Meditation

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Awakening Your Soul to the Presence of God: How to Walk Daily and Dwell in Friendship with Him Forever

Healy, Kilian J.

1948, 1975

BX2350.2.H368 1999

With clarity and warmth, Fr. Kilian Healy explains the ways in which God constantly calls you to imitate friendship with Him, and details how you can develop your friendship with God even amid the cares and distractions of your daily life.

How to Meditate

Desbuquoit

1955

BV4813 .D412

Thoughts and discussions on meditation in religious life.

Jesus Christus: Meditations

Guardini, Romano

1959

A meditation book grounded in the New Testament. Chapters include: His Mother, Failure, The Sacred Authority, Jesus and BX1756.G85 J43 Faith, Jesus' Solitude, The Nearness of the Fathers, and The Love of Jesus.

CATEGORY

LINEAGE

meditation

SSJ Formation Library Villa Flora/ Brown Hall

Meditation and SSJ Novitiate prayer

Meditation Guide

Alone With God: Meditations for Every Day Part Two

J. Heyrman, S.J.

1961

BX2170.C55 H493

p.538; Vol. 2; 22 cm.

Meditation Guide

Alone With God: Meditations for Every Day Part One

J. Heyrman, S.J.

1961

BX2170.C55 H493

p.538; Vol. 1; 22 cm.

Meditation Guide

"Make straight in the desert a highway for our God" (Is. 40:3) The prophet and his spiritual successor John the Baptist, leave no doubts in our minds as to what the highway is for. It is to be prepared for the arrival of God.

Meditation Guide

The Christian Year: Meditations on Great Days and Seasons

Wilder, Lesley

1961

BV30.W54

Alone with God

Heyrman, J.

1961

BX2170 C55 H493

Daily Scripture readings and short prayers or meditations, with special Meditation and attention to major feast days. prayer

Unknown The Father Hickery Collection: St. Joseph College The Father Hickery Collection: St. Joseph College Unknown

SSJ Novitiate

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AUTHOR

DATE

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CATEGORY

LINEAGE

Approach to Calvary

Van Zeller, Hubert

1961

BX2040.V3

A series of separate meditations on the Way of the Cross

Meditation Guide

Unknown

My Meditation on the Gospel

Confraternity of the Precious Blood

1962

N/A

Offers short but fruitful reflections on the life and teachings of Christ.

Meditation Guide

Unknown

BV4813. S68

"During the past decade man has cracked the four-minute mile, scaled Mt. Everest, explored vast canyons and peaks on the ocean floor and orbited the earth. Now Bradford Smith would have us begin the most awesome exploration man can endeavor- the fearless journey into the realm of mind and soul." -Atlanta Journal

Meditation Guide

Mary Christine Zimorski, SSJ Jan. 1971

Meditation: The Inward Art

The Prison Meditations of Father Alfred Delp

Smith, Bradford

1962

BX4705.D422 A53

193p.; 21cm.

Meditation Guide

1963

BT993.2 C513

Claudel is not arguing his faith; he is celebrating it. The central statements of Christian belief are illuminated in passage after passage which reveal great creative energy and a loving imagination. Each chapter leads the reader gradually to a deeper understanding of a particular doctrine through a many-sided reflection which combines daring imagery and a range of prayerful emotion that never becomes sentimental.

Meditation Guide

Alive to God: Meditations for Everyone: Benedictine Studies: Boult wood, Alban 1964 Seven

BX2182.2 B6

"It all begins with God" is the tradition of the Benedictine spirituality. 52 assays of spiritual counsel. Meditates on the great themes of the Christian year.

Meditation Guide

I Believe in God: A Meditation on the Apostles' Creed

Introduction by Thomas Merton

Paul Claudel

1963

St. Joseph Junior College: Jensen Beach, FL; Father Hickey Collection, St. Joseph College Library; St. Joseph College Library, Unknown

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AUTHOR

DATE

LC CLASSIFICATION

DESCRIPTION/ NOTES

CATEGORY

LINEAGE

BT306.4 G72

A collection of meditations comprising an introduction and 2 distinct styles of meditation. From St Dominic's time to the present, the Sacred Passion has been an integral element of devotion in the Order of Preachers. As St Thomas Aquinas demonstrated with conviction, Catholic dogma, morals, and worship flow from this mystery.

