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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... 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 — are reminis- cences of Sister Jeremy's early years that she wrote when living as a her- mit ...
... things , this desire can fade . Can we renew or reawaken it ? Desire is nourished by Scripture . The whole of the Old Testament is permeated by longing — for wisdom , for Jerusalem , for the temple , for knowledge of the word and the ...
... things . ( Psalm 107 : 9 ) Your name and your renown are the soul's desire . My soul yearns for you in the night , my spirit within me earnestly seeks you . ( Isaiah 26 : 8-9 ) Jeremiah's desire was a force in him greater than the ...
... things that " the strong have something to yearn for and the weak nothing to run from . " Among the tools of good works for the monk , Benedict includes yearn- ing " for everlasting life with holy desire " ( 4:46 ) and the aspiration to ...
... things and then enter into his glory ? " ( Luke 24:26 ) , and if we want to return to the Father in Jesus to that fullness of life that is glory — do we not have to undergo all this ? Or will we say with Peter , " God forbid ! " — and ...
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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 |