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Reference Library for Spiritual Growth and Enrichment

 

On this page you will find PDF files for many books and treatises from a variety of authors ranging from the Saints and Fathers of the Church to Theologians, Mystics and others in the classic tradition of the Catholic Church and several other Western Religious traditions whose works are considered beneficial to the spiritual growth, development and enrichment of the Christian faithful.

 

We have attempted to place them on this page primarily according to the author's name. Simply click on the title of the book and begin reading. We will add to this library as new titles are located or are made available in PDF format. At the end of the PDF files you will soon find several links to other websites that have certain books that we highly recommend but which we have not been able to place on our own website due either to the size of the file or copyright issues.

THOMAS a KEMPIS

 

 

ALBERTUS MAGNUS  (St Albert the Great)

 

 

ST ANSELM

 

 

 

 

 

ST THOMAS AQUINAS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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ST AUGUSTINE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

THE VENERABLE BEDE

 

 

ST BENEDICT OF NURSIA

 

 

ST BONAVENTURE

 

 

 

 

 

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BROTHER LAWRENCE

 

 

 

JOHN BUNYAN

 

 

CATECHISMS

 

 

 

 

 

 

ST CATHERINE OF SIENA

 

 

 

GILBERT K CHESTERTON

 

 

 

 

 

 

DANTE ALIGHIERI

 

 

ST LOUIS DE MONTFORT

 

 

 

 

 

 

ST FRANCIS DE SALES

 

 

 

DIONYSIUS THE AEROPAGITE

 

 

JOHANN IGNAZ VON DOLLINGER (Quirinus)

 

 

ST AMBROSE

 

 

 

ST BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUX

 

 

JOHN MASON NEALE

 

 

 

PHILLIP HUGHES

 

 

 

N V NUNN

 

 

F LAUN

 

 

ALFREDO CARDINAL OTTAVIANI

 

 

 

ALFONS CARDINAL STICKLER

 

 

W L FOX

 

 

JAMES J McGovern

 

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Catena Aurea on the Gospel of St Luke
Catena Aurea on the Gospel of St John

MEISTER ECKHART

 

 

ARCHBISHOP FRANCOIS FENELON

 

 

 

 

REGINALD GARRIGOU-LAGRANGE

 

 

 

JAMES CARDINAL GIBBONS

 

 

 

ST IGNATIUS LOYOLA

 

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ST JOHN OF THE CROSS

 

 

 

 

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FLAVIUS JOSEPHUS

 

 

 

JOHN KEBLE

 

 

 

JOHN B LIGHTFOOT

 

 

 

JOHN HENRY CARDINAL NEWMAN

 

 

 

CYRIL C RICHARDSON

 

 

JOHN VAN RUYSBROECK

 

 

ARCHBISHOP FULTON J SHEEN

 

 

 

ST FRANCIS OF ASSISI

 

 

 

ST PATRICK

 

 

JOHN H STAPLETON

 

 

BLESSED HENRY SUSO

 

 

JOHN TAULER

 

 

ST GREGORY THE GREAT

 

 

 

ST LEONARD OF PORT MAURICE

 

 

ST THERESA OF AVILA

 

 

 

EUSEBIUS

 

 

PLATO

 

 

ST ROBERT BELLARMINE

 

 

 

ST CATHERINE OF BOLOGNA

 

 

 

ST CATHERINE OF GENOA

 

 

 

ST GERTRUDE

 

 

 

MARTIN J SCOTT

 

 

 

FREDERICK OAKLEY

 

 

JOHN H STAPLETON

 

 

JAMES F WATHAN

 

 

THOMAS J GERRARD

 

 

BISHOP WILHELM CRAMER

 

 

CARMEL HENRY CARFORA

 

 

 

BIBLICAL TEXTS

 

 

PONTIFICAL DOCUMENTS

 

 

 

 

 

 

LITURGICAL BOOKS

 

 

 

 

 

 

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- COLLECTIONS OF SERMONS -

 

ST THOMAS AQUINAS

 

 

ST BERNARDINE OF SIENA

 

 

ST ALPHONSUS LIGUORI

 

 

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JOSEPH FRASSINETTI

 

 

MARTIN COCHEM

 

 

HENRY EDWARD CARDINAL MANNING

 

 

 

 

 

C S LEWIS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BISHOP JACQUES BENIGNE BOSSUET

 

 

ST VINCENT OF LERINS

 

 

PROJECT CANTERBURY

 

 

MISCELLANEOUS WORKS

 

 

 

ST ALPHONSUS LIGUORI

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ADRIAN FORTESCUE

Ceremonies of the Roman Rite Described -1918

(This file is large and thus is broken down into 6 smaller pdf files)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CHARLES WALKER

 

 

THE LIBER USUALIS (1961 edition)

(This file is large and is thus broken down into smaller files)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

JACOBUS DE VORAGINE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DOM GREGORY DIX

The Shape of the Liturgy

(This file is large. It has been broken into numerous smaller files)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FRANCIS HALL

Moral Theology (An Anglican version Summa)

 

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Proper of the Time (unavailable at this time)
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