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Day By Day With Saint Benedict

Day by Day with Saint Benedict, features meditations for each day of the year. Those interested in a great religious classic will find a way to apply the Rule to daily life.

Terrence G. Gardong, OSB, is a monk of Assumption Abbey in Richardton, North Dakota. He is the editor of American Benedictine Review and author of Benedict's Rule.

 quot;Terrence Kardong is the foremost scholar of the Rule of Benedict in the United States today. After forty years of studying and living the monastic life, Father Terrence sees monasticism with the eye of a dedicated, wry, and clear-sighted practitioner. Professed Benedictines, oblates, and anyone interested in the monastic life and spirituality will benefit from the wisdom encapsulated in the meditations. quot;

Fr. Hugh Feiss, OSB
Monastery of the Ascension, Jerome, Idaho

 quot;Day by Day with Saint Benedict, is a unique resource for anyone interested in the spirituality of the Rule of St. Benedict. Father Kardong distills the wisdom of the Rule in pithy quips and timeless spiritual teachings. Day by Day will help the reader to plumb the psychological depth of the Rule and at the same time will make the rich tradition of the Rule seem more accessible to the spiritual searcher. quot;

Fr. Joel Rippinger, OSB
Marmion Abbey, Aurora, Illinois

 quot;The scholarship in these short commentaries is accessible to the ordinary person, and there are some wonderful stories about characters who live in monasteries. It's the kind of book you want to read all your days."

Brother Benet Tvedten, OSB
Blue Cloud Abbey, Marvin, South Dakota

Liturgical Press
ISBN 10:0-8146-3042-1 (Paperbound)
267 pages

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