Meditation Guide

SSJ Novitiate

Meditation

SSJ Novitiate

Meditation Guide

SSJ Novitiate

The Sacred Passion

De Granada, Luis

1964

Days of the Lord I: Winter

edited by William G. Storey

This is the first book of a three-volume 'modern breviary' which 1965 BX2170. C55 S78 follows the liturgical year and is designed for the Christian who is actively engaged in the work of the world.

The Times of Our Lives: Devotions for Modern-Day Men and Women

Snowden, Rita F.

1966

Lowrie J. Daly, S.J. and Sr. Mary Meditations: From Advent to Virgene Daly, Lent R.S.M.; Introduction

by Cardinal Ritter

BV4832.2 S59

Contains 66 of the author's devotional writings by which she seeks to make religion up-to-date and urgently a part of our daily lives.

1966

BX2170.C55 D3

xiii, 236 p.; 22cm

Meditation Guide

Days of the Lord

William G. Storey

1966

BX2170 C55 S78

II Spring; III Summer/ Fall

Meditation Guide

Time for Reflection

edited by Louise Bachelder

1968

BV4900. B2

A collection of short but inspirational quotes accompanied by beautiful illustrations.

Meditation Guide

Sisters of St. Joseph, Mercy Medical Center: Orlando, Florida; Sisters of St. Joseph: St. Joseph Novitiate

SSJ Novitiate

TITLE

AUTHOR

The Wonderland of Here and Now‌ Enjoy Each Day in God's Beautiful World

Welborn, Jean Carpenter

Meditations: Reflections on the Incarnation

Boros, Ladislaus

Meditations for the Quiet Times

The White Robed Monk: A Cycle of Process Meditation

Eyes to Behold Him

Danner, Ann

Progoff, Ira

Michael J. Gaydos

DATE

1972

1972

1972

1973

LC CLASSIFICATION

DESCRIPTION/ NOTES

BV4817. W4

Meditations on the natural world throughout the year, accompanied by a small Scripture quotation.

BT315.2 B613

A celebration of the message of Christ's all-embracing love. Focuses on man's quest for an answer to the meaning of existence.

Spirituality

Unknown

BV4832.2 D35

This is a book for thinking times, for feeling times, for quiet times. It talks about the great questions. Questions like, 'What is love?' and 'How do we know the meaning of life?' And it suggests, if not answers, beautiful ways of thinking about these eternal concerns.

Meditation

Unknown

An approach to meditation that draws upon both Eastern and Biblical resources, but relates specifically to the context of western civilization.

BV4382.2 P75 W5 Offers a way of reaching the quiet place in the cycle while still in the midst of the movement in our lives.

Meditation Guide

Unknown

Meditation Guide

Sisters of St. Joseph: St. Joseph Novitiate

BX4705.G38

139 str. ; 22 cm.

CATEGORY

LINEAGE

SSJ Novitiate

Asking the Fathers: The Art of Meditation and Prayer

Squire, Aelred

1973

BV5091 S6

The author believes that many of the difficulties in prayer stem from the lack of an over-all view of life consistent with the practice of S. Florence authentic prayer, such as the great spiritual masters of the past have Meditation and Bryan, SSJ., taught. Thus, this book aims to trace the main lines of the teachings of prayer Pittsburgh PA the spiritual giants throughout Christian history, both in form and in method.

Silent Music

Johnston, William

1974

BL627.J63

It is the recent science entering into the world of contemplation and prayer and the resulting dialogue between scientist and mystic that is the subject of this book

Prayer

Unknown

TITLE

On Spiritual Friendship

AUTHOR

Aelred of Rievaulx

DATE

1974

meditation

S. Kathleen Power, SSJ Pittsburgh PA

1975

BV832.2 H4

Part of a book series by the author that include the Saints, Prayer, Hope, and Personal Holiness

Meditation Guide

SSJ Novitiate

1975

BV210.2 K45

In this series authors take time out from everyday living to focus on the spiritual dimension of personal life.

