Radical Christian Life
A Year with Saint Benedict
Radical Christian Life
A Year with Saint Benedict
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Paperback
£17.99
Publisher: Liturgical Press
ISBN: 9780814633656
Number of Pages: 162
Published: 01/09/2011
Width: 14 cm
Height: 21 cm
Very little in this world stays fresh and life-giving for 1,500 years. But when that happens we should ask ourselves why and what that had to do with us. In this book, The Radical Christian Life: A Year with Saint Benedict, Joan Chittister encourages us to look at that question.
In an introductory essay she examines how the insights and values of the sixth-century Visionary Saint Benedict can illuminate today's search for a meaningful life. Then she leads us through the year, reflecting on twelve stories from Benedict's life, anecdotes that give us glimpses into his soul.
More than that, she draws from these stories daily thoughts for the development of our own spiritual lives in this day and age. Joan Chittister, OSB, is a Benedictine sister and international lecturer who has been a leading voice in spirituality for more than thirty years. She has authored over forty books, most recently Uncommon Gratitude and The Monastery of the Heart, part of a program she is helping to develop to enable lay groups to live Benedictine spirituality in a contemporary way.
Contents
The Radical Christian Life
An Exercise in Spiritual Imagination vii
Story 1—January
The Mending of a Tray
A Call to Good Work 1
Story 2—February
Scholastica and Benedict
A Call to Conversion of Heart 12
Story 3—March
Cave and Romanus
A Call to Silence and Sacred Leisure 23
Story 4—April
Poisoning of Wine
A Call to Purity of Heart 35
Story 5—May
Placid and Maurus and the Movement of Monastery
A Call to Community 46
Story 6—June
Near Drowning of Placid
A Call to Friendship 57
Story 7—July
Founding of Monte Cassino
A Call to Prophesy 68
Story 8—August
Totila the Goth
A Call to Humility 78
Story 9—September
Agapitus and Vials of Oil
A Call to Stewardship 88
Story 10—October
Goth and Poor Man
A Call to Peace and Nonviolence 99
Story 11—November
Child Raised from the Dead
A Call to Justice and Compassion 109
Story 12—December
World in a Ray of Light
A Call to Contemplative Vision 120
The Radical Christian Life
An Exercise in Spiritual Imagination vii
Story 1—January
The Mending of a Tray
A Call to Good Work 1
Story 2—February
Scholastica and Benedict
A Call to Conversion of Heart 12
Story 3—March
Cave and Romanus
A Call to Silence and Sacred Leisure 23
Story 4—April
Poisoning of Wine
A Call to Purity of Heart 35
Story 5—May
Placid and Maurus and the Movement of Monastery
A Call to Community 46
Story 6—June
Near Drowning of Placid
A Call to Friendship 57
Story 7—July
Founding of Monte Cassino
A Call to Prophesy 68
Story 8—August
Totila the Goth
A Call to Humility 78
Story 9—September
Agapitus and Vials of Oil
A Call to Stewardship 88
Story 10—October
Goth and Poor Man
A Call to Peace and Nonviolence 99
Story 11—November
Child Raised from the Dead
A Call to Justice and Compassion 109
Story 12—December
World in a Ray of Light
A Call to Contemplative Vision 120
