Great Books for Great Lent • Chiefly Lenten • Books on Prayer • Books on Fasting • Books on Almsgiving

Chiefly Lenten
These books stir up the Lenten spirit, entreating us to consider "the grace of the Fast" and the firm resolve necessary on our part to make, and continue making, a good beginning. 

Great Lent
Alexander Schmemann
An exploration and explanation of the liturgical services, fasts, symbols, and prayers of the Lenten season.

The Year of Grace of the Lord
Monk of the Eastern Church
A devotional look at the seasons of the church.

The Ladder of Divine Ascent (Holy Transfiguration cloth edition)
John Climacus
A seventh century ascetical handbook read every year during Lent in Orthodox monasteries.

Ascending the Heights: A Layman’s Guide to the Ladder of Divine Ascent
John Mack
A layman’s reflection on each rung of Climacus’ Divine Ladder.

The Way of the Ascetics
Tito Colliander 
An excellent introduction to the Orthodox theology of theosis, or deification.

The Seven Perennial Sins and Their Offspring
Ken Bazyn
A reader’s meditation on the seven deadly sins.

Confession: Doorway to Forgiveness
Jim Forest
An Orthodox Christain examines the communal nature of sin and forgiveness.

Ladder of the Beatitudes
Jim Forest
An anecdotal exploration of the extraordinary dimensions of the Kingdom.

The Beatitudes: Soundings in Christian Tradition
Simon Tugwell
A Biblical and devotional stirring of the moral imagination.

The Return of the Prodigal Son
Henri Nouwen
A luminous meditation on the parable in regard to Rembrandt’s painting.

The Arena
Ignatius Brianchaninov
A manual on the inner life and outward conduct of the monk.

Thoughts Matter: The Practice of the Spiritual Life
Tools Matter for Practicing the Spiritual Life
Mary Margaret Funk
Notable manuals for keeping us awake to that ‘’still, small voice.’’

Back to Virtue
Peter Kreeft
Ethics without virtue is illusion.

Meditations on a Theme
Anthony Bloom
A powerful look at what conquering the Kingdom of God actually means.

Unseen Warfare
St. Nicodemos of the Holy Mountain / St. Theophan the Recluse
One of the most useful and trusted manuals in the literature of Orthodox teaching on the spiritual life.

Catechetical Lectures, Vol. 1 (Fathers of the Church Series)
Catechetical Lectures, Vol. 2 (Fathers of the Church Series)
St. Cyril of Jerusalem
One of the earliest known catechisms of the Christian Church.

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