Truly Seeking God

Contents
Introduction vii
From the Rising of the Sun to Its Setting
Chapter One. Silence 3
Chapter Two. Prayer: A General Introduction 7
Chapter Three. The Divine Office 11
Chapter Four. Lectio Divina 16
Chapter Five. Personal Prayer: Listening to God 20
Chapter Six. Work 24
Chapter Seven. Asceticism 28
Chapter Eight. Otium Sanctum 32
Chapter Nine. Community 36
Chapter Ten. The Abbot—and Other Fathers 40
Chapter Eleven. Separation from the World, Communion with the World 44
Chapter Twelve. Self-Knowledge 48
Chapter Thirteen. Manifestation of Thoughts: The Spiritual Director 52
Chapter Fourteen. The Transmission of Freedom 57
Chapter Fifteen. Humility and Confidence 61
Chapter Sixteen. Compassion 65
Chapter Seventeen. To Love as God Loves 69
Chapter Eighteen. To Love as God Loves, Part 2 73
Chapter Nineteen. Salve Regina 77
The Making of a Monk
Chapter Twenty. The Monastic Vocation: An Exchange of Experiences 83
Chapter Twenty-One. The Birth of a Monastic Vocation 87
Chapter Twenty-Two. For This Was I Born 91
Chapter Twenty-Three. Observership 95
Chapter Twenty-Four. Fervor Novitius 99
Chapter Twenty-Five. The First Major Crisis 103
Chapter Twenty-Six. The First Major Crisis, Part 2 107
Chapter Twenty-Seven. For Our Good and the Good of All His Holy Church 111
Chapter Twenty-Eight. “From Now On I Will Be with You Forever” 115
Chapter Twenty-Nine. The Years of Simple Profession 119
Chapter Thirty. Solemn Profession 123
Chapter Thirty-One. First Steps in Spiritual Fatherhood 127
Chapter Thirty-Two. The Possibility of Priesthood 131
Chapter Thirty-Three. God Gives the Growth 135
Chapter Thirty-Four. Looking in a New Direction 139
Chapter Thirty-Five. The Beautiful Old Man 143
Chapter Thirty-Six. Death and the Far Side of Death 147