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It is almost like having a long-distance spiritual director next to me! It has no equal. A while ago perhaps due to my age I began to try to have a closer walk with God. For All the Saints as helped in this endeavor. Many prayers have been heard enroute to publication, printing, and distribution.

What a blessing it has been to thousands—and I name myself among them. Something about the frank desperation of it all felt good.

I was no longer sleepwalking. I finally felt awake. Words slowly began to come, silent pleas from a soft, vulnerable voice I had not heard in years: 'I want you, Lord.

I want to know you. I know there's more to life than this. There's more to you than this. There must be. But you have to show me. I'm opening my eyes, finally, but you have to show yourself to me. Minutes passed and my mind began to wander. I found myself thinking about my parents, about their various trials and tribulations through the years. They never had enough money; they were always struggling to make ends meet thanks to jobs in the charitable sector and with the church; and lately Dad had been acting particularly odd, forgetting things and driving Mom crazy around the house.

Yet they were joyful together, full of laughter and love and confidence about the future despite their crises. They always seemed sure that God would care for their needs. And in the end, it seemed, he always did. I envied their deep-down, joyful peace. I wanted it for myself. I had experienced it throughout my childhood, but now it seemed to have disappeared. How could I get it back? I thought of the spiritual disciplines I had seen my parents cultivate through the years: faithful attendance at daily Mass, daily contemplative prayer, and regular reading of scripture and spiritual books.

I thought: I can do that. I will do that. I won't tell anyone, of course; I don't want anyone thinking I'm a religious nut. I'll seek God again after all these years, but I'll do it on my terms — in secret.

I strolled out into the black November night with no answers, no miracle solutions, none of the can-do energy that had spurred me on after my earlier experience on the window ledge. I felt nothing at all, aside from a vague sense of anticipation. I had opened the door to God. The next move was his. Over the next few weeks I haphazardly hewed to my new resolutions, catching a weekday Mass here and a few minutes of prayer there, with precious little spiritual reading.

My life did not otherwise change. I still partied every weekend, ranked my social life far ahead of spiritual pursuits, and continued an increasingly intense relationship with my boyfriend despite my sense that it was pulling me farther from God. When Christmas break rolled around, I found myself marooned with my parents in St.

Louis, a city they had moved to after I graduated from high school and in which I knew no one. Boredom as much as spiritual longing led me to accept my father's invitation to join him each day for Mass at Saint Louis University's Saint Francis Xavier College Church, a neo-Gothic structure in the heart of the city that looked a lot like Marquette's Gesu.

Unlike the spectacular sanctuary above it, the underground Chapel of Our Lady where Dad and I attended p.

Mass was a simple space with a sole wooden crucifix and a few dozen wood-and-wicker chairs facing a plain altar. Its sparseness seemed to mirror something happening inside both of us, a stripping process spawned for Dad by his recent retirement from work as a lay hospital chaplain and for me by my experience in Gesu a month earlier.

On Christmas Day he gave me a copy. I thanked him and tried to look interested as I scanned its staid-looking back cover. Dad probably knew that I was more excited about the sweaters and jewelry my mom had bought me and the bouquet of red roses my boyfriend had sent. He was right. I still had a fairly anemic appetite for spiritual reading, and this book looked far too dry for vacation reading.

I planned to toss it onto the same dust-collecting shelf where I had relegated all the other religious books Mom and Dad had given me since I left for college. It wasn't that I didn't appreciate their gifts. It was just that they were always gushing about their favorite saints: Teresa of Avila, John of the Cross, Therese of Lisieux, and dozens of others.

Dad and Mom read the saints' lives again and again, swapped dog-eared tomes about mystical prayer, and cheered whenever one bought the other some obscure book on one of their beloved holy people. From my earliest years, I remember seeing my parents huddled together, talking animatedly about new saints they had discovered or new insights on scripture that they had gleaned from people they referred to simply as 'John,' 'Teresa' or 'the Little Flower.

As a little girl, I had shared my parents' attraction to the saints, particularly women saints. Sainthood seemed to me to be the premier career choice. Rather than being merely a successful writer or actress or artist or lawyer, I could be something infinitely more glorious: a person who enjoyed eternal bliss with God in heaven while being revered as a Christian superstar on earth.

