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Jaina Sutras, Part II by Hermann Jacobi Part Two of the Hermann Jacobi translation of the Jaina Sutras. As is the practice at this site, the typography of the original has been preserved as far as possible. This means that italics are used to indicate distinctions between consonants...

With over 25,000 copies sold of the hardcover version, this paperback edition of Macrina Wiederkehr's bestselling book,Seven Sacred Pauses: Living Mindfully Through the Hours of the Day, invites readers to learn how to pray the hours through the practice of consciously pausing at the seven sacred...

With Foreword by Fr. Frank Pavone. Abortion harms women. Bad products are recalled every day: the Ford Pinto, faulty tires, dangerous prescription pills, contaminated lettuce. If a product is found to pose even a modest risk to those who use it, you can bet it will soon be pulled from the market....

As a boy dreaming of becoming a doctor, Mike Litrel imagined that practicing medicine would be like living inside an action movie, always knowing how to help someone and feeling like a hero. Instead, he discovered that his role as doctor was more supporting actor than main character. It is God who is the true Physician, the source of all healing. The proof was revealed to him every day.

End your day the gentle way with words of wisdom and comfort. Snuggle up with the soothing Psalms or the words of Saint Thomas Aquinas. Collected here are over 50 offerings of quiet introspection to lull you to sleep.

Spirit of Faith: Sacrifice and Service is a compilation of writings and prayers that focus on sacrifice and service—subjects that are given great importance in the Bahai writings. The passages compiled here implore all people to make sacrifices and expend their energies in service to mankind as a means...

Offering thanks for our daily bread is just about universal. This collection of 120 mealtime blessings spans the globe and reaches back hundreds of years to include a wide range of sentiments, from the amusing to the heartfelt to the sacred. A Chinese proverb gives us this reminder, "When eating...

A celebration of the treasured traditions, rituals, and stories that run through the bloodstream of American Catholics For Andrew Greeley, it is the reverence of Christmas night and the exultation of Easter morn. Martin Scorsese, like many others, remains grateful for the nuns who rapped his...

Enter a Monastery Without Walls Christian Meditation introduces an ancient practice to a contemporary audience. James Finley, a former monk and student of Thomas Merton, presents the fundamentals of both understanding and practicing Christian meditation. He provides simple, helpful instructions,...

A thoughtful analysis of one of Christianity's best-loved prayers!

The Vishnu Purana by H.H. Wilson OM! GLORY TO VÁSUDEVA... "The Vishnu Purana is a primary sacred text of the Vaishnava branch of Hinduism, which today probably has more adherents than any other. It is one of the canonical Puranas, a branch of post-Vedic sacred literature which...

The Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius of Loyola, (composed from 1522-1524) are a set of Christian meditations, prayers and mental exercises, divided into four thematic 'weeks' of variable length, designed to be carried out over a period of 28 to 30 days. They were composed with the intention of...

The Book of Her Foundations is the least read, the least quoted, the least known of St. Teresa's works.  Why this is so is probably because people do not think it is a spiritual book.  But as you read on, you find that St. Teresa grew in holiness, not in spite of obstacles such as being...

As the first woman to be given the title of doctor of the church, St. Teresa of Avila continues to exercise her teaching authority in the world today both within and outside the boundaries of the church.  In the present group of 100 themes, Tomás Alvarez wishes to create a favorable approach...