Maria: 1071 books

What does God want for your life? Christine Valters Paintner, bestselling Catholic author and online abbess for Abbey of the Arts, uses reflections, stories, guided activities, prayer experiences, and a variety of creative arts to help you patiently and attentively listen to God’s invitation. Everyone...

For more than thirty years, Joyce Rupp has been writing bestselling spiritual books that have accompanied readers through the seasons of life and helped them glimpse the Divine. In Anchors for the Soul, prayers, poems, blessings, and meditations from Rupp’s many works are brought together to offer...

This work has been recognized as the most influential work of his time. A key part of the book has been devoted to what is now known as the law of the people of the Malthus thorn. This theory suggested that rising population rates would contribute to a growing supply of work that would inevitably...

A collection of short stories including: The Bolted Door; His Father’s Son; The Daunt Diana; The Debt; Full Circle; The Legend; The Eyes; The Blond Beast; Afterward; and, The Letters.

Writer, teacher, and farmer Kyle T. Kramer presents the honest, humorous, and uplifting story of coming to know God and himself and beginning to understand life as prayer in A Time to Plant: Life Lessons in Work, Prayer, and Dirt. For Kramer, this came about through rejecting consumerism, creating...

This short entry in the Wisdom of the East series includes a short introduction to Islam, and a set of topical quotations from the Palmer translation of the Qur’an. It covers subjects such as the Devil, Jinn, Marriage, Pilgrimage, Prayers, Fasting, Angels, and more.

By popular demand, the best-selling author of Tickle Your Soul serves up another generous helping of friendly, smart, upbeat counsel on the powerful benefits of a positive viewpoint. In Live, Laugh, and Be Blessed: Finding Humor and Holiness in Everyday Moments Anne Bryan Smollin says that finding...

CHAPTER I.* - A POSTULATE* **CHAPTER II. **- QUALIFICATIONS CHAPTER III. - PRELIMINARIES CHAPTER IV. - THE VISION CHAPTER V. - DIFFICULTIES CHAPTER VI. - SYMBOLS CHAPTER VII. - SOME EXPERIENCES CHAPTER VIII. - DIRECTIONS FOR USING THE OVOIDS AND SHPERES FOR CRYSTAL OR MIRROR VISION CHAPTER IX. - CONCISE DICTIONARY OF ASTROLOGICAL TERMS

"...My dear A.E. I dedicate this book to you because, whether you think it well or ill written, you will sympathize with the sorrows and the ecstasies of its personages, perhaps even more than I do myself. Although I wrote these stories at different times and in different manners, and without...

TABLE OF CONTENTS THE PREFACE OF THEOPHRASTUS PARACELSUS TO ALL ALCHEMISTS AND READERS OF THIS BOOK. PART I. THE SEVEN CANONS OF THE METALS. THE FIRST CANON. CONCERNING THE NATURE AND PROPERTIES OF MERCURY. (1) THE SECOND CANON. CONCERNING THE NATURE AND PROPERTIES OF JUPITER. THE THIRD CANON. CONCERNING...

Teresa of Avila's Interior Castle is one of the most celebrated books of Christian mysticism ever written. In this new edition, the classic translation by E. Allison Peers is united with fresh spiritual commentary by Dennis Billy, C.Ss.R., making it the only edition of this work to provide spiritual...

Sr. Anne Bryan Smollin (1943-2014) was a beloved storyteller with an unforgettable sense of humor. In her final book, The Best Is Yet to Come, Smollin--the author of five books, a gifted motivational speaker, and a trusted counselor--warmly encourages readers to live each moment fully, to discover the...

Captured in a happy blend of psychological and spiritual principles, coupled with anecdotes and folk wisdom, Tickle Your Soul delivers joy, health, and wellness. Offering pathways to happier wholesome living, popular speaker and spirituality writer Anne Bryan Smollin enables readers to "wrinkle...

The story tells the romantic story between a Cinderella of New England and a Western millionaire. Poor Maggie, the heroine, will be ranked with “Pollyanna” and “David” as one of the most lovable characters Mrs. Porter has ever created.