A Time to Die: Monks on the Threshold of Eternal Life

by Nicolas Diat and Cardinal Robert Sarah

Book Overview

Behind monastery walls, men of God spend their lives preparing for the passage of death. Best-selling French author Nicolas Diat set out to find what their deaths can reveal about the greatest mystery faced by everyone--the end of life.

How to die? How to respond to our fear of death? To answer these and other questions, Diat travelled to eight European monasteries including Solesmes Abbey and the Grande Chartreuse. Through extraordinary...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1621642747
• ISBN13: 9781621642749
• Release Date: June 2019
• Publisher: Ignatius Press
• Length: 174 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.2" x 7.9"