{"id":10722,"date":"2026-08-27T19:00:52","date_gmt":"2026-08-27T23:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/?page_id=10722"},"modified":"2026-08-27T21:41:55","modified_gmt":"2026-08-28T01:41:55","slug":"books-and-articles","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/books-and-articles\/","title":{"rendered":"Books and Articles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-size:1.05em;line-height:1.6;color:#444;\">What I have written, in one place &mdash; the books, the articles, and the academic work. Where the full text is on this site, the title is a link.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"margin-top:1.8em;padding-bottom:.3em;border-bottom:2px solid #333;\">Books<\/h2>\n<div style=\"border-top:1px solid #ddd;padding:1.4em 0;\">\n<h3 style=\"margin:0 0 .2em 0;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sophiainstitute.com\/product\/the-hidden-power-of-silence-in-the-mass\/\">The Hidden Power of Silence in the Mass<\/a><\/h3>\n<p style=\"margin:0 0 .6em 0;font-style:italic;color:#666;font-size:.9em;\">Sophia Institute Press, 2024<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0;\">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.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"border-top:1px solid #ddd;padding:1.4em 0;\">\n<h3 style=\"margin:0 0 .2em 0;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sophiainstitute.com\/product\/the-fruit-of-her-womb\/\">The Fruit of Her Womb<\/a><\/h3>\n<p style=\"margin:0 0 .6em 0;font-style:italic;color:#666;font-size:.9em;\">Sophia Institute Press, 2023<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0;\">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 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/marian-consecration\/\">Marian Consecration page<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"border-top:1px solid #ddd;padding:1.4em 0;\">\n<h3 style=\"margin:0 0 .2em 0;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Through-Heart-Joseph-Boniface-Hicks\/dp\/1645850943\">Through the Heart of St. Joseph<\/a><\/h3>\n<p style=\"margin:0 0 .6em 0;font-style:italic;color:#666;font-size:.9em;\">Emmaus Road Publishing, 2021<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0;\">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.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"border-top:1px solid #ddd;padding:1.4em 0;\">\n<h3 style=\"margin:0 0 .2em 0;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stpaulcenter.com\/product\/personal-prayer-a-guide-for-receiving-the-fathers-love\/\">Personal Prayer: A Guide for Receiving the Father&#8217;s Love<\/a><\/h3>\n<p style=\"margin:0 0 .6em 0;font-style:italic;color:#666;font-size:.9em;\">Emmaus Road Publishing, 2020 &middot; with Fr. Thomas Acklin, O.S.B.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0;\">On prayer as something received rather than achieved.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"border-top:1px solid #ddd;padding:1.4em 0;\">\n<h3 style=\"margin:0 0 .2em 0;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stpaulcenter.com\/product\/spiritual-direction-a-guide-for-sharing-the-fathers-love\/\">Spiritual Direction: A Guide for Sharing the Father&#8217;s Love<\/a><\/h3>\n<p style=\"margin:0 0 .6em 0;font-style:italic;color:#666;font-size:.9em;\">Emmaus Road Publishing, 2017 &middot; with Fr. Thomas Acklin, O.S.B.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0;\">A guide for those who give spiritual direction and for those who seek it.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"border-top:1px solid #ddd;\"><\/div>\n<h2 style=\"margin-top:1.8em;padding-bottom:.3em;border-bottom:2px solid #333;\">The Art of Accompaniment<\/h2>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"line-height:1.9;\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/books-and-articles\/e90-accompaniment-00-intro\/\">Introducing the series<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/books-and-articles\/e90-accompaniment-01\/\">Gen 2 \u2014 It is not good for man to be alone<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/books-and-articles\/e90-accompaniment-02\/\">Gen 3 \u2014 The effects of shame<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/books-and-articles\/e90-accompaniment-03\/\">Jn 21 \u2014 Peter, do you love