Ave Maria Press: 253 books
Spiritual Friendship
The Classic Text with a Spiritual Commentary by Dennis Billy, C.Ss.R.
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2008
This surprisingly modern, twelfth-century classic has long been popular with monks. Now this new edition opens up the riches of this spiritual masterpiece to a wide audience of contemporary readers who see the spiritual life not as a solitary enterprise, but one intimately connected to relationships....
When the Trees Say Nothing
Writings on Nature
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2003
First published in 2003 and now available in paperback to celebrate the one hundredth anniversary of Thomas Merton's birth, When the Trees Say Nothing has sold more than 60,000 copies and continually inspires readers with its unique collection of Merton's luminous writings on nature, arranged for...
by Thomas Merton
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2007
Thomas Merton was the most popular proponent of the Christian contemplative tradition in the twentieth century. Now, for the first time, some of his most lyrical and prayerful writings have been arranged into A Book of Hours, a rich resource for daily prayer and contemplation that imitates the increasingly...
God Knows You're Stressed
Simple Ways to Restore Your Balance
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2008
Things that happen to us do not cause stress. . . our reaction to what happens causes stress! Missing a bus or plane, preparing for a wedding, juggling multiple deadlines at work—and at home—a child leaving for college, experiencing divorce, the death of a spouse, child or a loved one are just...
Plain Living
A Quaker Path to Simplicity
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2001
Must reading for anyone feeling too busy or too stressed and seeking to simplify their life—to listen to the longings of their heart.
Most of us living in this complex and time-pressured era have moments when we wish we were living simpler, more meaningful lives. Sometimes these wishes are...
No Problem
Turning the Next Corner in Your Spiritual Life
Language: English
Release Date: March 24, 2014
With total book sales of more than 200,000 copies, spiritual teacher Robert J. Wicks brings his characteristic warmth and insight to his newest book, an "inner workshop" for the soul. He shows readers that personal transformation is attainable through a simple, day-by-day process of identifying and turning...
The Wisdom of the Body
A Contemplative Journey to Wholeness for Women
Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2017
The distorted view of the perfect female body created by popular culture, television, movies, and the media often causes women to become uncomfortable with their own bodies. Christine Valters Paintner, popular author of nine books and abbess of the online retreat center Abbey of the Arts, draws from...
by F. X. Durrwell
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2013
F. X. Durrwell’s In the Redeeming Christ is a gentle, forgotten masterpiece that reveals the relationship between personal holiness, sacramental life in the Church, and the salvation of the world. Now re-published with an introduction by Scott Hahn, it is a beautiful meditation on the Christian life....
Field of Compassion
How the New Cosmology Is Transforming Spiritual Life
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2010
The best-selling author of Radical Amazement articulates a transforming vision of spirituality that examines the intricate connectedness of the physical and spiritual worlds, a phenomenon she calls the "field of compassion."
In the tradition of Teilhard de Chardin and Thomas Berry,...
by Sigrid Undset
Language: English
Release Date: June 18, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: June 18, 2012
Sigrid Undset is among the great modern writers of the twentieth century and was an adult convert to Catholicism. This forgotten treasure from the Nobel Prize–winning author of Kristin Lavransdatter is a fascinating collection of saints’ lives, a prophetic critique of modernity, and a surprisingly...
by Joyce Rupp
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2018
Compassion was the center of Jesus' ministry and his mission for his disciples—and for us. Bestselling and award-winning author and retreat leader Joyce Rupp gives you the words to develop compassion in yourself as never before and to reenergize your ability to offer loving kindness to those around...
The Artist's Rule
Nurturing Your Creative Soul with Monastic Wisdom
Language: English
Release Date: July 11, 2011
Christine Valters Paintner, author of Water, Wind, Earth, and Fire, invites readers to discover and develop their creative gifts in a spirit of prayer and reflection. This twelve-week course draws on the insights and practices of Benedictine spirituality to explore the interplay between contemplation...
Prayerfulness
Awakening to the Fullness of Life
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2009
Now in paperback, Prayerfulness,by Robert J. Wicks--therapist, speaker, and bestselling author of Riding the Dragon--examines what it means to live fully in the present moment, with eyes wide open to life and to God. Blending insights from Christian contemplation and Buddhist mindfulness, Robert J. Wicks...
The Eyes of the Heart
Photography as a Christian Contemplative Practice
Language: English
Release Date: March 25, 2013
In this first book to explore photography as a spiritual practice from a Christian perspective, Christine Valters Paintner builds on the process of contemplative creativity she introduced online at Abbey of the Arts and in her book The Artist's Rule. She considers how a camera can help readers open...