A - Monasticism 1

Prayer serves as the central aspect of the Christian life, by which our faith is formed and by which we offer thanksgiving and praise. The act of prayer was central to the early Irish monastics, ser……続きを見る

In "The Chronicle of the Canons Regular of Mount St. Agnes," Thomas √† Kempis meticulously details the communal life and spiritual practices of the Canons Regular, emphasizing their commitment to mo……続きを見る

The Imitation of Christ, Book IV: Divine Union Prepare to be transported to the mystical world of Thomas a'Kempis in Book IV, the final installment of the devotional series. In this profound and tra……続きを見る

In the gospel of Saint Matthew, Jesus is “Emmanuel,” God-with-us, or, as Jesus himself puts it, he is “I-Desire,” “Coming-I-Will-Heal,” and “I-Am-with-You-Always.” The brief commentaries collected h……続きを見る

Este libro contiene uno de los secretos mejor guardados de nuestro tiempo: para entender Europa, es imprescindible conocer la vida de San Benito y la Regla monástica que escribió. Quizá, más que un ……続きを見る

"Στὴν Ἱστορία του ὁ Γέρων Ἀρκάδιος περιγράφει τὴν Ἱστορία τῆς Ἱερᾶς Μονῆς Βατοπαιδίου ἀπὸ τὴν ἵδρυσή της ἕως καὶ τὶς ἡμέρες του, δηλαδὴ τὴν δεκαετία τοῦ 1930, στηριζόμενος ὡς ἐπὶ τὸ πλεῖστον σὲ ἔγγρ……続きを見る

In Reading Matthew with Monks, Derek Olsen seeks to evaluate whether early medieval monastic biblical interpreters can serve as effective conversation partners for modern readers who are committed t……続きを見る

Father Matthew Kelty was an especially beloved monk at the historic Abbey of Gethsemani in Kentucky. Perhaps best known as Thomas Merton's colleague and confessor in the year prior to Merton's death……続きを見る

Book II: Admonitions Concerning Interior Things. Thomas a'Kempis advises those who want to follow Jesus to go deeper by clearing out space within themselves to find friendship with Jesus. That frien……続きを見る

The Honey of Souls is the first full-length study of the Explanation of the Psalms by Cassiodorus. While the Explanation became a seminal document for the monastic movement in the West and was eager……続きを見る

At Home with Saint Benedict is a selection of the author's conferences on Saint Benedict's Rule for Monasteries delivered to the monks of Assumption Abbey of Ava, Missouri, when he was abbot there. ……続きを見る

Saint John the Little was a monk and hegumen of Scetis (Wadi Natrun) during the first great period of early Egyptian monasticism. The Apophthegmata preserve some fifty sayings by or about him (see C……続きを見る