The monastic heart 50 simple practices for a contemplative and fulfilling life
"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. "...
| Main Author: | Chittister, Joan (Author) |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Convergent,
[2021]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- Bells: on remembering
- Statio: on involvement
- Antiphon: on mantras of the moment
- Monastic procession: on the display of oneness/unity
- The rule of Benedict: on seeking God
- Horarium: on parsing time
- Hospitality: on a spirit of welcome
- Choir: on singing praise
- Beauty: on the invisible in the visible
- Silence: on inner quietude
- Lectio: On reading between the lines
- Cloister: on sacred space
- The monastic cell: on privacy
- Metanoia: on growth
- Fuga mundi: On living in the world or not
- Community: on spiritual companionship
- The oratory: on holy space
- Hermits: on the solitary life
- Solitude: on discovering calm and clarity
- Blessing: on recognizing the gifts of life
- Divine office: on the daily presence of God
- Manual labor: on the purpose of work
- Serenity: on inner peace
- Lauds: on morning praise
- Vespers: on evening praise
- Holy leisure: on quality of life
- Service: on caring for humankind
- Listening: on attentiveness
- Private prayer: on God and self
- Obedience: on mutuality
- Stability: on perseverance
- Peace and justice: on peacemaking
- Chant: on the sound of angels
- Incense: on the sweet balm of life
- Memento mori: on valuing yesterday
- Candles: on spiritual illumination
- The abbot/prioress: on leadership
- Contemplation: on seeing as God sees
- Humility and the presence of God: on the presence of God
- Humility and the essence of the self: on the true self
- Humility and the making of community: on building community
- The monastic: on "one thing only"
- Stewardship: on the conservancy of creation
- The desert: on difficult times
- The beginner's mind: on newness and possibility
- Oblates of St. Benedict: on extending the common enterprise
- Purity of heart: on a life worth living
- Marian hymns: on Mary, model woman
- Good zeal: on ardor for holiness
- The making of the monastic heart: on developing the heart of God.