The First Cistercian Spiritual Writers
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The First Cistercian Spiritual Writers
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Author : Marie-André Fracheboud
language : en
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Release Date : 2000
The First Cistercian Spiritual Writers written by Marie-André Fracheboud and has been published by Xlibris Corporation this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with Religion categories.
Befriending Silence
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Author : Carl McColman
language : en
Publisher: Ave Maria Press
Release Date : 2015-11-20
Befriending Silence written by Carl McColman and has been published by Ave Maria Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-11-20 with Religion categories.
Winner of the 2016 Georgia Author of the Year: Inspirational-religious books. Respected speaker, author, and Patheos blogger Carl McColman introduces Cistercian spirituality as "the hidden jewel of the Church," presenting a surprisingly contemporary path grounded in monastic tradition. This accessible and comprehensive guide highlights a unique focus on simplicity, living close to the earth, and contemplative prayer, all of which make Cistercian spirituality relevant today. Steeped in chant and silence, grounded in down-to-earth work and service, and immersed in the mystical wisdom of teachers ancient (Bernard of Clairvaux) and modern (Thomas Merton), Cistercian spirituality's beautifully humble path has for centuries made monasteries places of rest, retreat, and renewal. Now, Carl McColman offers the first practical introduction to this ancient, contemplative spirituality for all people. Hailed by reviewers of his many books as playful, and profound, McColman draws on his experience as a lay Cistercian to provide insight into the relevance of the tradition to contemporary issues and spiritual practice. He explains how silence, simplicity, stability, stewardship of the earth, contemplation, ongoing conversion, and devotion to Mary combine to offer a rich and unique path to discipleship and intimacy with God.
The Spirit Of Simplicity
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Author : Jean-Baptiste Chautard
language : en
Publisher: Ave Maria Press
Release Date : 2017-11-10
The Spirit Of Simplicity written by Jean-Baptiste Chautard and has been published by Ave Maria Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-11-10 with Religion categories.
Few people have ever seen or heard of The Spirit of Simplicity: it has been hidden for almost seventy years after quietly being published by the Abbey of Gethsemani in 1948. Anonymously translated and annotated by a young monk named Thomas Merton, the book’s author—who also is not mentioned by name in the original edition—is Jean-Baptiste Chautard, the famous French Cistercian whose only other book, The Soul of the Apostolate, has been a favorite of modern saints and popes, including Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI. Every generation struggles with the question of simplicity. In the history of our faith, there have been no more eloquent voices calling us back to simplicity than the monks of the Cistercian Order, from Bernard of Clairvaux to Chautard to Merton—all of whom contribute to this powerful book. Merton surrounds Chautard’s text with his own remarks on simplicity, translations of classic texts by St. Bernard of Clairvaux, and commentary that allows readers to pursue the themes of simplicity in their own lives. "Only a very inadequate idea of exterior simplicity can be arrived at if we do not trace it back to its true source: interior simplicity. Without this, our resolution to practice exterior simplicity would be without light, without love …," Chautard wrote at the beginning of the book. He is writing to his fellow Cistercians, but he might as well be speaking to twenty-first century Christians. He goes on to lay out the best disciplines that a monk—or anyone—might practice to find the elusive simplicity, with quotations from St. Benedict, St. Bernard, and other pillars of monastic life and spirituality. A dozen photographs of Cistercian architecture illustrate how principles of simplicity are incorporated into Cistercian daily life. In Part 2, Merton opens up the teachings of St. Bernard, a great mystic and doctor of the Church, offering excerpts from St. Bernard’s writings on the original simplicity in the Garden of Eden, the difficulty of intellectual simplicity, the simplicity of the will (obedience), and other kindred topics. Merton also offers personal reflections from the perspective of one who had recently exchanged an active life in pursuit of worldly things for the solitude of a monk.