me? Try, fail, surrender<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/books-and-articles\/e90-accompaniment-04\/\">Mark 3 \u2014 The man with the withered hand<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/books-and-articles\/e90-accompaniment-05\/\">Jn 4 \u2014 He told me all that I ever did<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/books-and-articles\/e90-accompaniment-06\/\">Rm 7 \u2014 I do not do what I want<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/books-and-articles\/e90-accompaniment-07\/\">Mt 22 \u2014 The Greatest Commandment<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/books-and-articles\/e90-accompaniment-08\/\">Mt 23 \u2014 Spiritual bypassing<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/books-and-articles\/e90-accompaniment-09\/\">Mk 5 \u2014 Fixing is a form of shaming<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/books-and-articles\/e90-accompaniment-10\/\">Jn 13 \u2014 A new commandment<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 style=\"margin-top:1.8em;padding-bottom:.3em;border-bottom:2px solid #333;\">Articles<\/h2>\n<h3>On St. Joseph<\/h3>\n<ul style=\"list-style:none;padding-left:0;\">\n<li style=\"margin-bottom:.6em;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/muse.jhu.edu\/pub\/16\/article\/857787\">Saint Joseph and the Indispensable Role of the Holy Family<\/a><\/strong><br \/><span style=\"color:#666;font-size:.9em;\"><em>Nova et Vetera<\/em>, English edition, vol. 20 no. 1, Winter 2022, pp. 61&ndash;76. Part of the symposium on <em>Patris Corde<\/em>.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom:.6em;\"><strong>The Eloquent Silence of St. Joseph<\/strong><br \/><span style=\"color:#666;font-size:.9em;\"><em>Columbia<\/em>, 2024.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom:.6em;\"><strong>St. Joseph our Patron<\/strong><br \/><span style=\"color:#666;font-size:.9em;\"><em>Maronite Voice<\/em>, 2021. On the Litany of St. Joseph as Pope Francis expanded it in the Year of St. Joseph.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom:.6em;\"><strong>Review of Elizabeth Lev, <em>The Silent Knight: A History of St. Joseph as Depicted in Art<\/em><\/strong><br \/><span style=\"color:#666;font-size:.9em;\">2022.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>On silence, prayer and the liturgy<\/h3>\n<ul style=\"list-style:none;padding-left:0;\">\n<li style=\"margin-bottom:.6em;\"><strong>Liturgy of the Hours: Source of Devotion, Grace, Personal Prayer, and Apostolate<\/strong><br \/><span style=\"color:#666;font-size:.9em;\">2026.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom:.6em;\"><strong>The Role of Silence in the Life of Today&#8217;s Priest<\/strong><br \/><span style=\"color:#666;font-size:.9em;\">2025.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom:.6em;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/exodus90.com\/blog\/your-first-holy-hour\/\">Making Your First Holy Hour<\/a><\/strong><br \/><span style=\"color:#666;font-size:.9em;\">Written for Exodus 90, 2023.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom:.6em;\"><strong>Healing and the Eucharist<\/strong><br \/><span style=\"color:#666;font-size:.9em;\">2024. Healing happens when a part of us we are ashamed of can be seen and loved.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>On spiritual direction and accompaniment<\/h3>\n<ul style=\"list-style:none;padding-left:0;\">\n<li style=\"margin-bottom:.6em;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/stpaulcenter.com\/posts\/going-deeper-with-spiritual-direction\">Going Deeper with Spiritual Direction<\/a><\/strong><br \/><span style=\"color:#666;font-size:.9em;\">The St. Paul Center, September 2018.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom:.6em;\"><strong>On spiritual direction<\/strong><br \/><span style=\"color:#666;font-size:.9em;\"><em>The Priest<\/em>, 2018.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom:.6em;\"><strong>On my own spiritual director<\/strong><br \/><span style=\"color:#666;font-size:.9em;\">St. Paul Center PRIESTS blog, 2018.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom:.6em;\"><strong>Try, Fail, Surrender<\/strong><br \/><span style=\"color:#666;font-size:.9em;\">Written for Exodus 90, 2023. The three-step dynamic by which the spiritual life actually grows.