The Silent LifeFarrar, Straus and Giroux, 25.05.2010 - 192 Seiten Thomas Merton wrote The Silent Life a decade after he took orders. In his Prologue, Merton describes the book as "a meditation on the monastic life by one who, without any merit of his own, is privileged to know that life on the inside . . . who seeks only to speak as the mouthpiece of a tradition centuries old." It is a remarkable work-one that combines a lucid and informative description of the nature and forms of monasticism, communal and solitary, with a passionate defense of the contemplative's quest for God. The intense beauty of Merton's meditation, radiating from beneath its surface calm, makes The Silent Life a classic of its kind. |
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... becomes in all truth the main objective of the monk , living in his solitary cloister . In seeking Christian perfec- tion the monk seeks the fullness of the Chris- tian life , the complete maturity of Christian faith . For him , " to ...
... becomes in all truth the main objective of the monk , living in his solitary cloister . In seeking Christian perfec- tion the monk seeks the fullness of the Chris- tian life , the complete maturity of Christian faith . For him , " to ...
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... becomes incapable of sin . Indeed , his weakness and help- lessness have shown him that it is impossible for him to realize , on earth , a state of absolute moral perfection . Like St Paul he is compelled to say : " I am delighted with ...
... becomes incapable of sin . Indeed , his weakness and help- lessness have shown him that it is impossible for him to realize , on earth , a state of absolute moral perfection . Like St Paul he is compelled to say : " I am delighted with ...
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... become selfish , it is because they have physically left " the world " while bringing its spirit with them into the monastery in their hearts . They have not come to seek God so much as their own interests , their own profit , their own ...
... become selfish , it is because they have physically left " the world " while bringing its spirit with them into the monastery in their hearts . They have not come to seek God so much as their own interests , their own profit , their own ...
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... become Christ by sharing in the passion of Christ . Life in the monastery , says Cassian , is lived " under the sacrament of the Cross " ( sub crucis sacramento ) . * But to live in the mystery of the Cross is to live in union with ...
... become Christ by sharing in the passion of Christ . Life in the monastery , says Cassian , is lived " under the sacrament of the Cross " ( sub crucis sacramento ) . * But to live in the mystery of the Cross is to live in union with ...
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... becoming centered on him- self . In losing his divine likeness , man has plunged into unreality for he is no longer united to the source of his reality . He still exists . He is still the ... become once again “ real ” man 12 THE SILENT LIFE.
... becoming centered on him- self . In losing his divine likeness , man has plunged into unreality for he is no longer united to the source of his reality . He still exists . He is still the ... become once again “ real ” man 12 THE SILENT LIFE.
Inhalt
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In Veritate In Truth | 21 |
In Tabernaculo Altissimi In | 34 |
In Unitate In Unity | 47 |
The Benedictines 639 | 56 |
THE CENOBITIC LIFE | 59 |
The Cistercians | 95 |
THE HERMIT LIFE | 127 |
The Camaldolese | 144 |
Index | 177 |
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