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Title: A Guide to Living in the Truth: Saint Benedict's Teaching on Humility by Michael Casey ISBN: 0-7648-0739-0 Publisher: Triumph Books Pub. Date: April, 2001 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.5 (2 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Up the Down Staircase
Comment: In recent years a spate of popular books about monasticism has appeared, some tending to trivialize this relatively rare vocation, others subtly romanticizing it. In contrast, A Guide to Living in the Truth is one of the more realistic books in the genre.
Monk and scholar Michael Casey focuses on the foundational virtue of humility, the subject of the seventh chapter of St. Benedict's Rule. After briefly considering what humility is not (passivity, self-hatred, or mere resignation), Casey provides a meditative, line-by-line commentary, drawing from sources as diverse as St. Bernard of Clairvaux and Albert Camus to clarify the sixth-century text.
The reader may feel some resistance to the message of this book. St. Benedict's view of human nature is unflinching, and his emphasis on the effort required to purge our selfishness is not for the faint-hearted. But Casey does an admirable job of framing Benedictine spirituality in the contexts of common sense, psychological insight, and the mercy of God.
Rather humbly, Casey largely leaves the reader to apply this ancient wisdom to less cloistered lifestyles. But be advised. You may find that this thoughtful introduction to the heart of the Church's original twelve-step program changes your spiritual life more than you expected.
Rating: 5
Summary: The truth about humility
Comment: Michael Casey (Trappist monk of Tarrawarra Abbey in Australia) turns a seemingly specialized topic into a readable and helpful book suitable for anyone seriously involved in the spiritual life. HUMILITY is not a popular term, often confused with humiliation. Drawing on the word's connection to its root (meaning "earth"), Casey treats humility as the result of deep self-knowledge: who you are, who you are not, and who you are in relationship to God. Drawing on insights from modern psychology, he considers the 12 steps in St. Benedict's ladder of humility as 12 ways of moving towards integration and transformation. Readers who are familiar with Benedictine spirituality will gain the most from this book, but it has much to offer the general reader.
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Title: Toward God: The Ancient Wisdom of Western Prayer by Michael Casey ISBN: 0892438908 Publisher: Triumph Books Pub. Date: April, 1996 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: Sacred Reading: The Ancient Art of Lectio Divina by Michael Casey ISBN: 0892438916 Publisher: Triumph Books Pub. Date: April, 1996 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: A Monk in the World: Cultivating a Spiritual Life by Wayne Teasdale, Ken Wilber ISBN: 1577311817 Publisher: New World Library Pub. Date: May, 2002 List Price(USD): $22.95 |
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Title: The Power of Humility: Why Humility Must Be at the Heart of Your Spiritual Life - And How to Make It So by Canice, Canice Humility, Canice Bourke ISBN: 1928832458 Publisher: Sophia Inst Pr Pub. Date: 01 February, 2002 List Price(USD): $10.95 |
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Title: The Benedictine Handbook by Anthony Marett-Crosby ISBN: 0814627900 Publisher: Liturgical Press Pub. Date: August, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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