Spirituality Christian Spirituality: General Editor Gordon Mursell The Good News According to Luke – Spiritual Reflections by Fr Richard Rohr The Wisdom Jesus by Cynthia Bourgeault From Center to Circumference/Gods Place in the Circle of Self by Elizabeth-Anne Vanek The Holy Longing by Ronald Rolheister Weeds Among the Wheat by Thomas H. Greem SJ The Cloud of the Unknown and Other Works Seven Sacred Pauses by Macrina Wiederkehr – (Spiritual Retreat) Open the Door by Joyce Rupp – (Spiritual Retreat) Taste and See by Margaret Silf – (Spiritual Direction) Well Springs: A Book of Spiritual Exercises by Anthony de Mello SJ Cosmology Spirituality Christ in Evolution by Sr Ilia Delio Awe-Filled Wonder. The Interface of Science and Spirituality by Barbara Fiand Teilhand de Chardin SJ: An Introduction to… by N.M. Wildiers

Prayer Why Bother Praying by Richard Leonard SJ How to Pray by David Torkington The Prayer Tree by Michael Leunig Praying the Psalms by Walter Brueggeman Psalms for Praying; An Invitation to Wholeness by Nan C. Merrill Seasons of Your Heart by Macrina Wiederkehr When I Talk to You by Michael Leunig The Pocket Book on Thomas Merton Come and See by Joy Cowley (Other Joy Cowley Books are useful resources) Anam Cara by John O’Donohue To Bless the Space Between Us by John O’Donohue Prayer by Joyce Rupp Prayers to Sophia by Joyce Rupp

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The Star in my Heart by Joyce Rupp Sleeping with Bread; Holding what gives you life by Dennis Linn With Open Hands by Henri Nouwen Mornings with Henri Nouwen Silent Compassion /Finding God in Contemplation by Richard Rohr The God who won’t let Go by Peter Van Breemen SJ

Vatican II The Documents of Vatican II by Walter M. Abbott SJ Vatican II in plain English – The Council by Bill Huebsch Vatican II in plain English – The Constitutions by Bill Huebsch Vatican II in plain English – The Decrees & Declarations by Bill Huebsch

Catechism The Church’s Confession of Faith. A Catholic Catechism for Adults

Church History The Church by Richard McBrien The History of Christianity – The New Lion Handbook The Catholic Church Through the Ages / A History by John Vidmar OP How to Read Church History Vol 1 & 2 by Comby/MacCullah

Hebrew Scriptures/Old Testament The Bible; A Historical and Literary Introduction – includes New Testament Introduction to the Hebrew Bible by John J. Collins The Message of the Psalms; Theological Commentary by Walter Brueggeman

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New Testament On Your Mark by Megan McKenna The Sage from Galilee. Rediscovering Jesus Genius by David Flusser with R. Steven Notley The Misunderstood Jew. The Church and the Scandal of the Jewish Jesus by Amy-Jill Levine. Matthew. The Book of Mercy by Megan Mckenna Luke. The Book of Blessings and Woes by Megan Mckenna Jesus A Pilgrimage by James Martin SJ Woman in the New Testament by Francis J. Moloney SDB Consider Jesus. Waves of Renewal in Christology by Elizabeth A. Johnson Jesus: A Gospel Portrait by Donald Senior Jesus Before Christianity, The Gospel of Liberation by Albert Nolan Jesus Christ Word of the Father, The Savior of the World. Prepared by the Theological- Historical for the Great Jubilee of the Year 2000.

Bible Commentaries New Testament; New Collegeville Bible Commentary (Catholic Commentary)

Bibles The Catholic Youth Bible NRSV Catholic Edition The Harper Collins Study Bible NRSV; including Apocryphal Deuterocanonical Books Student Edition – Society of Biblical Literature.

Sacraments Rites of Justice. The Sacraments and Liturgy as Ethical Imperatives by Megan Mckenna The Mass of the Early Christians by Mike Aquilina Our One Great Act of Fidelity; Waiting for Christ in The Eucharist by Ronald Rolheiser

Mercy Mercy by Cardinal Walter Kasper

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Discipleship Encountering Jesus: How People Come to Faith and Discover Discipleship by Anthony J. Gittins.

Community Life Together. The Classic Exploration of Christian Community by Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Suffering Suffering by Dorothee Soelle Where the Hell is God by Richard Leonard SJ

Mary the Mother of Jesus Miryam of Nazareth; Woman of Strength and Wisdom by Ann Johnson

Self-Reflection/Help/Healing Touching the Holy by Robert J. Wicks Riding the Dragon by Robert J. Wicks The Wounded Healer by Henri J.M. Nouwen When the Heart Waits by Sue Monk Kidd Praying our Good-byes by Joyce Rupp The Cup of Our Life by Joyce Rupp Everything Belongs by Richard Rohr Keep Life Simple Therapy by Linus Mundy Dear Heart Come Home by Joyce Rupp The Return of the Prodigal Son. A Story of Home Coming by Henri J.M. Nouwen

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Saints St Augustine Confessions Journey of a Soul by St John 23rd Lives of the Saints by Richard McBrien My Life with the Saints by James Martin SJ

Images of God God of Surprises by Gerald W. Hughes SJ Good Goats; Healing our Image of God by Dennis Linn Seek the Face of God by Karl Frielingsdorf SJ

Fiction Books Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom The Shack by WM. Paul Young Hinds Feet in High Places by Hannah Hurnard

Non-Fiction Books When Bad Things Happen to Good People by Harold S. Kushner Movies that Matter by Richard Leonard SJ

Icons Icons; Reading Sacred Images by Fr John Baggley The Mystical Language of Icons by Solrunn Nes Icons by Eva Haustein Bartsch

Holiness Holiness by William J. O’Malley Holiness by Donald Nicholl

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Trinity Invaded by God/Mysticism and the Indwelling of the Trinity by George A. Maloney SJ

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