Comments on: The Better Part – A Christ-Centered Resource for Personal Prayer

By: Michele

Michele — Tue, 08 May 2012 04:34:00 +0000

The sample reading is exciting and communicates the inner connections we all strive for as Christian Catholics. This is a must read!

By: What is “Lectio Divina” and will it help my prayer life? – A Guide to Lectio Divina | Catholic Canada

Fri, 27 Apr 2012 21:21:49 +0000

[...] will no doubt be blessed through this time tested monastic prayer method. Many of you who use The Better Part to pray will discover one of the roots of the approach to prayer that Fr. John recommends. Here’s [...]

By: How can we mature through the first few rooms of the Interior Castle? - Roman Catholic Spiritual Direction

Tue, 27 Mar 2012 10:00:17 +0000

[...] help us mature through these first few rooms. I have been advised to practice meditation for which Fr. John’s Better Part is a wonderful resource. Is this also consistent with Carmelite spirituality in these [...]

By: What is going on with my prayer life? Should I really just be sitting in silence? - Roman Catholic Spiritual Direction

Mon, 12 Mar 2012 10:00:48 +0000

[...] open to whatever God may want from you. I highly recommend the structure explained and embodied in The Better Part: A Christ-Centered Resource for Personal Prayer. But other structures abound. The important thing is to start using one. You can adjust as you go. [...]

By: How do deepen your relationship with Christ this Lenten season - Roman Catholic Spiritual Direction

Sun, 12 Feb 2012 13:33:57 +0000

[...] first is Fr. John Bartunek’s The Better Part – A Christ Centered Resources for Personal Prayer. This really is an exceptional work. If you have yet to develop a substantive prayer life, this is [...]

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 11:57:00 +0000

Dan here – feel free as long as you provide a link back as you have indicated. Blessings on your efforts!

By: Kristen Soley

Kristen Soley — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 11:46:00 +0000

Father, I have been doing “The Better Part” as my morning Devo and it is truly fruit bearing. I thank you for it. I have a blog geared for women called to the vocation of wife / mother. There have been several times that would have loved to add one of your quotes from your book to a post. If I link to your book, may I quote you in the book?… for example… the coke quote… p 139, # 28… that is perfect and everybody needs to hear it!
Humbly,
Kristen

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 20:30:00 +0000

Eileen – yes – search in the iTunes store for “Better Part” – let me know if you can’t find it.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 21:01:00 +0000

I love this book, but I am having vision problems and the print is very hard for me to read. So I was delited to see Praising and Pondering today. I am able to enlarge the print on my computer to 125% so I could see it. I suppose I will have to look toward getting a kindle to make more books accessible. Thank you for this treasure.

By: Cheryln27

Cheryln27 — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 00:00:00 +0000

Dear Dan and Fr. Bartunek,
I just recently bought the book “The Better Part”-Each year around special Liturgical Feasts, our pastor highly recommends his congregation to go out and buy this this book- well I finally put 2+2 together and realized this book on this website was the same one…what a awesome treasure find!…aside from the 1000 pages that are delicately paper thin w/ a gold ribbon bookmark and it weighs a good solid few pounds, it is the most surprisingly comforting and easy to read book that I have come across in my spiritual book repertoire. It’s like sitting down with Jesus as He is putting an arm around you like a good friend. He speaks to you in this book in a very revealing, personal and soothing approach. I am drawn to it each day for a quiet moment and don’t want to put the book down for any interruption…. Each page of the scripture readings with Jesus ‘s interpretations as teacher and friend and its meditations is a page turner, both to be savored and contemplative. It is worth every penny as a scriptural resource guide.
Thank you Fr. Bartunek for putting together this wonderful treasure!
Cheryl