What Should I Read?

Peter on the Shore: vocation in Scripture and in real life Anthony Bannon, LC Hamden, CT: Circle Press, 1996

Paying Attention to God Rev. William A. Barry, SJ Notre Dame, IN: Ave Maria Press, 1990

Vocations Anonymous: A handbook for adults discerning priesthood and religious life Kathy Bryant, RSC Chicago: National Coalition for Church Vocations, 1997

The Rule of St. Benedict Joan Chittister, OSB New York Crossroad Publishing Co., 1992
Wisdom Distilled from the Daily: Living the Rule of St. Benedict Today Joan Chittister, OSB New York: Harper Collins Publishers, 1990

A Life-Giving Way: A Commentary on the Rule of St. Benedict Esther de Waal Collegeville, MN: The Liturgical Press, 1981
Living With Contradictions: Reflections on the Rule of St. Benedict Esther de Waal New York: Harper Collins Publishers, 1989
Seeking God Esther de Waal Collegeville, MN: The Liturgical Press, 1984

Thoughts Matter: The Practice of Spiritual Life Mary Margaret Funk, OSB New York: The Continuum Publishing Co., 1999

Weeds Among the Wheat Thomas Green, SJ Notre Dame, IN: Ave Maria Press, 1970

Following Your Inner Call Quentin Hakenwerth Chicago: National Coalition for Church Vocations, 1981

Too Deep for Words: Rediscovering Lectio Divina Thelma Hall, RC Mahwah, NJ: Paulist Press, 1988

Open Mind, Open Heart Thomas Keating, OCSO Element Publications, 1986

Silent Presence Ernest Larkin, OCarm Denville, NJ: Dimension Books, Inc., 1981

Listening to the Music of the Spirit David Lonsdale, SJ Notre Dame, IN: Ave Maria Press, 1992

Always We Begin Again: The Benedictine Way of Living John McQuiston, II Harrisburg, PA: Morehouse Publishing, 1996

The Cloister Walk Kathleen Norris New York: Riverhead Books, 1987

Scarlet Music: Hildegard of Bingen, A Novel Joan Ohanneson New York: The Crossroad Publishing Co., 1997

Out of the Ordinary Joyce Rupp Notre Dame, IN: Ave Maria Press, 2000
Praying Our Goodbyes Joyce Rupp Notre Dame, IN: Ave Maria Press, 1988

Spirituality for Everyday Living: An Adaptation of the Rule of St. Benedict Brian C. Taylor Collegeville, MN: The Liturgical Press, 1989

A Tree Full of Angels Macrina Wiederkehr, OSB New York: Harper Collins Publishers, 1988
Seasons of Your Heart Macrina Wiederkehr, OSB New York: Harper Collins Publishers, 1991
The Song of the Seed: A Monastic Way of Tending the Soul Macrina Wiederkehr, OSB New York: Harper Collins Publishers, 1995