The Twelve Steps To Holiness And Salvation by St. Alphonsus Liguori
The Twelve Steps To Holiness And Salvation, by St. Alphonsus Ligouri present the 12 virtues we must all acquire to be happy in this world and to save our souls.
St. Alphonusus is one of the most popular and easily readable Catholic authors. Although written in the 18th century his style is still very direct and appealing. Even though he was a great academic and is ranked as THE Doctor of Moral theology by the Catholic Church, he writes in a very understandable and popular style.
This book is a collection taken from his books and sermons, grouped around 12 key themes. The one weakness of this book is that it was not written as a whole, and so some of the sections are unequal, for example, the section on chastity was drawn from talks for nuns so is not directly relevant to all Christians.
However sections on prayer and recollection in this book are the most penetrating ever written. Also in this book is his brief description of how to practice mental prayer.
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