Centered on Christ: A Guide to Monastic Profession: 5 (Monastic Wisdom) - Softcover

Roberts OCSO, Augustine

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0879070749 ISBN 13: 9780879070748

Publisher: Cistercian Publications, 2005

Synopsis

Hidden in every human heart is a "monk." For men and women in the cloister and in the world, Augustine Roberts explores the inner meaning of the conversatio morum, conversion of life, that underlies Benedictine life. The first, Spanish, edition of this book drew heavily on novitiate notes by Thomas Merton; in this third, completely revised edition, the author takes into account two new factors—Vita Consecrata, Pope John Paul II's 1996 Apostolic Exhortation, and the postmodern secularization which has deeply affected Christians. By clarifying various aspects of monastic living, Augustine Roberts explains how the signs of monastic living and commitments of monastic profession relate to the "evangelical counsels," Jesus's invitation to leave all things and follow him.

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About the Author

Augustine Roberts, OCSO, has been a Trappist monk since the early 1950s. After serving as abbot of St. Joseph's Abbey in Spencer, Massachusetts, he became Procurator General of the Trappist Order. In the 1960s he was one of the founders of the first abbey of his Order in South America, later serving as its abbot. Today he is a much sought-after guide, called to help many communities in the delicate task of adapting the perennial monastic way of life to the needs of the twenty-first century.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cistercian Publications
• Publication date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0879070749
• ISBN 13: 9780879070748
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 352