From Death to Life

Life is a journey best made day by day. In the fifth century, a young man by the name of Benedict took up a day-by-day journey in search of a more balanced way of living the Gospel life. Others began to join him. Benedict wrote a Rule of Life to guide the search. Using his wisdom from chapter 4 of the Rule of Benedict, this book proposes following the Instruments of Good Works as a way of walking through the days of the Easter season. It is a journey that reflects new life.

Father Noah J. Casey is a Roman Catholic priest of the Archdiocese of Indianapolis and presently serves as rector of Saints Peter and Paul Cathedral, Indianapolis, Indiana. He holds a master of divinity degree from Saint Meinrad School of Theology, a master of arts degree in religious studies from Indiana University, and a doctor of ministry degree in spiritual direction from the Weston School of Theology, now a part of Boston College. Throughout the thirty-six-year journey of priesthood, thirty of those years were spent as a monk of Saint Meinrad Archabbey, where he taught and practiced spiritual direction and administered the spiritual formation program of the College. During that period, he also served as president of the Midwest and, later, National Spiritual Directors Federation. He has conducted retreats, convocations, and a variety of presentations regarding the spiritual life across the United States and Western Europe.