Halfway to Heaven (Cistercian Studies Series) The Hidden Life of the Carthusians: This is an excellent look at the Carthusian life and their history. The author, Robin Bruce Lockhart, is a journalist and a man of faith who has had the privilege of having been able to visit several Charterhouses [... more]
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Bernard of Clairvaux: Sermons for Advent And the ... A renewal of faith.: Saint Bernard of Clairvaux has been called the voice of conscience and dominated the Catholic church for nearly thirty years. "Bernard of Clairvaux: Sermons for Advent and the Christmas Season" is a compilation of his [... more]
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Syriac Fathers on Prayer and the Spiritual Life ... A Beautiful Tradition: Contains writings from 15 different Fathers between the 4th and 8th centuries with short introductions. The authors selected come from Syria, Palestine, eastern Turkey and Persia. Some well known writers included are St. Ephraim of [... more]
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Guigo II: Ladder of Monks and Twelve Meditations ... Not just for monks: Guigo II was a 12th-century Carthusian monk, the ninth prior of the Grande Chartreuse. This is the classic work on lectio divina, a way of incorporating sacred reading in prayer. While not a how-to manual, this little book outlines [... more]
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The Wisdom of the Pearlers: An Anthology of Syriac ... The Wisdom of the Pearlers: The format is a good help with first an introduction with information on each of the sources and then the texts from them. The author seems to concentrate mostly on the ascetic writings from these sources. It might be helpful [... more]
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Drinking from the Hidden Fountain: A Patristic Breviary ... A Reading from the Church Fathers for Every Day of the Year: This book was originally published as Breviario Monastico by Tomás Spidlík in Italian in 1971. There is a brief biography of Cardinal Spidlik on http://www.centroaletti.com/en/e- [... more]
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