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From New Melleray Abbey
COME AND SEE
The Monastic Way for Today
A look inside the mind of a Trappist monk. The monastic vision of Abbot Brendan Freeman (New Melleray Abbey in Peosta, Iowa) is rooted in the 4th century Desert Fathers but filled with modern relevance. As you read this book you will meet great themes of monastic life such as silence, solitude, community life and prayer. You will search for your most authentic self -- the self Thomas Merton saw as the center of our being and a point of pure truth. There is also a subtheme running through ancient monasticism that conceives of the monastery as a hospital -- a place for healing the soul, the spirit and the heart. Paperback 202 pages.
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