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Part record of her time among the benedictines, part meditation on various aspects of monastic life, the cloister walk demonstrates, from the rare perspective of someone who is both an insider and outsider, how immersion in the cloistered world its liturgy, its ritual, its sense of community can impart meaning to everyday events and. Kathleen norris a study of the monastic world assesses the meaning of the cloistered life in modern times, journeying through a liturgical year to capture the relevance and spiritual significance of the religious. If read with humility and attention, kathleen norriss book becomes lectio divina, or holy reading. The allure of the monastic life baffles most lay people, but in her second book. Read the book on paper it is quite a powerful experience.
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