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As we begin to think about the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Monastery of Christ in the Desert, just eight short years away in 2014, we decided, with encouragement from an author and friend, Mari Graña of Santa Fe, to publish an interpretive history of our monastery. Rather than a detailed scholarly work, which someday needs to be written, we opted for a book that would be more accessible and interesting to the average reader, be it guest, friend, visitor, family, other monks and nuns. We are happy to announce the book entitled:

Brothers of the Desert: The Story of the Monastery of Christ in the Desert, by Mari Graña

Foreword by Abbot Philip Lawrence,OSB
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A Life-Giving Way
A Life-Giving Way
A Commentary on the Rule of St. Benedict
by Esther de Waal
Toward God
Toward God
The Ancient Wisdom of Western Prayer
by Michael Casey
Miracle of the Poinsettia
Miracle of the Poinsettia
by Brian Cavanaugh, T.O.R.
From a Monastery Kitchen
From a Monastery Kitchen
by Brother Victor-Antoine d'Avila-Latourrette
In the Heart of the Desert
In the Heart of the Desert
by John Chryssavgis
Harlots of the Desert
Harlots of the Desert
A Study of Repentance in Early Monastic Sources
by Benedicta Ward, SLG
What Happens At Mass
What Happens At Mass
Jeremy Driscoll, OSB
Brothers of the Desert
Brothers of the Desert
by Mari Graña
Foreword by Abbot Philip Lawrence, OSB
A Brush -with- GOD, An Icon Workbook
A Brush -with- GOD, An Icon Workbook
by Peter Pearson
Sacred Reading
Sacred Reading
The Ancient Art of Lectio Divina
by Michael Casey
Centered on Christ, A Guide to Monastic Profession
Centered on Christ, A Guide to Monastic Profession
by Augustine Roberts, OCSO
Beginning to Pray
Beginning to Pray
by Anthony Bloom
Praying The Psalms
Praying The Psalms
by Thomas Merton
Fully Human, Fully Divine
Fully Human, Fully Divine
An Interactive Christology
by Michael Casey
Heaven
Heaven
The Heart's Deepest Longing
by Peter Kreeft
Bread in the Wilderness
Bread in the Wilderness
by Thomas Merton