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The Road to Emmaus, Altobello Melone, c. 1516, oil on panel. National Gallery / Wikimedia Commons.

The Life of Christ, a Pilgrimage

TAN Books Editors

Saint Frances of Rome, Palazzo Magnani, Bologna

Saint Frances of Rome Converts a Dying Woman

Lady Georgiana Fullerton

Christ on the Road to Emmaus, Jan Wildens (1584/1586-1653), 1640s, oil on canvas. Hermitage Museum / Wikimedia Commons.

How to Walk in God’s Presence

St. Alphonsus Liguori

Monks in the Desert, Jean-Jacques de Boissieu (1736-1810), 1797, Etching. Metropolitan Museum of Art, Purchase, The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1967 / Wikimedia Commons.

How to Cultivate Prudence

St. Albert the Great

Palm Sunday Mass, Zdzisław Jasiński (1863-1932), 1891, oil on canvas. Wikimedia Commons.

Meditation Through the Five Senses

St. Ignatius of Loyola

Rest on the Flight into Egypt, Giambattista Pittoni (1687-1767), between 1725 and 1726, oil on canvas. Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection Foundation. Web Gallery of Art / Wikimedia Commons.

The Holy Names: Jesus, Mary, and Joseph

St. Alphonsus Liguori

The Fall of the Rebel Angels, Pieter Brueghel the Elder (1526/1530-1569), 1562, oil on wood. Royal Museum of Fine Arts of Belgium. Google Cultural Institute / Wikimedia Commons.

Pride Transforms Angels Into Demons

Fr. Cajetan Mary da Bergamo

Saint Bruno, Philippe de Champaigne (1602-1674), c. 1655, oil on canvas. Nationalmuseum, Sweden, photographed by Erik Cornelius / Wikimedia Commons.

Of the Love of Solitude and Silence

Thomas à Kempis

La Vierge de Pitié, Lubin Baugin. Wikimedia Commons.

Mary Mourns Her Son

St. Anselm of Canterbury

Melancholia I, Albrecht Dürer (1471-1528), 1514, engraving. Minneapolis Institute of Art, The Ethel Morrison Van Derlip Fund, proceeds from the 2011 Minneapolis Print and Drawing Fair, the Richard Lewis Hillstrom Fund, gift of funds from Nivin MacMillan, the Winton Jones Endowment Fund for Prints and Drawings, and gift of Herschel V. Jones, gift of Mrs. Ridgely Hunt, and gift of Miss Eileen Bigelow and Mrs. O. H. Ingram, in memory of their mother, Mrs. Alice F. Bigelow, by exchange. Wikimedia Commons.

The Four Temperaments of the Saints

Rosemary McGuire Berry

Confession, Guiseppe Maria Crespi (1665-1747), 1712, oil on canvas. Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Web Gallery of Art / Wikimedia Commons.

Obedience to Our Spiritual Director

St. Alphonsus Liguori

Antichrist with the devil, Luca Signorelli (1450-1523), c. 1501. Wikimedia Commons.

How the Devil Flatters the Faithful

St. Teresa of Avila

Saint Anne (detail), 8th Century, tempera on plaster. National Museum, Warsaw, photographed by Stanisław Lorentz, Tadeusz Dobrzeniecki, Krystyna Kęplicz, Monika Krajewska, 1990 / Wikimedia Commons.

Why Practice Silence?

St. Bonaventure

Art created for TAN Books by Chris Pelicano, after “At the foot of the scaffold: Carmelite Martyrs of Compiegne, July 17, 1794” by G. Molinari, 1906. © TAN Books.

The Song at the Scaffold

Gertrud von Le Fort

Christ in the Wilderness (Ivan Kramskoi 1837-1887), 1872, oil on canvas. Tretyakov Gallery, Google Cultural Center / Wikimedia Commons.

