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Cassian and the Fathers
Initiation into the Monastic Tradition 1
Av Thomas Merton OCSO, Patrick F. O'Connell
Häftad, 2004
472 kr
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Cassian and the Fathers is the initial volume in the series of Novitiate Conferences of Thomas Merton, the classes he presented to young men beginning their monastic life at the Abbey of Gethsemani in Kentucky. They contain Merton's insights on important Patristic and monastic figures preceding the …
Passing From Self To God
A Cistercian Retreat
Häftad, 2006
363 kr
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Those seeking to deepen their spiritual life are increasingly being drawn to monasteries and the monastic round of prayer and reflection. Yet rarely do temporary visitors have enough time to absorb as much as they would like about the spiritual life. In this book an experience spiritual master, a …
Inside the Psalms
Reflections for Novices
Häftad, 2005
363 kr
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The psalms are at the very heart of monastic prayer. Recited seven times a day in the liturgy and reflected upon in the mind through the day during work and lectio divina, they provide those who recite them regularly with a privileged way into continual mindfulness of God. allowing Christians to …
Thomas Merton
Prophet of Renewal
Häftad, 2005
335 kr
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Like Bernard of Clairvaux, whose last act was to leave his cloister to mediate 'successfully 'between two nobles and prevent bloodshed, Thomas Merton found in the monastic life of prayer a source of strength, empathy, and understanding. To understand Merton, one must first know him as a Prophet of …
Way of Humility
Häftad, 2007
276 kr
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Andre Louf's probing essay on the nature of humility revisions this fundamental Christian virtue away from the misunderstandings of both the scholastic tradition and its modern counterparts to locate humility in the ancient sources of the monastic tradition. His incisive study prefaces a collection …
God Alone
A Spiritual Biography of Blessed Rafael Arnaiz Baron
Av Gonzalo Maria Fernández OCSO, Kathleen O'Neill
Häftad, 2008
325 kr
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Set amid the tumult of the Spanish Civil War, this spiritual biography recounts the efforts of a fervent young Spanish aristocrat to come to grips with his artistic talent, his intense personality and, above all, his unquenchable passion for God. Trained in art and architecture, Rafael longed to be …
Singing for the Kingdom
The Last of the Homilies
Av Matthew Kelty OCSO, William O. Paulsell
Häftad, 2008
296 kr
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For almost half a century Trappist monk Matthew Kelty has delivered homilies to monks and retreatants in his unique style. Visitors at his monastery have been inspired, and challenged by his talks, given after Compline each evening, and monks have come to love and appreciate his preaching skills at …
Come and See
The Monastic Way for Today
Häftad, 2010
363 kr
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Come and See is look inside the mind of a monk. The Vision of monastic life proposed here is not new; it is a Vision going back to the Desert Fathers of the fourth century. And yet, it is new because it is rooted in a place in the soul that never grows old. Come and see where I live, Jesus said to …
Gethsemani Homilies
Revised and Enlarged Edition
Av Matthew Kelty OCSO, William O. Paulsell
Häftad, 2010
374 kr
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Matthew Kelty, a native of Boston, has been a monk of Gethsemani since 1960. Before that he served as an active priest in the Society of the Divine Word, both in the States, and in Papua New Guinea. His previous books include Flute Solo (Sheed, Andrews & McMeel), Sermons in the Monastery, Call of …
Life of the Vows
Initiation into the Monastic Tradition 6
Av Thomas Merton OCSO, Patrick F. O�Connell
Häftad, 2012
521 kr
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As novice master of the Cistercian Abbey of Our Lady of Gethsemani in Kentucky, Thomas Merton presented weekly conferences to familiarize his charges with the meaning and purpose of the vows they aspired to undertake. In this setting, he offered a thorough exposition of the theological, canonical, …
Living in the House of God
Monastic Essays
Häftad, 2014
276 kr
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“How should we live in this house of God? We know that the way a building is shaped also helps in determining the way those within it live and relate. We are indeed formed by what we form. Qualities such as integrity, hospitality, humanity and beauty in a place will enable its dwellers to live …
Living Wisdom
The Mission and Transmission of Monasticism
Häftad, 2014
325 kr
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Cristiana Piccardo was the long-time abbess of an unusual Cistercian community in Italy. “We have always believed,” she writes, “that the monastic charism can be a precious ‘talent’ offered to our contemporary world, and there are moments in history when what normally remains hidden should come …
Art of Winning Souls
Pastoral Care of Novices
Häftad, 2012
374 kr
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In his chapter on the procedure for the reception of new brothers, Saint Benedict makes provision for entrusting them to the care of "a senior who is skilled in winning souls who will diligently pay attention to them in everything" (58.6). In The Art of Winning Souls: Pastoral Care of Novices, …
Light in the Shoe Shop
A Cobbler's Contemplations
Häftad, 2013
268 kr
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Light in the Shoe Shop offers readers a unique and intimate glance into the day-to-day experience of living the cloistered life in feminine mode. In her “cobbler’s contemplations”—no metaphor here: the author did indeed make and mend her sisters’ shoes for many years—Mother Agnes reveals the very …
Born from the Gaze of God
The Tibhirine Journal of a Martyr Monk (1993–1996)
Häftad, 2014
374 kr
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Christophe Lebreton, aged forty-six, was the youngest of the seven Trappist monks assassinated in Algeria by terrorists in 1996. He was also the poet of the group. Anyone who was enthralled by the recent film Of Gods and Men should find in Brother Christophe’s Journal ample and deeply moving …