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>On the Holy Spirit, the saints and the spiritual life<\/h3>\n<ul style=\"list-style:none;padding-left:0;\">\n<li style=\"margin-bottom:.6em;\"><strong>Our Guardian Angel Guards Our Story<\/strong><br \/><span style=\"color:#666;font-size:.9em;\">2025. A narrative account of what angels do.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom:.6em;\"><strong>St. Benedict and Deliverance<\/strong><br \/><span style=\"color:#666;font-size:.9em;\"><em>Pentecost Today<\/em>, 2025.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom:.6em;\"><strong>A Matter of Trust: a personal testimony on the gifts<\/strong><br \/><span style=\"color:#666;font-size:.9em;\"><em>Pentecost Today<\/em>, 2024.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom:.6em;\"><strong>Surrendering to Jesus<\/strong><br \/><span style=\"color:#666;font-size:.9em;\"><em>Pentecost Today<\/em>, 2021.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom:.6em;\"><strong>Summary of Malines: Encounter with Christ Through Mystical Patrimony<\/strong><br \/><span style=\"color:#666;font-size:.9em;\"><em>Pentecost Today<\/em>, 2021.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom:.6em;\"><strong>St. Louis de Montfort&#8217;s Sweet and Tender Approach to Discipleship<\/strong><br \/><span style=\"color:#666;font-size:.9em;\">2021.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom:.6em;\"><strong>St. Bernard and Family Love<\/strong><br \/><span style=\"color:#666;font-size:.9em;\">2021.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom:.6em;\"><strong>Frances Cabrini and Evangelical Charity<\/strong><br \/><span style=\"color:#666;font-size:.9em;\">2021.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom:.6em;\"><strong>Foreword to <em>Light of His Eyes<\/em><\/strong><br \/><span style=\"color:#666;font-size:.9em;\"><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 style=\"margin-top:1.8em;padding-bottom:.3em;border-bottom:2px solid #333;\">Academic writing<\/h2>\n<p>Papers written for the Licentiate in Sacred Theology (S.T.L.), completed at the Angelicum in 2023. These are here in full.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"list-style:none;padding-left:0;\">\n<li style=\"margin-bottom:.6em;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/books-and-articles\/stl-newman\/\">Clarifications on Spiritual Direction Using the Conceptual Framework of St. John Henry Newman<\/a><\/strong><br \/><span style=\"color:#666;font-size:.9em;\">On the personal relationship spiritual direction requires, on conscience, and on notional and real apprehension.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom:.6em;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/books-and-articles\/stl-paul-formation\/\">St. Paul&#8217;s Teaching on Spiritual Formation for the New Evangelization<\/a><\/strong><br \/><span style=\"color:#666;font-size:.9em;\">The Letters of Paul and the New Evangelization (STL 977), 2020.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom:.6em;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/books-and-articles\/stl-holy-spirit-direction\/\">Spiritual Direction: A Mission of the Spirit Particular to the New Testament<\/a><\/strong><br \/><span style=\"color:#666;font-size:.9em;\">Mission of the Spirit (STL 928), 2020.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom:.6em;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/books-and-articles\/stl-deliverance-kerygma\/\">The Essential Role of the Kerygma and Ongoing Accompaniment in Deliverance Ministry<\/a><\/strong><br \/><span style=\"color:#666;font-size:.9em;\">Evangelization and Spirituality (STL 868), 2021.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What I have written, in one place &mdash; 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 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-10722","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P7bfMR-2MW","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2,"url":"https:\/\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/","url_meta":{"origin":10722,"position":0},"title":"Welcome to the homepage of\u2026","author":"Father Boniface Hicks, O.S.B.","date":"September 30, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Welcome to the homepage of Father Boniface Patrick Hicks, OSB. 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