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'We monks pray, study, work...and stay put. But, as I have found, such a simple routine can echance and bring to the surface of one's heart those things that are the essence of life. Faith, hope and charity are what human beings really hunger for. Nothing else really matters. The monastic life is nothing but an expression of and an attempt to live what really matters.' With these words aspiring Trappist monk James Stephen Behrens begins his fresh, down-to-earth reflections on how modern monasticism can have a powerful impact on the life and spirituality of people living far beyond cloister walls. Behren's 'lessons' are presented through a collection of delightfully interesting stories drawn from everyday events in the lives of the monks at the Monastery of the Holy Spirit in Conyers, Georgia.
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