A time to die monks on the threshold of eternal life
Behind monastery walls, men of God spend their lives preparing for the passage of death. Best-selling French author Nicolas Diat set out to find what their deaths can reveal about the greatest mystery faced by everyone--the end of life. How to die? How to respond to our fear of death? To answer thes...
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English French |
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Ignatius Press,
[2019]
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| Summary: | Behind monastery walls, men of God spend their lives preparing for the passage of death. Best-selling French author Nicolas Diat set out to find what their deaths can reveal about the greatest mystery faced by everyone--the end of life. How to die? How to respond to our fear of death? To answer these and other questions, Diat traveled to eight European monasteries including Solesmes Abey and the Grande Chartreuse. Through extraordinary interviews with monks, he learned that their death experiences are varied and unique, with elements of peace, pain, humility, sorrow, and joy. |
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| Item Description: | Translation of: Un temps pour mourir : derniers jours de la vie des moines : reĢcit. |
| Physical Description: | 174 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 1621642747 9781621642749 |
| Author Notes: | Nicolas Diat is a French journalist and author. His latest book is A Time to Die: Monks on the Threshold of Eternal Life. Robert Cardinal Sarah was born in Guinea, West Africa. Made an Archbishop by Pope John Paul II and a Cardinal by Pope Benedict XVI, he was named the Prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments by Pope Francis in 2014. He is the author of God or Nothing. |
