Spiritual Reading

Priesthood: Church Documents

• Directory for the Life and Ministry of Priests – Congregation of the Clergy – (New Edition 2013)
• Pastores Dabo Vobis
• Presbyterorum Ordinis
• Sacerdotalis Caelibatus
• The Gift of the Priestly Vocation
• St. John XXIII’s Encyclical Letter on St. John Vianney
• Christus Vivit

Priesthood: Books

• Christ the Ideal of the Priest – Blessed Columba Marmion
• Gift and Mystery – St. John Paul II
• Priests for the Third Millennium – Timothy Cardinal Dolan
• The Priestly Office – Avery Cardinal Dulles
• The Unchanging Heart of the Priest – Fr. Thomas Acklin, O.S.B.
• Quickening the Fire in our Midst – Fr. George A Aschenbrenner, S.J.
• Conformed to Christ Crucified – Fr. Joseph Carola, S.J.
• Hidden Enemies of the Priesthood – Fr. Basil Cole, O.P.
• A Priest Forever: Life of Fr. Eugene Hamilton – Fr. Benendict Groeschel, C.F.R.
• The Courage to be Chaste – Fr. Benendict Groeschel, C.F.R
• Radical Surrender – Fr. Michael Najim
• The Joy of Priesthood – Msgr. Stephen Rossetti
• Why Priests are Happy – Msgr. Stephen Rossetti
• Reclaiming our Priestly Character – Fr. David Toups
• The Cure` d’ Ars Today –Fr. George Rutler
• The Charism of Priestly Celibacy: Biblical, Theological and Pastoral Reflections –Edited by John C. Cavadini
• Men of Brave Heart – Archbishop Jose Gomez
• The Grace to Be a Priest – Fr. Romanus Cessario, OP
• The Priest Is Not His Own – Fulton J. Sheen
• The Curé D’Ars – Francis Trochu

Spirituality

• Effective Faith: Faith that Makes a Difference (2009) – Bishop Thomas Tobin
• Without a Doubt: Bringing Faith to Life (2001) – Bishop Thomas Tobin
• God or Nothing (2015) - Robert Cardinal Sarah
• The Power of Silence (2017) - Robert Cardinal Sarah
• The Day Is Now Far Spent (2019) - Robert Cardinal Sarah
• The Collected Works of St. John of the Cross (1994) – St. John of the Cross
• The Fire Within – (1989) -Thomas Dubay
• Centering Prayer (1980) – M. Basil Pennington
• Reaching Out (1975) – Henri J. M. Nouwen
• Letters to Malcolm: Chiefly on Prayer (1964) – C.S. Lewis
• New Seeds of Contemplation (1962) – Thomas Merton
• The Seven Story Mountain (1948) – Thomas Merton
• The Cost of Discipleship (1937) – Dietrich Bonhoeffer
• St. Francis of Assisi (1924) – G. K. Chesterton
• The Poems of Gerard Manley Hopkins (1918) – Gerard Manley Hopkins
• Mystical Element of Religion (1908) – Friedrich von Hugel
• The Story of a Soul (1899) – St. Therese of Lisieux
• Pensees (1670) – Blaise Pascal
• Introduction to the Devout Life (1609) – St. Francis de Sales
• The Way of Perfection (1567) – St. Theresa of Avila
• The Interior Castle (1588) – St. Theresa of Avila
• Ascent of Mount Carmel (1587) – St. John of the Cross
• Dark Night of Soul (1587) – St. John of the Cross
• The Spiritual Exercises (1548) – St. Ignatius Loyola
• A Dialogue of Comfort Against Tribulation (1534-1535) – St. Thomas More
• Enchiridion Militis Christiani (1503) – Desiderius Erasmus
• The Imitation of Christ (c.1418) – St Thomas `a Kempis
• The Cloud of the Unknowing (late 14th century) – Unknown
• Revelations of Divine Love (c. 1393) – Julian of Norwich
• The Dialogue of St Catherine (c. 1370) – St. Catherine of Siena
• The Little Flowers of St. Francis (c. 1330) – Unknown
• The Sermon and the Treatises (c. 1300-1327) – Johannes Eckhart
• The Mind’s Road to God (c 1259) – St. Bonaventure
• On Spiritual Friendship (c.1134) – Aelred of Rievaulx
• The Mirror of Charity (c.1143) – Aelred of Rievaulx
• On Loving God (c.1126-1141) – Bernard Clairvaux
• The Prayers and Meditations (c. 1099) – St. Anslem of Canterbury
• Pastoral Care (c. 590)- St. Gregory the Great
• The Rule of St. Benedict (c.520) – St. Benedict
• The Conferences of John Cassian ( c.420) – John Cassian
• The Confessions (c. 400) – St. Augustine
• The Life of St. Anthony (c. 357) – St. Athanasius

Literature

• Diary of a Country Priest – G. Bernanos
• Death Comes for the Archbishop – Willa Cather
• Father Brown Stories – G. K. Chesterton
• Collected Works – Flannery O’Conner
• Divine Comedy Trilogy: Inferno, Purgatory, Paradise – Dante Alighieri
• Lord of the Rings Trilogy – J.R.R Tolkien
• Crime and Punishment and Brothers Karamazov – Fyodor Dostoevsky