The Freedom of Obedience: Carthusian Novice ConferencesCistercian Publications, 1998 - 177 pagine 'The spiritual centre of the human person, the self', writes the author, 'maintains its fundamental identity for the whole of life on earth and is destined for participation in the eternal life of God... The person is not a succession of separate points at the mercy of the conditions of the moment. God has given us a share in his power as creator, and to create ourselves through our liberty, to go beyond ourselves towards absolute values'. These reflections by a Carthusian novice master for those training for the life of silent love show that in the obedience born of love, one responds to the all encompassing, deeply intimate and sustaining love of God. |
Sommario
The Freedom of Love | 1 |
Religious Life in the Church | 11 |
Profession | 20 |
Forgetfulness and Creation | 23 |
Obedience in the Bible | 30 |
Obedience in St John | 41 |
Obedience in St Paul and in the Letter to the Hebrews | 47 |
Obedience in the Desert Fathers | 56 |
Obedience in the Renewed Statutes | 89 |
Marys Obedience | 103 |
Contemplative Obedience | 109 |
Authority in the Gospel | 112 |
Authority in Peter and Paul | 120 |
Spiritual Fatherhood | 126 |
Authority in the Church | 130 |
Authority According to the Renewed Statutes | 135 |
Obedience in Monasteries | 62 |
Evolution of the Practice of Obedience | 66 |
Obedience According to the Decree Perfectae Caritatis I | 75 |
Obedience According to the Decree Perfectae Caritatis II | 81 |
Notes on the Responsibilities of Superiors According to Group Psychology | 151 |
The Father Master of Novices in the History of Chartreuse | 161 |
Notes | 171 |
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