Saint Bernard's Three Course Banquet
Humility, Charity, and Contemplation in the De Gradibus
Häftad, 2013
363 kr
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Saint Bernard’s famous work, The Steps of Humility and Pride (in Latin, De gradibus humilitatis et superbiae), is a short book consisting of a mere fifty-seven paragraphs. In it, the Abbot of Clairvaux unpacks the doctrine of the very crucial chapter 7 of Saint Benedict’s sixth-century Rule for …
Charter, Customs, and Constitutions of the Cistercians
Initiation into the Monastic Tradition 7
Av Thomas Merton OCSO, Patrick F. O'Connell
Häftad, 2015
334 kr
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As master of novices for ten years (1955–1965) at the Cistercian Abbey of Our Lady of Gethsemani in Kentucky, Thomas Merton was responsible for the spiritual formation of young men preparing for monastic profession. In this volume, three related sets of Merton’s conferences on ancient and …
Cistercian Fathers and Their Monastic Theology
Initiation into the Monastic Tradition 8
Av Thomas Merton OCSO, Patrick F. O'Connell
Häftad, 2016
551 kr
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These conferences, presented by Thomas Merton to the novices at the Abbey of Gethsemani in 1963–1964, focus mainly on the life and writings of his great Cistercian predecessor, St. Bernard of Clairvaux (1090–1153). Guiding his students through Bernard’s Marian sermons, his treatise On the Love of …
Medieval Cistercian History
Initiation into the Monastic Tradition 9
Av Thomas Merton OCSO, Patrick F. O�Connell
Häftad, 2019
487 kr
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Thomas Merton’s deep roots in his own Cistercian tradition are on display in the two sets of conferences on the early days of the Order included in the present volume. The first surveys the relevant monastic background that led up to the foundation of the Abbey of Cîteaux in 1098 and goes on to …
Monastic Practices
Häftad, 2015
362 kr
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For three decades, Monastic Practices has been a valued resource for English-speaking aspirants to monastic life. In this revised edition, updated and expanded, Charles Cummings, OCSO, explores the common practices of the monastic life in order to rediscover them as viable means of leading persons …
Elemental Life
Mystery and Mercy in the Work of Father Matthew Kelty, OCSO
Häftad, 2018
287 kr
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Father Matthew Kelty was an especially beloved monk at the historic Abbey of Gethsemani in Kentucky. Perhaps best known as Thomas Merton's colleague and confessor in the year prior to Merton's death, Father Matthew was also an enormously gifted spiritual writer in his own right, one whose homilies …
Happiness in God
Memories and Reflections of the Father Abbot of La Trappe
Häftad, 2019
472 kr
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This is a rich collection of memories and reflections from the long-time abbot of La Trappe, Dom Marie-Gérard Dubois, OCSO. Starting with his entry into monastic life, he walks the reader through the dramatic changes in the Strict Observance of the Cistercian Order, including its liturgical reform …
Clothed in Language
Häftad, 2019
275 kr
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At the heart of Clothed in Language lies a journal, but the writing, while personal, has been given a thematic structure. Seeing language as a vital medium through which the divine is made present to us, scholar and poet Pauline Matarasso explores the ways in which this God-given language, with its …
Song That I Am
On the Mystery of Music
Häftad, 2014
406 kr
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The Song That I Am: On the Mystery of Music is a short but full-to-the-brim essay on the decisive role that great music (whether Bach, Tavener, or Gregorian chant) ought to play in the spiritual life. With admirable restraint Élisabeth-Paule Labat shares her interior experience of music and thus …
Collected Works
Häftad, 2022
1058 kr
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Saint Rafael Arnaiz was born in Burgos, Spain, on April 9, 1911. When he was twenty-one years old, he left behind the comforts of his wealthy family and an unfinished degree in architecture to join the Trappist-Cistercian abbey of San Isidro de Dueñas. A sudden onset of diabetes and the beginning …
Loving Jesus
Monastery Talks on the Gospel According to Saint Matthew
Häftad, 2023
461 kr
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In the gospel of Saint Matthew, Jesus is “Emmanuel,” God-with-us, or, as Jesus himself puts it, he is “I-Desire,” “Coming-I-Will-Heal,” and “I-Am-with-You-Always.” The brief commentaries collected here, initially presented by Cistercian abbot Mark A. Scott in a series of chapter talks to his …
Coenobium
Reflections on Monastic Community
Häftad, 2021
270 kr
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After sixty years of living in a Cistercian community, Michael Casey combines his down-to-earth observations about the joys and challenges of living in community with an appreciation of the deeper meanings of cenobitic life, taking into account the changes in both theory and practice that have …
Centered On Christ
A Guide to Monastic Profession
Häftad, 2005
423 kr
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"Hidden in every human heart is a monk." For men and women in the cloister and in the world, Augustine Roberts explores the inner meaning of the conversatio morum, conversion of life, that underlies Benedictine life. The first, Spanish, edition of this book drew heavily on novitiate notes by Thomas …
Saint Mary of Egypt
A Modern Verse Life and Interpretation
Häftad, 2022
236 kr
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2022 Catholic Media Association second place award in mysticismFrom its origins in the fourth and fifth centuries, first in monastic circles and then in wider Christian communities, the story of Mary of Egypt was wildly popular. From early Christianity through the medieval periods, from Egypt to …
In the School of Contemplation
Häftad, 2015
374 kr
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Dom André Louf (+2010) was abbot of the Trappist-Cistercian monastery of Mont-des-Cats in northern France from 1963 to 1997. This book brings together talks given to a variety of audiences in which he shared his spiritual experience from both his life of prayer and his life in community.Each …
