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Chargement... The Monastic Heart: 50 Simple Practices for a Contemplative and Fulfilling Life (édition 2021)par Joan Chittister (Auteur)
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Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. Even if you don't want to become a nun or monk yourself, The Rule of Saint Benedict, a book of precepts written in 516 by Benedict of Nursia (c. AD 480–550) for monks living communally under the authority of an abbot, contains useful advice to live closely with God and your community. The activist and nun Joan Chittister reflects in The Monastic Heart: 50 Simple Practices for a Contemplative and Fulfilling Life on habits, rhythms, ceremonies, rituals, and life-changing practices. She not only borrows from The Rule of Saint Benedict and the Bible, but also from the other mainstream religions that have a monastic order or fraction. Bells to remember you about the daily patterns, hospitality, and humility up to singing praise and communal prayer. The author sheds a light on burning candles and silence, contemplation and study, staying away from worldly temptations yet serving the community around, finding inner peace, and keeping your heart pure. Fifty chapters with a short description of the Benedictine sources, verses from holy books, putting the rule in practice, and a twist or two to keep it as lightweight as possible. Plenty of food for thought, personal reflection, and deepening your spiritual life. Go with God! aucune critique | ajouter une critique
"The activist, nun, and esteemed spiritual voice who has twice appeared on Oprah's Super Soul Sunday sounds the call to create a monastery within ourselves--to cultivate wisdom and resilience so that we may join God in the work of renewal, restoration, and justice right where we are. "In every beating heart is a silent undercurrent that calls each of us to a place unknown, to the vision of a wiser life, to become what we feel we must be--but cannot name." So begins Sister Joan Chittister's words on monasticism, offering a way of living and seeing life that brings deep human satisfaction. Amid the astounding disruptions of normalcy that have unfolded in our world, Sister Joan calls readers to cultivate the spiritual seeker within all of us, however that may look across our diverse journeys: "It is only the depth of the spiritual well in us that can save us from the fear of our own frailty." This book carries the weight and wisdom of the monastic spiritual tradition into the twenty-first century. Sister Joan leans into Saint Benedict, a young man who sought moral integrity in the face of an empire in the sixth century, not by conquering or overpowering the empire, but by simply living an ordinary life extraordinarily well. This same monastic mindset can help us grow in wisdom, equanimity, and strength of soul as we seek restoration and renewal both at home and in the world. At a time when people around the world are bearing witness to human frailty--and, simultaneously, the endurance of the human spirit--The Monastic Heart invites readers of all walks to welcome this end of certainty and embrace a new beginning of our faith. Without stepping foot in a monastery, we can become, like those before us, a deeper, freer self, a richer soul--and, as a result, a true monastic: "that in all things God may be glorified.""-- Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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For such as ambitious work, it is fairly well put together and it is an easy read … perhaps not in one sitting though. At times it seems to be covering the same ground, just from a different view point. At other times, it seems the author tries too hard to connect the monastic practice to the secular life and I had trouble connecting to that. Regardless, each chapter dose provide the reader with things to contemplate on and maybe come up with their own way of getting to the underlying concept of each practice … the summary of which would be to create your own community and sacred spaces where you can find and nurture a relationship with a loving God, and with a broken world.
Although it was very interesting, it ultimately was not quite what I was looking for
I was given this free advance reader copy (ARC) ebook at my request and have voluntarily left this review.
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