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Inside The School Of Charity
Lessons from the Monastery
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2010
In 2003 Trisha Day spent three months living inside the enclosure of Our Lady of the Mississippi Abbey, a community of twenty Cistercian nuns. Although she had long been monastic associate, she was startled by the unexpected challenges and insights that emerged as the weeks went by, and began a process...
by Andre Louf OCSO
Language: English
Release Date: July 21, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: July 21, 2015
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...
I Believe in God
A Reflection on the Apostles' Creed
Language: English
Release Date: March 24, 2016
In the spirit of nineteenth-century philosopher John Stuart Mill's admonition to fully, frequently, and fearlessly" discuss what we profess to be true in order that it remain a "living truth" rather than dead dogma, Thomas P. Rausch gives us I Believe in God: A Reflection on the Apostles'...
No Turning Back
The Future of Ecumenism
Language: English
Release Date: October 9, 2014
Jesus' prayer on behalf of his of followers is "that all may be one. As you, Father are in me and I am in you, may they also be one in us" (John 17:21). No Turning Back illustrates significant developments in ecumenism during the thirty-plus years of ecumenical theologian Margaret O'Gara's...
An Unfinished Council
Vatican II, Pope Francis, and the Renewal of Catholicism
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2015
The Second Vatican Council has become an indispensable reference point for understanding Roman Catholicism today. Yet in spite of its impact, Vatican II was in many ways an unfinished council. The council bishops were able to establish key pillars in the construction of a new vision for the church...
Jesus of Nazareth
What He Wanted, Who He Was
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2012
Who was Jesus? A prophet? There have been many of those. A miracle-worker? A radical revolutionary? A wise teacher? There have been many of these, too. In his latest book, renowned Scripture scholar Gerhard Lohfink asks, What is unique about Jesus of Nazareth, and what did he really want?
Lohfink...
by Elizabeth A. Clark
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2017
Elizabeth Clark, a patristic scholar and founder of the Department of Religion at Mary Washington College, has drawn upon her depth of scholarship and linguistic ability to make available to an educated but nonspecialized readership an intriguing mosaic of opinions." - America
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The Life of the Vows
Initiation into the Monastic Tradition
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2012
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,...
Lazarus at the Table
Catholics and Social Justice
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2017
Lazarus at the Tale is the fruit of more than two decades of instructing students in the social teachings of the Catholic Church. For most of these years Bernard Evans has taught graduate students. Lately he also teaches lay Catholics engaged in parish ministry and enrolled in diocesan ministry formation...
The Holy Workshop Of Virtue
The Life of John the Little by Zacharias of Sakha
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2010
Saint John the Little was a monk and hegumen of Scetis (Wadi Natrun) during the first great period of early Egyptian monasticism. The Apophthegmata preserve some fifty sayings by or about him (see CS 59, 85 '96). In addition, Zacharias, eighth-century Bishop of Sakha, wrote his Life, more than seventy...
Monastic Observances
Initiation into the Monastic Tradition
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2010
In this set of novitiate conferences from the late 1950s, Thomas Merton provides a vivid and detailed introduction to the traditional pattern and practices of the monastic day during the period immediately preceding the momentous changes that would be introduced in the wake of the Second Vatican Council....
In All Seasons, For All Reasons
Praying Throughout the Year
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2017
The Christian longing to share anguish, fear, gratitude, and awe has found expression in many forms of prayer, beginning in Scripture and the practices and words of Jesus. Over the centuries many fruitful approaches to prayer have taken hold, but often there is a certain unease about what is right...
Reading To Live
The Evolving Practice of Lectio Divina
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2009
Lectio divina, the ancient practice of prayerful reading, is a font whose waters are waiting to quench the thirst of spiritual seekers, both beginners on the spiritual journey and experienced travelers. The art of holy reading transforms lives. Through the practice of lectio individuals and communities...
Rutilio Grande, SJ
Homilies and Writings
Language: English
Release Date: July 28, 2015
Rutilio Grande, SJ, was the first Jesuit to be assassinated in El Salvador. He was killed on March 12, 1977, for having done the works that Jesus commands with regard to one's neighbor as a priest in the Roman Catholic Church. This volume of his writings and homilies illustrates how he applied the...