Centered on Christ : an introduction to monastic profession

by Augustine Roberts

Paper Book, 1979

Status

Available

Call number

BX2435.R534

Series

Monastic Wisdom Series (5)

Tags

Monastic and religious life

Genres

Publication

Still River, Mass. : St. Bede's Publications, c1979.

Description

"Hidden in every human heart is a monk." For men and women in the cloister and in the world, Augustine Roberts explores the inner meaning of the conversatio morum, conversion of life, that underlies Benedictine life. The first, Spanish, edition of this book drew heavily on novitiate notes by Thomas Merton; in this third, completely revised edition, the author takes into account two new factors 'Vita Consecrata, Pope John Paul II's 1996 Apostolic Exhortation, and the postmodern secularization which has deeply affected Christians. By clarifying various aspects of monastic living, Augustine Roberts explains how the signs of monastic living and commitments of monastic profession relate to the "evangelical counsels," Jesus's invitation to leave all things and follow him.… (more)

Subjects

Monastic and religious life

LCC

BX2435.R534

Physical description

x, 169 p.; 23 cm

ISBN

0932506046 / 9780932506047

Barcode

31342000042423

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