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by MJ. Smith
Top ten reading list for spiritual directors
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Top ten reading list for spiritual directors from Catholic Spiritual Direction
- Guidance in Spiritual Direction by Fr. Charles Hugo Doyle
- The Three Ages of the Interior Life by Fr. Reginald Garrigou-Lagrange
- The Spiritual Life by Fr. Adolphe Tanquerey
- Spiritual Theology by Fr. Jordan Aumann
- Discernment of Spirits by Fr. Timothy Gallagher
- The Fire Within by Fr. Thomas Dubay
- The Fulfillment of All Desire by Ralph Martin
- Seeking Spiritual Direction by Fr. Thomas Dubay
- anything by St. Teresa of Avila – particularly The Interior Castle, or St. John of the Cross
- Introduction to the Devout Life by St. Francis de Sales
Also see:
- Cardinal Ratzinger (now Pope Benedict XVI): “Letter to the Bishops of the Catholic Church on Some Aspects of Christian Meditation.”
Jesuit perspective (in response to the top 10 list)
- anything by Fr. Timothy Gallagher
- Draw Me Into Your Friendship: A Literal Translation and Contemporary Reading of the Spiritual Exercises, by Fr. David Fleming
- Moment by Moment: a retreat in everyday life, Merz and Smith.
- The Practice of Spiritual Direction, Barry and Connelly.
- Abandonment to Divine Providence, Fr. Jean Pierre de Caussade
- Too Deep for Words: Rediscovering Lectio Divina, Thelma Hall
- De Sales, Francis./Treatise on the Love of God/
- Groeschel, Benedict. The Courage to be Chaste
Other responses
- Christ, the Life of the Soul by Blessed Columba Marmion
- Abandonment to Divine Providence by Jean Pierre de Caussade
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