Author
Brendan Freeman OCSO
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Publisher
Cistercian Publications Inc.,U.S.
Published
June 2010
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Brendan Freeman OCSO
Book Format
Paperback
Publisher
Cistercian Publications Inc.,U.S.
Published
June 2010
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Free UK Delivery
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Come and See
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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 the disciples who were following him. He could just as well have said, come and see where you live; where your real life is being lived. Monastic spirituality is not some esoteric or Gnostic way of perceiving reality or understanding life. It is a treasure hidden in the field of your own heart; it is a universal spirituality that is the common inheritance of every human being; it is a search for God. From the atheist to the saint there is in the heart of all creatures a desire for ultimate meaning, a desire for God. In this sense everyone has the heart of a monk.
As you read this book you will meet some of the great themes of monastic life: silence, solitude, community life, prayer. You will also be helped to find your most authentic self, the self Thomas Merton spoke of when he said at the center of our being is a point of nothingness, a point of pure truth. Nothingness, emptiness, absence are important aspects of our spiritual journey.
There is a subtheme running through ancient monasticism that conceives of the monastery as a hospital 'a place for healing the soul, the spirit, the heart. The place of the heart is highlighted in these conferences and homilies as an ancient theme so relevant to the modern person.
Author
Brendan Freeman OCSO
Book Format
Paperback
Publisher
Cistercian Publications Inc.,U.S.
Published
June 2010
Weight
227g
Page Count
228
Dimensions
138 x 214 x 21 mm
ISBN
9780879070229
ISBN-10
0879070226
Eden Code
2708741
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Author/Creator: Brendan Freeman OCSO
ISBN: 9780879070229
Publisher: Cistercian Publications Inc.,U.S.
Release Date: June 2010
Weight: 227g
Dimensions: 138 x 214 x 21 mm
Eden Code: 2708741