Ronald Knox's ''A Retreat for Lay People'' is a collection of spiritual talks (conferences) designed to guide everyday Catholics in living a deeper spiritual life, bridging the gap between retreat experiences and daily life by exploring faith's foundations, Christ's life, sacraments, virtues, and practical challenges with clarity, wit, and pastoral warmth, using the framework of St. Ignatius's Spiritual Exercises. It addresses big questions like suffering and death, as well as small daily struggles, encouraging perfection in the ordinary, showing how to walk with God in daily activities.