Books in the Cistercian Studies Series series

Preached to monks and edited for publication by a pastor, these sermons are applicable generally to any congregation of Christians, for human problems are the same in both church and cloister. The preacher's vivid imagery, his spontaneity and sense of excitement, and his honesty in facing sometimes harsh, unflattering realities make what he says both piercing and unforgettable.

Spiritual Accompaniment and Spiritual Growth

Journeys in Ancient and Modern Egyptian Monasticism

A Monastic Handbook for Combating Demons

A Systematic Handbook Volume 1

Volume 1 Anselm's Letters as Prior and Abbot of Bec (1070-1092)

Spiritual Direction in the Early Christian East

The Doctrine of Compunction in the Christian East

The Lives of the Monks of Paulestine

Homilies on the Gospels Book Two - Lent to the Dedication of the Church

Homilies on the Gospel Book One - Advent to Lent

Commentary on the Acts of the Apostles

Upper Egypt

The Apophthegmata Patrum: The Alphabetic Collection

The Life of Antony, The Coptic Life and The Greek Life

Prior of the Charterhouse

The Spirituality of the Christian East Volume 2

Chapter Talks

Born in 1090, Bernard of Clairvaux died sixty-three years later, and was canonized in 1174. His friends and brothers began writing his official life even before he died, so convinced were they of his personal holiness and his importance to the Church of his day. Not everyone who knew him, however, liked him, no matter how much they may have admired his holiness. For nine centuries, those who have read his works and studied his activities have experienced a similar ambivalence. Some regard this 'most controversial and provocative of saints' as a great director of souls; others consider him an ecclesiastical busybody.In The Difficult Saint, Brian Patrick McGuire examines various facets of Bernard's life and the legend that survived him from the perspective of the Middle Ages and of the modern world. 'I want to suggest', he writes, 'that Bernard becomes more understandable as one grows older and gains more life experience'.

A New Translation and Introduction

"Examines how the writings of the thirteenth-century nun Gertrude the Great of Helfta articulate an innovative relationship between a person's eucharistic devotion and her body"--

A Study of Repentance in Early Monastic Sources

The Martyrs of Atlas

A Doctrinal and Spiritual Commentary

Smaragdus of Saint Mihiel: Commentary on the Rule of Saint Benedict

The Praktikos & Chapters On Prayer