Born from the Gaze of God: The Tibhirine Journal of a Martyr Monk (1993-1996): 37 (Monastic Wisdom Series) - Softcover

Lebreton OCSO, Christophe

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0879070374 ISBN 13: 9780879070373

Publisher: Cistercian Publications, 2014

Synopsis

Christophe Lebreton, aged forty-six, was the youngest of the seven Trappist monks assassinated in Algeria by terrorists in 1996. He was also the poet of the group. Anyone who was enthralled by the recent film Of Gods and Men should find in Brother Christophes Journal ample and deeply moving material for meditation on both the light and the darkness inherent in the human condition. The Journal begins in 1993, four months before the terrorists first visit to the monastery at Tibhirine, and it ends on 19 March 1996, just seven days before the monks abduction. Entry after entry touches readers both by its vivid sincerity and by the fresh and inventive quality of its poetic expression. Through these pages readers become privy to the daily events in the soul of a generous searcher after God under very trying conditions. His style is highly personal, playful, ardent, full of color and whimsy.

About this title

About the Author:

Sister Edith Scholl studied piano and composition at the University of Michigan, where she earned a bachelor of music degree. She entered Mount Saint Mary's Abbey in 1956. She is currently the prioress, teaches liturgy and Christian spirituality, and has written music for her community's liturgy. She has contributed articles to Hidden Springs and Peaceweavers, and an anthology of early Cistercian texts, In the School of Love (all published by Cistercian Publications).

About this edition

• Publisher: Cistercian Publications
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 0879070374
• ISBN 13: 9780879070373
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 256