13 best-selling catholic books like Union with God: According to St. John of the Cross by Fr. Gabriel of St. Mary Magdalen

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Union with God: According to St. John of the Cross

By: Fr. Gabriel of St. Mary Magdalen

4.72

Format: 180 pages, Kindle Edition

Christian perfection consists in the twofold way of charity: service of neighbor and our direct que…

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1. The Soul of The Apostolate

By: Jean-Baptiste Chautard , Jean-Baptiste Chautard O.C.S.O

4.55

Format: 298 pages, Paperback

El lector encontrará en el libro una gran la vida de un cristiano no tiene sentido si no cumple el… read more

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  • catholic
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2. Introduction to the Devout Life

By: Francis de Sales

4.37

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Written for Christians in every walk of life and for every age, St. Francis De Sales' classic work … read more

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"Be who you are and be that well."

-Francis de Sales, Introduction to the Devout Life

"We are crucified to the world, and the world must be as crucified to us. It esteems us as fools, let us esteem it as mad."

-Francis de Sales, Introduction to the Devout Life

"The desire and pursuit of virtue tends to make us virtuous, but the desire and pursuit of honors tends to make us odious and despicable."

-Francis de Sales, Introduction to the Devout Life

"If, when stung by slander or ill-nature, we wax proud and swell with anger, it is a proof that our gentleness and humility are unreal, and mere artificial show."

-Francis de Sales, Introduction to the Devout Life

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3. City of God

By: Augustine of Hippo , Henry Bettenson

3.93

Format: 1186 pages, Paperback

No book except the Bible itself had a greater influence on the Middle Ages than Augustine's City of… read more

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"There are wolves within, and there are sheep without."

-Augustine of Hippo, City of God

"A wholesome fear would be a fit guardian for the citizens."

-Augustine of Hippo, City of God

"Humility raises us not by human arrogance but by divine grace."

-Augustine of Hippo, City of God

"He that becomes protector of sin shall surely become its prisoner."

-Augustine of Hippo, City of God

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4. The Imitation of Christ

By: Thomas à Kempis , William Benham , Richard Challoner, D.D.

4.32

Format: 632 pages, Paperback

Only the Bible has been more influential as a source of Christian devotional reading than The Imita… read more

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  • spirituality
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5. I Believe in Love: A Personal Retreat Based on the Teaching of St. Thérèse of Lisieux

By: None , Jean du Coeur de Jésus d'Elbée

4.65

Format: 282 pages, Paperback

A personal retreat based on St. Therese of Lisieux. A wondrous distillation of the teachings of St.… read more

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"How can we not ask at every turn, 'What is going to happen? How will this turn out?' The main thing is not to consent consciously to anxiety or a troubled mind. The moment you realize you are worryin…"

-None, I Believe in Love: A Personal Retreat Based on the Teaching of St. Thérèse of Lisieux

"I assure you, we are bathed in love and mercy. We each have a Father, a Brother, a Friend, a Spouse of our soul, Center and King of our hearts, Redeemer and Savior; bent down over us, over our weakne…"

-None, I Believe in Love: A Personal Retreat Based on the Teaching of St. Thérèse of Lisieux

"Then keep your confidence in the infinite mercy of the Savior. Say, like one mother I know who was distressed by the conduct of her children, 'Jesus, You love them too much not to save them.' Thank H…"

-None, I Believe in Love: A Personal Retreat Based on the Teaching of St. Thérèse of Lisieux

"I have often thought, during these conferences, about the comment that Maurice Maignan, one of the first companions of Ozanam, made after a retreat: "One thought strikes me. All the means of sanctifi…"

-None, I Believe in Love: A Personal Retreat Based on the Teaching of St. Thérèse of Lisieux

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6. Confessions

By: Augustine of Hippo , Henry Chadwick , Albert Cook Outler

3.41

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

Augustine's Confessions is one of the most influential and most innovative works of Latin literatur… read more

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7. Story of a Soul: The Autobiography of St. Thérèse of Lisieux

By: Thérèse of Lisieux , John Clarke

4.42

Format: 306 pages, Paperback

This book, first published in 1898 in a highly edited version, quickly became a modern spiritual cl… read more

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"Love lives only by sacrifice"

-Thérèse of Lisieux, Story of a Soul: The Autobiography of St. Thérèse of Lisieux

"I have at last found my vocation; it is love!"

