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... charism which the institution is meant to serve and protect . Indeed , one sometimes feels that too many monks have got the cart before the horse , and assume that the vocation or charism exists for the sake of the institution , and ...
... charism which the institution is meant to serve and protect . Indeed , one sometimes feels that too many monks have got the cart before the horse , and assume that the vocation or charism exists for the sake of the institution , and ...
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... charism is not , however , one of pure solitude without any community . It is also a charism of brotherhood in the wilderness : for the monk , even though he may eventually , in an exceptional case , live as a hermit , is prepared for ...
... charism is not , however , one of pure solitude without any community . It is also a charism of brotherhood in the wilderness : for the monk , even though he may eventually , in an exceptional case , live as a hermit , is prepared for ...
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Thomas Merton. of instant charisms and bright ideas in communities which have no more cohesion than a picnic - and which ... charism ) is pervaded with the sense of the definitive that comes to those who , in silence , refrain from the ...
Thomas Merton. of instant charisms and bright ideas in communities which have no more cohesion than a picnic - and which ... charism ) is pervaded with the sense of the definitive that comes to those who , in silence , refrain from the ...
Contents
Problems and Prospects | 3 |
Vocation and Modern Thought | 26 |
The Identity Crisis | 56 |
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