Meditation

SSJ Novitiate

1976

BV5081.K4

As opposed to Eastern philosophies, all people are taught by Jesus that we are all welcome and can meditate and have meaningful encounters with God.

Meditation Guide

SSJ Novitiate

BV260. M6

The meditations outlined in this book have been hammered out of the experiences of life. As prayer experiences they are meant as an Meditation and invitation to put the pressures of the busy world aside. They as that prayer we surrender ourselves to the real God who can set us free.

1974

Contemporary Meditation on Hope

Heagle, John

Mooney, Patrick

Sr. Florence Bryan, SSJ Warwick Terrace, Pittsburgh PA

BV4832.2 P2

Eden and Easter

Praise to the Lord of the Morning! Three Prayer Experiences

LINEAGE

This book is a meditation on creation, on birth and rebirth, on gift and growth, which for the Christian believer is spun between the two poles of Eden and Easter. It explores the relationship between these events and the direction of human history.

Padovano, Anthony T.

Kelsey, Morton T.

BV4647 A5

A humanist and a Christian monk, Aelred advocated friendship on both the natural and supernatural plane. Frankness and not flattery, generosity and not gain, patience in correction, and constancy in affection he saw as the marks of a true friendship.

CATEGORY

Prayer

Louis Cassels

The Other Side of Silence: A Guide to Christian Meditation(2)

DESCRIPTION/ NOTES

Sisters of St. Joseph: St. Joseph Novitiate

Preludes To Prayer: 365 Daily Meditations

A Contemporary Meditation on Kennedy, Eugene Prayer

LC CLASSIFICATION

1974

1976

BX2170.C3

SSJ Novitiate(?)

TITLE

AUTHOR

DATE

LC CLASSIFICATION

DESCRIPTION/ NOTES

CATEGORY

LINEAGE

Celtic Meditations

Farrell, Edward J.

1976

BV4832.2 F2

Here is a series of twenty vital prayer experiences that breathe with the fire of the Gospels, an exciting book that will help you pray better and live better.

Meditation and prayer

SSJ Novitiate

Love is for Living

Carlo Carretto; Translated by Jeremy Moiser

1977

BS483.5 C3413 1976

Meditation Guide

Sisters of St. Joseph: St. Joseph Novitiate

The Open Way: A Meditation Handbook

May, Gerald G.

1977

BF637.M4 M38

Offers ideas and guidelines full of exercises, experiences, and things to do. Hopefully leads to an overall effect of easing the bonds of awareness and of allowing one to be fully and freely who one is.

Meditation Guide

Unknown

The Well and the Cathedral (2)

Progoff, Ira

1977

BV4832.2 P75

A meditative text that assists the process of personal centering by providing a way inward not limited to particular doctrines. An ecumenical means of deepening spiritual experience.

Meditation Guide

Unknown

Quiet Places with Jesus" 40 Guided Imagery Meditations for Personal Prayer (2)

Powers, Isaias

1978

BT608.5 P69

This book of 40 meditations suggests the method of guided imagery.

Meditation Guide

Unknown

Meditation Guide

Unknown

Spirituality

Unknown

Bible Meditations for Every Day

Kersten, John C., S.V.D

1978

BV4811 .K445 1979

This inspirational book seeks to promote Christian meditation for allpriests, religious, and laity- as a remedy for all the ailments that afflict people today. It advocated meditation on the Bible, God's Word, to each of us every day. In this respect it gives a Bible passage for every day of the year.

The Practice of Process Meditation: The Intensive journal way to Spiritual Experience (2)

Progoff, Ira

1980

BL624.P76

Written by a therapist who has conducted pioneer research toward a dynamic psychology of creative and spiritual experience.

TITLE

AUTHOR

When we Pray: Meditation on LaVerdiere, Eugene the Lord's Prayer (3)

Weeds among the Wheat

Meditations with Dante Alighieri

God's Time is the Best Time: Ways of Prayer, Volume 11

Jesus: His Last Will and Testament, Meditations on Unity, Faith, Hope and Charity

Thomas H. Green, S.J.