-Thérèse of Lisieux, Story of a Soul: The Autobiography of St. Thérèse of Lisieux

"Love will consume us only in the measure of our self-surrender."

-Thérèse of Lisieux, Story of a Soul: The Autobiography of St. Thérèse of Lisieux

"It is for us to console our Lord, and not for Him to console us."

-Thérèse of Lisieux, Story of a Soul: The Autobiography of St. Thérèse of Lisieux

8. The Sayings of the Desert Fathers: The Alphabetical Collection (Cistercian studies 59)

By: Benedicta Ward , Anthony of Sourozh

4.05

Format: None pages, Paperback

`Give me a word, Father', visitors to early desert monks asked. The responses of these pioneer asce… read more

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9. Dark Night of the Soul

By: None , None

3.33

Format: None pages, Paperback

A 16th-century mystic, St. John of the Cross was also a Carmelite monk who helped reform the Order.… read more

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10. The Practice of the Presence of God

By: Brother Lawrence

4.32

Format: 95 pages, Paperback

Alternative cover edition of ISBN 0883681056 can be found here Brother Lawrence was a man of hum… read more

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"We ought not to be weary of doing little things for the love of God, who regards not the greatness of the work, but the love with which it is performed."

-Brother Lawrence, The Practice of the Presence of God

"We must know before we can love. In order to know God, we must often think of Him; and when we come to love Him, we shall then also think of Him often, for our heart will be with our treasure."

-Brother Lawrence, The Practice of the Presence of God

" Prayer is so simple. It is like quietly opening a door and slipping into the very presence of God. There, in the stillness, to listen to His voice, perhaps in petition or only to listen. It matters …"

-Brother Lawrence, The Practice of the Presence of God

"That with him the set times of prayer were not different from other times: that he retired to pray, according to the directions of his Superior, but that he did not want such retirement. nor ask for …"

-Brother Lawrence, The Practice of the Presence of God

11. Interior Castle

By: Teresa de Ávila

4.16

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

A cornerstone book on mystical theology, Interior Castledescribes the seven stages of union with Go… read more

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12. The Ascent of Mount Carmel

By: None

4.08

Format: 176 pages,

"I remained, lost in oblivion; My face I reclined on the Beloved. All ceased and I abandoned myself… read more

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13. Catechism of the Catholic Church: Complete and Updated

By: Pope Benedict XVI , Pope John Paul II , Catholic Church , United States Conference of Catholic Bishops

4.50

Format: 846 pages, Paperback

Over 3 million copies sold!  Essential reading for Catholics of all walks of life. Here it is - th… read more

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"  Man and woman were made “for each other"

-Pope Benedict XVI, Catechism of the Catholic Church: Complete and Updated

"The Liturgy itself is prayer; the confession of faith finds its proper place in the celebration of worship."

-Pope Benedict XVI, Catechism of the Catholic Church: Complete and Updated

"The Catholic wisdom of the people... provides reasons for joy and humor even in the midst of a very hard life."

-Pope Benedict XVI, Catechism of the Catholic Church: Complete and Updated

"When I am completely united to you, there will be no more sorrow or trials; entirely full of you, my life will be complete"

-Pope Benedict XVI, Catechism of the Catholic Church: Complete and Updated

14. The Fulfillment of All Desire: A Guidebook for the Journey to God Based on the Wisdom of the Saints

By: Ralph Martin

3.92

Format: 594 pages, Paperback

Winner: Honorable Mention from the Catholic Press Association Ralph Martin, drawing upon the teachi… read more

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15. Fire Within: Teresa of Avila, John of the Cross and the Gospel - On Prayer

By: Thomas Dubay

4.27

Format: None pages, Paperback

This book is the fruit of Fr. Dubay's many years of study and experience in spiritual direction and… read more

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16. Brief Reader on the Virtues of the Human Heart

