Making it Real
Resources for Transformation
Explore our resources to deepen your faith, transform your life, and set you free.
Table of Contents
Video Talks
Take advantage of our extensive collection of video content to challenge, inform, and empower you on your faith journey. Peruse our topic list, below.
The Prodigal Son and Systemic Discrimination
What is it About Jesus that We Just Don’t Get?
Update Your “Operating System” for a Mature Faith
The Wounds that Drive Behavior
The Interplay between the Eucharist and Washing of the Feet
Lessons in the Passion and Resurrection - A Female Perspective
Resurrection as Personal, Social, and Cosmic Transformation
Your Experience of God is Real
Centering Prayer - An Interview with Fr. Carl Arico
Jesus asked, "Do You Love Me?" And He Asks Us Too!
"My Sheep Hear My Voice" - But, Do We?
A New Commandment - Hear Fr. Tom Lynch's Take on John 13:31-35
Free Downloadable Articles
Need a spiritual shot-in-the-arm? Browse our collection of free, downloadable articles. Short and accessible, but never simplistic, full of practical suggestions for better integrating God into every aspect of your life.
The Art of Forgiveness and Healing
The Indwelling of God…Discovering the God Within
Does Anyone Understand What I’m Going Through? Understanding the Path of Suffering…
Birthday Blessings
Parishioners, friends, and family who know Fr. Tom are familiar with his “birthday blessing.” A blessing is intended to open your heart to the working of God in your life - and what better time than on the anniversary of your birth! Sign up here to receive this special blessing on your sacred day.
A Comforting Prayer
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Mindfulness Moments
We all need a little encouragement and support to help us stay on the recursive path toward transformation. Click ‘play' and browse through our collection of 10-second doses of inspiration until you find the one that speaks to wherever you are on your journey of the soul. You may hit the pause button in the lower-left corner to focus on a particular slide. Reflect, pray, and come back again the next time you need a break from the world with a Mindfulness Moment.
Recommended Reading
Journey of the Soul Ministry’s Bookshelves of Transformative Reads
Falling Upward - A Spirituality for the Two Halves of Life - Richard Rohr
The Spirituality of Imperfection - Storytelling and the Search for Meaning - Ernest Kurtz and Katherine Ketchum
Four Steps to Spiritual Freedom - Thomas Ryan
Healing and Wholeness - John A. Sanford
Healing the Eight Stages of Life - Matthew Linn, Sheila Fabricant, Dennis Linn
Teach Only Love - The Twelve Principles of Attitudinal Healing - Gerald G. Jampolsky, M.D.
The Power to Heal - Francis MacNutt, O.P.
The Wounded Healer - Henri J. M. Nouwen
The Universal Christ - Richard Rohr
Immortal Diamond - Richard Rohr
Open Mind, Open Heart - The Contemplative Dimension of the Gospel - Thomas Keating
A Taste of Silence: Centering Prayer and the Contemplative Journey - Carl Arico
Intimacy with God - Centering Prayer - Thomas Keating
The Mantram Handbook - A Practical Guide to Choosing Your Mantra and Calming Your Mind - Eknath Easwaran
The Way to Love - Anthony de Mello
No Death, No Fear - Comforting Wisdom for Life - Thich Nhat Hanh
The Art of Pilgrimage - Phil Cousineau
Called to Question - Joan Chittester
Faith After Doubt - Brian D. McLaren
At Sea with God - Margaret Silf
Breaking Through God’s Silence - A Guide to Effective Prayer - David Yount
Abide - Keeping Vigil with the Word of God - Macrina Wiederkehr
Anam Cara: A Book of Celtic Wisdom - John O’Donohue
Thirst - Mary Oliver
Love Poems from God - Twelve Sacred Voices from the East and the West - Daniel Ladinsky
Jesus the Son of Man - Kahlil Gibran
Man’s Search for Meaning - Viktor E. Frankl
The Need and the Blessing of Prayer - Karl Rahner
The Dark Night of the Soul - Gerald G. May, M.D.
Fully Human Fully Divine - An Interactive Christology - Michael Casey
A Gift of Love - Sermons from Strength to Love and Other Preachings - The Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
A Knock at Midnight - Inspiration from the Great Sermons of Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. - Edited by Clayborne Carson and Peter Holloran
Caste - Isabel Wilkerson
Spiritual Passages - The Psychology of Spiritual Development - Benedict J. Groeschel
The Raft is Not the Shore - Conversations Toward A Buddhist-Christian Awareness - Thich Nhat Hanh, Daniel Berrigan
The Beatitudes of Peace - Meditations on The Beatitudes, Peacemaking and the Spiritual Life - John Dear
The Last Week - What the Gospels Really Teach About Jesus’s Final Days in Jerusalem - Marcus J. Borg and John Dominic Crossan
Tattoos on the Heart - The Power of Boundless Compassion - Gregory Boyle
The Meaning of Mary Magdalene - Discovering the Woman at the Heart of Christianity - Cynthia Bourgeault
The Wisdom Jesus: Transforming Heart and Mind - A New Perspective on Christ and His Message - Cynthia Bourgeault
The Wisdom Pattern - Richard Rohr
The Cloud of Unknowing - edited by William Johnston
The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment - Eckhart Tolle
A New New Testament - A Bible for the 21st Century Combining Traditional and Newly Discovered Texts - Hal Taussig
Holiness and the Feminine Spirit - The Art of Janet McKensie
Being Peace - Thich Nhat Hahn
Dying Well - Peace and Possibilities at the End of Life - Ira Byock, M.D.
The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying - Sogyal Rinpoche
A Spirituality of Caregiving - Henri J.M. Nouwen
Saying Goodbye - How Families Can Find Renewal Through Loss - Barbara Okun, Ph.D., Joseph Nowinski, Ph.D.
The Grace in Dying - A Message of Hope, Comfort, and Spiritual Transformation - Kathleen Dowling Singh
Befriending Death - Henri Nouwen and a Spirituality of Dying - Michelle O’Rourke
When Breath Becomes Air - Paul Kalanithi
A Grief Observed - C.S. Lewis
The Story of Dietrich Bonhoeffer - Michael Van Dyke
The Story of a Soul - The Autobiography of St. Therese of Lisieux
Mother Teresa’s Secret Fire - Joseph Langford
Mother Teresa - Come Be My Light - The Private Writings of the “Saint of Calcutta - Edited and compiled by Brian Kolodiejchuk
The Book of Forgiving - Desmond Tutu and Mpho Tutu
Left to Tell - Discovering God Amidst the Rwandan Holocaust - Immaculee Ilibagiza
The Emergent Christ - Exploring the Meaning of Catholic in an Evolutionary Universe - Ilia Delio
The Unbearable Wholeness of Being - God, Evolution, and the Power of Love - Ilia Delio
Quantum Theology - Spiritual Implications of the New Physics - Diarmuid O’Murchu
Awakening the Brain - Charlotte A. Tomaino, PhD
Surprised by Hope - Rethinking Heaven, the Resurrection, and the Mission of the Church - N.T. Wright
Gaudete et Exsultate - On the Call to Holiness in Today’s World - Pope Francis
The Name of God is Mercy - Pope Francis
The Church of Mercy - A Vision for the Church - Pope Francis
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