Recommended Books Priestly Identity & Priestly Spirituality The Priest: Mystery of Love By Martínez, Luis M. The Priest is Not His Own By Sheen, Fulton J. Christ, the Ideal of the Priest By Marmion, Fr. Columba Ministers of Your Joy: Meditations on the Priesthood By Ratzinger, Joseph The Priest In Union With Christ By Reginald Garrigou-Lagrange Alter Christus: Priestly Holiness on Earth and in Eternity By Fr. Ezra Sullivan Priestly Celibacy From the Depths of Our Hearts: Priesthood, Celibacy and the Crisis of the Catholic Church By Benedict XVI, Pope, Sarah, Cardinal Robert Priestly Fatherhood By Fr. Jacques Philippe Sponsa Verbi: Spiritual Conferences on Saint Bernard's Sermons on the Canticle of Canticles By Dom Columba Marmion When God Asks for an Undivided Heart By Andrew Apostoli, CFR Forming Fathers: Seminary Wisdom for Every Priest By Fr. Carter Griffin Why Celibacy?: Reclaiming the Fatherhood of the Priest By Fr. Carter Griffin, Scott Hahn (Foreword) Preaching & Rhetoric The Art of Preaching: A Theological and Practical Primer By Cardo, Daniel How to Speak How to Listen (A Guide to Effective Communication) By Adler, Mortimer J. Dogma and Preaching By Ratzinger/Pope Benedict XVI, Joseph The Elements of Rhetoric -- How to Write and Speak Clearly and Persuasively: A Guide for Students, Teachers, Politicians & Preachers By Topping, Ryan N.S. Why Preach?: Encountering Christ in God's Word By Peter John Cameron The Rhetoric of the Pulpit, Second Edition: A Preacher's Guide to Effective Sermons By Ericson, Jon Meyer The Spiritual Life Only Jesus By Martínez, Luis M. Knowing the Love of God: Lessons from a Spiritual Master By Garrigou-Lagrange, Fr. Reginald Secrets of the Interior Life By Martínez, Luis M. Little Way: The Spirituality of Thérèse of Lisieux By Bernard Bro, OP Christ the Life of the Soul Heaven Begins Within You: Wisdom from the Desert Fathers By Grun, Anselm Prayer The Art of Praying: The Principles and Methods of Christian Prayer By Romano Guardini Meditations Before Mass By Romano Guardini Thirsting for Prayer By Jacques Phillippe Sacred Reading: The Ancient Art of Lectio Divina By Casey, Michael Personal Prayer: A Guide for Receiving the Father's Love By Fr Thomas Acklin, Fr Boniface Hicks Difficulties in Mental Prayer: A New Edition of a Classic Guide to Meditation by M. Eugene Boylan O.C.R. (February 01,2011) Further Recommendations I Believe in Love: A Personal Retreat Based on the Teaching of St. Thérèse of Lisieux By Jean C. J. d'Elbée For Eternity: Restoring the Priesthood and Our Spiritual Fatherhood By Sarah, Robert Cardinal Christ in His Mysteries By Marmion, Columba The Grace to Be a Priest By Cessario, Romanus To Save a Thousand Souls: A Guide for Discerning a Vocation to Diocesan Priesthood By Brett A. Brannen The Sanctifier: The Classic Work on the Holy Spirit By Martinez, Archbishop Luis Grace of Ars: Reflections on the Life and Spirituality of St. John Vianney By Miller, Frederick Those Mysterious Priests (Fulton J. Sheen) By Sheen, Fulton J. The Bible and the Priesthood By Anthony Giambrone, OP Gift and Mystery: On the Fiftieth Anniversary of My Priestly Ordination The Priestly Life By Knox, Ronald Many Are Called: Rediscovering the Glory of the Priesthood By Hahn, Scott
