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A Light to Enlighten the Darkness: Daily Readings for Meditation during the Winter Season (Volume 227) (Cistercian Studies Series) - Softcover

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9780879072278: A Light to Enlighten the Darkness: Daily Readings for Meditation during the Winter Season (Volume 227) (Cistercian Studies Series)
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ISBN 10: 087907227X ISBN 13: 9780879072278
Publisher: Liturgical Press, 2008

Synopsis

God is light, says Saint John, and in him there is no darkness at all. this is a terrifying concept, for it means that in the presence of God there is no concealment, no hiding place, and all our manifold imperfections are revealed in that shadowless and, in one sense, merciless light. Yet if we have the light of Christ in our heart, it is there to shine both for ourselves and for others. If, by the light of God's grace, we are enabled to see more clearly, it is so that we may see more clearly how we may serve our neighbour. If God is the life-giving light which instructs our minds by his wisdom and truth, that is not for our own selfish enjoyment. 

Few of us are ‘natural mystics’. The spiritual path in general, and the monastic spiritual path in particular, is not an unending quest for ‘spiritual highs’ and paramystical phenomena. It is, rather, an unending quest for God.

Emma Cazabonne compiled her selections on philophosia, the love of light, over twenty years of lectio divina and a fascination with similarities between Cistercian and Orthodox traditions.

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About the Author

David N. Bell (1943-2025) was professor emeritus of religious studies and dean of theology at Queen's College, St. John's, Newfoundland, and canon theologian in the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist in St. John's. He is the author of a number of books published by Cistercian Publications, including The Very Devout Meditations attributed to Bernard of Clairvaux, Handmaid of the Lord: Mary, the Cistercians, and Armand-Jean de Rancé (CS293, 2021), Everyday Life at La Trappe under Armand-Jean de Rancé (CS274, 2018), and A Saint in the Sun: Praising Saint Bernard in the France of Louis XIV (CS271, 2017).

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Publisher
Liturgical Press
Publication date
2008
Language
English
ISBN 10 
087907227X
ISBN 13 
9780879072278
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
152
Editor
Cazabonne Emma
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