Holy Habits to Thwart Demons

Dan Schneider, PhD

The Preaching of John the Baptist, Bartholomeus Breenbergh (1598-1657), 1634, oil on panel. Metropolitan Museum of Art, Purchase, The Anneberg Foundation Gift, 1991 / Wikimedia Commons.

A Martyr for Marriage

Fr. Sebastian Walshe, O.Praem.

Christ before Pilate, Mihály Munkácsy (1844-1900), 1881, oil on canvas. Hungarian National Gallery / Wikimedia Commons.

Jesus Stands Before Pontius Pilate

Blessed Anne Catherine Emmerich

Celebrating Communion in a Swedish Parish Church, Bengt Nordenberg (1822-1902), 1856, oil on canvas. National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design, Norway / Wikimedia Commons.

The Responsibility of the Faithful Versus the Heathen

St. Bernard of Clairvaux

Pieta, William-Adolphe Bouguereau (1825-1905), 1876, oil on canvas. Private Collection / Wikimedia Commons.

The Promises to Devotees of the Sorrowful Mother

The Benedictine Convent Of Clyde, Missouri

Apostles Peter and John Blessing the People of Samaria, Giorgio Vasari (1511-1574), 16th Century. Wikimedia Commons.

Faith Without Works Is Dead

St. Alphonsus Liguori

The Death of Saint Joseph, Bartolomeo Altomonte (1694-1783), 18th Century, oil on canvas. Wikimedia Commons.

The Death of Saint Joseph

Raphael Brown

The Mealtime Prayer, Fritz von Uhde (1848-1911), 1885, oil on canvas. Alte Nationalgalerie, Google Arts & Culture / Wikimedia Commons.

The Perfect Love of God

St. Bonaventure

The Marriage of the Virgin, Raphael (1483-1520), 1504, oil on panel. Pinacoteca di Brera, Web Gallery of Art / Wikimedia Commons.

5 Tips for a Holy Marriage

Danielle Bean

Socrates Looking in a Mirrow, Bernard Vailiant (1632-1698) and Jusepe de Ribera (1591-1652), 17th Century, Mezzotint. A. Hyatt Mayor Purchase Fund, Marjore Phelps Starr Bequest, 1982. Met Museum / Wikimedia Commons.

Standing Before A Mirror of the Soul

St. Alphonsus Liguori

Virgin of the Seven Sorrows, Master of the Female Half-Lengths, 16th Century, oil on panel. Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya. Google Cultural Institute / Wikimedia Commons.

How to Pray the Rosary of the Seven Sorrows

St. Anselm of Canterbury

Parable of the Pearl, A.N. Mironov. 2020, oil on canvas. Photographed by the artist / Wikimedia Commons.

How to Attain True Self-Knowledge

St. Bonaventure

Santa Teresa de Jesus, Anonymous, after Jusepe de Ribera (1591-1652), 17th Century, oil on canvas. Church of San José / Wikimedia Commons.

Is the Interior Life Selfish?

Fr. Jean-Baptiste Chautard

King Gustav III Attending Christmas Mass in 1783, in St Peter's, Rome, Louis Jean Desprez (d. 1804), between 1786 and 1787, oil on canvas. Nationalmuseum / Wikimedia Commons.

Types of Eucharistic Miracles

Micheal O'Neill

Job and His Friends, Ilya Repin (1844-1930), 1869, oil on canvas. Russian Museum, photographed by John Petrov/ Wikimedia Commons.

Opportunities to Practice Trustful Surrender

St. Claude La Colombière

The Swinford Funeral, Jack B. Yeats (1871-1957), 1918, oil on fabric. The Walters Art Museum / Wikimedia Commons.

Sudden Death Without Preparation

TAN Books Editors

Christ Healing the Blind Man, Gioacchino Assereto (1600-1649), c. 1640, oil on canvas. Carnegie Museum of Art, photographed by Moira Burke / Wikimedia Commons.

Various Thoughts on Humility

Pope Leo XIII

Salome with the Head of John the Baptist, Caravaggio (1571-1610), c. 1610, oil on canvas. National Gallery, London / Wikimedia Commons.

