Paths of Love

Site Map

• This sitemap links to the major pages on this site. Individual files, such as PDF books, are available from the corresponding webpage on this site.

• Books and Writings on Love

• On Loving God by St. Bernard of Clairvaux  - De Diligendo Deo (Latin Text).
• The Living Flame of Love by St. John of the Cross
• Counsels to a Religious by St. John of the Cross
• Other works by St. John of the Cross

• Writings of St. Thérèse of Lisieux

• • Sayings of St. Thérèse on love - Love alone counts - how to love - love of neighbor - love and suffering
  • My Vocation is Love! - A Short Essay on these words of St. Thérèse of Lisieux

• Vocation, Holiness, and Discernment

• • Inspirational Quotes by various authors
  • Seven Principles of the Spiritual Life by Br. Thomas Bolin, O.S.B.
  • On the Perfection of the Spiritual Life by St. Thomas Aquinas
  • Confidence: The Only Worship by Fr. Faber

• Books and articles on vocation

• Vocation to States of Life

• • The Teaching of the Catholic Church About Vocation
  • Vocations by Rev. William Doyle, S.J.   
  • Do I have a vocation? by Fr. Ludovic-Marie Barrielle   
  • Discerning a Vocation  by unknown author  
  • Vocations Explained: Matrimony, Virginity, The religious state, and the priesthood by a Vincentian Father  
  • What is a vocation - The traditional understanding of a religious vocation
  • Pope John Paul II on vocation - an examination of vocation centered on love and dialogue with Christ.
  • St. Thomas Aquinas's explanation of what a vocation is
  • Paths of Love: The Discernment of Vocation According to Aquinas, Ignatius, and Pope John Paul II by Joseph Bolin - Summary

• Religious Vocation

• • Church Fathers and Doctors on Religious Vocation
  • Aquinas on Religious Vocation
  • Religious Vocation: An Unnecessary Mystery by Fr. Richard Butler, O.P. An explanation of religious vocation that draws greatly upon St. Thomas Aquinas - Quotes from the book
  • In Thy Courts - A work on Vocation by Louis Vignat, S.J.
  • Why Not a Religious Vocation by an unknown author
  • The Call of God: Sermon on religious vocations by Fr. Benedict Hughes, CMRI
  • How to Know You Have a Vocation to the Religious Life by Martin Pable, OFM Cap.
  • List of religious communities (and links to larger directories of religious communities and communities of apostolic life)
  • Larger, more comprehensive list of religious communities

• Marriage Vocation

• • The Call to Holiness in Christian Marriage by Kathleen Fischer Hart and Thomas N. Hart
  • Resources for teaching children about vocation
  • The Role Families Play in Fostering Vocations by Father Nicolas Schwizer
  • The Family: Seedbed of Vocations by Father John McCloskey

• Single Vocation

• • The Single Life as a Vocation - pertinent selections from books or articles
  • Is the single life a vocation? - the distinction we have to make between being single by chance, and by choice--or by accepting God's will for us.
  • The excellence of the single vocation

• Church Documents on Vocation and States of Life

• Prayers for vocations
• Selected blogposts on vocation, love, and virtue
• Theology - theologically oriented articles
• • Connection of the Virtues
  • The Gifts of the Holy Spirit paper on the Gifts of the Spirit in Thomas Aquinas
  • Charity as a Created Participation in God’s Love
• St. Thomas Aquinas - writings by Aquinas; articles about Aquinas on counsels, vocation, virtue, etc.
• • Aquinas on Judging Favorably
  • Texts of Aquinas on Vocation and Love cited or mentioned in the book Paths of Love
• Acedia - on acedia, or spiritual sloth
• Links to other websites
• Extra Ecclesiam Nulla Salus - at present, a page here that summarizes and leads to a blog on the teaching of the Church regarding the necessity to belong to the Catholic Church, and the call to do so.
• Catholic vocations search engine