Book Review: The Seven Levels of Intimacy by Matthew Kelly

Are you struggling to maintain healthy relationships with the pressure of secular society?

This book offers practical advice on how to gain the “strong and deeply powerful relationships we crave” with spouse, parents, sibling and friends.

Book Review: The Shack by WM. Paul Young

The Shack and the Trinity

Many things have been written about The Shack since it was published in 2007. The cover page informs us that it was the #1 New York Times Bestseller and that over three million copies are in print.

Book Review: Come Be My Light by Mother Teresa

“If I ever become a saint – I will surely be one of “darkness.” I will continually be absent from heaven – to light the light of those in darkness on earth.”

When Mother Teresa’s letters to her confessors and Spiritual Directors were published in the book Come Be My Light, many people, Christian or not, were surprised by what had been revealed as her spiritual journey.

Book Review: On Prayer by Karl Rahner

“Prayer is a lifting up of the heart, a directing of the mind, to God.” The previous quote is Karl Rahner’s definition of prayer. His book, On Prayer, offers many thoughts on the prayer life of a Christian. I found that reading his book was praying in and of itself. This book is not so much tips on how to pray, but a book on why Christians pray and how a deep, meaningful relationship develops through the course of a prayer life.

Book Review: Seeds of Fatih: Practices to Grow a Healthy Spiritual Life by Jeremy Langford

Jeremy Langford’s short book Seeds of Faith: Practices to Grow a Healthy Spiritual Life utilizes an extended metaphor of gardening to relay the intricate details of practicing spirituality. As the sower plants the seeds, nurtures their growth, and harvests the fruit, so too does the spiritual pilgrim sow, foster, and reap a positive spiritual life.

Book Review: Seeds of Hope: Young Adults and the Catholic Church in the United States by Tim Muldoon

Tim Muldoon is a theologian and assistant to the Vice-President for University Mission and Ministry at Boston College. His book Seeds of Hope (Paulist Press, 2008) is a reflection on the spiritual needs and aspirations of contemporary young adult Catholics and their relationship with the church.

Book Review: Letters to a Young Poet by Rainer Maria Rilke

Trust the mystery without clinging to the pattern.

Book Review: My Life with the Saints by James Martin, SJ

“So what?” asks the former GE executive turned Jesuit priest. “So what?” asks the pilgrim on a journey of becoming, a pilgrim on the way in the company of Saints.

“So what?”

Book Review: Being Catholic in a Culture of Choice by Thomas Rausch, SJ

Book Review:  “New Seeds of Contemplation” by Thomas Merton

Integrity.  Unknowing.  Balance.  Distraction.  Wisdom.  Despair.  Authenticity.