Recommended Reading

Below are some books and articles that you may find helpful during the discernment process:

• Let Your Life Speak – Listening for the Voice of Vocation by Parker Palmer
• Pay Attention to God: Discernment in Prayer by Fr. William A. Barry, SJ
• Here’s My Heart, Here’s My Hand by Fr. William A. Barry, SJ
• Seven Principles of the Spiritual Life by Fr. Thomas Bolin, O.S.B.
• On the Perfection of the Spiritual Life by St. Thomas Aquinas
• The Three Ages of the Interior Life by Reginald Garrgiou-Lagrange, O.P. 
• Confidence: The Only Worship by Fr. Faber
• Finding God's Will for You by St. Francis de Sales
• Helping Vocations: Confession and Vocations by Fr. John Hardon
• The Eucharist and Vocations by Fr. John Hardon
• Sustaining the Spirit: Callings, Commitments, and Vocational Challenges by Catherine Cronin Carotta, Michael Carotta
• Discern: Mission and Ministry by Sr. Kathleen Bryant, RSC
• Vocation, A Reflection by Fr. Franco Cagnasso
• The Discerning Heart: Discovering a Personal God by Sr. Maureen Conroy, RSM
• Discernment: Seeking God in Every Situation by Christopher Aridas