In this short but comprehensive guide, Father Gabriel describes in clear terms the means and methods of mental prayer. Set out in question-and-answer format, the Little Catechism of Prayer is an invaluable work for those seeking to enter more deeply into a life of prayer and loving communion with God.\nMental prayer is indispensable to the spiritual life; normally it is, so to speak, its very breath. However, this spontaneity in prayer is usually realized only if the soul applies itself to meditation for some time by its own personal effort. In other words, one must learn how to pray. It is to teach souls this devout practice that various meditation books have been published. There are many methods, each with its own merit; among them is the Teresian method, so called because it is based on the teachings of St. Teresa of Jesus, the Foundress of the Discalced Carmelites and the great mistress of the spiritual life. . . . We outlined this method in a pamphlet called the Little Catechism of Prayer.... It is a simple exposition of the Teresian method according to the writings of many Carmelite authors; its widespread circulation shows very clearly that this method answers the needs and the desires of many prayerful souls. 
Father Gabriel of St. Mary Magdalene, Preface to Divine Intimacy (1963).

Little Catechism of the Life of Prayer

Religion & Spirituality

of St. Mary Magdalen, Fr. Gabriel

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Once, there was a little bird. Her wings were very small, and she couldn't fly....But the weak little bird had something in common with her big brothers, the soaring eagles. She had an eagle's eyes and heart! Based on the reflections of Saint Thérèse in her Story of a Soul, The Little Bird is a charming story relaying the struggle of the bird who aspires to great things, despite her littleness. It is a tale of courage, hope, and confidence in the love of God. "God would never inspire me with desires which cannot be realized; so in spite of my littleness, I can hope to be a saint."-Saint Thérèse of Lisieux

The Little Bird: A story based on St. Thérèse of the Child Jesus and the Holy Face

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Of the Child Jesus, Sister Joanna Marie

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Spaces for Silence

Francis, Mother Mary

God Within Us

Plus, Raoul

In this little booklet of Stations of the Cross, each station is illustrated by historical artist Francesco Pozzi, with reflections from the writings of Saint Elizabeth of the Trinity, a Carmelite nun of Dijon, France.

Stations of the Cross with Saint Elizabeth of the Trinity

Elizabeth Of The Trinity

FOR PURPOSES OF health Dom Columba was ordered by the doctors to take some weeks of rest during the summer of 1918. He went into Luxembourg to recruit his strength, and there he enjoyed to the full the beauties of nature by which he was surrounded. As a companion for his long, solitary walks in the forests of the Ardennes, he took the Commentary of St. Bernard upon the Canticle of Canticles. His lively and penetrating faith showed him during the contemplation in which his reading plunged him, the marvellous condescension of the Word toward his privileged creatures: the theme of the Canticle itself.Dom Columba generously communicated the spiritual lights he received to souls that were eager for them; consequently, on his return he gave a series of conferences to the nuns at the Abbey of St. Scholastica at Maredret, Belgium, commenting on a text of St. Bernard that had specially struck him; in this passage the great Doctor indicates the conditions necessary for the soul aspiring to become the spouse of the Word.Although these conferences were given to Benedictine Nuns, they are not specifically monastic as all souls are called to become spouses to the Divine Word! The conferences were first published a few months after the death of Blessed Columba Marmion.

Sponsa Verbi: Spiritual Conferences on Saint Bernard's Sermons on the Canticle of Canticles

Marmion, Dom Columba

In this little book, a child will be aided by novenas in preparing for his or her First Confession and First Holy Communion. Each day provides prayers and meditations, supplemented by aspirations and adorned with lovely images to help teach the child how to pray. A perfect gift for First Communicants, and for children at any stage, to deepen their understanding of the Holy Eucharist and their love of the God Who dwells within.

Preparing for My First Sacraments: First Confession and First Holy Communion

Religions

From Father Ludovic de Besse about Light on Mount Carmel: 
If only the reading of this little book might lead many souls to study the works of Saint John of the Cross, and God's grace make them "brave enough" to try the Ascent outlined for them by Saint John! Once the first steps have been taken with courage, ... it bursts upon us almost as a new revelation that what we took at first to be an "inhuman" course of self-renunciation is nothing more than a tardy response to that loving invitation which still rings down the centuries: "Come to Me, all you that labor and are burdened, and I will refresh you... My yoke is sweet and My burden light" (Mt 11:28).\nAll which I took from thee I did but take, 
Not for thy harms, 
But just that thou might'st seek it in my arms. 
All which thy child's mistake 
Fancies as lost, I have stored for thee at home; 
Rise, clasp my hand, and come.\n- Francis Thompson, "The Hound of Heaven"

Light on Mount Carmel: A Guide to the Works of Saint John of the Cross

De Besse, Ludovic

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