Suggested Readings
The Rule of Benedict
Timothy Fry, OSB
Collegeville: Liturgical Press, 1981
Benedict's Rule: A Translation and Commentary
Terrence Kardong, OSB
Collegeville: Liturgical Press, 1996
A Life Giving Way: A Commentary on the Rule of St. Benedict
Esther De Waal
Collegeville: Liturgical Press, 1995
The Life of St. Benedict by Gregory the Great
Terrence Kardong, OSB
Liturgical Press, 2009
Benedictine Spirituality
The Love of Learning and the Desire for God: A Study of Monastic Culture
Jean LeClerq, OSB
New York: Fordham University Press, 1961
Prayer and Community: The Benedictine Tradition
Columba Stewart, OSB
London: Darton, Longman, and Todd, 1998
A Guide to Living in the Truth: Saint Benedict's Teaching on Humility
Michael Casey, OCSO
Petersham: St. Bede's Publications, 1999
Strangers to the City
Michael Casey, OCSO
Brewster: Paraclete Press, 2005
Monastic Practices
Charles Cummings, OCSO
Kalamazoo: Cistercian Publications, 1986
The Wisdom of the Benedictine Elders
Mark W. McGinnis
New York: BlueBridge, 2005
Thoughts Matter: The Practice of Spiritual Life
Mary Margaret Funk, OSB
New York: Continuum, 1998
The Monastic Journey
Thomas Merton, OCSO
Kalamazoo: Cistercian Publications, 1992
Centered on Christ
Augustine Roberts, OCSO
Kalamazoo: Cistercian Publications, 2005
Lectio Divina
Sacred Reading: The Ancient Art of Lectio Divina
Michael Casey, OCSO
Liguori: Triumph, 1996
Praying the Bible: An Introduction to Lectio Divina
Mariano Magrassi, OSB
Collegeville: Liturgical Press, 1998
Liturgical Year
The Liturgical Year
Adrien Nocent, OSB
Collegeville: Liturgical Press, 1977
Seasons of Celebration
Thomas Merton, OCSO
New York: Farrar, Strauss, and Giroux, 1977
Liturgy of the Hours
The Liturgy of the Hours in East and West: The Origins of the Divine Office and Its Meaning for Today
Robert Taft, SJ
Collegeville: Liturgical Press, 1993
The School of Prayer: An Introduction to the Divine Office for All Christians
John Brook
Collegeville: Liturgical Press, 1991
Saint John’s Abbey
Worship and Work, 3rd. ed.
Colman J. Barry, OSB
Collegeville: Liturgical Press, 1993
Saint John’s at 150
Hilary Thimmesh, OSB, ed.
Collegeville: Liturgical Press, 2006