Veinticuatro Horas de la Vida de Un Monje [Spanish]

By Jean-Pierre Longeat

By describing monks' daily meals, manual tasks, traditional chants, relationships with others, and their passions and temptations, this literary tour of a monastery throws the characteristic elements of the monastic vocation into relief and emphasizes its fundamental principle: a life dedicated to the search of God. This revelatory guide answers questions such as What happens behind the doors of a monastery? What is an average day like for a monk? What does it mean to live as part of a community? Is silence mandatory? and What is it like living in celibacy and poverty on a daily basis? This vivid account presents the art of living a life in contemplation and serenity and its profound humanistic and spiritual impact. A trav?s de la descripci?n del desarrollo de las comidas de los monjes, los trabajos manuales, los cantos, las relaciones con los dem?s y sus pasiones y tentaciones, esta visita literaria al interior de un monasterio pone de relieve los elementos caracter?sticos de la vocaci?n mon?stica y enfatiza su principio fundamental: una vida dedicada a la b?squeda de Dios. Esta gu?a reveladora contesta preguntas como Qu? sucede detr?s de las s?lidas puertas de un monasterio? C?mo discurre la jornada de un monje? Qu? significa vivir en comunidad? Es obligatorio el silencio? y C?mo se vive cotidianamente el celibato y la pobreza? Este relato vivido del arte de vivir en la contemplaci?n y la serenidad y su impresionante profundamente human?stico y espiritual.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: Spanish
• ISBN: 8472456919
• ISBN13: 9788472456914
• Release Date: September 2009
• Publisher: Editorial Kairos
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.0" x 7.6"