Handmaid Of The Lord
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Author : Armand-Jean de Rancé
language : en
Publisher: Liturgical Press
Release Date : 2021-10-25
Handmaid Of The Lord written by Armand-Jean de Rancé and has been published by Liturgical Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-10-25 with Religion categories.
In this book, David N. Bell explores what Cistercian writers and preachers have said about Mary from the time of the founding fathers of the Order to Armand-Jean de Rancé, who introduced the Cistercian Strict Observance and who died in 1700. This work is divided into three parts. The first part presents some selective background material on Mary that is necessary for understanding where the Cistercian writers are coming from and the sources and ideas they are using. The next eight chapters, the second part of the book, examine the Marian ideas of Cistercian writers from Bernard of Clairvaux to a number of visionaries, both male and female, who take us to the very end of the thirteenth century. There is then a gap of more than three centuries—the reasons are given at the end of chapter 12—before we arrive at the birth of Armand-Jean de Rancé in 1626. The final chapters—part 3 of the book—summarize the life of Rancé, examine the place of Mary at La Trappe, and present annotated translations of Rancé’s five conferences for three Marian feasts: the Nativity of Mary, the Annunciation, and the Assumption.
The Spiritual Teachings Of Bernard Of Clairvaux
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Author : John R. Sommerfeldt
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1991
The Spiritual Teachings Of Bernard Of Clairvaux written by John R. Sommerfeldt and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1991 with Spirituality categories.
The Way Of Simplicity
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Author : Esther De Waal
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1998
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The Cambridge Companion To The Cistercian Order
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Author : Mette Birkedal Bruun
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2013
The Cambridge Companion To The Cistercian Order written by Mette Birkedal Bruun and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013 with History categories.
Presents the Order's figureheads, practical life and spiritual horizon, and its contribution to medieval Europe's religious, cultural and political climate.
The Life Of Jesus Christ
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Author : Ludolph of Saxony
language : en
Publisher: Liturgical Press
Release Date : 2021-02-01
The Life Of Jesus Christ written by Ludolph of Saxony and has been published by Liturgical Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-02-01 with Religion categories.
The Vita Christi of Ludolph of Saxony, fourteenth-century Carthusian, is the most comprehensive series of meditations on the life of Christ from the late Middle Ages. Ludolph assembles a wealth of commentary from the fathers of the church and the great medieval spiritual writers and weaves them into a seamless exposition of the Gospel. This is the full English translation of this classic work and, while it will be of great interest to students of Christian spirituality, it is intended for ordinary believers seeking to enter more deeply into the meaning of the life of Christ. Ludolph divided his work into two parts; the present volume contains the first half of Part Two.
Cistercian Fathers And Forefathers
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Author : Thomas Merton
language : en
Publisher: New City Press
Release Date : 2018-09-15
Cistercian Fathers And Forefathers written by Thomas Merton and has been published by New City Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-09-15 with categories.
This volume of previously uncollected studies makes a notable contribution to Merton's extensive and influential legacy. This volume includes pieces on eleventh- and twelfth-century monastics by Thomas Merton, perhaps the most significant American Catholic spiritual writer of the twentieth century. The essays are difficult to locate elsewhere, the conference transcriptions are available only here.
The Cistercian World
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Author :
language : en
Publisher: Penguin UK
Release Date : 2006-04-27
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The Cistercian Order was born in Burgundy at the start of the twelfth century as a movement of radical renewal - an Order that survives to this day with the greater part of its written heritage preserved. This volume brings together a selection of its finest works, which speak powerfully across the centuries to modern readers. Writings by St Bernard of Clairvaux (c. 1090-1153) - including his letters, The Life of Malachy the Irishman, sermons on the Song of Songs and the sharply satirical Apologia for Abbot William - reveal him to be a highly individual and influential writer of the Middle Ages. Also included here are a charming description of Clairvaux, biographies of abbots and a series of exemplary stories, all drawing on the Scriptures to express intensely personal forms of monastic theology.