If I were a saint, I reasoned, I could someday do favors for my family and friends when they petitioned me from earth to intercede with Jesus on their behalf. And I could enjoy a level of renown far superior to the fleeting fame of a Hollywood starlet or bestselling author, since the esteem enjoyed by saints lasts for centuries, even millennia.

My favorite childhood saint was Rose of Lima, a stunningly beautiful Peruvian woman whose pint-sized biography in my children's book of saints was tattered from repeated readings. Rose practiced extreme penances to conquer her vanity, including rubbing her face raw with pepper so it would not inspire so many compliments.

That struck me as a little creepy, but I admired Rose's love for Jesus and zeal for combating a character flaw that I recognized in myself.

I also liked the sound of her name, which is why I chose Rose as my patron saint for confirmation in eighth grade. Like so much else in my spiritual life, my interest in the saints had fizzled in college.

Fixated as I was on final exams and Friday-night plans, the last thing I wanted to read was some sugary tale about a snow-pure saint whose biggest sin paled in comparison with what transpired in the first five minutes of the average kegger.

But Christmas-break boredom can make a college student do desperate things, and that December it made me crack open a forty-five-year-old biography of Teresa of Avila. The story of Teresa de Cepeda y Ahumada begins in the early sixteenth century, with a pious Spanish childhood saturated by God's presence.

Willful, bright, and passionate, little Teresa dreamed of sainthood and even convinced her younger brother to run away from home with her so they could fight the Moors and die as martyrs.

Their plan was foiled by a vigilant uncle, who spotted the pair leaving the city. So the aspiring contemplatives settled for building homemade hermitages instead, where they prayed and read stories of the saints together. As Teresa grew into adolescence, her beauty and vivacious personality blossomed, but her religious zeal withered.

She lost her mother in her early teens and started spending more time with cousins whose superficiality fanned the flames of her vanity. A party girl with the gift of gab and no shortage of male admirers, Teresa became preoccupied by beauty regimens, romance novels, fashion, and gossip. Her devout father noticed the change in his daughter and sent her away to a convent boarding school, where her faith began to flourish again.

Although she initially felt little attraction to religious life, the idea of becoming a nun gradually grew on Teresa and she resolved to pursue it despite her father's objections. After returning home and enduring a debilitating, life-threatening illness for the remainder of her teen years, Teresa recovered and ran away from home again — this time to join a Carmelite convent. The preoccupations with vanity, praise, and flirtations that had characterized Teresa's teen years resurfaced after she became a nun.

Life in the convent was soft; sisters there freely mingled with men and women from the town, and the wealthier sisters enjoyed many of the same material comforts and perks they had known at home — from plush suites to in-room pets.

Hailing from an aristocratic family and possessed of a keen ability to charm others, Sister Teresa of Jesus followed the relaxed rules of her order but focused her energy on winning honor from other people rather than honoring God. I delighted in being thought well of.

Teresa paid little attention to avoiding sin aside from the most obvious offenses, happy to take the advice of lax confessors who told her not to sweat her faults.

She performed external acts of devotion 'with more vanity than spirituality,' she writes, 'for I always wanted things to be done very meticulously and well. As she recounts,. I began, then, to indulge in one pastime after another, in one vanity after another and in one occasion of sin after another. Into so many and such grave occasions of sin did I fall, and so far was my soul led astray by all these vanities, that I was ashamed to return to God and to approach Him in the intimate friendship which comes from prayer.

This shame was increased by the fact that, as my sins grew in number, I began to lose the pleasure and joy which I had been deriving from virtuous things. I saw very clearly, my Lord, that this was failing me because I was failing Thee. The spiritual autobiography of this fourth-century playboy-turned-saint who spent years struggling with sensuality and sinful habits resonated with her. After suffering a series of illnesses and the death of her father, Teresa encountered a devout Dominican priest who convinced her to resume her prayers and pay closer attention to her sins.

