To Prefer Nothing to Christ
The Monastic Mission of the English Benedictine Congregation
1st Edition
Published on 4. October 2016
110 pages
978-0-8146-4646-5 (ISBN)
Description
Monastic life involves a continual return to the Gospel and this exploration begins on the road to Emmaus, in the company of downhearted disciples who were astonished to discover the Lord in their midst. Inviting the reader to a renewed encounter with the Lord on the road, this book explores the Rule of Saint Benedict and illustrates how the English Benedictine Congregation is responding to Christs call today. It will inspire all clergy, religious and lay people who value the consecrated life.
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Content
- Intro
- Titlepage
- Copyright
- Contents
- Foreword: Abbot John Klassen, OSB
- Introduction: Called and Chosen [§§ 1-10]
- Chapter One: Monastic CONSECRATION in the English Congregation [§§ 11-37]
- The Word who calls [§§ 13-14]
- Encounter and journey with Jesus [§§ 15-17]
- Encountering Jesus in monastic community [§§ 18-19]
- Spiritual paternity [§§ 20-23]
- Formation and growth to our full stature in Christ [§§ 24-27]
- Monastic profession [§§ 28-32]
- Evangelical counsels, evangelical lives [§§ 33-37]
- Chapter Two: Monastic COMMUNION in the English Congregation [§§ 38-89]
- Part 1: A theology of monastic communion [§§ 41-51]
- Church and monastery as communion [§§ 41-43]
- Monastic communion reflects the life of the holy Trinity in the Church [§§ 44-46]
- Monastic communion as a fruit of the resurrection of Jesus [§§ 47-48]
- Monastic communion and sharing in the self-emptying of Christ [§§ 49-51]
- Part 2: A school of communion [§ 52-76]
- The daily experience of monastic communion [§§ 53-57]
- Supporting monastic communion [§§ 58-67]
- Leadership in promoting monastic communion [§§ 59-61]
- Consultation, decision, discernment [§§ 62-64]
- Monastic enclosure [§§ 65-67]
- Nourishing monastic communion [§§ 68-76]
- Eucharist and Liturgy of the Hours [§ 69]
- Lectio divina and personal prayer [§§ 70-72]
- Praying at all times
- praying for all people [§ 73]
- A contemplative life in communion [§§ 74-76]
- Part 3: Monastic integrity and communion [§§ 77-86]
- Part 4: Communion and solidarity in the EBC [§§ 87-89]
- Chapter Three: Monastic COMMISSION in the English Congregation [§§ 90-133]
- Monastic consecration for the sake of mission [§§ 95-100]
- Monastic communion for the sake of mission [§§ 101-4]
- Mission and the work of the monastery [§§ 105-28]
- Monastic hospitality as a means of evangelisation [§§ 112-14]
- The monastery within the local church [§§ 115-16]
- Pastoral mission and English Benedictine monasticism [§§ 117-21]
- Educational mission and English Benedictine monasticism [§§ 122-28]
- Source and summit of monastic life [§§ 129-33]
- Afterword: To Wake Up the World [§§ 134-38]
- References Used in the Statement
