Silence, Solitude, Simplicity: A Hermit's Love Affair with a Noisy, Crowded, and Complicated WorldLiturgical Press, 2007 - 181 страница We all need God, Sister Jeremy says in her first sentence, and readers of all sorts will find here a warm and practical address to that need. The monastic way is not forsaking the world, but for the sake of the world, and Sister Jeremy's Benedictine wisdom is fundamental human wisdom. Her book is the fruit of decades of practice, and the spiritual journey she recounts is nobody's but hers 'which makes it, paradoxically, something from which everyone can learn. I did is much more effective teaching than one might or you should. There is nothing musty, cobwebbed, or nostalgic in these pages. Sister Jeremy, in her late 80s, is totally alert to the world around her and within us. She is allergic to sentimentality. Because she has spent so much time in silence 'she lived as a hermit for 20 years ' she is especially attentive to words and how like a chameleon they can be. Her antennae are sensitive to anything phony. Every sentence glows with her graceful and witty and hospitable spirit. She is an inspired teacher, a trustworthy guide, one of God's great ones. She shows how a monastic is not on a pedestal or behind a wall, but right in the thick of things with all of us. Jeremy Hal, OSB, is a member of Saint Benedict's Monastery, St. Joseph, Minnesota. She holds a doctorate in theology from Marquette University. Currently retired, Sister Jeremy taught theology at the College of St. Benedict/St. John's University and School of Theology 'seminary, and at Creighton University. She is the author of numerous articles as well as The Full Stature of Christ (Liturgical Press). Sister Jeremy lived as a hermit for twenty years. During that time she gained renown as a wellspring of wisdom and gifted retreat leader. |
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... Christian Education of the National Council of Churches of Christ in the U.S.A. Used with permission . All rights reserved . Cover design by David Manahan , OSB . Photo courtesy of iStockphoto.com and Maartje van Caspel . Photo of the ...
... Christ , one of God's great ones . In Sister Jeremy's company you will glimpse , as we have , the Christian life as W. H. Auden said it could be : " You will see rare beasts , and have unique adventures . " Patrick Henry Kathleen ...
... Christian or not , who desires a more balanced and holy life . As a compilation and distillation of years of Jeremy's retreat talks and musings , this volume is replete with gems . Her discovery that grati- tude is the flip side of ...
... Christ ( 72:11 ) . The whole of that brief chapter on good zeal is a distillation of desire as it is lived and shared in the community that Benedict envisions . The final chapter opens further vistas for those hastening along the way of ...
... Christian mystic Julian of Norwich , " as good as beholding " Though our God is a hidden God ( Isaiah 45:15 ) , Paul speaks of " the knowl- edge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ " ( 2 Corinthians 4 : 6 ) —the Christ who ...
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Solitude and Community | 85 |
Chapter 8 | 98 |
Chapter 9 | 109 |
Where Are You? | 123 |
What Are You Looking For? | 130 |
Who Do You Say That I | 138 |
Will You Turn Back and Live? | 143 |
Where Is Your Faith? | 151 |
Can You Drink This Cup? | 157 |
Do You Love Me? | 164 |
Grace Notes 5 15 21 39 61 62 | 168 |
Acknowledgments | 171 |
References | 172 |
Glossary | 180 |