I have been creating a new page on my blog which I will be helpful to readers who wish to explore spirituality further. This is where it is at the moment. Please drop me a comment if you think it could be improved! It is a work in progress and I will continue to add to it.
Franciscan Spirituality
Books
The Little Flowers of St. Francis – written in the 14th century, about 100 years after the death of Francis, it tells the story of the Franciscan movement, not just of Francis of Assisi, showing the spirituality and defining moments of the early Franciscan brothers
Links on the Web
The First Life of St. Francis of Assisi – Thomas of Celano
The Life of St. Francis – St. Bonaventure
The Little Flowers of St. Francis – Note that this is a 1906 translation, so is not the easiest of reads! a more modern book version is a bit easier to read – I use the 1980s translation by Blaiklock and Keys
Benedictine Spirituality
Links on the Web
Carmelite Spirituality
Links on the Web
Constitutions of the Carmelite Order (1995)
Daily Spirituality
Psalms – Many Christian spiritual traditions say or sing Psalms every day as a regular practice. This link is to the Church of England’s website with all 150 Psalms. I like the uncluttered format.
Inspiring Spiritual Writers
I periodically blog on these and this is a list I am compiling writers who have helped me, and maybe their work will be of interest to others:
Sister Wendy Beckett
Thomas Merton
Henri Nouwen
Richard Rohr
Evelyn Underhill
Poetry and Spirituality
Poetry has been important to me since late adolescence, and these writers in particular I find continually inspiring:
T.S.Eliot
George Herbert
Thomas Traherne
Henry Vaughan
William Wordsworth
Art and Spirituality
Friedrich
Giotto
Michelangelo
Poussin
Rublev
Flowering Poverello 