The Sinner's Guide

For centuries, *The Sinner's Guide* has guided countless souls toward a deeper, more honest life of faith. Written with uncommon clarity and compassion by the Spanish Dominican friar Louis of Granada, this spiritual classic offers a practical path from the turmoil of worldly attachment to the peace of a virtuous heart. Now rendered in clear, inviting modern English, this edition preserves the original's gentle urgency and timeless wisdom. Book One awakens the reader to the fleeting nature of worldly pleasures and the reality of divine justice. Book Two lays out the practices—prayer, fasting, almsgiving, humility, patience—that build a life of genuine virtue. Book Three provides counsel for perseverance, including frequent communion and meditation. Throughout, Louis speaks not as a distant theologian but as a wise companion, urging the reader toward conversion with both tenderness and truth. This is not a paraphrase or abridgment; it is a faithful modern-English edition of the complete text, designed to be as accessible today as it was in the sixteenth century. Part of The Modern Wisdom Library.