Collins, James

Anselm Hufstader

Foresi, Pasquale

DATE

LC CLASSIFICATION

DESCRIPTION/ NOTES

CATEGORY

LINEAGE

1983

BV230.L383

Praying the Lord's prayer is life-changing. Helps to pray to our Father in words that summarize the whole message of the Gospel, words which call us to reaffirm our assent to that message.

Prayer

Unknown

BV591 G7

An invaluable tool for religious, clergy and laity alike, who are all called in their individual and communal lives to discern more and more of what God's will is in very concrete cirmunstances. Those facing major decisions in their lives will find special assistance and blessing in this extraordinary book.

Meditation Guide

Sisters of St. Joseph: St. Joseph Novitiate

BV4832.2 C594

One of the outstanding medieval treasures is Dante's Divine Comedy.

He provides us with a portrait of the medieval soul. Dante (1265-1321) forces every true reader to undergo a journey in this world now recognized as a rite of initiation into a spiritual heritage.

Meditation Guide

Francis H. Sevek

1984

1984

1984

1986

BX2170.C55 H88

Ways of Prayer, Volume 11

Prayer

Morning Star Convent, Orlando, FL; Sisters of St. Joseph: St. Joseph Novitiate

N/A

In a series of profound but very easily understood meditations, Pasquale Foresi opens up the world of Christian life to all who seek to penetrate it‌ This book, which leads us to an ever more complete understanding of the core virtues of faith, hope, and charity, is one to read and re-read, and each time a new insight will be gained.

meditation

unknown

TITLE

AUTHOR

DATE

Abandon Yourselves Totally to Me: Meditations by Fr. Vlasic, Tomislav and 1986 Tomislav Vlasic and Fr. Slavko Slavko Barbaric Barbaric from January to June 1985

A Touch of Grace: Compiled for Catholic Treasures Meditation

1987

The Forge

Escriva, Josemaria

1987

The Farewell Discourses: Meditations on John 13-17

Adrienne Von Speyr; Translated

by E.A. Nelson

1987

Divine Intimacy Volume IV

Father Gabriel of St Mary Magdalen

1987

Light Within: The Inner Path of Freeman, Laurence OSB Meditation (3)

1987

LC CLASSIFICATION

DESCRIPTION/ NOTES

CATEGORY

LINEAGE

N/A

The aim of this volume is to carry on the work of spreading the Medjugorje messages from the previous book 'Open Your Hearts to Mary Queen of Peace.'

Meditation

Unknown

The Introduction is from "The Incarnation, Birth, and Infancy of Jesus Catholic Treasures Christ by St Alphonsus Maria Liguori.

Meditation Guide

SSJ Villa Flora/Brown Hall St Augustine Fl

The Forge offers the reader points for meditation. They are in the nature of friendly suggestions, of fatherly advice for those who decide BX2350.3 .E8413 to take their Christian life seriously. The Forge leads the individual soul meditation guide 2002 to the forge of divine love and enkindles within it a desire for holiness and apostolate.

Unknown

Meditation Guide

N/A

A celebration of prayer and the joy of Christian life. A classic book of meditations on the interior life.

Meditation

Unknown

This book is a 'guide for those of all religions and even for those not claiming any particular religious label but apprehending and BV4813 .F73 1987 recognizing the ultimate Unknowable in the unity, the continuity, the interdependence within all creation‌'- Yehudi Menhuin

Meditation

N/A

N/A

TITLE

AUTHOR

DATE

LC CLASSIFICATION

DESCRIPTION/ NOTES

CATEGORY

LINEAGE

A Meditation Program Based on the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius: Three Volumes, Decision, Challenge, and Journey

Link, Mark

1988

Tabor Publishing

Together they form an integral 38 week meditation program.

Challenges treats the first week of the Exercises, Decision the second week, and finally Journey the 3rd and 4th weeks.

Meditation Guide

Jeane A. Rose

BV5091.C7 M27

Meditation Guide

Sisters of St. Joseph: St. Joseph Novitiate

BX2182.2 P57

Meditation Guide

Sisters of St. Joseph: St. Joseph Novitiate

Prayer

N/A

The Heart of Creation: The Meditative War

John Main

The Listening God

Miriam Pollard, O.C. S.O.

