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Practical Meditations
Originally printed in 1868 by an anonymous Jesuit priest, this book comes highly recommended by both clergy and laity alike. It includes spiritual reading and daily meditations for the liturgical year. Efficient and easy-to-use, Practical Meditations is not encumbered by long-winded or overly sentimental verbiage. Rather, these meditations are refreshing, sincere, powerful, and brief.
Written with the betterment of souls in mind, each meditation is comprised of points and considerations on the Life of Christ, with constructive applications to daily life. Learn to live life in closer union with God by taking small but consistent steps each day to deepen your faith.
This book is a simple, straightforward way to transform your spiritual life through consistent, short, daily readings and meditations. This beautifully bound book has a durable flexible cover with imitation leather grain and gold gilded pages and a black satin ribbon.
Written with the betterment of souls in mind, each meditation is comprised of points and considerations on the Life of Christ, with constructive applications to daily life. Learn to live life in closer union with God by taking small but consistent steps each day to deepen your faith.
This book is a simple, straightforward way to transform your spiritual life through consistent, short, daily readings and meditations. This beautifully bound book has a durable flexible cover with imitation leather grain and gold gilded pages and a black satin ribbon.
826 pages, Hardcover
Published March 1, 2023
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June 21, 2025
“Practical Meditations” came in the mail a couple of days before Pentecost in 2024. Reading it marked the day I stopped running from my questions about my Catholic faith. And if I may say, I felt like the prodigal son who have returned home to his father. And with perfect timing too—right on time to join in celebrating the birthday of the Church.
This book was written by an unnamed Jesuit priest in French and was first translated to English in 1868. Most of the meditations were directed towards the religious and rarely to the laity. So, while there is no restriction against the use of the congregation, the counsel of the author weighs quite heavily.
Throughout the book, I found recurring themes on constant prayer, self-denial, mortification, temperance, detachment from the world, obedience, and piety. All of these are great virtues to follow but my key takeaway is piety. To me, I realized that it is an overarching virtue that captures devotion to God, living out my faith, and prioritizing my spiritual over worldly concerns. Putting this virtue into practice has changed me and my outlook in life. Deo Gratias!
My other key takeaway is my renewed respect and reverence over priests. I mentioned that most of the meditations in this book are directed towards for the religious. This may be the case, these still gave me a snippet of the immense burden that they carry. So much, that I have gathered the names of the priests I served as a sacristan for, the priest who celebrated our wedding, and those who celebrate mass at the churches I go to. I now keep them in my prayers and devote time for them at the adoration chapel.
With all of these good things that I have written, suffice to say that I am highly recommending this. I have rated this as five as I am keen to re-read this again. May God bless you!
This book was written by an unnamed Jesuit priest in French and was first translated to English in 1868. Most of the meditations were directed towards the religious and rarely to the laity. So, while there is no restriction against the use of the congregation, the counsel of the author weighs quite heavily.
Throughout the book, I found recurring themes on constant prayer, self-denial, mortification, temperance, detachment from the world, obedience, and piety. All of these are great virtues to follow but my key takeaway is piety. To me, I realized that it is an overarching virtue that captures devotion to God, living out my faith, and prioritizing my spiritual over worldly concerns. Putting this virtue into practice has changed me and my outlook in life. Deo Gratias!
My other key takeaway is my renewed respect and reverence over priests. I mentioned that most of the meditations in this book are directed towards for the religious. This may be the case, these still gave me a snippet of the immense burden that they carry. So much, that I have gathered the names of the priests I served as a sacristan for, the priest who celebrated our wedding, and those who celebrate mass at the churches I go to. I now keep them in my prayers and devote time for them at the adoration chapel.
With all of these good things that I have written, suffice to say that I am highly recommending this. I have rated this as five as I am keen to re-read this again. May God bless you!
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