The Beheading of John the Baptist

Blessed Anne Catherine Emmerich

Saint Paul in Prison, Rembrandt (1606-1669), 1627, oil on panel. Staatsgalerie Stuttgart / Wikimedia Commons.

A Message to Those Who Claim Virtue Is Too Difficult

Venerable Louis of Granada

The Temptation of St. Thomas Aquinas, Diego Velásquez (1599-1660), 1632, oil on canvas. Museo Diocesano de Arte Sacro / Wikimedia Commons.

How to Flee from Impurity

Dom Lorenzo Scupoli

St. John the Baptist Preaching, Mattia Preti (1613-1699), c. 1665. Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, The AMICA Library / Wikimedia Commons.

The Greatest Among the Sons of Men

Fr. Sebastian Walshe, O.Praem.

Saint Therese of Lisieux at the age of 8 with her sister Celine Martin, pre 1881, photograph. Wikimedia Commons.

The Strength of Childlike Faith

Bishop A. A. Noser, SVD, DD

The Seven Sorrows of Mary by unknown artist. 1800s, oil on canvas, Museo de Artes Universidad de los Andes / Wikimedia Common

Of the Miseries of This Life

Venerable Louis of Granada

Still-Life with Flowers, Rachel Ruysch (1664-1750), by 1750, oil on canvas. Hallwyll Museum / Wikimedia Commons.

Of the Frailty of Our Life

Venerable Louis of Granada

Santa Teresa de Jesús, Eduardo Balaca (1840-1914), c. 1877, oil on canvas. Museo del Prado / Wikimedia Commons.

Saint Teresa of Ávila’s Method of Prayer

Fr. Peter Rohrbach

Byzantine mosaic of Jesus Christ in Basilica of Sant'Apollinare Nuovo in Ravenna. Wikimedia Commons.

The Graces of the Sign of the Cross

Shaun McAfee

Praying Monk, Jacob Maris (1837-1899), 1864, oil on copper. Rijksmuseum / Wikimedia Commons.

What Counts as Prayer?

St. Francis de Sales

The Good Samaritan, Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps (1803-1860), c. 1853, oil on canvas. Metropolitan Museum of Art / Wikimedia Commons.

Man’s Duty to His Neighbor

Venerable Louis of Granada

Christ as Eucharistic Redeemer, Juan de Juanes (d. 1579) Wikimedia Commons.

Meditation on the Mystery of the Eucharist

St. Ignatius of Loyola

Sitting Monk, Reading, Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot (1796-1875), 1865, oil on canvas. Foundation E.G. Bührle Collection / Wikimedia Commons

The Five Parts of Prayer

Venerable Louis of Granada

Procession in The Hague, Isaac Israels (1865-1934), 1881, oil on panel. Rijksmusum / Wikimedia Commons.

The Meaning of Priestly Vestments

St. Bonaventure

Landscape with Saint John on Patmos, Nicolas Poussin (1594-1665), 1640, oil on canvas. Art Institute of Chicago / Wikimedia Commons.

The Peace of a Good Conscience

Venerable Louis of Granada

Saint George and the Dragon, Gustave Moreau (1826-1898), c. 1890, oil on canvas. National Gallery, London / Wikimedia Commons.

The Difference Between Legend and Myth

Hilaire Belloc

Childhood of Christ, Gerard van Honthorst (1592-1656), c. 1620, oil on canvas. Hermitage Museum / Wikimedia Commons.

The Hidden Life of Jesus at Nazareth

St. Ignatius of Loyola

The Temptation of Christ, Juan de Flades (1450-1519), c. 1500, oil on panel. National Gallery of Art / Wikimedia Commons.

Do I Need to Confess Temptations?

St. Alphonsus Liguori

Jesus in the House of Annas, José de Madrazo y Agudo (1781-1859), 1803, oil on canvas. Museo del Prado / Wikimedia Commons.

The Abasement of Jesus

St. Alphonsus Liguori