Books on spirituality for young people
The Way
The strength, the attraction of The Way is largely due to the fact that it is based on real, living experience, being the fruit of the author's work as a...
God's Nativity Scene
The author goes through the different scenes of the Gospel surrounding the Birth of Jesus, using the imagination to "fill in", from the perspective of different...
In the Light of the Gospel
The pages of this short book contain 120 texts that seek to help and accompany the reader to meditate on the Gospel with a contemplative and listening attitude. As...
Meditations on the Passion of Christ
In Meditations on the Passion of Christ, Susana Tamaro invites us to follow the journey of the Stations of the Cross, offering a deep reflection on Christ's suffering...
The Return of the Prodigal Son
A Story of Homecoming.
A chance encounter with a reproduction of Rembrandt's painting, The Return of the Prodigal Son, catapulted Henri Nouwen into a...
Self-Esteem without Selfishness: Increasing our Capacity for Love
We’ve all been exhorted to cultivate self-esteem and nurture a positive self-image. That sounds appealing. But we also know that God calls us to humility. And many...
Why Purity: Navigating the Confusing Cultural Messages
The virtue of purity? Who talks about that nowadays?
This short book presents the topic to today's youth as a challenge to grow and mature into responsible and...
The Hidden Power of Kindness
An excellent work on the value and the need for kindness, respect, avoiding talking and thinking badly of others, of being very prudent when there is a need to...
I have called you friends. Friendship, a gift from God to light up the earth
At the Last Supper, the Lord said to his disciples: "No longer do I call you servants, but friends, for I have made known to you all things that I have heard from my...
Be Who You Are: Developing Your Christian Personality
Written for a wide audience by authors of diverse disciplines, this book addresses different aspects of personality formation, to facilitate the development of the...
From Temperament to character
Leadership can only be virtuous. If it is not, it is not leadership. When the ancient Greeks discussed leadership, they emphasized the virtues of their leaders. They...
Living With Good Manners
A Handbook for Young People with Class.
The book is a collection of good manners, especially for teenagers, both boys and girls. With a modern and casual style...
Time for God
Subtitled “A Guide to Prayer Life,” the book is divided into five sections: I. Prayer is not a technique but a grace; II. Using the time of prayer well; III. Growth...
Call Him Father. How to Experience the Fatherhood of God
Here is a delightfully practical guide to attaining joyful intimacy with God, and to knowing Him truly as your Father. Fr. Edward Maristany leads you through a simple...
Holy Rosary
Holy Rosary, first published in 1934, contains a series of short commentaries on the 15 mysteries of the rosary (joyful, sorrowful and glorious). It tries to...
Chiara Corbella Petrillo: A Witness to Joy
Chiara is a young Italian woman who lives happily. Shortly after finishing college, she meets Enrico on a pilgrimage, and together they decide to start a family....
Dream and your Dreams will Fall Short
Testimony written with warmth and charm, and with special historical value, about the author’s experience in Opus Dei and encounters with St. Josemaría, especially...
Rome Sweet Home. Our Journey to Catholicism
Scott and Kimberly Hahn, a well-known and popular Catholic couple, have been traveling and speaking about their conversion to Catholicism for the past several years....
Letters to a Saint
When Guadalupe Ortiz, a chemistry teacher, first met Saint Josemaría in 1944, she discovered that God was offering her a path to holiness in the middle of the world,...
Simon Peter
Gospel-based biography of St. Peter that also explains the figure of the Roman Pontiff in the Church. Written in an attractive manner and with deep piety, it...
Dora del Hoyo: A Lighted Lamp
Dora del Hoyo was born in Spain in 1914. She completed elementary school and then, still very young, started work as a domestic employee. In 1939 she moved to Madrid...
The Price to Pay: A Muslim Risks All to Follow Christ
A young Muslim in Iraq in the 1990’s is horrified to be paired with a Christian roommate while on military service. Muhammad is intent on converting that soldier, but...
Family Grace. Conversion Through Friendship
Fr. Giesler’s Junia trilogy vividly recounted the lives of the early Christians and their struggle to be faithful to their newfound faith in Jesus Christ. In...
Like Any Other: A Girl Named Montse
Montserrat Grases (Montse, to her friends) was born in Barcelona, Spain. At the age of 17 it was discovered that she had bone cancer. Less than a year later she died...
Vocation: Something Great that is Love
Who am I? is an important question. But much more important, Pope Francis tells us, is this other one: For whom am I? Our identity is nourished by what we have...
Everyman’s Road to Heaven
Enjoyable book, written with common and supernatural sense, on the principal topics of Christian asceticism: prayer, mortification, devotions, frequenting the...