Paraclete Press: 276 books
First Fruits of Prayer
A Forty Day Journey Through the Canon with St. Andrew
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2008
Join Frederica Mathewes-Green on a guided retreat through an ancient Orthodox text. Regardless of your denominational background, First Fruits of Prayer will bring to life the prayer experience of first millennium Christianity through immersion in this poetic hymn, an extraordinarily beautiful work...
Light Upon Light
A Literary Guide to Prayer for Advent, Christmas, and Epiphany
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2014
This collection of daily and weekly readings goes through the liturgical seasons of winter — including Advent, Christmas and Epiphany. New voices such as Amit Majmudar and Scott Cairns are paired with well-loved classics by Dickens, Andersen, and Eliot. “For years I have been seeking a book which...
Life is Simple
Every Moment Matters
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2017
In this age of sensory overload, more than ever we seek out simplicity—a still pond, quiet space to meditate, the solid stable comforts that are so elusive. Creative leaders through the centuries have understood that simple beauty is one of the highest goals. Albert Einstein said, "Out of clutter,...
by Luci Shaw
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2018
Luci Shaw is now 90 years old. The author of more than 35 collections of poetry and creative non-fiction over the last five decades, she describes her dedication to this art as a burden to “speak into a culture that finds it hard to listen.” This collection of new poems — all composed over the...
Knit One, Purl a Prayer
A Spirituality of Knitting
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2011
This new spirituality of knitting addresses topics such as knitting as a popular pastime, what knitting does for our minds, bodies, and spirits, and how knitting helps people reduce stress, overcome loss, form friendships, and connect with a community. Most important, the author shows readers and crafters how knitting can become prayer.
Horses Speak of God
How Horses Can Teach Us to Listen and Be Transformed
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2018
How one woman’s love for horses led her to a deeper love of God With edgy honesty and humor, Laurie Brock invites all who have longed for a deeper encounter with God to join her in the saddle (and occasionally on the ground) to discover how horses’ ways of knowing can help humans discover God...
by Mary Ford-Grabowsky
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2012
Allow the Mother of Jesus to teach you new ways to pray. This new series of books is designed to open up the meaning of one ancient way of Christian prayer in a relatively short amount of time. In Praying with Mary you will discover: • The mother of Jesus—in all of her simplicity and complexity....
The Sinner Saint
A Novella of St. Patrick of Ireland
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2016
“You see, my son, the saints are not so different than you or me. Their stories reveal them to be very much human. However, this frailty does not weaken their witness or holiness, but rather extends to us the invitation to the same life amidst our own frailty.” From the 1st Chapter Many of us...
A Child Shall Lead Them: Stories of Transformed Young Lives in Medjugorje
Stories of Transformed Young Lives in Medjugorje
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2005
In the village of Medjugorje in Bosnia-Hercegovina, six teenagers - two boys and four girls - began to report seeing visions of the Blessed Virgin Mary in the summer of 1981. Since then, millions of people have made pilgrimages to this remote mountain village, where the messages of Mary give hope and comfort to those who are needy, suffering, or searching.
By Way of the Desert
365 Daily Readings
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2007
In the first few centuries of Christianity, thousands of believers left the cities for the desert, in order to seek a purer spirituality than they could find among the distractions of ordinary life. Their teachings began our rich heritage of Christian mysticism, and continue to inspire people today...
At Home in this Life
Finding Peace at the Crossroads of Unraveled Dreams and Beautiful Surprises
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2017
In the midst of beauty and mess, chaos and monotony, celebrations and mourning, Jerusalem Greer tells her story of finding redemption in what is rather than what could be, by practicing the presence of God through rediscovering ancient contemplative teachings and practices (solitude, study, work,...
Julian of Norwich
A Contemplative Biography - Paperback
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2012
The first fully-realized biography of Julian of Norwich—theologian, anchorite, and visionary of the Middle Ages. A groundbreaking and sometimes controversial biography that offers full tribute to the mystic Julian of Norwich. In May 1373, a thirty year-old woman living in East Anglia suffered an...
Confession
Finding Freedom and Forgiveness
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2014
The sacrament of Confession is probably the most talked about sacraments in the Catholic Church, as well as a spiritual practice being revived in many Protestant churches. This book explores the sacrament focusing on the two people who confess – God and the penitent. God is the primary confessor...
Ponder These Things
Praying with Icons of the Virgin
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2012
A close look at three classic icons of the Virgin and Child reveals profound truths about discovering God in our World. “Icons, says Archbishop Rowan, show us the way.... They help us to cross borders, to enter into a new and transfigured world. And that is exactly what I experienced as I read....This...