Spirituality

Is it time to take your spiritual pulse, re-orient yourself to your Creator, and seek His guidance to live your faith more seriously? The Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius of Loyola outline the rigorous self-examination and spiritual meditations St. Ignatius set forth. Readers will learn how to make a new beginning on the path to holiness, repenting of their sins and attaining freedom from Satan's power. Though St. Ignatius wrote The Spiritual Exercises as a handbook for a four week guided retreat, this edition contains step by step explanations suitable for independent use over any time period. This is the original TAN edition now with updated typesetting, fresh new cover, new size and quality binding, and the same trusted content...

'I think God for Richard Rohr's sage-like presence in our culture: I honestly don't know where I'd be without it.' ---Brian Draper 'Rohr writes about spirituality in broad terms, but is deeply grounded in the writings and thinkers of his Catholic religious tradition. His discussion of ... the necessity of suffering, the opportunities provided by mistakes...is fresh because imaginative and vigorous.' ---Publishers Weekly 'Richard Rohr has given us a perfect guide to what he calls the "further journey", a voyage into the mystery and beauty of healthy spiritual maturity.' ---Mehmet Oz, MD, host of the Dr Oz Show In his bestselling Falling Upward, Father Richard Rohr offers a new paradigm for understanding one of the most profound of life's mysteries: how our failings can be the foundation for our ongoing spiritual growth. Drawing on the wisdom from time-honoured myths, heroic poems, great thinkers and sacred religious texts, he demonstrates that we grow spiritually more by doing it wr..

After a terrible mistake in the delivery room, an OB/GYN resident goes on a soul-seeking journey halfway across the world that challenges everything he knows about the medical status quo―and changes the future of pro-life healthcare. Two Patients is a story of radical forgiveness and unimaginable love that leads a formerly pro-choice physician to pioneer a new frontier in the pro-life movement today: merciful medicine. That new frontier is one in which physicians respect women’s fertility, treat children with compassion at each moment of biological growth, grieve alongside mothers and fathers when a pregnancy is lost, and see patients regardless of their financial situation. Dr. Bruchalski gives us a glimpse of just how merciful and extraordinary the relationship between a doctor and his two patients―mother and child―is truly meant to be...

With the clarity and depth characteristic of the classics, this spiritual bestseller lays out a perceptive and insightful plan for living a spiritual life and achieving the ultimate goal of that life -- union with God. Nouwen views our spiritual "ascent" as evolving in three movements. The first, from loneliness to solitude, focuses on the spiritual life as it relates to the experience of our own selves. The second, from hostility to hospitality, deals with our spiritual life as a life for others. The final movement, from illusion to prayer, offers penetrating thoughts on the most mysterious relationship of all: our relationship to God. Throughout, Nouwen emphasizes that the more we understand (and not simply deny) our inner struggles, the more fully we will be able to embrace a prayerful and genuine life that is also open to others' needs. Reaching Out is a rich book to be read, reread, pondered, and shared with others. "It does not offers answers or solutions," Nouwen cautions, "bu..