Entering the Twofold Mystery: On Christian Conversion
Autor Fr Erik Vardenen Limba Engleză Paperback – 20 ian 2022
In this follow-up to his critically acclaimed book The Shattering of Loneliness, Erik Varden provides a glimpse of the value of a monastic life and a Christian calling in our troubled modern age.
"Be whole and so be happy."--St. Bernard, founder of the Cistercian order
In the aftermath of a pandemic and the midst of political upheaval, Erik Varden has observed a growing interest in the monastic life - even among those who have no intention of entering a monastery. For in times of anguish and uncertainty, basic principles of monastic life have become particularly appealing.
Varden, Trappist monk and now Bishop, invites us to observe and learn from monastic life in our turbulent times. After a very personal introduction, he follows the Church year and seasons, always inspired by scriptural reading. The values he highlights include: tranquility; seeking peace; obedience; personal integrity; not continually passing judgement on others; asceticism as opposed to self-indulgence; the importance of generous hospitality; balance; and a life ordered to contemplation.
The teachings within the monastery offer simple, valuable lessons for readers of all creeds struggling to keep faith in an uncertain world.
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Specificații
ISBN-10: 1472979478
Pagini: 272
Dimensiuni: 134 x 214 x 26 mm
Greutate: 0.27 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Bloomsbury Continuum
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
Descriere
Erik Varden published The Shattering of Loneliness in 2018. Now, with the world in the throes of uncertainty and turbulence, he helps us interpret the signs of the times, convinced that the perennial experience of monks and nuns has much to teach us.
The principles of monasticism have become attractive to many, awakened as we are to the importance of integrity, the pursuit of peace, asceticism as a path to freedom, hospitality and contemplative seeing.
After a deeply personal introduction, Varden invites us to consider what makes a monk. He then takes us on a pilgrimage through the Church's year, drawing on Scripture, tradition and literary and religious figures of our time.
Varden lets the reader discover the generous breadth and depth of a monk's outlook on life. In so doing he provides inspiration, enjoyment and enlightenment in equal measure.
Cuprins
Introduction
PART ONE: WHAT MAKES A MONK
1 Vows
2 Patrimony
3 The Heart's Expansion
PART TWO: A MONASTIC YEAR
4 Seasons
5 Ordinary Time
6 Saints
Appendix: Vision
Notes on the Text
Notes
Recenzii
Varden's work is the fruit from a tree for the healing of the nations, from a monk who has his feet firmly and incarnationally on the ground.
[Erik's] homilies are accessible - written in clear, standard English - but rich, sometimes breathtakingly, in their content.
These [homilies] are as bracing and enlivening for the reader as they will have been for the congregations who heard them . Varden's combination of extensive learning, passionate engagement with the history and demandingness of Christian life, and the sharp focus of a keen mind, make his preaching something from which many will benefit.
Varden's erudition in this edifying work of Catholic monasticism should earn him comparisons to Edith Stein.