Way in the Wilderness A Commentary on the Rule of Benedict For The Physically And Spiritually Imprisoned

by Bishop, James

• ISBN13: 9781441151155
• ISBN10: 144115115X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2012-05-10
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic

Summary

This book is aimed at all those who are imprisoned in the modern world - not just prison inmates but all those battling with personal, emotional and psychological difficulties. Because of its provenance, this is a book which will attract huge publicity at a time when Health Services on both sides of the Atlantic are seeing the sense of moving away from medication to meditation.

Author Biography

James Bishop was born in a convent near Los Angeles, California. He Was raised Catholic, but even in adolescence studied other religious beliefs, concentrating on meditation. He Worked for over ten years with artificial intelligence software. While battling alcoholism and obsessive-compulsive disorder in prison, he was reintroduced to meditation through the World Community for Christian Meditation. He enjoys writing about his experiences with meditation, synesthesia and music, and is currently working on a biography. He is now a free man, both physically and spiritually.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. xii
Introduction	p. xv
Use of the Rule of St. Benedict	p. xvii
Prologue	p. 1
On the Kinds of Monks	p. 14
What Kind of Man the Abbot Ought to Be	p. 20
On Calling the Brothers for Counsel	p. 31
What the Instruments of Good Works Are	p. 34
On Obedience	p. 42
On the Spirit of Silence	p. 46
On Humility	p. 49
On the Divine Office During the Night	p. 61
How Many Psalms Are to Be Said at the Night Office	p. 63
How the Night Office Is to Be Said in the Summer Season	p. 66
How the Night Office Is to Be Said on Sundays	p. 67
How the Morning Office Is to Be Said	p. 69
How the Morning Office Is to Be Said on Weekdays	p. 71
How the Night Office Is to Be Said on the Feasts of the Saints	p. 73
At What Times "Alleluia" Is to Be Said	p. 74
How the Work of God Is to Be Performed During the Day	p. 76
How Many Psalms Are to Be Chanted at These Hours	p. 77
In What Order the Psalms Are to Be Said	p. 79
On the Manner of Chanting the Psalms	p. 84
On Reverence at Prayer	p. 86
On the Deans of the Monastery	p. 88
How the Monks Are to Sleep	p. 90
On Excommunication for Faults	p. 92
What the Manner of Excommunication Should Be	p. 94
On Graver Faults	p. 96
On Those Who Without an Order From the Abbot Associate With the Excommunicated	p. 98
How Concerned the Abbot Should Be About the Excommunicated	p. 99
On Those Who Do Not Amend After Repeated Corrections	p. 102
Whether Brethren Who Leave the Monastery-Ought to Be Received Again	p. 104
How Young Boys Are to Be Corrected	p. 106
What Kind of Man the Cellarer of the Monastery Ought to Be	p. 108
On the Tools and Goods of the Monastery	p. 112
Whether Monks Ought to Have Anything of Their Own	p. 114
Whether All Should Receive in Equal Measure What is Necessary	p. 116
On the Weekly Servers in the Kitchen	p. 118
On the Sick Brethren	p. 121
On the Aged and Children	p. 123
On the Weekly Reader	p. 125
On the Quantity of Food	p. 128
On the Quantity of Drink	p. 131
At What Times Brothers Should Take Their Meals	p. 134
That No One Speak After Compline	p. 136
On Those Who Are Tardy in Coming to the Work of God or to Table	p. 138
How the Excommunicated Make Satisfaction	p. 142
On Those Who Commit A Fault in the Oratory	p. 144
On Those Who Fail in Any Other Matters	p. 146
On Giving the Signal for the Time of the Work of God	p. 148
On the Daily Work	p. 150
On the Keeping of Lent	p. 154
On Brothers Who Work A Long Distance From the Oratory or Are on a Journey	p. 156
On the Brothers Who Do Not Go Very Far Away	p. 157
On the Oratory of the Monastery	p. 159
On the Reception of Guests	p. 161
Whether a Monk Should Receive Letters or Anything Else	p. 166
On the Clothing and the Shoes of the Brethren	p. 168
On the Abbot's Table	p. 173
On the Artists of the Monastery	p. 175
On the Manner of Admitting Brothers	p. 178
On the Children of the Noble and of the Poor Who Are Offered	p. 183
On Priests Who May Wish to Live in the Monastery	p. 185
How Stranger Monks Are To Be Received	p. 188
On the Priests of the Monastery	p. 191
On the Order in the Monastery	p. 194
On the Election of the Abbot	p. 198
On the Prior of the Monastery	p. 202
On the Porters of the Monastery	p. 205
On the Brothers Who Are Sent on a Journey	p. 207
If a Brother Is Commanded to Do Impossible Things	p. 209
That in the Monastery No One Presume to Defend Another	p. 211
That No One Presume to Strike Another	p. 212
That the Brethren Be Obedient to One Another	p. 214
On the Virtuous Zeal Which the Monks Ought to Have	p. 216
On the Fact That Not the Whole Observance of Righteousness Is Laid Down in this Rule	p. 218
Conclusion	p. 220
How to Meditate	p. 221
St. Benedict's Medal	p. 223
What does it mean to be a Benedictine Oblate of The World Community for Christian Meditation?	p. 224
About The World Community for Christian Meditation	p. 228
Acknowledgements	p. 230
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