Prayer

This inspiring book walks you through nine key steps to boosting your intercessory prayer’s power and efficacy.

This prized set features nearly four hundred of Fr. Rutler’s most brilliant and cherished homilies and other writings, carefully organized to follow the liturgical year of the Catholic Church.

For the first time ever, Ven. Fulton Sheen's wise teachings on prayer have been collected into a single volume to help you perfect your prayers and make them what they must become: a daily, holy habit.

These unedited letters of Teresa of Avila to her friends offer a rare window from which to gaze upon the Saint's genuine witness and pragmatic advice on pursuing an intimate friendship with God.

While dissolute bishops and priests around the world grab headlines for their untoward words and deeds, too many other unfruitful priests minister as little more than glad-handing bachelors doing social service work.

Most of us have questions about spiritual direction. What is it? Is it for me? What if I can’t find a spiritual director? These questions and more are all well answered in Dan Burke’s book.

Christian perfection consists in the twofold way of charity: service of neighbor and our direct quest for God’s love. Many of us discover ways to love our neighbor, but few achieve intimacy with God. Why? Because we don’t know how to prepare ourselves properly to reach this exalted goal.

Here, Fr. John Portavella shows you how to develop for yourself a personalized plan of life that will enable you to balance your duties to God, your family, and your work, and even to make time for leisure.

For the first time, EWTN Publishing has compiled and made available to you the beautiful meditations on the Stations of the Cross, collected and edited by Fr. Joseph Mary Wolfe – longtime chaplain at EWTN.

St. Paul exhorts us to “pray without ceasing” — a beautiful goal that sounds daunting, even impossible. But wait! These pages break open an authoritative, time-tested method that countless laymen still use today to pray with constancy and thereby soar to the heights of holiness.

In this newly revised 2018 edition, celebrated retreat master and author Kathleen Beckman addresses the current abuse crisis facing the Church, offering Church-approved ways in which you can contribute to its welfare.

Traditional and original prayers, as well as teachings and inspiration from Jesus, Mary, and the Saints are woven throughout the entire book to give a powerful shot in the arm and to uplift spirits.

The Contemplative Rosary takes St. John Paul II and St. Teresa of Avila as guides and explores the difference between contemplation and meditation.

This volume brings together, for the first time, the writing and reflections on prayer that preceded and inspired Mother Angelica's extraordinary media ministry.

This timely work proclaims the joy of prayer and wealth of grace entrusted to praying women.

Mother Angelica’s meditations combine the spiritual insights of a master with the warmth of a loving mother. Her short but powerful reflections will lift your soul to Heaven and lead you into a thoughtful and penetrating reflection on the love of God and the life of Our Lady.

In these pages, Bishop Bossuet takes you on a stunning pilgrimage through the principal mysteries of Our Lady’s life.

This Leader's Edition will help you guide your group through the Study Guide for I Believe in Love as you explore the teachings of St. Therese more deeply.

This study guide helps you explore the teachings of St. Therese more deeply while inspiring you to integrate them into your daily lives.

Martinez shows you how to live in the obscurity of faith, detached both from consolations and desolations, and why this is best for your soul.

Written by some of the Church's greatest saints and theologians, these short, accessible books will help you deeply commit to Christ, engage in an active prayer life, and overcome common challenges and obstacles that confront you along the way to heaven.

Essential (and easy) reading for busy Catholics, Strength in Simplicity shows you how to grow closer to God in the things you already do every day.

Martinez shows how you can make better sense of your life once you realize that God has actually been closest to you when He seemed farthest away.

If you’ve never read a book on prayer, Prayer Works! is the right one for you. And if you’ve read lots of books on prayer, Prayer Works! is still the right one. It has laugh-out-loud humor, great storytelling, and rock-solid instruction.

St. Francis de Sales, one of the greatest spiritual advisors in Church history, gives advice to those prepared to take the next step on their spiritual journey.

With simplicity and holy wisdom, authors David Clayton and Leila Marie Lawler show you how to bring peace, calm, and the true joy of Mother Church to your home.

This four-volume set of meditations have been carefully selected to lift your soul to God while affording you an admirable distillation of the doctrines and piety of our Holy Catholic Church.

Bishop Bossuet's eloquence will have you not merely remember the events of Christ's Crucifixion; it will have you spiritually walk with Him on His journey.

For the restless or distracted at Mass, here you’ll learn how to quiet your soul in order to grow more receptive to the graces Christ offers you in the Mass.

This Act of Oblation by St. Thérèse of Lisieux was one of the key hallmarks of her attaining the heights of holiness in such a short time.

Here are questions we all ask — answered by a Saint! Fr. Cliff Ermatinger has gathered Augustine’s teachings into a simple question-and-answer format.

Fr. Plus is here able to make his spiritual advice on prayer both concrete and universal - suited to each of us as if we were speaking with him face-to-face.

These brief meditations will invigorate your desire to speak to God, not only during crises but also in the ordinary course of your day.

Here is the Carthusian’s prayer of the presence of God, a habit of tranquil listening that allows God to enter our souls and establish His presence there.

Age Range: 10 and up

This “retreat-in-a-book” helps children ponder the truths of the Faith and calls them to live lives of holiness in accordance with those truths.

Learn how to listen for the soft voice of the Spirit calling from within, inviting you to know, love, and cooperate with Him in all things great and small.

Discover a way of growing holier through the simple things in life — work, play, and rest. Learn to avoid distractions and focus your energy on loving God!

Fr. Raoul Plus’s no-nonsense prayer manual shows how we can pray without ceasing — even at times when exhaustion is crippling and cares begin to sweep us away.

Written by Msgr. Fulton Sheen, this pocket-sized prayer book for soldiers and civilians was first proven in combat in World War II.

When Elizabeth Leseur's husband, Felix — an avowed atheist — discovered this diary, he converted and later answered God's call to become a priest.

This book is a tough, uncompromising handbook to help you deal with all the obligations and problems of the spiritual life.

No matter how dedicated to Christ you are, familiarity can blunt your fervor and even make you less vigilant against sin. That’s why you need this warm guide!

This volume brings you all of St. Thomas’s known prayers and hymns in their Latin originals, along with new English translations.