Reading Recommended by the Brothers
Updated October 9th, 2022
Be Friends of God: Spiritual Readings of Gregory the Great, trans. by John Leinenweber
Becoming Christ: Transformation through Contemplation, Brian Taylor
The Bible for Today’s Church, Robert A. Bennett and O.C. Edwards
Centering Prayer, M. Basil Pennington
The Challenge of Silence, Anselm Grun
The Church in History, John F. Booty
Closer than a Brother, David Winter
The Cloud of Unknowing, Anonymous
Clowning in Rome, Henri J. Nouwen
The Complete Works, Francis and Clare of Assisi
The Conference, John Cassian
Consul of God, Jeffrey Richards
Contemplations, Francis Nemeck and Marie Coombs
Contemplation and Compassion, Steven Chase
Contemplative Prayer, Thomas Merton
The Cup and the Waterfall, John Killinger
Daily We Touch Him, M. Basil Pennington
The Dark Night of the Soul, John of the Cross
The Day Christ Died, Jim Bishop
Desert Banquet: A Year of Wisdom from the Desert Mothers and Fathers, David G.R. Keller
Encountering the Depths: Prayer, Solitude, and Contemplation, Mother Mary Clare
Eyes to See, Ears to Hear: An Introduction to Ignatian Spirituality, David Lonsdale
Falling Upwards, Richard Rohr
Finding the Heart’s True Home, Richard Foster
Finding Your Prayer Personality, Ruth Fowke
Fire in These Ashes: A Spirituality of Contemporary Religious Life. Sheer and Ward
The Forgotten Desert Mothers: Saying, Lives, and Stories of Early Christian Women, Laura Swan
God’s Lovers in an Age of Anxiety: The Medieval English Mystics, Joan Nuth
History of the English Church and People, Bede the Venerable
Holy Listening, Margaret Guenther
Hope Against Darkness, Richard Rohr
The Imitation of Christ, Thomas á Kempis
Immortal Diamond, Richard Rohr
The Institutes, John Cassian
The Intentional Life, Basil Hume
The Interior Castle, Teresa of Avila
Introduction to the Devout Life, Francis de Sales
The Jesus Prayer for Today, Arthur A. Vogel
Journey into Christ, Alan W. Jones
The Journey into God: Healing and the Christian Faith, Kenneth Bakken
Journeys on the Edges: The Celtic Tradition, Thomas O’Loughlin
The Language of Silence, Peter-Damian Belisle
The Last Christian, Adolf Holl and Peter Heinegg
The Last Temptation of Christ, Nikos Kazantzakis
Letters of Spiritual Direction, Francis De Sales
Letters to Malcolm: Chiefly on Prayer, C. S. Lewis
Life and Holiness, Thomas Merton
A Life of Jesus, Shusaku Endo
Life of the Beloved, Henri Nouwen
The Little Flowers of Saint Francis, Anonymous
Liturgy for Living, Charles P. Price and Louis Weil
Living with Contradictions: Reflections on the Rule of Saint Benedict, Joan Chittister
The Man Born to Be King, Dorothy L. Sayers
Meditations with Meister Eckhart, Matthew Fox
Mere Christianity, C. S. Lewis
Monastic Practices, Charles Cummings
A Monk in the World: Cultivating a Spiritual Life, Wayne Teasdale
Mysticism and Prophecy: The Dominican Tradition, Richard Woods
Open Mind, Open Heart: The Contemplative Dimension of the Gospel, Thomas Keating
The Other Side of Silence, Morton Kelsey
Out of Solitude, Henri J. Nouwen
The Poetic Imagination: An Anglican Spiritual Tradition, L. William Countryman
Ponder These Things: Praying with Icons of the Virgin, Rowan Williams
Poverty and Community: The Benedictine Tradition, Columba Stewart
Practice of the Presence of God, Br. Lawrence of the Resurrection
The Praktikos & Chapters on Prayer, Evagrius Ponticus
Prayer Of Heart and Body: Meditation and Yoga as Christian Spiritual Practices, Thomas Ryan
Receiving the Holy Spirit, Robert B. Hall
Reflections on the Psalms, C. S. Lewis
Reframing Religious Life, Diarmuid O’Murchu
Religious Life: A Prophetic Vision, Diarmuid O’Murchu
Revelations of Divine Love or Showings, Julian of Norwich
Rule for a New Brother, Van Der Looy
The Rule of Saint Benedict: Insight for the Ages. Crossroads, New York, 1992
Saint Francis of Assisi, G. K. Chesterton
Saint Francis of Assisi, J. Jorgenson
Saint Francis, Nikos Kazantzakis
The Sayings of the Desert Fathers, Benedicta Ward
Seeking God: The Way of Benedict, Esther De Waal
Sing a New Song: The Christian Vocation, Timothy Radcliffe
Singing the Psalms: How to Chant in the Christian Contemplative Tradition, Cynthia Bourgeault
A Spiritual Formation Workbook, James Smith and Lynda Graybeal
The Spiritual Lessons of the Religious Life, Lavinia Byrne
The Spiritual Worship: The Liturgical Tradition, Susan White
Standing in God’s Holy Fire: The Byzantine Spiritual Tradition, John Anthony McGuckin
The State of Religious Life, The Brotherhood of Saint Gregory
Thoughts Matter: The Practice of the Spiritual Life, Mary Margaret Funk
Tools Matter for Practicing the Spiritual Life, Mary Margaret Funk
To Pray and To Love: Conversations on Prayer with the Early Church, Roberta Bondi
Toward Holy Ground, Margaret Guenther
Understanding the Faith of the Church, Richard A. Norris
Veil and Cowl: Writings from the World of Monks and Nuns, James Simpson
The Way of a Pilgrim, Anonymous
Way of Simplicity, Esther De Waal
Wisdom Distilled from the Daily, Joan Chittister, OSB
