On the incarnation, St. Athanasius -- Confessions, St. Augustine -- The sayings of the Desert Fathers, various -- The rule of St. Benedict, St. Benedict -- The divine comedy, Dante Alighieri -- The cloud of unknowing, anonymous -- Revelations of divine love (showings), Julian of Norwich -- The imitation of Christ, Thomas áa Kempis -- The philokalia, various -- Institutes of the Christian religion, John Calvin -- The interior castle, St. Teresa of Avila -- Dark night of the soul, St. John of the Cross -- Pensâees, Blaise Pascal -- The pilgrim's progress, John Bunyan -- The practice of the presence of God, Brother Lawrence -- A serious call to a devout and holy life, William Law -- The way of a pilgrim, unknown author -- The brothers Karamazov, Fyodor Dostoevsky -- Orthodoxy, G.K. Chesterton -- The poetry of Gerard Manley Hopkins -- The cost of discipleship, Dietrich Bonhoeffer -- A testament of devotion, Thomas R. Kelly -- The seven storey mountain, Thomas Merton -- Mere Christianity, C.S. Lewis -- The return of the prodigal son, Henri J.M. Nouwen.