An ancient prayer for every day: "Lord Jesus Christ, have mercy on me, a sinner."These words have strengthened and comforted believers for centuries. The Jesus Prayer comes to us from the Eastern Christian tradition. In these pages, John Michael Talbot explores more of the roots of the prayer along with the theological and practical meaning of each word in the lives of believers today. Readers are invited to meditate on the twelve simple words that lie at the heart of the Christian East. C...

This refrain has reverberated through churches, cathedrals, concert halls, and arenas across America and around the world for decades. Now for the first time, Christian Music pioneer and monastic founder John Michael Talbot leads us in an extended meditation on Mary's Magnificat. This canticle is not only the inspiration for "Holy Is His Name," it has been a daily hallmark of the prayer of the Church for centuries. Join John Michael in this ten-day retreat, and you will unlock the depths o...

Catholic convert, award-winning Christian musician and monastic founder John Michael Talbot shares the wise guidance and practical help he gained from the one-thousand-year-old Rule and life of St. Romuald. This forty-day journey will show you that no matter what kind of life you lead, peace, prayer, and the presence of God are always available—and closer than you think.

John Michael Talbot has been inspiring audiences around the world for decades with his music and message. At a time when so many people are discouraged, he delivers a message filled with encouragement and hope. This book will inspire you to live as a Catholic Christian with faith, hope and joy! We will always have human problems of Church, civil government, the workplace, family relationships, and even ourselves. But Jesus says to us, "I have told you this so that you might have peace in m...

What do spiritual gifts have to do with our daily lives?Spiritual gifts are more than just ancient wisdom to be studied. They are practical components of our everyday lives.Famed songwriter and musician John Michael Talbot—an early proponent of the unified Charismatic and Catholic movement --weaves together prayer, biblical teaching, songs, and contemplative thought to examine the gifts of the Holy Spirit.Chapters focus on:Spe...

The spirituality and lives of the desert fathers and mothers are often seen as the beginning and end of Christian monastic life. Their stories and messages inspire not only the most devout Christians but also the “nones” and the “dones.” In Desert Dangers and Delights John Michael Talbot reflects on his experience as a spiritual father and a popularizer of Catholic Christian spirituality through his music and teaching. He uses his own stories, Scripture, and the stories and saying...

The Journey East is a rich and practical resource, drawing upon the deep wells of the spirituality of the Christian East, by one rooted in the monastic life of the Christian West showing how to breathe with both lungs of the Christian tradition. Arranged as a thirty-six-day itinerary with meditations on different aspects of the spiritual journey, each ending with questions inviting further reflection so that what is offered is made part of our own life and practice, we are led deeper into ...

John Michael Talbot writes from both his own long experience as a renewal leader and from the ancient wisdom of the desert fathers and monastics. With this book he brings a fresh perspective, showing how the gifts of the Spirit are as alive and life-giving today as they were in the early Church. A sound guide for welcoming the spiritual gifts and using them well.

John Michael Talbot's first autobiographical work Late Have I Lived You picks up where his previous two best-selling biographies (Troubadour for the Lord and Signatures) left off. This work includes many new personal recollections from his multi-faceted life without the book becoming cumbersome or indulgent.

Master singer-storyteller John Michael Talbot’s concert meditations—heard and appreciated by millions of concert-goers over the last half-century—are now available in this unique volume. This collection of parables and stories reveals Talbot’s mystical, monastic heart and gives him an opportunity to present the Christian faith in holy and ordinary language.As John Michael Talbot’s music became more popular over the years, he began to immerse himself in the teachings of the contempl...

The Lord's Supper is the perfect guide for Catholics who desire to understand the meaning of the Mass more deeply in an easy to read format, and for non-Catholics who are curious and want to learn more about what Catholics believe. Offered in bite-sized portions, utilizing a morning and evening format, with the added assistance of thought-proving questions after each section, The Lord's Supper: A Eucharistic Revival is a book that will, as John Michael writes, "enrich you—so much so that y...

Do you need more "God Alone" in your life? The whimsical title of this little book is “Monk Dynasty" but the content is a serious understanding of monastic history in a way that is informative, fun, and engaging for everyone who reads it. Written by the founder of a new, integrated monastic community who has lived the monastic life for nearly 40 years, the lessons presented - from the past and the present - will help you follow Jesus more completely in the midst of this crazy, modern world...