Download or read book Cistercian Contemplatives written by Thomas Merton and published by . This book was released on 1947 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Cistercian Europe written by Terryl N. Kinder and published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company. This book was released on 2002-04-19 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Foreword by Michael Downey Cistercian Europe offers a lavishly illustrated journey through Europe's magnificent Cistercian abbeys. A leading expert in medieval architecture, Terryl Kinder brings these famous monasteries to life, showing not only where monks lived, worked, and prayed but also how the exquisite architecture of these buildings reflects the spiritual transformation to which their residents aspired. Dozens of famous Cistercian monasteries from across Europe have been chosen to illustrate the wide variety of architectural forms. Kinder places these monasteries squarely within the context of daily monastic life in the Middle Ages, describing the use for each abbey building, the reasons underlying the desire for simplicity, and the nature of the contemplative life they were designed to model. Maps, floor plans, and more than two hundred full-color and black-and-white photographs enhance Kinder's informed and engaging text.
Download or read book Befriending Silence written by Carl McColman and published by Ave Maria Press. This book was released on 2015-11-20 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the 2016 Georgia Author of the Year: Inspirational-religious books. Respected speaker, author, and Patheos blogger Carl McColman introduces Cistercian spirituality as "the hidden jewel of the Church," presenting a surprisingly contemporary path grounded in monastic tradition. This accessible and comprehensive guide highlights a unique focus on simplicity, living close to the earth, and contemplative prayer, all of which make Cistercian spirituality relevant today. Steeped in chant and silence, grounded in down-to-earth work and service, and immersed in the mystical wisdom of teachers ancient (Bernard of Clairvaux) and modern (Thomas Merton), Cistercian spirituality's beautifully humble path has for centuries made monasteries places of rest, retreat, and renewal. Now, Carl McColman offers the first practical introduction to this ancient, contemplative spirituality for all people. Hailed by reviewers of his many books as playful, and profound, McColman draws on his experience as a lay Cistercian to provide insight into the relevance of the tradition to contemporary issues and spiritual practice. He explains how silence, simplicity, stability, stewardship of the earth, contemplation, ongoing conversion, and devotion to Mary combine to offer a rich and unique path to discipleship and intimacy with God.
Download or read book Cistercian Contemplatives written by Thomas Merton and published by . This book was released on 1948 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Charter Customs and Constitutions of the Cistercians written by Thomas Merton and published by Liturgical Press. This book was released on 2015-06-09 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As master of novices for ten years (1955–1965) at the Cistercian Abbey of Our Lady of Gethsemani in Kentucky, Thomas Merton was responsible for the spiritual formation of young men preparing for monastic profession. In this volume, three related sets of Merton’s conferences on ancient and contemporary documents governing the lives of the monks are published for the first time: • on the Carta Caritatis, or Charter of Charity, the foundational document of the Order of Cîteaux • on the Consuetudines, the twelfth-century collection of customs and regulations of the Order • on the twentieth-century Constitutions of the Order, the basic rules by which Merton and his students actually lived at the time These conferences form an essential part of the overall picture of Cistercian monastic life that Merton provided as part of his project of “initiation into the monastic tradition” that is evident in the broad variety of courses that he put together and taught over the period of his mastership. As Abbot John Eudes Bamberger, ocso, himself a former student of Merton, notes in his preface to this volume, “The texts presented in this present book eventually gave rise to the Cistercian way of spiritual living that continues to contribute to the Church’s witness in this new millennium. This publication is a witness to the process of transformation that ensures the continuity of the Catholic monastic tradition that witnesses to the God who, as Saint Augustine observed is ‘ever old and ever new.’”
Download or read book In the School of Contemplation written by André Louf and published by Liturgical Press. This book was released on 2015 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work was originally published in French as A L'Ecole de la Contemplation, A Lethielleux 2004.
Download or read book Cistercian Studies written by Cistercians and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 504 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A School of Love written by M. Basil Pennington and published by Morehouse Publishing. This book was released on 2001-01-01 with total page 109 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author, a Cistercian monk, introduces readers to the prayer, study, silence, friendship, and silence that characterizes life in a Cistercian monastery. Original.
Download or read book The Cistercian Order written by Leopold Janauschek and published by . This book was released on 1886 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Ladder of Monks written by Guigo II and published by Image. This book was released on 1978 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book In the Valley of Wormwood written by Thomas Merton and published by Liturgical Press. This book was released on 2013 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shortly after entering the monastic life in December 1941, a relatively unknown Trappist monk called Frater Louis-who would later be known to the world by his given name, Thomas Merton-began to pen biographical sketches of early Cistercian blessed and saints. These were initially collected, printed, and bound inexpensively, with no mention of the author, by the Abbey of Gethsemani. They are now published here for a wide audience for the first time. This work of the very young Merton perhaps takes on added significance when one considers the writing that lay just ahead of him at the time. In 1948, his autobiography, The Seven Storey Mountain, was published and soon became an unexpected national bestseller. This long-awaited publication of In the Valley of Wormwoodoffers a window into Merton's thinking and his spiritual life just a few years before his phenomenal autobiography would see the light of day. Thomas Merton (1915-1968) was a monk of the Abbey of Gethsemani, Kentucky. He was a renowned writer, theologian, poet, and social activist. Patrick Hart, OCSO, a native of Green Bay, Wisconsin, entered the Abbey of Gethsemani in 1951 and served as secretary to Thomas Merton during the last year of his life. He has edited many books by and about Thomas Merton during the thirty-eight years since the latter's death on December 10, 1968. He has served on the board of directors for Cistercian Publications for the past thirty years.