1989

Psalms for Contemplation

Carlos G. Valles, S.J.

1990

A Western Way of Meditation, Bryan, David Burton The Rosary Revisited

1991

BX2163.B73

The rosary is the world's single most popular form of meditation, Challenges the assumption that the rosary is only a Catholic thing.

Meditation Guide

Testament: Belief in an Age of Unbelief Faith in an Era of Skepticism

Parmisano, Stan

1991

BX1752.P28

Shares with the reader the thoughts of poets and philosophers and proclaims God's word with a passionate conviction about the necessity of faith for a genuinely human life

Meditation Guide

Meditations for Life

Dolan, James R., SJ

1991

BX2182 .2 .D62

This is a series of meditative conferences, awareness exercises, and contemplations about the love of God and its effect in our lives, largely inspired by the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius.

Meditation Guide

1989

Unknown

TITLE

AUTHOR

DATE

Guided Meditations Volume Three: How to Teach Youth to Pray Using Scripture

Reehorst, Jane, BVM

1992

Interactions

Paul, Stephen C.

1992

LC CLASSIFICATION

DESCRIPTION/ NOTES

CATEGORY

This is a simple but powerful book on teaching young people how to pray- using active imagination. It is written specifically for young people in junior and senior high. The goal of this book is to help the Meditation and catechist lead the class into a Gospel scene and meet Jesus personally, prayer affecting not only their present prayer life but building a foundation for their adult prayer life.

LINEAGE

Unknown

BF637.S4 P378

A collection of proverbs to assist those seeking personal change and renewal. Offers meditations and proverbs to sustain personal growth as you achieve it.

Meditation

Unknown

Meditation

Unknown

Born Contemplative: Introducing Children to Christian Meditation

Simon, Madeleine

1993

N/A

This book helps adults who care for children to share in their openness and longing for God in silence, stillness and simplicity of Christian meditation. The book will help practicing meditators who are looking for a new way to introduce meditation to children.

God's Passionate Desire: And Our Response

Barry, William A.

1993

BV5091.B7

Explores our relationship with God and some of its consequences. A series of meditations grouped under 4 headings: foundations, paradoxes, our role in God's World, and Discernment and Action.

Meditation Guide

SSJ Novitiate

BX2182.3 B37

A follow-up to the 1993 edition. The author believes that God wants an intimate relationship with each one of us, and that the deepest desire of our hearts is to have an intimate relationship with God. Leads us on a series of retreats to help us understand the foundations of our relationship with God, what threatens it, and how we continuously move forward.

Meditation

Sr Florence Bryan

xiii, 236 p.; 22cm

Meditation Guide

Sisters of St. Joseph: St. Joseph Novitiate

God's Passionate Desire

Seek Treasures in Small Fields: Everyday Holiness

Barry, William A.

John Puls

2008

1993

BX2350.2 P84

TITLE

AUTHOR

DATE

A Touch of His Love

Charles Stanley

1994

LC CLASSIFICATION

DESCRIPTION/ NOTES

These six chapters can be read as a whole and also used as part of a series of introductory talks for meditation groups or adapted into a single introductory talk. Personal witness and the authenticity of personal conviction are essential elements in any spiritual communication.

CATEGORY

LINEAGE

Spirituality

N/A

Christian Meditation and Meditation spirituality Media, Rosella, IL

Christian Meditation: Your Daily Practice (2)

Freeman, Laurence OSB

1994

Following Jesus: Day by Day

Sr. Melannie Svoboda, SND

1995

Book 1;

Meditation Guide

N/A

Meditation

signed by the author

N/A

Walking a Sacred Path: Rediscovering the Labyrinth as a Spiritual Tool

Artress, Lauren, PhD

1995

BL325.L3 A77 1995

This book explores the historical origins of this divine imprint and shares the discoveries of modern-day seekers. It shows us the potential of the Labyrinth to inspire change and renewal in individuals and communities. Walking a Sacred Path will serve as a guide to help us develop the higher level of human awareness we need to survive in the twenty-first century.

