St. Thomas More wrote his great "Dialogue" in prison, facing the probability of a very unpleasant death.  But he wrote of other problems, too, including many of immediate and practical interest to us – how to pray, when to give to beggars, what to say to a friend contemplating suicide.  Monica Stevens' modernized but faithful version brings it within the grasp of all.

Dialogue of Comfort Against Tribulation (Spiritual Masters)

Literature & Fiction

St. Thomas More

Dramas & Plays

Sheed and Ward

Presented to modern readers in English for the first time in 500 years, The Life of Pico is a biography of one of the Renaissance's most famous figures: Giovanni Pico de la Mirandola (1463-94). Given More's demanding personal spiritual life, one would assume that More wishes to praise a famous and virtuous man. But what emerges from this book is quite different. Pico turns out to be an extraordinarily virtuous, talented, and wealthy man, but a man nonetheless, who is missing something essential. And so More calls Pico "a very spectacle" of virtue. More sees Pico as very much like himself, as the two turn out to have very similar life experiences. Both carry some scars from difficult or missing relationships with their fathers, both are extremely talented and powerful in their time, and both had been steered toward a religious vocation which they did not embrace. The book is as much a riddle about More as it is an explanation of Pico. More's great-grandson and biographer, Cresacre More, claims that Thomas More as a young man sought to emulate Pico once he decided that his path in life was marriage and not the cloth. The book's first half contains the abridged account of Pico's life. The second half is More's rhymed verse on the 12 rules of spiritual battle, the 12 weapons of spiritual battle, and the 12 properties of a lover, followed by Pico's prayer to God. In the last analysis, this biography of Pico becomes an exercise in the discernment of true virtue, in the contradictions and difficulties one encounters in the immersion into the world, and at the same time, in the life of God.

The Life of Pico

Scepter

<p>For the first time in forty years, the selected letters of St. Thomas More-son, husband, father, friend, statesman and martyr-are now available in this newly edited volume for the contemporary reader. Moving from the days of his youth to the startling drama of his final years, this collection serves as a "life in letters" and offers the reader fresh insight into More's education, formation, and character, visible both in season and out of season, in little matters as well as great controversies. The first English writer to use the word "integrity," More struggled to live as well as he wrote, with personal virtue, solid piety, and a well-formed conscience. These letters reflect all the facets of his humanity and personality, and through them, one may begin to glimpse the living face of this famous "man for all seasons," as he was known even in his own time. In addition to the letters from Thomas More, the book offers introductory notes on the family members, friends, and other historical figures relevant to his life's history.</p>

For All Seasons - Selected Letters of Thomas More

Stephen Smith

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Dialogue of Comfort Against Tribulation (Spiritual Masters)

The Life of Pico

For All Seasons - Selected Letters of Thomas More