Domestic Monastery: Creating Spiritual Life at Home

by Ronald Rolheiser

Book Overview

What is a monastery? A monastery is a place set apart--a place to learn the blessings of powerlessness, and that time is not ours but God's. Our home and our duties can, just like a monastery, teach us those things. The vocation of monastic men and women is to physically withdraw from the world. But the principle is equally valid for those of us who cannot go off to monasteries. Certain vocations offer the same kind of opportunity for contemplation,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 164060670X
• ISBN13: 9781640606708
• Release Date: March 2022
• Publisher: Paraclete Press (MA)
• Length: 112 Pages
• Weight: 0.22 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 4.8" x 6.7"