Ashes to Easter: Lenten Meditations

Morneau, Robert F.

1996

BX2170.L4 M68

Lent is a time of paying attention, being alert to the stirrings of the Spirit, hearing the cry of the poor, being respectful of our own inner voices.

Meditation

Unknown

The Little Way of Saint Therese of Lisieux: Intro the Arms of Love: Readings for Prayer and Meditation

John Nelson

1997

UNKNOWN

189 p. ; 21cm.

Meditation Guide

N/A

TITLE

AUTHOR

DATE

A Prophetic Voice in the City

Carlo Maria Martini; Translated by Vera Castelli Theisen

1997

LC CLASSIFICATION

DESCRIPTION/ NOTES

CATEGORY

LINEAGE

Meditation Guide

N/A

Fathoming Bethlehem: Advent Morneau, Robert F. Meditations (2)

1997

BX2170.A4 M67 1997

Each day begins with an identification for the day of Advent and the Sisters of St. gospel reading. This is followed by a brief commentary and a Meditation and Joseph, meditative refrain taken from the Divine Office that summarizes the prayer Jacksonville, gospel theme. Unique to this volume is a poem for each day followed FL by three questions for personal reflection.

Simply Soul Stirring: Writing as a Meditative Practice

1998

BX2350.2 D6465

Describes how writing can become a way of getting in touch with the deep stirrings of our own soul and of following them to a more healthy, creative, meaningful, and satisfying life.

Dorff, Francis

Meditation

Unknown

A source of wisdom and witness for all those who seek to make their own way through the darkness of Calvary to the radiance of Easter and Meditation and beyond. Eloquent and inspirational, this book will stir the Christian prayer heart, showing you that Jesus' journey is ultimately a triumph for everyone.

Unknown

Meditation

Unknown

Behold the Cross: Meditations for the Journey of Faith

Kelly, Tony, CSsR

Beneath His Wings: Abiding in God's Comfort and Love

Wright, Carolyn Shores

1999

PN6084.R3 B46

Come discover a shelter that offers security and a refuge the brings reassurance. Underneath God's wings you'll discover the joyous peace that comes when you place your heart in the hands of the heavenly Father.

Abundant Treasures: Meditations on the Many Gifts of the Spirit (2)

Svoboda

2000

BX2350.2 S88

Helps us discover these 51 gifts of the spirit. Gifts like beauty, leadership, patience, common sense, childlikeness, relaxation, and commitment.

Meditation

Unknown

Love's Sacred Order: The Four Loves Revisited

Leiva-Merikakis, Erasmo

2000

BV4639.L39

Four Meditations. The intent is to explore what the hierarchy might be that God established among all our human loves, on the one hand, and between these and the gratuitously revealed love of God.

Meditation Guide

Unknown

1998

BX2040 .K45

TITLE

AUTHOR

de Armida, I Am: Eucharistic Meditations on Concepcion Cabrera the Gospel (Conchita)

DATE

LC CLASSIFICATION

2001

These thirty-one brief meditations were inspired by a wide range of Gospel passages, meditated upon in the presence of Our Blessed Lord meditation and BX2169. C66 2001 in the Holy Eucharist, in which Jesus defines Who He is in a variety of prayer statements beginning with the words, "I am."

Guided Meditations for Children

Reehorst, Jane, BVM

2002

Slow Down: Five-Minute Meditations to De-Stress Your Days

Champlin, Joseph M.

2003

Authenticity: Prayers and Meditations

Pasquini, John J.

2005

Contemplative Prayer for Today

Love's Design: An Invitation to Reflect on the Maxim of the Little Institute

Larkin, Ernest E., O. Carm.

Allen, Mary CSJ

2007

2007

DESCRIPTION/ NOTES

CATEGORY

Guided Meditations for Children shares a simple process that teaches children how to pray through meditation on the Scriptures. This Meditation process leads children into the Scripture scene, where they meet Jesus Guide and prayer personally and are encouraged to talk and listen to him- which is prayer.

LINEAGE

Unknown

Unknown

Created especially for busy people, the 5 minute meditations will help you slow down and gain a sense of spirituality in your days.

