Freedom Of Obedience
Carthusian Novice Conferences
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'The spiritual centre of the human person, the self', writes the author, 'maintains its fundamental identity for the whole of life on earth and is destined for participation in the eternal life of God... The person is not a succession of separate points at the mercy of the conditions of the moment. God has given us a share in his power as creator, and to create ourselves through our liberty, to go beyond ourselves towards absolute values'. These reflections by a Carthusian novice master for those training for the life of silent love show that in the obedience born of love, one responds to the all encompassing, deeply intimate and sustaining love of God.
Acknowledgements vii
1 The Freedom of Love 1
2 Religious Life in the Church 11
3 Profession 20
4 Forgetfulness and Creation 23
5 Obedience in the Bible 30
6 Obedience in St John 41
7 Obedience in St Paul and in the Letter to the Hebrews 47
8 Obedience in the Desert Fathers 56
9 Obedience in Monasteries 62
10 Evolution of the Practice of Obedience 66
11 Obedience According to the Decree Perfectae Caritatis I 75
12 Obedience According to the Decree Perfectae Caritatis II 81
13 Obedience in the Renewed Statutes 89
14 Mary's Obedience 103
15 Contemplative Obedience 109
16 Authority in the Gospel 112
17 Authority in Peter and Paul 120
18 Spiritual Fatherhood 126
19 Authority in the Church 130
20 Authority According to the Renewed Statutes 135
21 Notes on the Responsibilities of Superiors According to Group Psychology 151
22 The Father Master of Novices in the History of Chartreuse 161
Notes 171