This week and the two following weeks, I will discuss several of the great literary classics on the spiritual life. Those fortunate enough to have some summer reading time left may profit from these ...

The hymn "O Love, How Deep, How Broad, How High" tells the story of salvation, from Jesus' Incarnation through his Ascension to the sending of the Holy Spirit to his Church. The lyrics are a ...

Thomas A Kempis's four-part treatise The Imitation of Christ is presented in a lovely illustrated edition in The Imitation of Christ: Illustrated with Illuminated Manuscripts. This full-color gift ...

He who follows Me, walks not in darkness,” says the Lord (John 8:12). By these words of Christ we are advised to imitate His life and habits, if we wish to be truly enlightened and free from all ...

Who could have guessed that a book written almost 600 years ago by a monk for other monks would become one of the most popular Christian devotionals worldwide, second only to the Bible? Today, The ...

In the ongoing quest to bring some order into my life before it ends, I spent a few hours this week pawing through stacks of books. In the process I came across a beautifully bound, slip-covered ...

Thomas Haemerken came from Kempen near Düsseldorf. He was a shy, quiet little German monk with fresh coloring and piercing brown eyes. He was gentle with everyone, especially the poor. When the psalms ...