What to Read
study bibles
- The Catholic Study Bible, New York, Oxford University Press 1990
- The New Jerusalem Bible, Doubleday & Company Inc. Garden City, NY
- New Revised Standard Version (RSV) with Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical Books, Thomas Nelson Publishers, Nashville 1990
the rule
- Rule of Saint Benedict, Pocket edition and commentary (see reading list for commentary suggestions)
daily lectionary/missal/breviary
sources for daily Gospel readings, morning & evening prayer and commentaries
- Magnificat
- Give Us This Day
- People's Companion to the Breviary
on-line services
- Universalis
- Creighton University Daily Reading
- The Ark
- Luc Brï¿sard, of the abbey of Citeaux, A History of Monastic Spirituality
Psalter & Guide to the Liturgy of the Hours
- The Psalms A New Translation Singing Version Paulist Press, New York 1991
A guide to the liturgy of the hours has been developed with both Mississippi's or New Melleray's schedules see www.aicassociates.org
Seasonal Liturgical Reading -- for seasonal lectio, office of readings, liturgy of the hours
The Liturgical Sermons, Guerric of Igny, Cistercian Fathers 8 and 32 Kalamazoo, MI; Cistercian Publications.
Drinking from the Hidden Fountain, A Patristic Breviary, Spidlik, Thomas
Universalis
Commentary on the Rule of Saint Benedict
Ester deWaal. A Life Giving Way.
Joan Chittister. Insights for the Ages.
Michael Casey. A Guide to Living in the Truth. (Chapter 7 of the Rule)
Terrence Kardong. Benedict's Rule
RB 1980: The Rule of St. Benedict. With extensive appendices, articles, indices.
The Cistercian Experience
Casey, Michael. Strangers to the City
Truly Seeking God, Bernard Bonowitz
Louf, Andre. The Cistercian Way
DeWaal, Esther. The Way of Simplicity: The Cistercian Tradition
Cummings, Charles. Monastic Practices
Lectio Divina
Casey, Michael. Sacred Reading
Enzo Bianchi, Praying the Word: An Introduction to Lectio Divina
Prayer
Casey, Michael Toward God
Casey, Michael, Undivided Heart
Pre-Benedictine Monastics
Roberta Bondi, To Love as God Loves
Athanasius, Life of Anthony
Merton, Thomas, Wisdom of the Desert
Christian Classics
Brother Lawrence, The Practice of the Present Moment
St Therese of Lisieux, Story of A Soul (autobiography)
St Augustine, Confessions (autobiography)
The Cloud of Unknowing
Julian of Norwich, Showings (a/k/a Revelations)