Joan D. Chittister

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April 26, 1936

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Religion & Spirituality

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Books by Joan D. Chittister

Average rating: 4.10 · 969 ratings · 215 reviews · 69 distinct works

	Wisdom Distilled from the Daily: Living the Rule of St. Benedict Today 4.27 avg rating — 164 ratings — published 1990 — 3 editions	My rating:
	The Rule of Benedict: Insights for the Ages 4.09 avg rating — 75 ratings — published 1992 — 2 editions	My rating:
	The Gift of Years: Growing Older Gracefully 3.87 avg rating — 82 ratings — published 2008 — 8 editions	My rating:
	Called To Question: A Spiritual Memoir 4.20 avg rating — 66 ratings — published 2004 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Scarred by Struggle, Transformed by Hope 4.35 avg rating — 63 ratings — published 2003 — 5 editions	My rating:
	The Liturgical Year: The Spiraling Adventure of the Spiritual Life - The Ancient Practices Series by Joan D. Chittister, Phyllis A. Tickle (Foreword) 3.47 avg rating — 60 ratings — published 2009 — 4 editions	My rating:
	Welcome to the Wisdom of the World and Its Meaning for You: Universal Spiritual Insights Distilled from Five Religious Traditions 3.98 avg rating — 45 ratings — published 2007 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Illuminated Life: Monastic Wisdom for Seekers of Light 4.44 avg rating — 32 ratings — published 2000 — 2 editions	My rating:
	The Story of Ruth: Twelve Moments in Every Woman's Life 3.77 avg rating — 35 ratings — 6 editions	My rating:
	In Search of Belief 4.22 avg rating — 32 ratings — published 1999 — 2 editions	My rating:

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“Darkness deserves gratitude. It is the alleluia point at which we learn to understand that all growth does not take place in the sunlight.”
― Joan D. Chittister

tags: inspirational-life

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“Spirituality without a prayer life is no spirituality at all, and it will not last beyond the first defeats. Prayer is an opening of the self so that the Word of God can break in and make us new. Prayer unmasks. Prayer converts. Prayer impels. Prayer sustains us on the way. Pray for the grace it will take to continue what you would like to quit.”
― Joan D. Chittister, In a High Spiritual Season

tags: prayer , spirituality

10 people liked it

“I celebrate myself," the poet Walt Whitman wrote. The thought is so delicious it is almost obscene. Imagine the joy that would come with celebrating the self — our achievements, our experiences, our existence. Imagine what it would be like to look into the mirror and say, as God taught us, "That's good.”
― Joan D. Chittister, Light in the Darkness: New Reflections on the Psalms for Every Day of the Year

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