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By describing monks' daily meals, manual tasks, traditional chants, relationships with others, and their passions and temptations, this literary tour of a monastery throws the characteristic elements of the monastic vocation into relief and emphasizes its fundamental principle: a life dedicated to the search of God. This revelatory guide answers questions such as What happens behind the doors of a monastery? What is an average day like for a monk? What does it mean to live as part of a community? Is silence mandatory? and What is it like living in celibacy and poverty on a daily basis? This…mehr

Produktbeschreibung
By describing monks' daily meals, manual tasks, traditional chants, relationships with others, and their passions and temptations, this literary tour of a monastery throws the characteristic elements of the monastic vocation into relief and emphasizes its fundamental principle: a life dedicated to the search of God. This revelatory guide answers questions such as What happens behind the doors of a monastery? What is an average day like for a monk? What does it mean to live as part of a community? Is silence mandatory? and What is it like living in celibacy and poverty on a daily basis? This vivid account presents the art of living a life in contemplation and serenity and its profound humanistic and spiritual impact. A través de la descripción del desarrollo de las comidas de los monjes, los trabajos manuales, los cantos, las relaciones con los demás y sus pasiones y tentaciones, esta visita literaria al interior de un monasterio pone de relieve los elementos característicos de la vocación monástica y enfatiza su principio fundamental: una vida dedicada a la búsqueda de Dios. Esta guía reveladora contesta preguntas como ¿Qué sucede detrás de las sólidas puertas de un monasterio? ¿Cómo discurre la jornada de un monje? ¿Qué significa vivir en comunidad? ¿Es obligatorio el silencio? y ¿Cómo se vive cotidianamente el celibato y la pobreza? Este relato vivido del arte de vivir en la contemplación y la serenidad y su impresionante profundamente humanístico y espiritual.
Autorenporträt
Prior Jean-Pierre Longeat is the abbot at Ligugé Abbey in France.