Early Christian Writers:
Athanasius, The Life of Antony (Paulist Press)
John Cassian, The Conferences (Paulist Press)
“ ” , The Institutes (Paulist Press)
Gregory of Nyssa, From Glory to Glory, J. Daniélou and H. Musurillo, editors (Scribners)

St. Benedict:
Timothy Fry, editor, The Rule of St. Benedict, 1980 (Liturgical Press)
Terrence Kardong, Benedict’s Rule (Liturgical Press)
Lonni Collins Pratt & Fr. Daniel Homan, Benedict’s Way (Loyola Press)

Cistercians:
André Louf, The Cistercian Way (Cistercian Publications)
David D. Perata, The Orchards of Perseverance (St. Therese's Press); about the monks of New
Clairvaux. To view sample chapters, monk profiles and a photo gallery of the
monks, please visit the Saint Therese's Press web site! www.sainttheresepress.com

Scripture:
Michael Casey, Sacred Reading: The Ancient Art of Lectio Divina (Triumph Books)
Mariano Magrassi, Praying the Bible: An Introduction to Lectio Divina (Liturgical Press)

Prayer and the Spiritual Life:
Anthony Bloom, Beginning to Pray (Paulist Press)
Olivier Clément, The Roots of Christian Mysticism (New City Press)
Abraham Heschel, Man’s Quest for God (Aurora Press)
Thomas Keating, Open Mind, Open Heart (Continuum)
The Monks of New Skete, In the Spirit of Happiness (Little, Brown & Co.)
M. Basil Pennington, Centering Prayer (Image Books)
Aelred Squire, Asking the Fathers: The Art of Meditation and Prayer (Thomas More Pub.)

Thomas Merton (to name just a few of his numerous writings):
Conjectures of a Guilty Bystander (Image Books)
New Seeds of Contemplation (W.W. Norton)
The Seven Storey Mountain (Harvest Books)
The Wisdom of the Desert (W.W. Norton)