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Thomas à Kempis
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What can the lay person learn from the life of a monk? Solitude and Silence are two pillars of monastic life that many people quickly point to as the hardest and most confusing parts of this kind of religious consecration. However, the great spiritual writer Thomas à Kempis, author of The Imitation of Christ, helps us to understand that all Christians are called to some solitude and silence in our lives while not taking on a complete eremitical life. He recommends the systematic and intentional incorporation of solitude and silence in a manner which is consistent with each one’s vocation and state of life.
It is important for us to cultivate these two habits in order to enter into contemplation and conversation with God. This vision of God may also be experienced (to varying degrees) even in this world, through the grace of contemplative prayer. And silence and solitude are the hallowed doors through which one must pass to arrive at this delightful and serene state of holy contemplation.
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This audio version of The Imitation of Christ from Catholic Book Publishing is a wonderful new edition of the original, deeply spiritual book by Thomas à Kempis. From this audiobook, listeners will experience the peace and wisdom that has comforted Catholics from around the world. The Imitation of Christ tells us how to better live the life of a Christian by closely following Christ's example. The Imitation of Christ will bless all who want to respond to the call to follow Jesus.
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The best IOC version per narrator and background music
- By Amazon Customer on 07-04-23
By: Thomas A. Kempis
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How to Converse With God
- By: Liguori
- Narrated by: Joe Hunninghake
- Length: 1 hr and 18 mins
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In How to Converse with God, St. Alphonsus Ligouri teaches us how to use the small events of everyday life to raise our hearts and minds to God: in praise, contrition, hope, joy, and union with God's will. In this way, we can “pray unceasingly” and converse with God in the way most pleasing to him - personally and confidently.
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Beautiful!
- By Amazon Customer on 11-29-20
By: Liguori
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The Twelve Steps to Holiness and Salvation
- By: St. Alphonsus Liguori
- Narrated by: Kevin O'Brien
- Length: 6 hrs and 17 mins
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The 12 virtues we must all acquire to be happy in this world and to save our souls. The 12 Steps to Holiness and Salvation is compiled from the writings of St. Alphonsus Liguori and is considered one of the classic works of spirituality. St. Alphonsus reviews the 12 key virtues: love, hope, faith, love of God, love of neighbor, poverty, chastity, obedience, meekness and humility, mortification, recollection, prayer, and love of the cross.
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A classic for every soul
- By Brooke Burns on 10-29-23
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The Visions of Saint Frances of Rome
- Hell, Purgatory, and Heaven Revealed
- By: St. Frances of Rome
- Narrated by: Gillian Vance
- Length: 2 hrs and 39 mins
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Learn from one of the Church’s great mystics, Saint Frances of Rome. In this book, she narrates her visions to her spiritual director, Canon Giovanni Matteoni. He records her visions of the geography of hell and the state of limbo. She describes the punishments for various sins such as perverts, usurers, blasphemers, traitors, murderers, apostates, schismatics, incestuous people, witches and more. She also talks about the particular torments due to the seven deadly sins and the punishments for theft, dishonoring parents, breaking vows of chastity and selling daughters into prostitution.
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Let the listener take heed
- By Amazon Customer on 04-27-24
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Humility and the Elevation of the Mind to God
- By: Thomas Á. Kempis
- Narrated by: C. Mitchell Shaw
- Length: 2 hrs and 43 mins
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This classic work from Thomas à Kempis, author of The Imitation of Christ, is now available in English for the first time. It is a simple truth that, without the virtue of humility, we cannot enter the kingdom of heaven. It simply cannot be done. Just as pride is the root and source of all sin, so is humility, the foundational virtue in which all other virtues must be grounded if they are to bear fruit. Humility is the heartbeat of the saints. It is the virtue that conforms us most closely to Christ.
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Guide to holiness
- By Gerianne/Edward Sanok on 05-29-22
By: Thomas Á. Kempis
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Meditations on Death
- Preparing for Eternity
- By: Thomas Á Kempis
- Narrated by: Kevin Gallagher
- Length: 1 hr and 31 mins
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Indeed, Our Lord’s most holy passion and death offers us the greatest meditation, but pondering our own imminent death can bring us great fruit as it prepares us for the most important thing we will do: enter into eternity.
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Absolutely wonderful!
- By Anonymous User on 09-09-24
By: Thomas Á Kempis
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Imitation of Christ
- By: Thomas A. Kempis
- Narrated by: Catholic Book Publishing Corp., Clare L. Fitzpatrick
- Length: 7 hrs and 26 mins
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This audio version of The Imitation of Christ from Catholic Book Publishing is a wonderful new edition of the original, deeply spiritual book by Thomas à Kempis. From this audiobook, listeners will experience the peace and wisdom that has comforted Catholics from around the world. The Imitation of Christ tells us how to better live the life of a Christian by closely following Christ's example. The Imitation of Christ will bless all who want to respond to the call to follow Jesus.
