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Monastic Practices(Updated)
(Monastic Wisdom Series)
by Charles Cummings Ocso
Paperback, 210 Pages, Published 2015 by Cistercian Publications
ISBN-13: 978-0-87907-050-2, ISBN: 0-87907-050-1

"For three decades, Monastic Practices has been a valued resource for English-speaking aspirants to monastic life. In this revised edition, updated and expanded, Charles Cummings, OCSO, explores the common practices of the monastic life in order to rediscover them as viable means of leading persons to a deeper encounter with God. How do monks and nuns occupy themselves throughout the day? Have they modernized their lifestyle or is it sti ..."

Monastic Practices(1st Edition)
(Cistercian Studies Series)
by Charles Cummings Ocso, Ocgo Cummings Charles
Paperback, 217 Pages, Published 1986 by Cistercian
ISBN-13: 978-0-87907-975-8, ISBN: 0-87907-975-4

"The author, a Trappist monk, describes the spiritual life of monastics in general with emphasis on the Trappist life. Contents: ? Introduction ? Sacred reading ? Liturgical prayer ? Work ? Customs ? Monastic decorum ? Silence ? Short prayers ? Self-discipline ? Watching ? Community & communications ? The Monastic cell ? Stability ? From death to life ? Notes"

The Name of Jesus
(Cistercian Studies)
by Irenee Hausherr Sj, Charles Cummings Ocso, Charles Cummings
Paperback, 358 Pages, Published 1978 by Cistercian Publications
ISBN-13: 978-0-87907-944-4, ISBN: 0-87907-944-4

""Pray continually," Scripture exhorts. "Do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus." Striving to obey, christian monks of the East joined adoration and compunction in unceasing prayer. In the course of fourteen centuries, they developed what some have called 'the only perfect way of prayer,' the Jesus Prayer: Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me (a sinner)."