She did the former, though not the latter, and the result was a torturous feeling of living in two worlds: 'My life became full of trials, because by means of prayer I learned more and more about my faults. On the one hand, God was calling me.

On the other, I was following the world. All the things of God gave me great pleasure, yet I was tied and bound to those of the world. I spent many years in this way, and now I am amazed that a person could have gone on for so long without giving up either the one or the other. Teresa spent nearly two decades locked in this dual existence, yearning for God yet clinging to the worldly pleasures, people-pleasing habits, and shallow conversations that kept him at a distance.

A profound and frustrating emptiness gradually engulfed her as she grew weary of vacillating between her competing desires. She was living, she writes, 'one of the most grievous kinds of life which I think can be imagined, for I had neither any joy in God nor any pleasure in the world. When I was in the midst of worldly pleasures, I was distressed by the remembrance of what I owed to God; when I was with God, I grew restless because of worldly affections.

A breakthrough finally came when Teresa was thirty-nine. She walked into the chapel one day and came face-to-face with a statue of the suffering Christ, bloodied and bound as he awaited his Crucifixion. The image startled Teresa. She found herself overcome with regret for the years she had wasted serving herself instead of God.

Teresa's prayer life began to deepen, and her desire to spend time with God intensified. Around the same time, someone passed her a copy of Saint Augustine's Confessions. She was particularly moved when she came upon Augustine's account of his spiritual turning point in the garden, where he heard a child's voice inviting him to 'take and read' a nearby Bible.

Augustine opened the book and read the first lines he saw, from Saint Paul's Letter to the Romans: 'Let us conduct ourselves properly as in the day, not in orgies and drunkenness, not in promiscuity and licentiousness, not in rivalry and jealousy. But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the desires of the flesh' Rom. Augustine did not need to read any further; he knew God intended those words for him. Reading his story, Teresa felt the same way. She writes, 'It seemed as if the Lord were speaking in that way to me,' welcoming her into the freedom from sin and intimate relationship with him that had eluded her for so long.

Teresa began to make swifter progress on her spiritual journey. Her prayer life grew richer and more rewarding, and her attachment to pleasure seeking and winning the admiration of others steadily declined.

The Reform of the Roman Liturgy Mons. Gamber — read online. The Destruction of the Christian Tradition R. Coomaraswamy — pdf. The Catechism of the Crisis in the Church Fr. Gaudron — epub, kindle format. The New Montinian Church Fr. Saenz y Arriaga — pdf; or pdf, epub, kindle format here. Omlor — pdf. The Great Betrayal H. The Great Apostasy — pdf. Wiltgen — epub; or pdf here. Compton — pdf. Karol Wojtyla Beatified? Luigi Villa — pdf. Paul VI Beatified? Luigi Villa — pdf; also here [and here a related Letter to Cardinals ].

Luigi Villa — pdf; or also here. Vatican II About Face! Mettepenningen — pdf, audiobook. The Liturgical Movement Fr. Bonneterre — pdf; or pdf, text, epub, kindle format here. Tissier de Mallerais — pdf; or also here. Davies — read online. A Privilege of the Ordained M. Athanasius and the Church of Our Time Bp. Graber — read online. Ecclesiastical Winter Fr. Galvez — pdf. Liberalism Is a Sin Fr. Felix Sarda y Salvany — read online; or epub here. The Oath Against Modernism St. Pius X, ; or also here.

The New Roman Missal Fr. Missale Romanum — pdf the last version before the Holy Week changes. Missale Romanum — pdf; or also here and here.

The Rubrics of the Missale Romanum ; translated into english by Fr. Duvelius — read online. Sancta Missa Sacred Liturgy, Music. How to Celebrate the Tridentine Mass — 16 videos. Fulton Sheen — video. The Holy Mass Fr. Michael Mueller — pdf, text, kindle format. Gavin — read online; or audiobook here: part 1 , part 2 , part 3. Gueranger — pdf; or epub here ; or read online here.

