Author: Joan Chittister, OSB
Paperback, 6 x 9 inches, 82 pages.

Book Notes

Is there a clear beacon for our darkening but beautiful world? Joan Chittister point to the fifth century, when a single monk chose to live a life that made the world new. Chittister creatively accents core values from the Rule of Saint Benedict and retells the stories from Benedict's life with penetrating insight, giving prophetic witness to the wisdom, challenge, and direction of the Benedictine charism (vision) for our time. Her words are illuminated by stories and sayings from onastic lore that are tried by time and tradition.

The book is subtitled "because there is a monk in all of us." And isn't it true? Isn't each of us a solitary seeker of God? Don't all of us set out on a journey pressing to our hearts the burning question: How shall we live?