Spiritual Life
Helps to a Spiritual Life
For Religious and for All Who Desire to Serve God Fervently
- By Fr. Joseph Schneider, S.J.
- With additions by Father Ferreol Girardey, C.Ss.R.
Fr. Joseph Schneider, S.J., sets out a Christian rule of life and concrete exercises for prayer, self-examination, confession, Communion, and perseverance, with additions by Fr. Ferreol Girardey, C.Ss.R.
- Source edition
- 1903, Benziger Brothers, New York
- Manualist edition
- September 2026
How should you meditate, examine your conscience, prepare for confession, or recover from spiritual lukewarmness? Helps to a Spiritual Life offers practical guidance with clear methods you can return to day after day.
Fr. Joseph Schneider, S.J., sets out a Christian rule of life and concrete exercises for prayer, self-examination, purity of intention, and perseverance. Translated from the German, with additions by Fr. Ferreol Girardey, C.Ss.R., the handbook also draws on St. Alphonsus for instruction on Holy Communion and devotion to Christ and the Blessed Virgin. It includes thirty-one days of meditations and exercises on the Passion.
This Manualist Press edition was newly typeset from the 1903 Benziger Brothers text.
Why this book
A handbook of clear methods to return to day after day—meditation, the particular examen, preparation for confession and Communion, and the means of recovering from lukewarmness.
Restoration note
This edition was newly typeset from the 1903 Benziger Brothers text.
Source note
Newly typeset from the 1903 Benziger Brothers text, translated from the German with additions by Fr. Ferreol Girardey, C.Ss.R.
