Rules for the Spiritual Life

Spiritual life, like biological life, has iron rules set by God that must be obeyed in order to survive. Fr. José Guadalupe Trevio discusses these rules and demonstrates how to use them to achieve spiritual advancement in this practical and enlightening book.

Fr. Trevio gives a whole chapter to each of the eighteen rules, delving into their meaning and advantages. You will benefit from St. Thomas Aquinas' instruction on the primary task of spiritual beginning, as well as his contemplation on why the contemplative life is better to the active life.

You will learn about the most frequent obstacles to prayer and how to overcome them, including the single most difficult hurdle on your path to perfection. You will discover how to increase your remembrance throughout the day and build a sense of God's presence. You'll also learn your primary flaw, solutions to frequent misunderstandings about holiness, and genuine evidence of spiritual improvement.

Fr. Trevio will teach you three stages to absolute surrender that will take your soul to the heights of holiness and the one thing to which you must be ever loyal on the path to sanctity in this classic foundational book for spiritual development.

He will expertly lead you through practical points and enlightening explanations in: