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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... seeking God . The concept is familiar . The reality which the concept signifies is a mys- tery . For in actual fact ... seek God unless he has already begun to find Him . No one can find God without having first been found by Him . A ...
... seeking God . The concept is familiar . The reality which the concept signifies is a mys- tery . For in actual fact ... seek God unless he has already begun to find Him . No one can find God without having first been found by Him . A ...
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... seek God by a road less direct , to lead a good life in the world , to raise a Christian family . The monk puts ... seeking God , rather than seeking souls for God . Let us face the fact that the monastic vocation tends to present itself ...
... seek God by a road less direct , to lead a good life in the world , to raise a Christian family . The monk puts ... seeking God , rather than seeking souls for God . Let us face the fact that the monastic vocation tends to present itself ...
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... seeking Christian perfec- tion the monk seeks the fullness of the Chris- tian life , the complete maturity of Christian faith . For him , " to live is Christ . ' " " In order to be free with the freedom of the children of God , the monk ...
... seeking Christian perfec- tion the monk seeks the fullness of the Chris- tian life , the complete maturity of Christian faith . For him , " to live is Christ . ' " " In order to be free with the freedom of the children of God , the monk ...
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... seek God . But this definition is not going to mean much unless we also define the search for God . And that is not an easy matter . For God is at the same time , as one of the Fathers said , everywhere and no- where . How can I find ...
... seek God . But this definition is not going to mean much unless we also define the search for God . And that is not an easy matter . For God is at the same time , as one of the Fathers said , everywhere and no- where . How can I find ...
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... seek God so much as their own interests , their own profit , their own peace , their own perfection . op- But now we have come to the true secret of the monastic life and the answer to the question , 8 THE SILENT LIFE.
... seek God so much as their own interests , their own profit , their own peace , their own perfection . op- But now we have come to the true secret of the monastic life and the answer to the question , 8 THE SILENT LIFE.
Inhalt
1 | |
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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