mobi |eng | 2011-12-06 | Author:Joan Chittister

ectio The Art of Holy Reading One day some disciples came to see Abba Anthony. In the midst of them was Abba Joseph. Wanting to test them, the old man ...

epub |eng | 2014-12-16 | Author:Monica Baldwin [Monica Baldwin]

Next day I reported what had happened. I was told that the authorities were ‘doing everything that they could to prevent such incidents.’ During the afternoon I looked in to ...

epub |eng | 2018-01-12 | Author:Stephen J. Davis

Ascetic saints, spiritual combat, and the making of monks Girard’s observations about the relationship between mimesis and violence may be extended further in light of how monastic narratives often portray ...

epub |eng | 2017-11-12 | Author:Stephen J. Davis

Ascetic saints, spiritual combat, and the making of monks Girard’s observations about the relationship between mimesis and violence may be extended further in light of how monastic narratives often portray ...

epub |eng | 2015-11-29 | Author:Benedict of Nursia

33 The question of private ownership It is vitally important to eradicate this bad practice from the monastery: no one should presume to give or receive anything without the abbot’s ...

azw3, epub |eng | 1981-02-28 | Author:Saint Benedict

Part Three APPENDIX Longer Expositions of Monastic Topics Appendix 1 Monastic Terminology: Monk, Cenobite, Nun Chapter 1 of RB on “The Kinds of Monks” contains a number of traditional monastic ...

epub |eng | 2019-03-18 | Author:Thomas Merton

Degrees of Prayer Summary 1) Preliminaries: In order to enter upon the life of prayer one must be detached from objects. Evagrius distinguishes detachment from objects and from the thoughts ...

azw3 |eng | 2015-08-10 | Author:Peters, Greg [Peters, Greg]

Ressourcement: Inspiration and Ministry to Others I often hear people say something like, “What earthly good is a monk or nun who simply spends his or her life in a ...

epub |eng | 2011-09-30 | Author:Robert Ferguson

THE TEMPLARS SAIL TO SCOTLAND While there is little direct evidence that the Templars sailed from La Rochelle to Scotland, it is known that a number of Templars in Italy ...

mobi, epub |eng | 2011-07-12 | Author:Kathleen Norris

One wonders: will the “usual spring” appear on the site where she died? Will this strange story of a powerless young girl who has the power to make soldiers afraid ...

mobi, epub, pdf |eng | 1948-01-01 | Author:Thomas Merton

V MY READING BECAME MORE AND MORE CATHOLIC. I BECAME absorbed in the poetry of Hopkins and in his notebooks—that poetry which had only impressed me a little six years ...

epub |eng | 2014-03-24 | Author:Reese, Abbie

4 Little House, Big Heart It’s a whole different world that we’re living in. Mother Miryam of Jesus There is a scene that Sister Mary Gemma conjures easily. She has ...