By: Josef Pieper

3.42

Format: None pages, Paperback

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17. The Trinity

By: Augustine of Hippo , None , John E. Rotelle

4.44

Format: 212 pages, Paperback

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18. No Turning Back: A Witness to Mercy

By: Donald H. Calloway

3.91

Format: 385 pages, Paperback

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19. Time for God

By: Jacques Philippe

4.60

Format: 120 pages, Paperback

Are you too busy to pray? What if you could actually gain time and be more productive by praying? W… read more

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"A person who does not pray habitually, no matter how believing or pious he may be, will not achieve full spiritual growth. Neither will he acquire peace of soul because he will always experience exce…"

-Jacques Philippe, Time for God

20. The Way of Trust and Love - A Retreat Guided By St. Therese of Lisieux

By: Jacques Philippe

4.57

Format: 140 pages, Paperback

St. Therese of Lisieux sought a new way to Heaven: "a little way that is quite straight, quite shor… read more

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21. Abandonment to Divine Providence

By: Jean-Pierre de Caussade

3.73

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

French writer JEAN PIERRE DE CAUSSADE (1675-1751) believed that the present moment is holy and that… read more

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22. Padre Pio's Spiritual Direction for Every Day

By: Gianluigi Pasquale

4.61

Format: 290 pages, Kindle Edition

Translated from the Italian, here is a wonderful collection of 365 letters written by Padre Pio, pr… read more

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23. From Christendom to Apostolic Mission: Pastoral Strategies for an Apostolic Age

By: University of Mary

4.63

Format: 94 pages, Paperback

Every human society possesses a moral and spiritual imaginative vision, a set of assumptions and wa… read more

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24. Spiritual Warfare and the Discernment of Spirits

By: Dan Burke

4.45

Format: 99 pages, Kindle Edition

Satan is always at work breeding sadness and anxiety while providing obstacles that prevent souls f… read more

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25. A Hiker's Guide to Purgatory

By: Michael Norton

4.34

Format: 269 pages, Paperback

A Hiker's Guide to Purgatory is Norton's first novel. One morning, attorney Dan Geary, seventy-sev… read more

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26. Hope to Die: The Christian Meaning of Death and the Resurrection of the Body

By: Scott Hahn

4.53

Format: 190 pages, Hardcover

Jako katolicy wierzymy w zmartwychwstanie ciała. Potwierdzamy to, wypowiadając Credo podczas niedzi… read more

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27. Union with God: According to St. John of the Cross

By: Fr. Gabriel of St. Mary Magdalen

4.72

Format: 180 pages, Kindle Edition

Christian perfection consists in the twofold way of charity: service of neighbor and our direct que… read more

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28. Carmelite Spirituality: The Way of Carmelite Prayer and Contemplation

By: Anders Arborelius

4.20

Format: 76 pages, Kindle Edition

Centered on prayer and contemplation, Carmelite spirituality seeks to awaken in its practitioners a… read more

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29. Little Catechism of the Life of Prayer

By: Gabriel of St. Mary Magdalen

4.75

Format: None pages, None

In this short but comprehensive guide, Father Gabriel describes in clear terms the means and method… read more

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30. John of the Cross: Man and Mystic

By: Richard P. Hardy

4.60

Format: 218 pages, Kindle Edition

St. John of the Cross, great mystic of the Christian tradition, knew suffering his personal “dark … read more

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31. Father Miguel Pro: A Modern Mexican Martyr

By: Brother Roberto

4.65

Format: 171 pages, Paperback

One chilly November morning in 1927, a slender young priest stood before a firing squad in Mexico C… read more

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Jean-Baptiste Chautard , Jean-Baptiste Chautard O.C.S.O

4.55

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Francis de Sales

4.37

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The Imitation of Christ

Thomas à Kempis , William Benham , Richard Challoner, D.D.

4.32

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I Believe in Love: A Personal Retreat Based on the Teaching of St. Thérèse of Lisieux

None , Jean du Coeur de Jésus d'Elbée

4.65

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Pope John Paul II

5.00

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Pope Benedict XVI , Pope John Paul II , Catholic Church , United States Conference of Catholic Bishops

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