IN 15 Days of Prayer with Saint Augustine, Jaime Garcia offers his readers a guide for a spiritual journey through his own words and those of the saint in the hope that they may learn to pray and pray well (New City, £8.95 (£8.05); 978-1-56548-489-4).
Kathleen Lynch explores the thought and imagery of John Cassian in The Sublime Round Tower: An iconic call to contemplative prayer. She draws out the threefold metaphor of the tower — purification of heart, transformation of lifestyle, and union with God — and argues that it could be a powerful call to renewal for today’s Church (The Columba Press, £8.50 (£7.65); 978-1-78218-129-3).