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Sto caricando le informazioni... A Time to Die: Monks on the Threshold of Eternal Life (edizione 2019)di Nicolas Diat (Autore)
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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. My four-star, rather than five-star, rating is mainly due to the halting quality of the translation, which perhaps could not be avoided. It probably flows better in the original French. Still, this is a beautiful book that feels like a retreat in itself, time well spent with those in religious houses who have died and those who remember the deaths, peaceful and otherwise, of their beloved confreres. Is death the visit of the Grim Reaper or the gentle arrival of Our Lord, Our Lady, and/or saints and angels to peacefully gather the soul of the brother? Is death to be feared or welcomed, perhaps as a warm bus picking one up along a snowy road? The answers are varied, but death in the context of vowed religious life has much to teach us who strive out in the world and tend to view death as at least a little tragic. Well worth reading. As one of the late monks had said, "I'm not waiting for death; I'm waiting for Life." ( ) nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
Religion & Spirituality.
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HTML: Behind monastery walls, men of God spend their lives preparing for the passage of death. Best-selling French author Nicolas Diat set out to find what their deaths can reveal about the greatest mystery faced by everyoneâ??the end of life. How to die? How to respond to our fear of death? To answer these and other questions, Diat travelled to eight European monasteries including Solesmes Abbey and the Grande Chartreuse. Through extraordinary interviews with monks, he learned that their death experiences are varied and unique, with elements of peace, pain, humility, sorrow, and joy. These monks have the same fears, torments, and sorrows as everyone else, Diat discovered. What is exemplary about them is their humility and simplicity. When death approaches, and its hand reveals its strength, they are like happy and naïve children who wait with impatience to open a gift. They have complete confidence in the mercy of God. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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Google Books — Sto caricando le informazioni... GeneriSistema Decimale Melvil (DDC)236.1Religions Christian doctrinal theology Eschatology; Death; Judgment DeathClassificazione LCVotoMedia:
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