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Come and See - The Monastic Way for Today (Paperback)
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Come and See - The Monastic Way for Today (Paperback)
Series: Monastic Wisdom Series, 22
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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 al 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.
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