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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... called this brief journal " Grace Notes , " and we have included the extracts because we believe that is pre- cisely what they are . It has been our privilege and honor to edit Sister Jeremy's words , written at different times and for ...
... called " the Doctor of Desire . " He speaks in his homilies of holy desire as a yearning for God that is rooted in human nature itself , a basic orientation to God , whose redeemed image we are . It could be called a homing instinct ...
... called into the journey and graced for it . Not just in imitation of Christ or even in the common understanding of fol- lowing Christ , but really , mystically in Christ . Our paschal journey , our exodus , is to be accomplished in ...
... called a paschal triptych . It is not so explicit in that final chapter ( 73 ) , but Bene- dict does surely imply the paschal journey when he speaks of " the true way to reach the Creator " ( 73.4 ) and the need for Christ's help to ...
... called " si- lence , and in RB 1980 it is entitled " restraint of speech . " If one were not translating a title but making one up out of the whole cloth of the Rule , it might well be " Reverence for Speech . " Benedict does legislate ...
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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 |