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The best IOC version per narrator and background music
- By Amazon Customer on 07-04-23
By: Thomas A. Kempis
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How to Converse With God
- By: Liguori
- Narrated by: Joe Hunninghake
- Length: 1 hr and 18 mins
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In How to Converse with God, St. Alphonsus Ligouri teaches us how to use the small events of everyday life to raise our hearts and minds to God: in praise, contrition, hope, joy, and union with God's will. In this way, we can “pray unceasingly” and converse with God in the way most pleasing to him - personally and confidently.
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Beautiful!
- By Amazon Customer on 11-29-20
By: Liguori
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The Twelve Steps to Holiness and Salvation
- By: St. Alphonsus Liguori
- Narrated by: Kevin O'Brien
- Length: 6 hrs and 17 mins
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The 12 virtues we must all acquire to be happy in this world and to save our souls. The 12 Steps to Holiness and Salvation is compiled from the writings of St. Alphonsus Liguori and is considered one of the classic works of spirituality. St. Alphonsus reviews the 12 key virtues: love, hope, faith, love of God, love of neighbor, poverty, chastity, obedience, meekness and humility, mortification, recollection, prayer, and love of the cross.
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A classic for every soul
- By Brooke Burns on 10-29-23
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The Visions of Saint Frances of Rome
- Hell, Purgatory, and Heaven Revealed
- By: St. Frances of Rome
- Narrated by: Gillian Vance
- Length: 2 hrs and 39 mins
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Learn from one of the Church’s great mystics, Saint Frances of Rome. In this book, she narrates her visions to her spiritual director, Canon Giovanni Matteoni. He records her visions of the geography of hell and the state of limbo. She describes the punishments for various sins such as perverts, usurers, blasphemers, traitors, murderers, apostates, schismatics, incestuous people, witches and more. She also talks about the particular torments due to the seven deadly sins and the punishments for theft, dishonoring parents, breaking vows of chastity and selling daughters into prostitution.
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Let the listener take heed
- By Amazon Customer on 04-27-24
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The Battle of the Virtues and Vices
- Defending the Interior Castle of the Soul
- By: Pope Saint IX
- Narrated by: Larry Odom
- Length: 2 hrs and 23 mins
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The greatest battles do not occur in a distant land or even in past times but in the depths of the human soul. It is the battle between virtue and vice, the conflict between aspiring to be a saint or living a mediocre life. The conflict between reaching heaven or forfeiting it. In this spiritual masterpiece, Pope Saint Leo IX, identifies our foes: The enemies in this battle—the vices and temptations which infect our fallen nature—are invisible and internal.
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Holy Reasonlng Impowering Virtues
- By Leland S. on 11-02-24
By: Pope Saint IX
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Trustful Surrender to Divine Providence
- The Secret of Peace and Happiness
- By: Father Jean Baptiste Saint-Jure, St. Claude de la Colombière
- Narrated by: Joe Hunninghake
- Length: 2 hrs and 48 mins
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To trust in God’s will is the “secret of happiness and content”, the one sure-fire way to attain serenity in this world and salvation in the next. Trustful Surrender to Divine Providence simply and clearly answers questions that many Christians have regarding God’s will, the existence of evil, and the practice of trustful surrender.
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One of my favorites
- By LoveArt❤️ on 04-09-20
By: Father Jean Baptiste Saint-Jure, and others
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The Imitation of Mary
- By: Thomas à Kempis
- Narrated by: Arthur Morey
- Length: 3 hrs and 19 mins
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The Imitation of Mary from Catholic Book Publishing is an excellent companion volume to the beloved and highly esteemed book Imitation of Christ. In this book, culled from the deeply spiritual works of Thomas à Kempis, the listener is treated to beautiful writings about Our Lady set forth in the style of the Imitation of Christ. He offers the listener a splendid way to grow in following Jesus through imitating His Blessed Mother. This book is a profoundly spiritual road map for listeners who wish to travel with Mary and Jesus.
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PERFECTION,
- By JEAN on 05-06-23
By: Thomas à Kempis
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Humility of Heart
- By: Fr. Cajetan Mary da Bergamo
- Narrated by: Kevin O'Brien
- Length: 6 hrs and 36 mins
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Humility is the key to all the virtues. It’s the necessary foundation for growth in all the others. If we do not know ourselves, if we cannot see our flaws and strengths (but especially our flaws), clearly, how can we grow in virtue? How can we begin to make ourselves less and God more? Indeed, in our age of social media where it’s a constant race to appear the best, to put up a front, to show others a false image (and to show ourselves a false image), cultivating humility is, perhaps, more important now than ever.
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MUST READ for any Catholic serious about being a saint.
- By Lucas Wollschlager on 10-29-21
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Summa Contra Gentiles
- By: Thomas Aquinas
- Narrated by: Martin Swain
- Length: 44 hrs and 9 mins
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The four books of the Summa contra Gentiles were written by Thomas Aquinas between 1259-1265, before the considerably larger and more influential, Summa Theologica. The purpose of each work was different. Whereas the Summa Theologica addressed the faithful, especially theology students, the intention of the Summa Contra Gentiles (Systematic Exposition Against Non-Christians) was to speak to a non-aligned and even hostile audience. To that purpose, Aquinas presented arguments ‘refuting specific beliefs or heresies.'
