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Solitude and Silence: The Cloister of the Heart

"Solitude and Silence: The Cloister of the Heart" by Thomas à Kempis guides you to incorporate the monastic pillars of solitude and silence into your daily life. Encouraging reflection and contemplation, this 80-page hardcover book teaches laypersons how to cultivate these habits for a deeper spiritual connection and conversation with God. Embrace the grace of contemplative prayer through these transformative practices.
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  • Thought-provoking and beautiful work
  • Why & how to incorporate solitude & silence into everyday life
  • Teaches the 2 pillars of monastic life to laypersons
  • Encouragement to cultivate these two habits no matter your state in life

What can the lay person learn from the life of a monk? Solitude and Silence are two pillars of monastic life that many people quickly point to as the hardest and most confusing parts of this kind of religious consecration. However, the great spiritual writer Thomas à Kempis, author of The Imitation of Christ, helps us to understand that all Christians are called to some solitude and silence in our lives while not taking on a complete eremitical life. He recommends the systematic and intentional incorporation of solitude and silence in a manner which is consistent with each one’s vocation and state of life. 

It is important for us to cultivate these two habits in order to enter into contemplation and conversation with God. This vision of God may also be experienced (to varying degrees) even in this world, through the grace of contemplative prayer. And silence and solitude are the hallowed doors through which one must pass to arrive at this delightful and serene state of holy contemplation.

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1011787
ISBN:
9781505128000