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Silence, Solitude, Simplicity - A Hermit's Love Affair with a Noisy, Crowded, and Complicated World (Paperback)
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Silence, Solitude, Simplicity - A Hermit's Love Affair with a Noisy, Crowded, and Complicated World (Paperback)
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We all need God, Sister Jeremy says in her first sentence, and
readers of all sorts will find here a warm and practical address to
that need. The monastic way is not forsaking the world, but for the
sake of the world, and Sister Jeremy's Benedictine wisdom is
fundamental human wisdom. Her book is the fruit of decades of
practice, and the spiritual journey she recounts is nobody's but
hers 'which makes it, paradoxically, something from which everyone
can learn. I did is much more effective teaching than one might or
you should. There is nothing musty, cobwebbed, or nostalgic in
these pages. Sister Jeremy, in her late 80s, is totally alert to
the world around her and within us. She is allergic to
sentimentality. Because she has spent so much time in silence 'she
lived as a hermit for 20 years 'she is especially attentive to
words and how like a chameleon they can be. Her antennae are
sensitive to anything phony. Every sentence glows with her graceful
and witty and hospitable spirit. She is an inspired teacher, a
trustworthy guide, one of God's great ones. She shows how a
monastic is not on a pedestal or behind a wall, but right in the
thick of things with all of us. Jeremy Hal, OSB, is a member of
Saint Benedict's Monastery, St. Joseph, Minnesota. She holds a
doctorate in theology from Marquette University. Currently retired,
Sister Jeremy taught theology at the College of St. Benedict/St.
John's University and School of Theology 'seminary, and at
Creighton University. She is the author of numerous articles as
well as The Full Stature of Christ (Liturgical Press). Sister
Jeremy lived as a hermit for twenty years. During that time she
gained renown as a wellspring of wisdom and gifted retreat leader.
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