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Seeking God The Way of St. Benedict

Esther de Waal has written an extraordinarily good book: a transposition of the spirit of St. Benedict as expressed in his Rule into a guide for the ordinary man and woman who live right there in the world. Extraordinarily good because it requires the insight to understand what the Rule means to monks and nuns and then see the further implications for people like herself.

Columba Cary-Elwes, "The Tablet"

The contents of this remarkable book are ten chapters dealing with the principal values of St. Benedict's Rule. The author has widely read many of the well-known Benedictine scholars and sources and has succeeded in picking out the essentials in every subject discussed.

Jonathan Gell, "Catholic Herald"

Esther de Waal, who is a historian, has looked beyond those elements in the Rule which seem to bind it to the remote past; though in suggesting how the spirit of the rule is relevant to people who work in offices or factories, get stuck in traffic jams, shop in supermarkets, she does not bypass the letter. Indeed it is often the most mundane details-what sort of clothes ought monks to wear, what do you do about someone who is always late for meals-that brings us closest to St. Benedict, for here is a man of God bringing his understanding of the Gospel to bear on every aspect of
daily life.

Sister Catherine, S.L.G., "Fairacres Chronicle"

(Paperback) 163 pages

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