Come and see
Subtitle: the monastic way for today
By: by Brendan Freeman ; foreword by Michael Casey.
Series: Monastic wisdom series -- no. 22
Publisher: Cistercian Publications
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Collegeville, Minn
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780879070229; 9780879079543
Subjects: Benedict, -- Saint, Abbot of Monte Cassino. -- Congresses; Cistercians -- Spiritual life -- Congresses; Monastic and religious life -- Congresses
Genres: Congresses
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Tracing our roots; title: St. Benedict, Father of the Rule; title: Basic rule : service in love flows from the eucharist; title: Monastery as the school for the Lord's service; title: Founders of the Cistercian Order (Citeaux); title: The call to renunciation and detachment; title: Living a life of obedience and humiliations; title: St. Bernard of Clairvaux, pillar of the order; title: Close relationship between body and soul; title: Knowing much of the love of Christ; title: Contemplating christ; title: Understanding cistercian traditions; title: The cistercian charism; title: Values of cistercian reform; title: Elements of cistercian formation; title: Modern economy and ancient ideals; title: Monasteries helping each other; title: Visitation at Tautra Mariakloster, norway; title: The Fjords of Tautra give praise and welcome; title: Celebrations of monastic life; title: Reception of the novice's habit; title: Fulfilling the law of Christ; title: The deifying light; title: Solemn profession of vows; title: Professing love to the God of love; title: Community, the word of salvation; title: Love never ends; title: Transfer of stabilities; title: The cowl as the garment of salvation; title: Continuing journey to union with Christ; title: Stability means home where God-is-with-us; title: Golden jubilee; title: A great life spent in humility and hiddenness; title: Immaculate conception and fifty years of hidden life; title: Celebrations in community life; title: The gift of community life; title: Living in community; title: Unifying power of the Eucharist; title: Gospel lessons on brotherly love; title: St. Benedict's gift : teaching on friendship; title: Friendship in the monastic life; title: Thanksgiving day reflections; title: Thanksgiving as a faith event; title: Constant gratefulness to God; title: Christ at the heart of unity in community; title: Treasures of monastic values; title: Silence, solitude, and enclosure; title: The monastic value of silence; title: Paradise of solitude; title: On solitude and enclosure; title: Hiddenness of the contemplative life; title: Search for the hidden God; title: Ordinary, obscure, and laborious life; title: Enclosure as formative tool toward wisdom; title: Interior silence and formation; title: Formation of the heart; title: Solitude of the heart; title: Obedience "with a good soul"; title: Patience leads to self-transformation; title: Opportunities to exercise patience; title: Obstacles to overcome; title: Beware of "acedia"; title: Fighting the evil in our thoughts; title: Humility and exaltation in Christ; title: Compunction and compassion; title: Striving for the selfless love; title: Holding up the ideal before you; title: Call to perfection; title: Dispossession is to live by the Lord's strength; title: Quest for union with God; title: Presence and recognition of Christ; title: Jesus living through us; title: Inspirations from the life of Mary; title: Christ's redemptive grace and immaculate conception; title: Mother of all living by faith; title: Spending the fullness of time with Mary; title: Mary's yes planted in the heart of her child; title: Mary's assumption : after-death, key to life; title: Queen and mother of mercy; title: The many faces of Mary; title: Call on Mary, she forms our hearts; title: Inspiration from the saints; title: Saints : gifted with persevering faith; title: Aspire to become saints; title: The divine office as the prayer of Christ; title: The liturgy of the hours; title: Celebrating the divine office as sacrament; title: Intense attention at the liturgy; title: Conclusion: The monk on a night vigil.