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On Loving God by St. Bernard of Clairvaux ~ Full Audiobook [religion]
Classic Audiobook Collection
10/24/22
•95m
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On Loving God by St. Bernard of Clairvaux audiobook.
Genre: religion
In On Loving God, St. Bernard of Clairvaux, the great 12th-century Cistercian abbot and preacher, offers a clear, searching guide to the most essential question of the spiritual life: why and how a human being comes to love God. Written as a brief treatise for fellow Christians seeking deeper prayer and truer freedom, the work begins with the realities of ordinary life - need, weakness, and self-interest - and turns them into the starting point for grace. Bernard traces the slow transformation of the heart through recognizable stages, from loving oneself for one's own sake, to loving God for what God gives, to learning to love God for God's own goodness. Along the way he confronts the tensions that keep love divided: pride, distraction, fear, and the desire to control. With warm pastoral candor and disciplined monastic wisdom, Bernard argues that genuine love is not a mood but a reorientation of desire, shaped by humility and sustained by contemplation. The result is both a spiritual map and an invitation: to let love mature until it becomes steadier, purer, and more like the love that first sought us.
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Chapters (Approximate)
(00:00:00) Chapter 01
(00:04:56) Chapter 02
(00:13:36) Chapter 03
(00:20:55) Chapter 04
(00:28:32) Chapter 05
(00:34:03) Chapter 06
(00:36:33) Chapter 07
(00:48:40) Chapter 08
(00:54:07) Chapter 09
(00:57:36) Chapter 10
(01:03:49) Chapter 11
(01:12:26) Chapter 12
(01:17:38) Chapter 13
(01:20:57) Chapter 14
(01:24:37) Chapter 15
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Ivanhoe by Sir Walter Scott ~ Full Audiobook [history]
October 24, 2022
•1176m
Ivanhoe by Sir Walter Scott audiobook.
Genre: history
In medieval England, the long-absent King Richard is rumored to be returning, but the country is tense with rival loyalties, private vendettas, and the lingering divide between Norman rulers and Saxon subjects. Wilfred of Ivanhoe, a disinherited Saxon knight, comes home from crusade determined to restore his honor and win the hand of the high-born Lady Rowena, even as his estranged father Cedric pursues a different future for their people. When a grand tournament draws nobles, outlaws, and opportunists into the open, Ivanhoe is pulled into a web of feuds and kidnappings that tests his courage and his code of chivalry. Alongside him stand unlikely allies: the enigmatic pilgrim who seems to know more than he should, the bold yeoman Locksley and his forest band, and Rebecca, a brilliant healer whose compassion places her in grave danger in a world ruled by prejudice and power. With clashes of swords and clashes of conscience, Ivanhoe explores loyalty, justice, faith, and the price of belonging.
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Chapters (Approximate)
(00:00:00) Chapter 01
(00:24:54) Chapter 02
(00:58:12) Chapter 03
(01:19:06) Chapter 04
(01:40:17) Chapter 05
(02:04:33) Chapter 06
(02:40:21) Chapter 07
(03:13:42) Chapter 08
(03:44:05) Chapter 09
(04:08:26) Chapter 10
(04:35:11) Chapter 11
(04:54:45) Chapter 12
(05:25:55) Chapter 13
(05:49:40) Chapter 14
(06:13:48) Chapter 15
(06:28:07) Chapter 16
(06:59:03) Chapter 17
(07:12:14) Chapter 18
(07:34:18) Chapter 19
(07:53:38) Chapter 20
(08:10:46) Chapter 21
(08:32:38) Chapter 22
(08:57:21) Chapter 23
(09:18:21) Chapter 24
(09:49:18) Chapter 25
(10:12:20) Chapter 26
(10:31:47) Chapter 27
(11:19:09) Chapter 28
(11:52:44) Chapter 29
(12:20:54) Chapter 30
(12:46:47) Chapter 31
(13:23:17) Chapter 32
(13:54:19) Chapter 33
(14:23:07) Chapter 34
(14:42:13) Chapter 35
(15:14:10) Chapter 36
(15:35:53) Chapter 37
(16:11:48) Chapter 38
(16:33:26) Chapter 39
(17:04:26) Chapter 40
(17:45:04) Chapter 41
(18:05:35) Chapter 42
(18:35:15) Chapter 43
(19:01:49) Chapter 44
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The Life of St. Teresa by St. Teresa of Jesus ~ Full Audiobook [religion]
October 24, 2022
•826m
The Life of St. Teresa by St. Teresa of Jesus audiobook.
Genre: religion
Written in the voice of one of Christianity's most influential mystics, The Life of St. Teresa is St. Teresa of Jesus' own account of how a restless, imaginative girl in 16th-century Spain became a Carmelite nun and a fearless reformer. Teresa recounts her early love of stories and honor, the tug of worldly comforts, and the slow, demanding turn toward a life shaped by prayer, discipline, and obedience. As illness, doubt, and scrutiny press in, she describes an interior battle between distraction and devotion, and the hard-won practices that helped her persevere: honest self-knowledge, humility, spiritual friendship, and steady attention to God. Teresa also speaks plainly about extraordinary moments of contemplation and the challenges of discerning them, offering a candid look at how spiritual experience can bring both consolation and controversy. Part memoir, part confession, and part guide for the soul, this classic invites listeners into a deeply personal journey where courage is measured not only by public deeds, but by the daily choice to begin again.
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Chapters (Approximate)
(00:00:00) Chapter 01
(00:08:49) Chapter 02
(00:19:48) Chapter 03
(00:27:03) Chapter 04
(00:42:26) Chapter 05
(00:59:20) Chapter 06
(01:14:09) Chapter 07
(01:45:58) Chapter 08
(02:02:27) Chapter 09
(02:13:28) Chapter 10
(02:28:07) Chapter 11
(02:50:59) Chapter 12
(03:01:03) Chapter 13
(03:28:51) Chapter 14
(03:44:18) Chapter 15
(04:06:58) Chapter 16
(04:18:32) Chapter 17
(04:31:32) Chapter 18
(04:50:19) Chapter 19
(05:14:00) Chapter 20
(05:48:14) Chapter 21
(06:04:22) Chapter 22
(06:30:56) Chapter 23
(06:52:53) Chapter 24
(07:02:55) Chapter 25
(07:31:47) Chapter 26
(07:41:14) Chapter 27
(08:07:52) Chapter 28
(08:32:15) Chapter 29
(08:50:50) Chapter 30
(09:19:28) Chapter 31
(09:50:00) Chapter 32
(10:11:31) Chapter 33
(10:33:01) Chapter 34
(10:58:09) Chapter 35
(11:15:10) Chapter 36
(11:48:18) Chapter 37
(12:05:46) Chapter 38
(12:38:16) Chapter 39
(13:08:34) Chapter 40
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