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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... 28 Prayer 32 Lectio 35 19 Chapter 4 Fruits of Monastic Life 42 Service 43 Reconciliation and Healing 49 Peace 54 PART II : DESERT SPIRITUALITY Chapter 5 The Desert : Place of Meeting 59 Chapter 6 Silence and the Word 72 Chapter 7 Solitude.
... monastic manner of life . And it goes back even farther . Sister Jeremy has drunk deep at the wells of wisdom , laced with humor , of those ascetics who flocked to the deserts of Egypt and Syria in the two centuries before Benedict ...
... monastic persons , but what she knows is something millions of people in recent years have come to understand . The monastic way is not forsak- ing the world , but for the sake of the world , and Benedictine wisdom is fundamental human ...
... monastic's answers put her , not on a pedestal or behind a wall , but right in the thick of things with all of us . Now and then in this book you will encounter pages with a lightly shaded background . The words — some of them poems ...
... monastic life — and it is a true mystery , not merely a paradox — is one that we also encounter in the life and work of Sister Jeremy Hall . I first had the privilege of meeting Sister Jeremy in the fall of 1990 , when she was ...
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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 |