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The Nightingale, attributed to the early Franciscan mystic and philosopher St. Bonaventure, is an extended and complex poetical composition telling the story of the dying day of this mysterious song……続きを見る

This is the first book-length study of children in one of the birthplaces of early Christian monasticism, Egypt. Although comprised of men and women who had renounced sex and family, the monasteries……続きを見る

Like Bernard of Clairvaux, whose last act was to leave his cloister to mediate 'successfully 'between two nobles and prevent bloodshed, Thomas Merton found in the monastic life of prayer a source of……続きを見る

Among the numerous sets of conferences that Thomas Merton presented to young prospective monks during his decade (1955-1965) as novice master at the Cistercian Abbey of Gethsemani is a wide-ranging ……続きを見る

2021 Catholic Media Association Award third place award in anthology For at least eight centuries, the Norwegian island of Tautra in the Trondheim fjord has been known for its spiritual waves and sp……続きを見る

The Handbook takes as its subject the complex phenomenon of Christian monasticism. It addresses, for the first time in one volume, the multiple strands of Christian monastic practice. Forty-four ess……続きを見る

During his twenty years as abbot of the Yorkshire monastery of Rievaulx, Aelred preached many sermons: to his own monks, in other monasteries, and at significant gatherings outside the cloister. In ……続きを見る

La vita monastica ha un messaggio da offrire al mondo di oggi, così spesso disorientato e travagliato. Essa dimostra che vale la pena di dare la vita per il Signore nell’ascolto della sua Parola, ne……続きを見る

Monasticism was the dominant form of religious life both in the medieval West and in the Byzantine world. Latin and Greek Monasticism in the Crusader States explores the parallel histories of monast……続きを見る

2021 Catholic Media Association Award honorable mention award in spirituality - classical In Desert Daughters, Desert Sons, professor Rachel Wheeler argues that a new reading of the texts of the Chr……続きを見る

The legacies of the Coptic Christian presence in Alexandria and the Egyptian Deserts from the fourth century to the present day The great city of Alexandria is undoubtedly the cradle of Egyptian Chr……続きを見る

It is mysteriously and wonderfully difficult work to stay faithful to the life-long process of becoming who we are. It's not once and done, but an ongoing series of discernments. If we are fortunate……続きを見る

2021 Association of Catholic Publishers third place award in Scripture 2021 Catholic Media Association Award second place award in pilgrimages/Catholic travel Biblical scholar and seasoned pilgrimag……続きを見る

This groundbreaking book explores the inherent interconnectedness of sustainability and spirituality, acknowledging the dependency of one upon the other. John E. Carroll contends that true ecologica……続きを見る

Luckily for human diversity, we are perfectly capable of desiring impossible things. Failing Desire explores a particular set of these impossibilities, those connected to humiliation. These include ……続きを見る

A collection of readings and reflections for participants in the Inspiring Faith Communities programme. 続きを見る

The great value of this book is that it helps people to explore together how they can live life more fully and with authentic freedom. Part one outlines three convictions that guide its direction an……続きを見る

The Evergetinos (Ancient Greek "Of the Benefactress",or "Benefactress") is a vast collection of materials from a number of other collections of sayings of monastics and others, ranging from the well……続きを見る

According to the teaching of the Holy Scripture, sin is breaking God’s will, knowingly and willingly. 続きを見る

The Geritikon is a spiritual treasure full of advice and direction from the saints about the spiritual life. 続きを見る

According to the teachings of the Holy and Divine Fathers, there are seven main ways through which the soul-losing deceit of devilish visions and illusions enter the mind and the heart of men. 続きを見る

Do you see how the old devils are never sleeping, tormenting you again? Do you see how they changed their craft to tempt you? 続きを見る

There are two kinds of Communion because the man has a double nature: one is the mysterious Communion of the flaming coal, through which the faithful commune with the Body and Blood of the Lord, and……続きを見る

By witchcraft, we understand the invocation of demonic power, instead of God, to help people fulfill certain human wishes. 続きを見る

The first greatest virtue is to love God. This great virtue manifests in the heart of man through the work of the Most Holy Spirit. 続きを見る

Faith in God belongs to the will of man. Faith grows and develops through the will of man, “by our collaboration and cooperation with God”. 続きを見る

We look to God’s creation, we rise with our minds to those unseen, and we strengthen in our holy faith. While we are in the flesh, we see everything “as through a mirror”, that is, through creations……続きを見る

Almost 1500 hundred years have passed away since the founder and father of western monachism gave to the world, (about A.D. 535) from the solitude of Monte Cassino, the code of religious life which ……続きを見る

Among many favours I have received from our Lord, not the least was my intimate acquaintance with the very Reverend Mother Teresa of Jesus, now in glory, because in her I have witnessed the splendou……続きを見る

The name of Macarius (= “Blessed”) was a common one among the Christians of the fourth and following centuries, especially in Egypt. Two men of the name stand out as twin giants of the ascetic life ……続きを見る