Explanation of the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass Fr. Martin Cochem — pdf; or pdf, text, kindle format here. Gihr — pdf, kindle format; or pdf here. The Mass in Slow Motion Mons. Ronald Knox — pdf. Calvary and the Mass Abp. Fulton Sheen — read online. Vincent Ferrer — read online. Meditations on the Mass St. Francis de Sales — read online. Oakeley — pdf, text, kindle format. Guardini — pdf. Fortescue — pdf, text, kindle format on the history of the Mass.

The Ceremonies of the Roman Rite A. Fortescue — pdf. Walsh — pdf, text, kindle format. The Story of the Mass illustrated, for children; Fr. Heeg, Fr. Ellard — pdf, text, kindle format. Wynne — pdf, text, kindle format. The Liturgical Year Dom Prosper Gueranger — read online ; or pdf here ; or pdf and kindle format here: vol.

Durand — pdf, epub, kindle. Quigley — read online. Alphonsus — pdf, text, kindle format. Rituale Romanum ; latin — pdf; or here [an english translation of the version is here ]. Roman Ritual: The Blessings — pdf. Liber Usualis Solesmes; — pdf;or also here or here ; pdf, text, kindle format here. Kyriale Solesmes; — pdf; or also here.

Graduale Romanum — pdf; or also here. A Manual of Gregorian Chant Solesmes — pdf, text, kindle format. Gregorian Chant Manual Bp. Schrembs; — pdf. Gregorian Chant: A Guide Solesmes — pdf. Singing Gregorian Chant Musica Sacra — pdf. Hymns of the Catholic Church — pdf. The St. Montani — pdf, text, kindle format. The Hymns of the Roman Liturgy Fr. Connelly — pdf. Catholic Hymnals 49 different hymnals — pdf files. McDougall — pdf, text, kindle format. How to Sing Plain Chant Fr. Harrison — pdf.

Handbook of Christian Feasts and Customs Fr. Weiser — pdf. Butler — pdf, kindle. Catholic Practice at Church and at Home Fr.

Klauder — pdf, txt, epub, kindle format. McGovern — pdf, text, kindle format. Sullivan — pdf, text, kindle format; or pdf here. Sullivan — pdf; or here. Handbook of Ceremonies for Priests and Seminarians Fr. Mueller; — pdf. Augustine; — pdf, text, kindle; or pdf here. A History of the Dominican Liturgy, Fr.

Bonniwell — pdf. Britt — epub. How to Serve Low Mass Fr. How to Properly Address Clergy — brief instructions. An Introduction to Ecclesiastical Latin Fr. Nunn — pdf; or also here. Simplicissimus Ecclesiastical Latin Course C. Deferrari — pdf, text, kindle format; or pdf here.

Sharpley — pdf, text, kindle format. Collar, M. Daniell — pdf, text, kindle format. Smiley, H. Storke — pdf, text, kindle format. Conversational Latin for Oral Proficiency J. Traupman — pdf. New Latin Grammar C.

Bennett — epub. Riddle — pdf, text, kindle format. Traditional prayer books, devotions, etc. My Prayer Book Fr. Lasance — pdf, text, kindle format; or read online here. Lasance — pdf; or also here ; or pdf and kindle format here. The Blessed Sacrament Book Fr. Lasance — pdf, text, kindle format. Moran — pdf, text, kindle format. Prayer Book for Our Times ; Abp.

Fulton Sheen — pdf, text, kindle format. Prayer Book for Religious Fr. The Pious Christian Bp. Hay — pdf prayers, exercises, devotions. Hoeger — pdf. Gahan; — pdf, epub, kindle. Manual of the Apostleship of Prayer Fr. Ramiere; — pdf, text, epub, kindle format. The Paradise of the Christian Soul Fr. Merlo — pdf, text, kindle format prayers, devotions, exercises, etc. Challoner — pdf, kindle. Challoner — pdf, epub, kindle format: vol.

Mueller; — pdf, text, kindle. Alphonsus — read online; or pdf here. Lasance — pdf, text, epub, kindle format. Gilbert — pdf, text, kindle format. Manual of Adoration of the Most Blessed Sacrament — pdf, text, epub, kindle format. Boudon — pdf. Lovasik — pdf; also here. Readings and Reflections for the Holy Hour Fr. Reuter — pdf, text, epub, kindle format.