Meditation

Sr Anne

Contains prayers and meditations which seek to foster authentic living.

Shepherds of In prayer the reality which makes us fully what we were meant to be is Christ Publications experienced.

Meditation

Unknown

BX2350.3 C42

N/A

The conclusion and fruit of many years of personal research by Fr. Larkin. It is both a scholarly study and an accessible introduction to a tradition both ancient and new. Fr. Larkin dialogues the spiritual Meditation heritage of Mount Carmel with these other contemporary 'wisdoms of Guide and prayer the Desert.' He has helpful advice for those new to contemplation and reveals hidden depths for those on the way.

Celano

N/A

The maxims make no sense unless one is totally immersed in the mission of unioning love that is active and inclusive‌ The maxims bear the shape of relationship. They describe Love's relationship to us, with the dear neighbor, with creation. They pose for us the mystery of our meditation and relationship with God, ourselves, and all others. This union is total; prayer that is, bearing all the perfection of which Love (God) is capable.

Although written specifically for the communities of St. Joseph and affixed to their early constitutions, the maxims describe a spiritual journey common to all who are baptized in Christ.

Unknown

TITLE

AUTHOR

Transfiguration: A Meditation on Transforming Ourselves and Our World

Dear, John, with Introduction by Archbishop Desmond Tutu

Take Five: On the Job Meditations Aquilina, Mark, and with St. Ignatius Fr. Kris D. Stubna

LC CLASSIFICATION

DESCRIPTION/ NOTES

CATEGORY

LINEAGE

2007

BV4501.3 .D445 2007

Spiritual leader and activist John Dear guides readers on the path to finding peace within, and bringing harmony to a world torn by hatred and violence, through following the footsteps of Jesus. Dear uses the Gospel account of the Transfiguration, inviting readers to shape their lives along the story of Jesus and to continue his mission of love.

Meditation and spirituality

Unknown

2008

BX2350.3 .A655 2008

Specially designed and written to be used during short breaks, each meditation is followed by three prompts to help you apply St. Ignatius' timeless teaching to interpersonal issues, stress, office politics, goal setting, moral issues, and more.

Meditation Guide

Unknown

This ground-breaking book opens up new approaches to the religious and spiritual education of children. Based on the professional N/A- published in experience of the Catholic Education Office of the Diocese of UK and Singapore Townsville, Australia, it has already begun to inspire schools and families worldwide.

Meditation Guide

Unknown

DATE

Coming Home: A Guide to Teaching Christian Meditation to Children (2)

Christie, Ernie

2008

Daily Guideposts 2010: A SpiritLifting Devotional

Daily Guideposts

2009

BV2410.D254

A day-to-day devotional guide that includes a passage from Scripture and meditation.

Meditation and prayer

Unknown

Sharing the Gift: Resources Book for Passing On Christian Meditation

The World Community for Christian Meditation

2013

Meditatio Publishers

Contains a wealth of information to support sharing the gift of Christian meditation with others at all levels. Deepens your own knowledge or can be used for nurturing a group you are leading.

Meditation Guide

Unknown

From Under the Bushel: A Guided Introduction to Meditative Prayer

Greene, Linda L.

2018

2018900745

Demonstrates, describes and encourages a type of meditative prayer that takes you more deeply inside the Bible and your own religious feelings than you ever may have been before.

meditation and prayer

Unknown

TITLE

We Are All One: Reflections on Unity, Community, and Commitment to Each Other

AUTHOR

Chittister, Joan

DATE

2018

LC CLASSIFICATION

DESCRIPTION/ NOTES

2018936575

"This simple little book," says Joan Chittister, "touches on four elements of mindfulness that account for all the angst in our society right now- moral maturity, spiritual witness, personal greatness, and universal kindship. These are the things that determine whether we go through life as part of its solution or part of the weight on its progress." These powerful meditations, filled with wisdom gained from spiritual leaders who have inspired Sister Joan's own thought, will inspire your own prayer and group sharing, leading you to the simple but profound truth: we are all one.

CATEGORY

LINEAGE

meditation

Donated upon Sister Margaret's death