Dreaming of Stones
Christine Valters Paintner
The poems in Dreaming of Stones are about what endures: hope and desire, changing seasons, wild places, love, and the wisdom of mystics. Inspired b...
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The poems in Dreaming of Stones are about what endures: hope and desire, changing seasons, wild places, love, and the wisdom of mystics. Inspired b...
View full detailsIn this engaging guide, M. Basil Pennington takes us on a retreat with Thomas Merton, in Merton's own Kentucky hermitage, reading his writings on t...
View full detailsThis peaceful and calming spiritual collection of Gregorian chants presents the music of a Medieval Funeral Mass, as it would have been chanted in...
View full detailsFollow the life of Christ: from the Great O Antiphon "O Emmanuel" heralding His birth, to the triumphant chants proclaiming his glorious Resurrecti...
View full detailsGloriae Dei Cantores Schola has been praised by the New York Times for "expert renditions of Gregorian Chant" and "excellence of interpretation" by...
View full detailsThe feast of Pentecost commemorates the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the Twelve apostles and other followers of Jesus as described in the Bible...
View full details"Expert renditions of Gregorian Chant” - The New York TimesThis Christmas, give the gift of music—Gregorian chant lifts us out of the ordinary str...
View full detailsMusic written to honor the Virgin Mary is the focus of this Super Audio CD of Gregorian chants performed by the rich voices of the Gloriae Dei Can...
View full detailsThe Complete Prayers of St. Francis and St. Clare, with Selections from Brother Juniper, St. Anthony of Padua, and Other Early Franciscans We do n...
View full details"There is no shortage of good days," writes Annie Dillard. "It is good lives that are hard to come by." Reflecting on what makes a "good life," Rob...
View full detailsThousands of spiritual seekers are discovering and re-discovering the wisdom of Saint Benedict, embracing the balanced, Christ-centered, and practi...
View full detailsFor readers of “The Benedict Option”, here is another invaluable collection of Benedictine wisdom to live by. Today's culture is increasingly hosti...
View full detailsThe modern liturgical movement owes a great debt to Solesmes monk Dom Eugène Cardine (1905-1988), whose tireless research in the ancient manuscript...
View full detailsIn response to questions from a group of young people who, out of their love for Gregorian chant, had organized a session near the Abbey of Solesm...
View full detailsThe purity and simplicity of Gregorian chant fed the musical and liturgical life of Christianity for more than a millennium. But after the reforms ...
View full detailsGregorian Chant offers a detailed tutorial in the history and liturgy of Gregorian chant for musicians and musicologists, clergy and liturgists, pa...
View full detailsThis is a tried and true beginner’s guide to the singing and understanding of Gregorian chant. Developed at The Community of Jesus, an ecumenical c...
View full detailsThis valuable and helpful resource is an excellent introduction to Gregorian chant. It includes a copy of the Liber Cantualis as well as the 2-CD s...
View full details"Gloriae Dei Cantores helps me to pray when the words just won't come. Their glorious chants, songs and melodies are a regular part of my spiritua...
View full detailsGregorian Chants for Easter This recording of Gregorian Chant from the Gloriæ Dei Cantores Schola celebrates the Feast of the Resurrection, which i...
View full details“Exceptional recordings flawlessly produced, and showcases centuries of devotions, chants, celebrations, and the glorification of God.” —Reviewer’s...
View full detailsDesigned for those new to the Gregorian chant, this card describes the ways that the chant brings the early Church alive through song. Written by o...
View full detailsGregorian chant inspires us to recharge our spiritual batteries with its sense of tranquility and peace. Gloriae Dei Cantores Schola has re-release...
View full detailsDesigned for those new to the Gregorian chant, this card describes the ways that the chant brings the early Church alive through song. Written by o...
View full detailsThe Christian mystical tradition has its roots in Holy Scripture but was enunciated most clearly by the late 5th century author writing under the n...
View full detailsThe most complete and engaging one-volume introduction to the “Little Flower” Following a thorough introduction to the saint’s life, The Comple...
View full detailsOne of America's finest living poets has breathed new life into the early Christian mystics. From Saint Paul to Julian of Norwich, the original tex...
View full detailsMother Bird tells her son stories of St. Francis of Assisi. If the animal kingdom can understand the life and teachings of the world’s most famous ...
View full detailsReading Francis's writings is like being "on the road" with him 800 years ago. Biographies will only take you so far. It's impossible to truly unde...
View full detailsThis popular translation of The Story of a Soul includes every word of the original text, retaining the charm of the landmark autobiography of St. ...
View full detailsA mystical classic now easier to understand Very few spiritual classics from centuries past offer real guidance for entering into the darkness ...
View full details“The will of God has nothing but sweetness, grace, and treasures for the surrendered soul” This inspirational classic was compiled more than a cen...
View full details"Eternal greatness! You made yourself low and small to make mankind great." While in an ecstatic trance, St. Catherine of Siena dictated The Dialog...
View full detailsAs word of the wisdom and purity of the Desert Fathers and Mothers spread throughout the Roman Empire, Christians streamed to the caves of these he...
View full detailsHeavenly Love comes as a wound that is a gift of God. Francis de Sales’s spiritual masterpiece, Treatise on the Love of God, was originally publi...
View full detailsRevelations of Divine Love, the first book ever written in English by a woman, is dense, deeply intuitive, and theologically complex. The last thir...
View full detailsThe world was startled in 2007 by revelations that Mother Teresa of Calcutta's spiritual life was full of serious doubts and personal suffering for...
View full detailsThis beautiful edition offers all of G. K. Chesterton's insight, humor, and wit as he uncovers the real meaning of the life of the world's most po...
View full detailsThis joint biography illuminates the lives of Francis and Clare and their way of life. It shows how they were bound together by devotion to God as ...
View full detailsAs a young roach, Francesca was warned against churches. They were disgustingly clean, barren of food, although sometimes you might find leftover r...
View full detailsGood spiritual directors can be difficult to come by; this book offers Pope Francis to be yours. Ever wonder what advice the Pope would give you to...
View full details"Solesmes' He Was Placed in the Tomb contains the Gregorian Office for Holy (or "Great") Saturday, the evening service that observes the time Chris...
View full detailsOriginally published in French in 1894, Sabatier’s was the first modern biography of Francis of Assisi. It was a worldwide bestseller, and in 2003 ...
View full details"The grace of God, our savior, in these last days appeared in his servant Francis to all who are truly humble and truly friends of holy poverty." B...
View full details"A dose of grace for parents" This short easy-to-read book shows the simplicity of leading a contemplative life outside the monastery. What is a mo...
View full detailsGod will always give us more than we ask forMillions have read and benefited from this book since it was first written nearly 500 years ago. St. Te...
View full detailsIntroits, Graduals, Alleluias, Sequences, Offertories, Communions, and Hymns from Easter Mass, and the Mass for the First Sunday after Easter. Mass...
View full detailsIn all times, in different branches of the Christian family, there are people who have written or sung or spoken things that encouraged us to give our lives to God and to listen to His voice. At Paraclete Press, we gather and share these treasures.