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001			ocm34116178
003			OCoLC
005			20251028093341.0
008			960104s1996 nyu 000 0deng
010			_a 96000863
035			_a(Sirsi) i9781573220286
040			_aDLC _beng _cDLC _dNLGGC _dBTCTA _dYDXCP _dBAKER _dBTN _dTXAPL _dCFT _dOCLCF _dNDS _dOCL _dOCLCQ _dVF$
020			_a1573220280 _q(alk. paper)
020			_a9781573220286 _q(alk. paper)
035			_a(OCoLC)34116178
050	0	0	_aBX 2435 .N57 1996
049			_aVF$A
100	1		_aNorris, Kathleen, _d1947-
245	1	4	_aThe cloister walk / _cKathleen Norris.
260			_aNew York : _bRiverhead Books, _c1996.
300			_axv, 384 pages ; _c22 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
505	1		_aDawn -- September 3 : Gregory the Great -- St. John's Abbey liturgy schedule -- The rule and me -- September 17 : Hildegard of Bingen -- September 29 : Michael, Gabriel, Raphael, archangels -- The difference -- September 30 : Jerome -- October 1 : Th.
520	1		_aWhy would a married woman with a thoroughly Protestant background and often more doubt than faith be drawn to the ancient practice of monasticism, to a community of celibate men whose days are centered around a rigid schedule of prayer, work, and scripture? This is the question that Kathleen Norris herself asks as, somewhat to her own surprise, she found herself on two extended residencies at a Benedictine monastery. Yet upon leaving the monastery, she began to feel herself transformed, and the daily events of her life on the Great Plains - from her morning walk to her going to sleep at night - gradually took on new meaning. She found that in the monastery, time slowed down, offering a new perspective on community, family, and even small-town life. By coming to understand the Benedictine practice of celibacy, she felt her own marriage enriched; through the communal reading aloud of the psalms every day, her notion of the ancient oral tradition of poetry came to life; and even the mundane task of laundry took on new meaning through the lens of Benedictine ritual. Kathleen Norris here takes us through a liturgical year, as she experienced it both within the monastery and outside it. She shows us, from the rare perspective of someone who is both insider and outsider, how immersion in the cloistered world -- its liturgy, its rituals, its sense of community -- can impart meaning to everyday events and deepen our secular lives, no matter what our faith may be.
650		0	_aMonastic and religious life.
610	2	0	_aCatholic Church _xLiturgy.
600	1	0	_aNorris, Kathleen, _d1947-
650		0	_aSpiritual life _xCatholic Church.
776	0	8	_iOnline version: _aNorris, Kathleen, 1947- _tCloister walk. _dNew York : Riverhead Books, 1996 _w(OCoLC)605181905
776	0	8	_iOnline version: _aNorris, Kathleen, 1947- _tCloister walk. _dNew York : Riverhead Books, 1996 _w(OCoLC)607816121
856	4	2	_3Book review (H-Net) _uhttp://www.h-net.org/review/hrev-a0a5i1-aa
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