarity, this 100-year-old sage introduced fitness as a spiritual discipline to his student. His timeless wisdom is for everyone who has fought the demons of weight-loss and won, then lost. Then gained, then lost. For the sake of our personal health, or neighbor, and the planet, we have never had a timelier message to embrace once again.

What if you went to the mailbox one day and received a letter from God asking you to host a dinner - in God's honor? Award-winning author, composer, and lyricist Rayme Sciaroni shares the irresistible story of Jenny, a woman in her early 50s who receives such an invitation. Jenny is requested to invite anyone she chooses as well as a person she doesn't know very well to the momentous event. The guests are urged to each bring a dish they would like for God to taste and to wear clothing they would like for God to see them in.

My Journey Through War and Peace: Explorations of a Young Filmmaker, Feminist and Spiritual Seeker is based on Melissa Burch's experiences as a war journalist for BBC, CBS, and other networks. Her team was one of the first documentary crews allowed in the Soviet Union at the height of the Cold War, and she was featured in a New York Times story about her time in Afghanistan. She was just in her 20s when she traveled with the moujahedeen, filmed an attack on a Soviet convoy, slept with an Afghan commander, and climbed 14,000-foot mountains in the Hindu Kush.

Seasons of Faith: Religious and Spiritual Poetry captures listeners' senses and give them a reflective experience - allowing them to boost their spirit and inspire them to live a meaningful life. Spiritually inspiring, filled with insights, and life altering, Seasons of Faith: Religious and Spiritual Poetry is engaging poetry that everyone will surely enjoy.

In The Soul's Religion, Moore goes beyond the precepts of tradition and external religious practice to show how listeners can find the Spirit moving in everyday life. In this challenging and comprehensive revisioning of religion and spirituality, Moore provokes the listener to reimagine how a rich and personal spiritual life can be within the grasp of every seeker.

Almost all of us know someone who had been deployed to Vietnam. But most of the veterans don't want to talk about their Vietnam experiences. So, for me, this is the first realistic, packed-with-details account of what daily life was like in Vietnam that I've ever heard. You will enjoy Lost Behind Enemy Lines: A Vietnam Veteran's True Story of Survival and the Revelation of Physical and Spiritual Warfare, a firsthand description of the reality of being in the "infantry boots on the ground" of Danny Clifford, a US Army Ranger Team Leader in Vietnam, on a mission behind enemy lines.

Inside this collection, you’ll find 45 wonderful bedtime stories designed to take your child on a journey of imagination. With talking animals, fantastical places, and important moral lessons, you’re bound to find something you’ll love in this audiobook. Bedtime stories are proven to promote creativity, improve visualization skills, and create feelings of calmness and wellbeing. Now you can make your job as a parent easier while helping your child fall into a deep, rejuvenating sleep.

La transmisión de mensajes ética o espiritualmente profundos a través de los cuentos ha sido uno de los recursos elegidos por maestros de todas las tradiciones religiosas. La capacidad de este medio para implicar la atención del lector, para imbuirle en un mundo imaginativo y sensorial en el que su estructura mental se abre y se muestra receptiva a la sorpresa, le otorgan un gran poder comunicativo y educativo. Presentamos aquí una selección de los más sobresalientes relatos espirituales de diferentes tradiciones como la budista, la taoísta o la hinduista.

In this examination of Solzhenitsyn and his work, Lee Congdon explores the consequences of the atheistic socialism that drove the Russian revolutionary movement.

Have no doubt that God has something fantastic planned for you. Despite the fact that this does not really suggest that every day should be a parade and circus, it does imply that you should live your life with a sense of general happiness. As stated in Psalm 63:7, "...since you have been my help, and under the shelter of your wings I shall scream with joy."

John Owen’s genuine concern for his brothers and sisters in Christ is evident in each of his writings. In The Mortification of Sin, Owen describes the dangers to the soul that still exist even after finding faith in Jesus. While under the protection of Christ, temptation and sin still demand attention and provide threatening distractions. Owen provides a guide to help navigate this world and to learn to fight against sin with Christ’s help.