Dennis Joseph Billy

Dennis Billy

When the manger or the cross are front and center, it?s easier to pay attention to our faith. Kathleen M. Basi explains how to keep the light of faith burning bright in your family during the other two-thirds of the liturgical year, Ordinary Time. In This Little Light of Mine: Living the Beatitudes, Basi shows you how to grow spiritually using the Beatitudes and the Ten Commandments as your guide.

The Cloud of Unknowing

Teresa of Avila

Teresa of Avila's Interior Castle is one of the most celebrated books of Christian mysticism ever written. In this new edition, the classic translation by E. Allison Peers is united with fresh spiritual commentary by Dennis Billy, C.Ss.R., making it the only edition of this work to provide spiritual nourishment in an accessible form while remaining completely faithful to Teresa's mystical vision. Remarkably simple both in style and structure, Teresa's Interior Castle begins with the vision of the soul as a "castle made of a single diamond ... in which there are many rooms, just as in Heaven there are many mansions." Building on this image, Teresa constructs a work of stunning spiritual and psychological wisdom. In his commentary, Dennis Billy breathes fresh air into this timeless work by examining Teresa's thought in its historical context and summarizing her teaching in a brief and straightforward manner.

The Classic Text with a Spiritual Commentary

Interior Castle

Thomas à Kempis

One of the best-loved spiritual classics of all time is now more accessible than ever. While many contemporary readers seek the richness of classical spirituality, some find the language and thought patterns of The Imitation of Christ distant and difficult to understand. Fr. Dennis Billy, noted teacher and spiritual guide, helps today's readers interpret The Imitation by raising their awareness of how the world of Thomas à Kempis colored and shaped his presentation of the spiritual life. Using the accessible translation of The Imitation of Christ by William Creasy, Fr. Billy highlights how today's Christians can interpret and apply The Imitation to their own spiritual journeys. Each chapter is preceded by a brief introduction and followed by a set of thoughtful reflection questions that help readers understand and apply the text.

A Spiritual Commentary and Reader's Guide

The Imitation of Christ

Dennis J Billy Cssr

This book is about baking the bread of Christian community from the grains of our broken humanity. It is primarily concerned with distinguishing L'Arche's authentic spirituality from its founder Jean Vanier's personal flaws and, in doing so, creating enough distance between him and the institution he founded so that the latter can flourish in a world where scandal abounds, and suspicion (and even cynicism) thrives.

L'Arche and the Tainted Legacy of Jean Vanier

Weeds Among Wheat

Jean-Pierre de Caussade

Jean-Pierre de Caussade, a French Jesuit spiritual director and writer born in the late seventeenth century, is best known for his belief in the sacredness of the present moment, or the "eternal now." His masterpiece, Abandonment to Divine Providence, has been celebrated by spiritual writers as diverse as Richard Foster and Alan Watts for its ability to invoke the mystery of eternity in the now--a tenet of spirituality that resonates across faith traditions. Accompanied by the probing, expert commentary of Dennis Billy, C.Ss.R., this exemplary edition of de Caussade's Abandonment offers newcomers to mysticism and spiritual direction a clear, compelling path to entering into God's presence.

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