Letters to a Soul

HUBERT VAN ZELLER

Religion & Spirituality

Sheed and Ward

In this timeless classic first written in 1963, celebrated Benedictine monk, author, and sculptor Hubert van Zeller (1905-1984) offers an eloquent response to the question of human suffering: Those who endure suffering with hope and trust in Divine Providence will embark on an ever-deeper path to holiness that leads to eternal glory. Van Zeller believed that those who surrender to the pain and embrace it as a way to identify with the Passion of Christ discover its deeper meaning, replacing fear with trust, resistance with peace, and defeat with the "triumph of grace."

The Mystery of Suffering

Christian Classics

Leave Your Life Alone

TEMPLEGATE PUB.

Sometimes real breakthroughs in your spiritual life only come about after searing self-examination. Even in the 1950s, when books on Catholic prayer and spirituality could become bestsellers, the works of Dom Hubert van Zeller were exceptionally popular. A Carthusian monk (and good friend of Msgr. Ronald Knox), van Zeller had the rare gift of translating monastic spiritual wisdom developed over centuries into clear, practical advice for ordinary Catholics seeking to deepen their own prayer lives. The Inner Search, one of his most enduring and readable books, takes as its point of the departure the Psalmist's exhortation to "Seek the face of the Lord always!" Indeed, writes van Zeller, "the whole of our effort of faith, excercised throughout life, amounts precisely to this" -- and when it is pursued properly and consistently, countless benefits, spiritual and otherwise, soon follow. A handful of van Zeller's helpful teachings: The single most powerful “vitalizing factor” in the spiritual life Explained: “The saints are those in whom there is least obstacle to the life of Christ within the soul” 5 things that foster the gift of spiritual “discernment” 3 common excuses for neglecting the duty of corporal penance: do any of them sound familiar? False ideas about God's will that impede our progress toward sanctity. How to recognize and correct them The bad habit to which almost every excess in the spiritual life can be traced 2 ways of looking at the world: one leads to perpetual frustration, the other to happiness What it means to "discover God present in the soul” (an important step in spiritual progress) Spiritual “over-eagerness”: what it is, how it can hamper the action of grace 3 ways God “exactly fits” our spiritual sufferings to the specific needs and capacities of our souls. How each represents the pur

Inner Search

Roman Catholic Books

Yes, holiness is within your reach...and attaining it is far simpler than you think. These pages reveal all you need to know to get started.

Holiness: A Guide for Beginners

Christian Books & Bibles

Catholicism

Sophia Inst Pr

This unique spiritual guide will help you grow holier and more prayerful as you perform the most menial household chores -- not in spite of those chores, but in the midst of them. Written especially for women in charge of households, Holiness for Housewives will help you better understand and respect your vocation as a housewife -- and discover in it your own God-given path to sanctity. This handy guide will show you how to: <li>Find meaning in even the most boring work </li>
<li>Pray in the midst of a bustling household </li>
<li>Bear the stress of those long days in which the work never seems to end </li>
<li>Develop a greater awareness of God s presence -- even amid the diapers and the dirty dishes </li>
<li>Learn to rely more on your will and less on emotions, when life seems to be an endless round of drudgery </li>
<li>Handle your burdens and sorrows with prayers that are especially fashioned for housewives Let Holiness for Housewives show you how to find and savor the lasting pleasures that await you in your noble, God-given vocation as a housewife!
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Holiness for Housewives: And Other Working Women

Sophia Institute Press

Spirit of Penance, Path to God: How Acts of Penance Will Make Your Life Holier and Your Days Happier

These pages give you practical help to look honestly at yourself and by doing so, to attain the deepest desire of every sincere Christian: union with God Himself. No longer will you be diverted from the search for God . . . or live in fear of losing your soul. Rather, with the help of the monk Hubert van Zeller, you ll learn how to spot and avoid dangerous spiritual distractions. You ll find out how to keep your feet on the path that leads to holy wisdom: true knowledge of yourself . . . and of God. From van Zeller, you ll discover how to grow into the person Christ means you to be no matter how far you still have to go. Your new knowledge will draw you closer to God and charge your life with a transforming spiritual vigor. How to Find God is a spiritual banquet for every Christian who wants to attain true self-knowledge and to be united with Him who is the fount of all joy.

How to Find God...and Discover Your True Self in the Process: A Handbook for Christians

Christian Living

Spirituality Recharted

Saint Bede's Publications

The greatest test of your faith won't come from routine encounters in your work, family or social life. Nor will it come from extraordinary challenges or temptations. No, your greatest test will be whether you will trust God when you suffer, or whether you will, in the words of Job's wife, curse God and die. In Suffering with a Purpose, Rev. Hubert van Zeller helps you prepare now for all your sufferings in life by enabling you to see them with the eyes of the Spirit.
Van Zeller, the wise author of Holiness for Housewives, maintains that you can understand the mystery of suffering only by means of the Passion of Christ. Through explorations of the Passion narrative, he uncovers a great deal to help you through the dark times, sharpening your vision of life's meaning and showing you how to accept your crosses with love. Above all, van Zeller shows you that suffering has a purpose.
With help from this insightful book, you'll learn how to resist discouragement, see your crosses for what they are, and bear them with perseverance.
In these pages you will learn:
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<li>The astounding significance of Christ's decision to appear among men as a failure</li>
<li>The importance of being willing to share in the sufferings of others, and to carry their crosses as if they were your own (Do you dare?)</li>
<li>How you can grow holy and give glory to God even in the crosses that you feel too weak to carry</li>
<li>Why it is not, in fact, healthier to focus on enjoyment and trying to avoid all suffering</li>
<li>Compassion: why you must show it toward others - and more importantly, toward yourself</li>
<li>The part you have to play in the redemption of the world - and what it has to do with your daily sufferings</li>
<li>Detachment: why you should begin praying now to be freed from your attachment to the things of this world</li>
<li>And more, to help you gain the strength to meet your sufferings with abiding faith!</li>
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Suffering with a Purpose: How to Turn Failures Into Victories and Pain Into Joy

The Heritage Press

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