Personal and Spiritual Development

Newman’s meditations are full of doctrine. Doctrine is the expression of Truth, and above all things, Newman longed to bear witness to the Truth.

The Dark Night of the Soul describes how first the senses, and then the spirit undergo a series of purgation, which aids in bringing it closer to God, and eventually preparing it for union with Him. The individual soul seeks Jesus in a mystical marriage.

The Roman Catechism Explained for the Modern World seeks to present the teaching of the Roman Catechism anew. Augmented by the Catechism of St. Pius X, the Baltimore Catechism, the Sacred Scriptures, and the writings of the saints, this new Catechism Expl

The Divine Pity is a study on the beatitudes in which its social implications are considered against the background of the love of God

Matters of Life and Death: A Catholic Guide to the Moral Questions of Our Time

This handy little book contains hundreds of direct quotes of St. John Paul II, arranged according to the Christian virtues and other spiritual topics, allowing the reader to encounter his thoughts about the Christian life in a organized manner.

This handy little book contains hundreds of direct quotes of St. Maria Faustina Kowalska, arranged according to the Christian virtues and other spiritual topics, allowing the reader to encounter his thoughts about the Christian life in a organized manner.

This book explains fasting and how it has changed over the centuries in one of the most complete compilations yet written.

Things Worth Dying For: Thoughts on a Life Worth Living

This book is both a dialogue and a travelogue, explaining what confirmation does and taking the reader on a journey from the Crusades to the Crimea; from medieval ceremonies of Knighthood to early modern methods of warfare.

In Consoling Thoughts on Sickness and Death, St. Francis de Sales, the beloved Doctor of the Church, teaches how to grow closer to God through suffering well the most bitter trials.

St. Thomas More's extraordinary advice on how to conquer sadness, weariness, and fear. Yale University Press Translation

It has ever been the practice of the Catholic Church to recommend to her spiritual children the meditation on man’s Four Last Things - death, Judgment, Heaven and Hell. Keeping these sobering aspects of human destiny ever before our eyes, we will be that

An excellent guide for the person intent upon gaining Heaven, that Goal of all goals. Written by St. Francis de Sales (1567-1622), Doctor of the Church, it is a book for all, because all are called to the devout life. True devotion to God, the author poin