Suggested Readings

 

The Rule of Benedict

  • 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