Donnelly — pdf, epub, kindle format. Eymard — pdf, text, epub, kindle format. A Month With Mary Fr. Ruotolo — epub; or kindle format here daily meditations.

The Month of Mary According to St. Francis de Sales Fr. Gilli — pdf, text, epub, kindle format. Lovasik — pdf. Mueller — pdf; or audiobook here various parts or here: part 1 , part 2. William — pdf; or also here. How to Say the Rosary — pdf, epub, kindle format short pamphlet. Meditations on the Mysteries of the Rosary Fr.

Miller — pdf. The Holy Rosary latin — audio; or here in the form of Gregorian chant latin. Devotion of the Five First Saturdays Fr. Stehlin — pdf, epub, kindle format. The Way of the Cross St. Francis of Assisi — read online. The Way of the Cross — audio adapted from the Missal. Chandlery — pdf.

Gautier — pdf, text, kindle format. Rohner — pdf. New May Devotions Fr. Wirth — audiobook various parts — on the Litany of Loreto. Hammer — pdf. Tota Pulchra Es Maria — pdf prayer book according to the spirituality of St. Maximilian Kolbe. Consecration to the Immaculata Fr.

Stehlin — pdf. The Seven Sorrows of Mary St. Alphonsus — pdf, text, epub, kindle format. The Seven Sorrows of Mary — audio. Preces Gertrudianae: Prayers of St. Gertrude and St. Mechtilde — pdf, text, kindle format. Levaux — pdf, epub, kindle format. Little Manual of the Sacred Heart — pdf, text, kindle format. Devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus Fr.

Croiset — pdf, text, epub, kindle format. Ancient Devotions to the Sacred Heart of Jesus by cent. Carthusian monks — pdf. The Sacred Heart Fr. Keller — pdf, text, epub, kindle format. Meditations on the Sacred Heart Fr. McDonnell — pdf, kindle on the First Fridays devotion.

Reparation to the Sacred Heart of Jesus from writings of Fr. Plus — audiobook. Enthronement of the Sacred Heart Fr. Larkin — audiobook 10 parts. Gertrude — pdf, epub, kindle. A Manual of Practical Devotion to St. Joseph Fr. Patrignani — pdf. Early Christian Prayers Fr. Hamman — pdf. Ginder; — pdf, text, kindle. Readings and Prayers for St. Jude Thaddeus, Helper in Desperate Cases — pdf.

Challoner — pdf, epub, kindle format. Mott — pdf. The Medal of St. Benedict D. Gueranger — audiobook. How to Pray the Rosary — pdf. The Rosary — pdf short instructions on how to pray it. The Five First Saturdays — pdf. The Miraculous Medal — pdf. Prayers and Devotions — read online. Papal Encyclicals and related texts. Papal Encyclicals Online www. The Vatican website also lists encyclicals and other papal documents.

Index of Forbidden Books — pdf. Gregorian chant — Abbey of Santo Domingo de Silos. Benedictine monks of Santo Domingo de Silos. Gregorian chant — Benedictines of Santo Domingo de Silos. Gregorian chant of Assisi Medieval lauds. Gregorian chant — Abbey of Grimbergen. Gregorian chant — Abbey of Notre Dame. Old Roman chant of the 6th century — Ensemble Organum 16 audios. Gregorian chant — Cistercian Abbey of Flaran.

Gregorian chant — Cistercian Abbey of Heiligenkreuz. Medieval Gregorian chant. Gregorian chant: From Antiquity to the Renaissance. Gregorian chant — Benedictine monks of St. Gregorian chant — Benedictines of Clervaux. Campus Stellae: Sacred chant of the 12th century.

Gregorian chant Franciscan manuscripts of the th cent. Gregorian chant — Benedictine nuns of San Pelayo, Oviedo.

Plainchant and Polyphony of the 13th and 14th century. Gregorian chant — Psallentes. Gregorian chant various. Abbey of Solesmes X Christ the King. Requiem — Solesmes. The site unfortunately carries many Protestant books as well, so do your research to make sure any book you intend to read is Catholic and doctrinally sound.

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