This short treatise is attributed to the 13th-century German Dominican friar St. Albert the Great. Cleaving to God is a mystical and contemplative work, explaining how God’s “Cleaving to God by St. Albert the Great”
Interior Castle by St. Teresa of Avila
St. Teresa of Avila’s Interior Castle is a guide to the spiritual life. The book explains how a soul can journey through seven stages — shown “Interior Castle by St. Teresa of Avila”
The Life of St. Teresa of Avila
Prologue As I have been commanded and left at liberty to describe at length my way of prayer, and the workings of the grace of “The Life of St. Teresa of Avila“
St. John of the Cross: Glimpses of the Majesty of God
From stanza 11 of The Spiritual Canticle. Moses, on Mount Sinai in the presence of God, saw such glimpses of the majesty and beauty of “St. John of the Cross: Glimpses of the Majesty of God”
St. John Eudes: All the Spaces of Eternity … Are Filled With the Love That He Has for Us
From chapter two of The Sacred Heart of Jesus. Now, as the Father loves His only begotten Son with an everlasting love, the Son of “St. John Eudes: All the Spaces of Eternity … Are Filled With the Love That He Has for Us”
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The Autobiography of St. Ignatius of Loyola
The Autobiography of St. Ignatius of Loyola tells the story of the life and conversion of St. Ignatius, the founder of the Jesuit order. CHAPTER “The Autobiography of St. Ignatius of Loyola“
The Dialogue of St. Catherine of Siena
St. Catherine of Siena, who lived in 14th-century Italy, experienced mystical visions and dictated these revelations into the book now known as the The Dialogue of “The Dialogue of St. Catherine of Siena“
On Loving God by St. Bernard of Clairvaux
In On Loving God, 12th-century abbot Bernard of Clairvaux writes of the mandate to love God totally and completely. Click here to read a free pdf “On Loving God by St. Bernard of Clairvaux”