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Living Wisdom

The Mission and Transmission of Monasticism

by Cristiana Piccardo

  • Paperback
  • 210 pages
  • Publisher: Liturgical Press
  • 17.4 x 21.1 x 1.4 cm

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For spiritual seekers exploring monastic traditions

Helps you understand the relevance of monasticism today

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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 into the light." These words accurately describe both the force behind the story of the Vitorchiano monastic family and the account of it given in Living Wisdom, her refl ection on the meaning of that story. Over the course of four decades, the Abbey of Vitorchiano founded no fewer than six new monasteries around the world, from Argentina to Indonesia, and today this vibrant oasis of prayer and Christian living still has some eighty sisters of its own. Living Wisdom reveals the vitality of these communities and initiates us in a most concrete way into a wisdom that seeks the kingdom of God ardently yet realistically, without ever bypassing the essential human foundations that the life in Christ transforms and elevates but never supplants: hard work, communal striving, friendship, honesty in communication, a sense of humor, and, above all, love- the willingness both to ask for forgiveness and to give it with joy.
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  • Author

    Cristiana Piccardo

  • Book Format

    Paperback / softback

  • Publisher

    Liturgical Press

  • Published

    October 2014

  • Weight

    250g

  • Page Count

    210

  • Dimensions

    17.4 x 21.1 x 1.4 cm

  • ISBN

    9780879070335

  • ISBN-10

    0879070331

  • Eden Code

    4244690

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