Seeking God
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- Synopsis
- How laypeople can live according to the Rule of St. Benedict. Benedictine spirituality, de Waal reminds us, is grounded in the idea that God's presence is everywhere, and that it is our job to seek it out, remembering that the material and the spiritual are not distinct and separate realms, but that even our most ordinary manual work "is to be a constant reminder of the reality of the Incarnation." To live in the holistic manner envisioned by St. Benedict, de Waal says, is to live knowing that "God does not demand the unusual, spectacular, the heroic," but rather "that I do the most ordinary, often dreary and humdrum things that face me each day with a loving openness that will allow them to become my own immediate way to God." This is the monastic way, in the traditions of both Christianity and Buddhism, yet it is also a way that is open to anyone.
- Copyright:
- 2001
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Excellent
- Book Size:
- 163 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9780814613887
- Publisher:
- N/A
- Date of Addition:
- 09/11/07
- Copyrighted By:
- Liturgical Press
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Nonfiction, Biographies and Memoirs, Religion and Spirituality
- Submitted By:
- Rebecca DeGeorge
- Proofread By:
- Larry Honaker
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.