Paraclete Press

"40 Days with the Holy Spirit” will inspire you to encounter God in fresh and surprising ways. You' ll develop stronger spiritual muscles as you breathe, read, reflect, and pray— all with an eye to cultivating a relationship with the least familiar...

A masterful retelling of Tamar's story of redemption, faith, healing, and justice“ Vamosh (The Scroll) and Everson (The Ornament Keeper) put an empowering spin on the biblical story of Tamar, the daughter of King David... [I]t' s a welcome and often...

Open a window each day of Advent onto the natural world. The author reads twenty-five descriptions of wild animals of the northern hemisphere ingeniously adapting when darkness and cold descend. All of them reveal the ancient wisdom of Advent: The...

From bestselling author Gayle Boss, a stunningly illustrated picture book edition of her beloved Advent book, All Creation Waits. Now young readers too will be caught up in the wonder of 24 woodland animals adapting to the season of dark and cold....

Rooted in the grit of urban Baltimore and the forests of rural Massachusetts, these poems remind us that life' s tensions and polarities are energies we carry within ourselves.These are poems of witness and commentary, conversation and meditation....

After 60 years at Gethsemani Abbey, Br. Paul follows up his recent memoir, In Praise of the Useless Life, with a poetic collection that shows how to do just that – by writing poetry. Amounting to Nothing is both practical and metaphysical, a puzzling...

Veteran TV journalist Calvin Jones travels to Paris, where he negotiates love, friendship, and despair in award-winning novelist Greg Garrett' s Bastille Day.With brilliant pacing and gorgeous prose, acclaimed novelist Greg Garrett tells the story of...

Do you long to live the abundant life that Jesus promised his followers? If so, then you will want to weave the threads of beauty, truth, life, and love into the tapestry of your life. When these essentials are each present in some measure in our...

Begin with a Question explores how the life of faith is a continuous voyage, launched anew each bright day of the spirit or dark night of the soul. This is a book of contemplation and motion, a journey— often in stops and starts— toward the Divine, a...

Imbued with a sense of wonder, and a strong connection to the natural world, Laura Alary' s books invite young readers to engage with the liturgical seasons of the church year. Breathe is a journey through Ascension, Pentecost, and Ordinary Time.“ The...

The perfect gift for any child being baptized, with prayers, hymns, scriptures and more to help joyfully welcome them into God's family!This beautifully illustrated book with ribbon marker and presentation page includes timeless hymns, poems, prayers,...

From the bestselling author of Manchester Christmas comes a new adventure full of love, generosity, and heart-pounding intrigue.Following the runaway success of her first novel, Chase Harrington is hiding in Manhattan. Assuming the visions from her...

From John Gray, bestselling author of Manchester Christmas and Chasing Manhattan, comes the third novel in a heartwarming trilogy full of charm, romance, and mystery.Always blazing their own path, newly engaged couple Chase and Gavin decide to forego...

Bestselling author Ronald Rolheiser illuminates the lost virtue that could save us all: Chastity.These days, it' s hard to say the word “ chastity” without a cringe. But in this book, beloved teacher Fr. Ronald Rolheiser boldly champions the notion of...

Clare of Assisi is generally known as “ the female friend” of Saint Francis of Assisi and for centuries her legacy has remained obscured by his shadow. Yet Clare' s life and story ought to shine in its own light and on its own terms (her name, after...

“ Cornered by the Dark is a triumph.”— Junot Dí az, author of The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar WaoW. H. Auden, Jorge Luis Borges, Howard Thurman, Julia Equivel, Thomas Merton, Langston Hughes, Pedro Pietri and Miguel Piñ ero, in their work make a...

What is a monastery? A monastery is a place set apart—a place to learn the blessings of powerlessness, and that time is not ours but God's. Our home and our duties can, just like a monastery, teach us those things. The vocation of monastic men and...

Our oldest Christian traditions invite us to listen as well as speak when we pray, yet often God's voice seems barely audible. A bestseller since its original release a quarter century ago, Echoes of Eternity is an authentic record of one man's quiet...

Reading Francis's writings is like being "on the road" with him 800 years ago.Biographies will only take you so far. It's impossible to truly understand Francis of Assisi without reading his own words. A scholar and lover of Francis, Sweeney has added...

Franciscan Lectio is for Christians who long to see the world more beautifully and deeply and become more attentive and present. An ancient tradition dating back to the third century, lectio divina has long served as an avenue of contemplative prayer,...

This collection of poems begins in the growing darkness of November, stretches through Advent and the seasons leading to Easter and to Pentecost, and ends in the budding light of the Scottish Orkney Islands, where the canonical hours measure time over...

"A stunner...every sentence is a feast for the senses.” — Rachel Held Evans.When you have an experience and tell the story of that experience to someone, something sacred happens inside of you. That experience doesn' t have to be an extravagant...

From the beloved author of Horses Speak of God comes a warm and inspiring guide to the life lessons we can learn from horsesLaurie Brock, Episcopal priest, messy Christian, and horse lover, shares the experiences of love, grief, humility, joy, and...

There is no sure route through grieving. Jerusha McCormack provides instead a series of signposts by which we may find our own path to a new life. “ We are all amateurs at grief,” she writes, “ it comes to us all; we must all go through it. To treat...