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CHRIST: THE IDEAL OF A MONKWhether you're a monk or a layman, Abbot Columba Marmion, will help you understand the nature of the perfection to which God has called you. Abbot Marmion also wanted this book (as he explained in 1922) to increase "the esteem of the religious vocation sometimes misunderstood by our age; to help some chosen ones to realize in themselves the call of grace, or to triumph over the obstacles that natural affections or the spirit of the world oppose to its call." Part 1: General view of the monastic ideal and institution. Part 2: Monastic perfection following the Rule of St Benedict. 463 pp. Sewn hardcover, index. By Dom Columba Marmion, OSB We are pupils of the Lord’s service––we belong to the school of Jesus Christ. Our willingness to listen and to be formed by God’s Word is what constitutes us as members of Christ’s school. As long as our fervor remains intact we continue as learners. This image is not intended to emphasize our status as non-proficient as though we were to remain immature all our lives. It means that as individuals and as members of an order, monastics are striving to acquire only one skill––to learn Christ. What other desire is at the heart of the vocation of every fervent Christian? - Transitus Oblates of the Last Martyrdom: School (The School of Jesus Christ) Our religion can honor God only when it becomes part of Christ’s religion, that is, insofar as it is united with the homage, adoration, praise, and offering which are continually rising up from the heart of Christ to His heavenly Father. - Transitus Oblates of the Last Martyrdom: School (Christ's Religion) Price: $32.00 |