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The Rule of Saint Benedict (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as monastic)
avg rating 4.00 — 8,632 ratings — published 530
The Name of the Rose (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as monastic)
avg rating 4.14 — 407,029 ratings — published 1980
The Seven Storey Mountain (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as monastic)
avg rating 4.08 — 21,489 ratings — published 1948
The Cloister Walk (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as monastic)
avg rating 4.05 — 9,000 ratings — published 1996
A Canticle for Leibowitz (St. Leibowitz, #1)
by (shelved 6 times as monastic)
avg rating 3.99 — 123,941 ratings — published 1959
The Cistercian World: Monastic Writings of the Twelfth Century (Penguin Classics)
by (shelved 5 times as monastic)
avg rating 3.84 — 58 ratings — published 1993
How to Be a Monastic and Not Leave Your Day Job: An Invitation to Oblate Life (Voices from the Monastery)
by (shelved 4 times as monastic)
avg rating 3.85 — 248 ratings — published 2006
The Ladder of Monks (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 4 times as monastic)
avg rating 4.54 — 97 ratings — published 2012
In This House of Brede (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as monastic)
avg rating 4.36 — 7,124 ratings — published 1969
The Sayings of the Desert Fathers: The Alphabetical Collection (Cistercian Studies, #59)
by (shelved 4 times as monastic)
avg rating 4.31 — 3,631 ratings — published 1975
Spiritual Friendship (Cistercian Fathers 5)
by (shelved 4 times as monastic)
avg rating 4.22 — 620 ratings — published 1974
Monk Habits for Everyday People: Benedictine Spirituality for Protestants (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as monastic)
avg rating 4.00 — 391 ratings — published 2007
St. Benedict's Toolbox: The Nuts and Bolts of Everyday Benedictine Living (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as monastic)
avg rating 4.19 — 203 ratings — published 2005
Wisdom Distilled from the Daily: Living the Rule of St. Benedict Today (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as monastic)
avg rating 4.34 — 961 ratings — published 1990
Seeking God: The Way of St. Benedict (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as monastic)
avg rating 4.30 — 722 ratings — published 1984
Living with Contradiction: An Introduction to Benedictine Spirituality (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as monastic)
avg rating 4.37 — 238 ratings — published 1989
Finding Sanctuary: Monastic Steps for Everyday Life (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as monastic)
avg rating 4.12 — 680 ratings — published 2006
The Love of Learning and the Desire for God: A Study of Monastic Culture (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as monastic)
avg rating 4.31 — 271 ratings — published 1960
Stone Yard Devotional (ebook)
by (shelved 3 times as monastic)
avg rating 3.69 — 34,847 ratings — published 2023
The Shattering of Loneliness: On Christian Remembrance (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 3 times as monastic)
avg rating 4.29 — 427 ratings — published
A Psalm for the Wild-Built (Monk & Robot, #1)
by (shelved 3 times as monastic)
avg rating 4.20 — 208,132 ratings — published 2021
Illuminations (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as monastic)
avg rating 3.99 — 5,083 ratings — published 2012
A Time to Keep Silence (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as monastic)
avg rating 3.85 — 2,032 ratings — published 1953
The Way of Silent Love (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as monastic)
avg rating 4.39 — 18 ratings — published 1993
Dragon's Wine and Angel's Bread: The Teaching of Evagrius Ponticus on Anger and Meekness (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as monastic)
avg rating 4.42 — 62 ratings — published 1999
The Praktikos & Chapters on Prayer (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as monastic)
avg rating 4.18 — 197 ratings — published 380
Sacred Reading: The Ancient Art of Lectio Divina (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as monastic)
avg rating 4.15 — 354 ratings — published 1996
Toward God: The Ancient Wisdom of Western Prayer (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as monastic)
avg rating 4.29 — 142 ratings — published 1996
On the Religious Life (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as monastic)
avg rating 4.37 — 19 ratings — published 1885
Music of Silence: A Sacred Journey Through the Hours of the Day (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as monastic)
avg rating 4.27 — 259 ratings — published 2001
On Contemplating God, Prayer, Meditations (Cistercian Fathers Series) (Volume 3)
by (shelved 3 times as monastic)
avg rating 4.42 — 12 ratings — published 1970
The Golden Epistle: A Letter to the Brethren at Mont Dieu (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as monastic)
avg rating 4.21 — 38 ratings — published 1145
The Artist's Rule: Nurturing Your Creative Soul with Monastic Wisdom (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as monastic)
avg rating 4.28 — 392 ratings — published 2011
The Road to Eternal Life: Reflections on the Prologue of Benedict's Rule (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 2 times as monastic)
avg rating 4.55 — 67 ratings — published 2011
Truthful Living: Saint Benedict's Teaching on Humility (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as monastic)
avg rating 4.43 — 7 ratings — published 1999
Reclaiming Humility: Four Studies in the Monastic Tradition (Cistercian Studies Series) (Volume 255)
by (shelved 2 times as monastic)
avg rating 4.33 — 9 ratings — published 2015
Into the Silent Land: A Guide to the Christian Practice of Contemplation (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as monastic)
avg rating 4.16 — 2,873 ratings — published 2006
No Man Is an Island (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as monastic)
avg rating 4.16 — 5,388 ratings — published 1955
Chastity: Reconciliation of the Senses (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as monastic)
avg rating 4.48 — 472 ratings — published
Notebooks of a Wandering Monk (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as monastic)
avg rating 4.41 — 128 ratings — published 2021
Haven (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as monastic)
avg rating 3.42 — 12,100 ratings — published 2022
The Tombs of Atuan (Earthsea Cycle, #2)
by (shelved 2 times as monastic)
avg rating 4.14 — 141,621 ratings — published 1970
The Corner That Held Them (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as monastic)
avg rating 3.90 — 2,197 ratings — published 1948
Agatha of Little Neon (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as monastic)
avg rating 3.96 — 5,924 ratings — published 2021
Entering the Twofold Mystery: On Christian Conversion (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as monastic)
avg rating 4.30 — 61 ratings — published
The Monastery of the Heart: An Invitation to a Meaningful Life (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as monastic)
avg rating 4.26 — 374 ratings — published 2011
Matrix (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as monastic)
avg rating 3.67 — 70,382 ratings — published 2021
Embracing Solitude: Women and New Monasticism (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 2 times as monastic)
avg rating 3.50 — 4 ratings — published 2013
In Praise of the Useless Life: A Monk’s Memoir (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as monastic)
avg rating 4.04 — 304 ratings — published 2018
Saint Benedict on the Freeway: A Rule of Life for the 21st Century (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as monastic)
avg rating 3.86 — 36 ratings — published 2001
“By reading the scriptures I am so renewed that all nature seems renewed around me and with me. The sky seems to be a pure, a cooler blue, the trees a deeper green. The whole world is charged with the glory of God and I feel fire and music under my feet. ”
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“Not celibate are they who wear monastic garb and shut themselves away behind thick walls and massive iron gates, But
celibate are they whose hearts and minds are celibate, whether they be in cloisters or in the public marts.”
― The Book of Mirdad: The Strange Story of a Monastery Which Was Once Called The Ark
celibate are they whose hearts and minds are celibate, whether they be in cloisters or in the public marts.”
― The Book of Mirdad: The Strange Story of a Monastery Which Was Once Called The Ark
