The Monastic Heart: 50 Simple Practices for a Contemplative and Fulfilling Life

By Joan Chittister

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The activist, nun, and respected spiritual voicewho has appeared twice on Oprah Winfrey's Super Soul Sunday issues a call to build a monastery within ourselves, to cultivate wisdom and resilience so that we can join God in the work of renewal, restoration, and justice right where we are.

“In every beating heart is a silent undercurrent that calls each of us to a place unknown, to the vision of a wiser life, to become what I feel I must be—but cannot name.” So begin Sister Joan Chittister's words on monasticism, which offers a way of living and seeing life that brings deep human fulfilment. In the midst of our world's astounding disruptions of normalcy, Sister Joan encourages all of us to cultivate the spiritual seeker within, however that may look across our various journeys: “We can depend only on the depth of the spiritual well in us. The well is the only thing that can save us from the fear of our own frailty.”

The weight and wisdom of the monastic spiritual tradition are carried forward here into the twenty-first century. Sister Joan draws inspiration from Saint Benedict, who sought moral integrity in the face of an empire as a young man in the sixth century, not by conquering or overpowering the empire, but by simply living an ordinary life extraordinarily well. This same monastic mindset can assist us in growing in wisdom, equanimity, and soul strength as we seek restoration and renewal both at home and in the world.

At a time when people all over the world are witnessing human frailty—and, at the same time, the endurance of the human spirit—The Monastic Heart invites readers from all walks of life to embrace the end of certainty and a new beginning of our faith. We can become a deeper, freer self, a richer soul—and, as a result, a true monastic, without ever entering a monastery.

Paperback. 288 pages.