Secret of the Heart: Spiritual Being: 2 (Monastic Wisdom Series, 2) - Softcover

Howe OCSO, Jean-Marie

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0879070021 ISBN 13: 9780879070021

Publisher: Liturgical Press, 2005

Synopsis

"The Secret" shared by Jean-Marie Howe, retired Cistercian Abbess of the Abbey of the Assumption in New Brunswick, is that through immersion in monastic life men and women enter into contact with the Mystery of Christ, a contact which takes place at the level of the heart and gives birth to spiritual being. To explain this transformation, she discusses prayer 'common prayer and personal prayer 'and the lectio divina, holy reading which feeds prayer. She does not shy away from tensions between the monastic and the secular worlds in which monks and nuns live. To elucidate what she calls "the essential" 'the secret of the heart which is spiritual being. Sister Jean-Marie employs a diverse array of materials (novels, film, music, and sculpture) in addition to traditional monastic values and doctrines.

About this title

About the Author

Jean-Marie Howe, (1927-2025) was born in Massachusetts, lived there and in New York City before entering Notre Dame de l’Assomption in 1954. She served as both Novice Mistress and Abbess before retiring in 1999. She had continued journeying toward the depths of her "heart" as the irresistible call of the "other Order" continued to catalyze that quest.

Edition details

• Publisher: Liturgical Press
• Publication date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0879070021
• ISBN 13: 9780879070021
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 96