By: Thomas Aquinas
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Uniformity with God's Will
- By: St. Alphonsus Liguori
- Narrated by: Kevin Gallagher
- Length: 1 hr and 15 mins
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The way to perfection is simple - to unite one’s will with God’s, putting into action the prayer “Thy will be done". In this precious short work, Uniformity with God's Will, St. Alphonsus Liguori explains the importance of conforming one’s will to God’s and how to do so; how God is glorified by our resignation to his will even more than by our acts; how to gain peace of mind and serenity by trusting in God, accepting what he wills for our lives, and following his commands.
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pithy, simple, and a lifelong task
- By WhatsInAName on 12-20-19
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Jesus, the Apostles and the Early Church
- By: Pope Benedict XVI
- Narrated by: Kevin O'Brien
- Length: 4 hrs and 53 mins
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Based on Pope Benedict XVI's weekly teaching on the relationship between Christ and the Church, this book tells the drama of Jesus' first disciples—his Apostles and their associates—and how they spread Jesus' message throughout the ancient world. Far from distorting the truth about Jesus of Nazareth, insists Pope Benedict, the early disciples remained faithful to it, even at the cost of their lives.
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Wonderful overview
- By International Roamer on 11-21-24
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Mysteries of the Rosary
- Joyful, Luminous, Sorrowful and Glorious Mysteries
- By: Anne Catherine Emmerich
- Narrated by: Kevin O'Brien
- Length: 2 hrs and 54 mins
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The Most Holy Rosary is one of the greatest prayers in the history of the Church. Garnished as it is with the testimony of saints and popes for the last thousand years, the only greater prayers are the Mass and the Divine Office. It is a prayer for the people, to be said over and over, and yet many still seek ways to enter into the deeper mansions of spiritual richness to be found in this devotion. If you seek to reap the full harvest of this bountiful prayer, focus on the mysteries to better follow the life of our Lord through the eyes of Our Blessed Lady.
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Wonderful inspiration for praying the Rosary.
- By Swankylady on 04-15-22
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The Agony of Jesus
- By: St. Padre Pio
- Narrated by: Joe Hunninghake
- Length: 44 mins
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A true treasure of spiritual insights, this little book contains the remarkable meditations on The Agony of Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane by St. Padre Pio of Pietrelcina, the stigmatist priest.
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A Nescissary Meditation
- By James Stewart on 05-15-21
By: St. Padre Pio
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The Practice of Humility
- 60 Lessons on the Virtue of Virtues: Pope Leo XIII
- By: Pope Leo XIII
- Narrated by: Kennedy Hall
- Length: 1 hr and 47 mins
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Developing the virtue of humility and faithfully endeavoring to practice it is necessary for our salvation. Many times in Sacred Scripture, Our Lord admonishes the proud, elevates the humble, and reminds us that we must become like children to enter into the kingdom of God. Pope Leo XIII, the oldest reigning pope, composed the prayer to St. Michael the Archangel and wrote many encyclicals on the Church’s social teaching and the Rosary.
By: Pope Leo XIII
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Invitation to Solitude and Silence
- Experiencing God's Transforming Presence
- By: Ruth Haley Barton
- Narrated by: Ruth Haley Barton
- Length: 4 hrs and 8 mins
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Ruth Haley Barton describes how she has discovered the real presence of God, the God who is present through the practice of solitude and silence. Her audiobook invites you to meet God deeply and fully outside the demands and noise of daily life. It is a call to the adventure of spiritual transformation, an adventure that will lead you to freedom and authenticity, allowing you to become the person God created you to be.
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a must read!!
- By Joannelm on 05-10-18
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The Secret of the Holy Face
- The Devotion Destined to Save Society
- By: Fr. Lawrence Daniel Carney III
- Narrated by: C. Mitchell Shaw
- Length: 5 hrs and 10 mins
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From the creation of man to the current ecclesial infiltration and world revolution, the devil and his minions have sought to destroy the human race made in the image of God. No longer attacking from without, they are now secretly laying siege from within the Holy Roman Catholic Church. But why is God allowing this? He loves to see souls heroically battle for the faith.
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Awesome Weapon Against Commism
- By William Mann on 08-08-22
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- Marc Case
- 06-04-24
Bless the Lord, Oh my soul 🙏
This book spoke to my soul. Every word resounded within it. Amen. Amen. Amen. Amen. Amen.
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- David W. Dann
- 05-27-24
A blueprint to a deeper faith
Thomas A Kempis explains in an inspired blueprint of God’s wisdom, the need for silence and solitude in our lives to help us manage our fragile human nature and achieve, by God’s mercy and grace, a pathway to a deeper friendship with Christ and enjoy His glorious promises of love, peace, and happiness now and forever. A magnificent work.
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- DanCavazos
- 07-11-24
Excellent description on silence
entire content was inspirational and some recommendations everyone can employ especially on choosing one's words wisely after suffering humiliation as an example
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- Nancy M Brennan
- 11-12-24
Profound
My favorite author hits it out of the ball park again!! God Bless Him Always!!
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