The Way of the Heart
Liturgical Press (Verlag)
978-0-87907-335-0 (ISBN)
Based on a wide variety of interviews, printed sources, and Dom André Louf’s spiritual journal, The Way of the Heart narrates Louf’s spiritual journey from his childhood in Flanders through his becoming a monk in a Cistercian monastery, his ten years of retirement as a hermit in a Benedictine monastery in the south of France, and his death. Throughout his life he periodically struggled with conflicting vocational desires—sometimes wishing to serve as a pastor, academic, abbot, or to immerse himself in eremitic contemplation. That struggle is the leading thread through this biography, which portrays a man whose immense gifts pulled him in many directions, while always endeavoring to submit himself to God’s will.
Charles Wright is a French writer, journalist, and a former Jesuit novice. His earlier book, Le Chemin des Estives, narrates his journey through the Massif Central, in south-central France. That book won the fourth annual Prix de la liberté intérieure in 2021. Brian Kerns, OCSO, is a monk at the Abbey of the Genesee in upper New York state. He spent five years at Genesee’s foundation of Novo Mundo in Parana, Brazil. For many years he worked in the libraries of Genesee and Novo Mundo. He has translated two previous works with Cistercian Publications: Dom Gabriel Sortais, an Amazing Abbot in Turbulent Times (2006), and the six volumes of Gregory the Great’s Moral Reflections on the Book of Job (2014–2017).
Contents
Translator’s Preface xi
Introduction xiii
Chapter 1 Infancy of a Contemplative 1
Chapter 2 “All Is done, and All Begins” 21
Chapter 3 The Roman Escape 37
Chapter 4 Discovering the Internal Man 47
Chapter 5 The Grace of Collectanea 57
Chapter 6 A Solitary Soul 67
Chapter 7 Habemus Abbatem 85
Chapter 8 A Flemish Staretz 99
Chapter 9 The Exegete of Aggiornamento 107
Chapter 10 The Book of Experience 125
Chapter 11 Spiritual Accompaniment 143
Chapter 12 A Carthusian Heart 169
Chapter 13 A Hesychast Abbot 187
Chapter 14 Toward the One Undivided Church 205
Chapter 15 Oracle of the Trappist Order 225
Chapter 16 Renunciation 247
Chapter 17 The Hermit of Saint-Lioba 261
Epilogue 285
Sources 295
General Bibliography 309
Notes of Gratitude 315
| Erscheinungsdatum | 24.09.2024 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Monastic Wisdom Series |
| Übersetzer | Brian Kerns OCSO |
| Verlagsort | Collegeville, MN |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 140 x 216 mm |
| Gewicht | 709 g |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte |
| Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik | |
| Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Kirchengeschichte | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-87907-335-7 / 0879073357 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-87907-335-0 / 9780879073350 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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