Download or read book Monastic Observances written by Thomas Merton and published by Liturgical Press. This book was released on 2010 with total page 393 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this set of novitiate conferences from the late 1950s, Thomas Merton provides a vivid and detailed introduction to the traditional pattern and practices of the monastic day during the period immediately preceding the momentous changes that would be introduced in the wake of the Second Vatican Council. Combining practical instruction with spiritual and theological reflection, this fifth volume of Merton's teaching notes brings the reader into the choir and chapter room, scriptorium and cloisters of the Abbey of Gethsemani, and provides insight into the ecclesial, contemplative, paschal, and Trinitarian dimensions of Cistercian life. Patrick F. O'Connell is professor in the departments of English and theology at Gannon University, Erie, Pennsylvania. A founding member and former president of the International Thomas Merton Society, he edits The Merton Seasonaland is coauthor (with William H. Shannon and Christine M. Bochen) of The Thomas Merton Encyclopedia. He has edited four previous volumes of Thomas Merton's monastic conferences for the Monastic Wisdom series: Cassian and the Fathers; Pre-Benedictine Monasticism; An Introduction to Christian Mysticism; and The Rule of Saint Benedict.
Download or read book The Cistercians in the Middle Ages written by Janet E. Burton and published by Boydell Press. This book was released on 2011 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Cistercians (White Monks) were the most successful monastic experiment to emerge from the tumultuous intellectual and religious fervour of the 11th and 12th centuries. This book seeks to explore the phenomenon that was the Cistercian Order.
Download or read book Cistercian Contemplatives a Guide to Trappist Life written by and published by . This book was released on 1948 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Thomas Merton s Paradise Journey written by Thomas Merton and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2010-07-15 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A book which traces the development of the thoughts and writings of the 20th-century Cistercian monk, Thomas Merton, on the subject of contemplation.
Download or read book Seeing God in Daily Living written by Michael F. Conrad and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-07-12 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contrary to what some say, being authentically spiritual is a struggle, a daily battle between your true self and your false self. Nothing in the spiritual life is easy because of the archetypal sin of Adam and Eve, our proto-generators. The human default is one of decay, disease, death, self-indulgence, disobedience to God's way, and the conviction that each individual is god. Authentic spirituality has the love of God for us and we returning that love through our brother and mentor, Christ Jesus, as the purpose of life. Christ will not live our life for us, but He will be beside us as we seek God. Cistercian spirituality, based on the Rule of Benedict (540 BCE) and reformed in both the 11th Century and 18th Century, is one way to seek God through proven charisms (obedience, humility, charity) and practices (silence, solitude, work, prayer within a community of faith. The Lay Cistercian movement, a rather recent development in the last fifty years or so, are lay women and men who live out these practices in the midst of a secular world of idolatry, empty hopes and dreams. The contemplative approach finds meaning by seeking God within each of us, the very last place humans want to explore. By practicing these ways to seek God, consistently and persistently, all contemplative men and women, particularly Lay Cistercians, transform themselves from self to God, imperceptibly at first, but always inexorably forward, as a moth seeks a flame. This workbook contains reflections and exercises designed to put you in touch with your inner monk and help you organize and focus your spiritual life on the One Who Is. Blog is at: https: //thecenterforcontemplativepractice.org
Download or read book The Life of the Vows written by Thomas Merton and published by Liturgical Press. This book was released on 2012-09-01 with total page 689 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As novice master of the Cistercian Abbey of Our Lady of Gethsemani in Kentucky, Thomas Merton presented weekly conferences to familiarize his charges with the meaning and purpose of the vows they aspired to undertake. In this setting, he offered a thorough exposition of the theological, canonical, and above all spiritual dimensions of the vows. Merton set the vows firmly in the context of the anthropological, moral, soteriological, and ecclesial dimensions of human, Christian, and monastic life. He addressed such classical themes of Christian morality as the nature of the human person and his acts; the importance of justice in relation to the Passion of Christ, to friendship and to love; and self-surrender as the key to grace, prayer and the vowed life. Merton's words on these topics clearly spring from a committed heart and often flow with the soaring intensity of style that we have come to expect in his more enthusiastic prose. The texts of these conferences represent the longest and most systematically organized of any of numerous series of conferences that Merton presented during the decade of his mastership. They may be the most directly pastoral work Merton ever wrote.
