Books and Articles

What I have written, in one place — the books, the articles, and the academic work. Where the full text is on this site, the title is a link.

Books

The Hidden Power of Silence in the Mass

Sophia Institute Press, 2024

Five movements of silence in the Mass, moving from the sublime to the practical. Each chapter looks at Mary as exemplifying that movement of silence, draws on the wisdom of St. Benedict, and ends with reflection questions and exercises, so it can be used by a parish group as well as read alone.

The Fruit of Her Womb

Sophia Institute Press, 2023

A thirty-three day consecration to Jesus through Mary: Scripture readings and reflections from popes and saints, to help you entrust yourself to our Lady. There is a sample on the Marian Consecration page.

Through the Heart of St. Joseph

Emmaus Road Publishing, 2021

A book about entering into a relationship with St. Joseph. If you do not feel you know him well, it will help you know him personally. If you have already made your consecration to St. Joseph, it will lead you deeper into that relationship.

Personal Prayer: A Guide for Receiving the Father’s Love

Emmaus Road Publishing, 2020 · with Fr. Thomas Acklin, O.S.B.

On prayer as something received rather than achieved.

Spiritual Direction: A Guide for Sharing the Father’s Love

Emmaus Road Publishing, 2017 · with Fr. Thomas Acklin, O.S.B.

A guide for those who give spiritual direction and for those who seek it.

The Art of Accompaniment

Ten reflections written for Exodus 90 in 2023, working through passages in Genesis, the Gospels and Romans: what it means to accompany another person, and what gets in the way. These are here in full.

Articles

On St. Joseph

  • Saint Joseph and the Indispensable Role of the Holy Family
    Nova et Vetera, English edition, vol. 20 no. 1, Winter 2022, pp. 61–76. Part of the symposium on Patris Corde.
  • The Eloquent Silence of St. Joseph
    Columbia, 2024.
  • St. Joseph our Patron
    Maronite Voice, 2021. On the Litany of St. Joseph as Pope Francis expanded it in the Year of St. Joseph.
  • Review of Elizabeth Lev, The Silent Knight: A History of St. Joseph as Depicted in Art
    2022.

On silence, prayer and the liturgy

  • Liturgy of the Hours: Source of Devotion, Grace, Personal Prayer, and Apostolate
    2026.
  • The Role of Silence in the Life of Today’s Priest
    2025.
  • Making Your First Holy Hour
    Written for Exodus 90, 2023.
  • Healing and the Eucharist
    2024. Healing happens when a part of us we are ashamed of can be seen and loved.

On spiritual direction and accompaniment

  • Going Deeper with Spiritual Direction
    The St. Paul Center, September 2018.
  • On spiritual direction
    The Priest, 2018.
  • On my own spiritual director
    St. Paul Center PRIESTS blog, 2018.
  • Try, Fail, Surrender
    Written for Exodus 90, 2023. The three-step dynamic by which the spiritual life actually grows.

On the Holy Spirit, the saints and the spiritual life

  • Our Guardian Angel Guards Our Story
    2025. A narrative account of what angels do.
  • St. Benedict and Deliverance
    Pentecost Today, 2025.
  • A Matter of Trust: a personal testimony on the gifts
    Pentecost Today, 2024.
  • Surrendering to Jesus
    Pentecost Today, 2021.
  • Summary of Malines: Encounter with Christ Through Mystical Patrimony
    Pentecost Today, 2021.
  • St. Louis de Montfort’s Sweet and Tender Approach to Discipleship
    2021.
  • St. Bernard and Family Love
    2021.
  • Frances Cabrini and Evangelical Charity
    2021.
  • Foreword to Light of His Eyes

Academic writing

Papers written for the Licentiate in Sacred Theology (S.T.L.), completed at the Angelicum in 2023. These are here in full.