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Author: Brandon Withrow
Publisher: History Lives
Published: 2005-11-20
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781845500832
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Read about Gregory the Great, Boniface, Charlemagne, Constantine, Methodius, Vladimir, Anselm of Canterbury, Bernard of Clairvaux, Francis of Assisi, Thomas Aquinas, Catherine of Sienna, John Wyclif and John Hus.
Author: Marsha Sinetar
Publisher: Paulist Press
Published: 2007
Total Pages: 212
ISBN-13: 9780809142842
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →"An organizational psychologist looks at the stories of ordinary people who choose a solitary lifestyle to find wholeness and self actualization."--Publisher description.
Author: Charles R. Ringma
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Published: 2015-10-15
Total Pages: 567
ISBN-13: 1498209297
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Everywhere there are voices calling for a new Reformation, marked by a return to the older sources of Christian wisdom, and for drinking anew the inspiration of the Desert Fathers and Mothers, the church fathers, those from the monastic tradition and the medieval Christian mystics. This anthology of original sources in contemporary English, structured in a meditational mode, could well be the rich resource you are looking for in hearing the ancient Christian wisdom. Here are the deep wells of theological and spiritual insight that could guide you in walking a renewed path of faith in our precarious world. These voices from the past may well help you in living against the tide of late modernity with its rationality and utilitarianism that cannot sustain a well-lived and well-loved life. This book could sustain the hope for a renewed world through life lived in the presence of the healing and empowering God.
Author: Christine Valters Paintner
Publisher: Ave Maria Press
Published: 2016-04-29
Total Pages: 224
ISBN-13: 1933495944
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Popular author of eight books and abbess of the online retreat center Abbey of the Arts, Christine Valters Paintner explores how the lives and spirituality of twelve monks and mystics offer distinct patterns of thought that will lead you to a deeper understanding of your strengths and areas of growth and will guide you on the path to your true spiritual identity. In Illuminating the Way, Christine Valters Paintner takes you on a journey through your inner life accompanied by twelve great monks and mystics from the Christian tradition. Each figure invites you to discover the energy and potential of a particular archetype--the inner sage in Benedict; the inner visionary in Hildegard of Bingen; and the inner orphan in Dorothy Day. From the prophet Miriam of the Hebrew scriptures to twentieth century monk Thomas Merton, Paintner offers an array of challenging and enlivening models to explore. Paintner is beloved by readers for her creative practices, guided meditations, and beautiful prayers and poems, and she has included all of these elements in her new book to further explore the image associated with each mystic. Her insightful reflections on key selections of each mystic's writings will help you gain greater self-knowledge and experience a deeper encounter with God. Each chapter also includes a full-color painting of each monk or mystic by Marcy Hall with commentary by Paintner and scripture passages and mediations by Paintner's husband, John. Supplemental materials, including a CD with music, a DVD with movement prayers, and a book that includes images, poems, and music notations are available on Paintner's website AbbeyoftheArts.com.
Author: Marsha Sinetar
Publisher:
Published: 1986
Total Pages: 198
ISBN-13: 9780809127733
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →An organizational psychologist looks at the stories of ordinary people who choose a solitary lifestyle to find wholeness and self actualization.
Author: Charles R. Ringma
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Published: 2015-10-15
Total Pages: 440
ISBN-13: 1498209289
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Everywhere there are voices calling for a new Reformation, marked by a return to the older sources of Christian wisdom, and for drinking anew the inspiration of the Desert Fathers and Mothers, the church fathers, those from the monastic tradition and the medieval Christian mystics. This anthology of original sources in contemporary English, structured in a meditational mode, could well be the rich resource you are looking for in hearing the ancient Christian wisdom. Here are the deep wells of theological and spiritual insight that could guide you in walking a renewed path of faith in our precarious world. These voices from the past may well help you in living against the tide of late modernity with its rationality and utilitarianism that cannot sustain a well-lived and well-loved life. This book could sustain the hope for a renewed world through life lived in the presence of the healing and empowering God.
Author: Christine Valters Paintner
Publisher: Ave Maria Press
Published: 2020-04-03
Total Pages: 160
ISBN-13: 1932057218
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →How can we meet God in our everyday lives? In Earth, Our Original Monastery, Christine Valters Paintner, bestselling author and online abbess for Abbey of the Arts, shares how living contemplatively with an appreciation for the natural world can make you more aware of the presence of God in every aspect of your life. She explores monks, mystics, and saints who have experienced the goodness of the Divine in nature and invites you to find solace and spiritual revelation in the wonder of God’s creation. The purpose of contemplative living, Christine Valters Paintner suggests, is to allow you to integrate the pieces of your life within yourself, in your community, and in the world around you. When you pay attention to each moment, you nurture your ability to see God’s actions in those moments. In Earth, Our Original Monastery, Paintner invites you to begin the journey of contemplative living by focusing on the image of the earth as your original monastery—the place where you learn your most fundamental prayers, participate in each day’s liturgy of praise, and experience the wisdom of the seasons. Paintner provides seven ways of seeing the earth in light of faith and pairs each one with a practical invitation to a practice. These include: the earth as original cathedral—where you first learn to worship and feel God’s presence around us, paired with the practice of stability the earth as original saints—plants and animals live their calling without trying to be something they’re not and inspire you to do the same, paired with the practice of gratitude the earth as original icon—nature can serve as a window to the holy in the same way that icons do, paired with the practice of lament As you explore what these connections between the earth and faith mean for how to see God in the world around you, you can also look at saints and mystics who experienced nature and the flow of the divine in similar ways.
Author: Robert Ullman
Publisher: Mango Media
Published: 2001-10-01
Total Pages: 398
ISBN-13: 1609253159
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Commune with these thirty-four unique stories of the moment of enlightenment from ancient and modern masters, and find oneness and absolute freedom. From the Buddha’s experience under the Bodhi tree to Eckhart Tolle’s realization of the “power of now,” Mystics, Masters, Saints, and Sages brings together stories and writings on moments of spiritual enlightenment by ancient and modern masters. With selections from religious traditions including Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism, Judaism, Bahá’i, and Sufism, this collection provides a broad spectrum of spiritual awakenings throughout time. Read and be inspired by depictions of divine grace and self-realization from as close to the source as possible. With a foreword by His Holiness the Dalai Lama Praise for Mystics, Masters, Saints, and Sages “Sanctity, spiritual wisdom, and mysticism are universal, found in all traditions. The Ullmans have produced an inter-spiritual book exploring the fruit of this universal human development. It is a work of beauty, inspiration, and instruction, at once practical and useful for everyone’s inner journey.”— Wayne Teasdale, author of The Mystic Heart “This noble book is a treasury of transcendent realizations, attain through a variety of spiritual paths. May all who read it find the inspiration to practice fully their chosen path until its very pinnacle is reached.”— H. E. Chagdud Tulku Rinpoche, author of Lord of the Dance: Autobiography of a Tibetan Lama
Author: Thomas Merton
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Published: 1999-11-29
Total Pages: 384
ISBN-13: 1429944005
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Thomas Merton was recognized as one of those rare Western minds that are entirely at home with the Zen experience. In this collection, he discusses diverse religious concepts-early monasticism, Russian Orthodox spirituality, the Shakers, and Zen Buddhism-with characteristic Western directness. Merton not only studied these religions from the outside but grasped them by empathy and living participation from within. "All these studies," wrote Merton, "are united by one central concern: to understand various ways in which men of different traditions have conceived the meaning and method of the 'way' which leads to the highest levels of religious or of metaphysical awareness."
