Lent 2022: Books

Follow the 40 days of Lent with excerpts from Kathleen Norris's works along scripture selections from the Bible.
Recommended by Dr. Christine Fletcher

This is a memoir of spiritual writer and poet Kathleen Norris who discovered relevance to her life and work in"acedia", a concept she discovered in the writings of a fourth-century monk, Evagrius Ponticus.
Recommended by Dr. Christine Fletcher

Recommended by Fr. Philip Timko, O.S.B.

In the last months of his life, Joseph Cardinal Bernardin lived out the stations, from being judged unjustly, to his bearing of his own cross, and from his last meeting with his mother to his public death. In his own life, Cardinal Bernardin reproduced the passion and death of Jesus. Eugene Kennedy, Cardinal Bernardin's longtime friend, delivers here a powerful meditation on the Catholic stations, based on scriptural scholarship, and the stations Cardinal Bernardin lived.
Recommended by Joan Hopkins

Christ in His Mysteries is Blessed Columba Marmion’s great meditation on the treasure-house of grace Christ offers to us in the Church’s liturgical year.
Recommended by Fr. David Turner, O.S.B.

A profound reflection on the process by which we can identify in a transforming way with the crucified Jesus.
Recommended by Fr. Philip Timko, O.S.B.

Recommended by Fr. Philip Timko, O.S.B.

Raymond E. Brown's masterful study examines every detail of the four Gospel stories of the final agonizing days of Jesus' life. Where others simply describe the accounts of the death of the Messiah as if they were one seamless whole, Father Brown reads and explains each Gospel on its own terms and elucidates the themes that make each one unique.
Recommended by Fr. Philip Timko, O.S.B.

Neuhaus invites the reader into a spiritual and intellectual exploration of the dark side of human experience with the promise of light and life on the far side of darkness.

Anita Roper offers a series of arresting theological meditations on the mysteries of human existence.
Recommended by Fr. Philip Timko, O.S.B.

Offers a detailed analysis of Jesus Christ's final week in Jerusalem, examining the political, religious, and scholarly aspects of Jesus' life, teaching, death, and resurrection.
Recommended by Joan Hopkins

Recommended by Fr. Philip Timko, O.S.B.

Pope Francis invites all humanity to an intimate and personal dialogue on the subject closest to his heart--mercy--which has long been the cornerstone of his faith and is now the central teaching of his papacy.

Recommended by Peter Huff

Recommended by Fr. Philip Timko, O.S.B.

This book explores the theme of resurrection from Jewish and Christian theological and historical perspectives. The book itself is an effort in Christian-Jewish dialogue: Madigan is Catholic and Levenson is Jewish.
Recommend by Dr. Rita George Tvrtković

Offers fascinating insights into how the prayerful experience of lectio divina can be sustained and invigorated by the techniques of sacred reading--techniques distilled from the author's deep acquaintance with the Bible and the ancient books of Western spirituality.
Recommended by Dr. Christine Fletcher.

The Solace of Fierce Landscapes explores the impulse that has drawn seekers into the wilderness for centuries and offers eloquent testimony to the healing power of mountain silence and desert indifference.
Recommended by Peter Huff.

Recommended by Dr. Christine Fletcher.