STRANGERS TO THE CITY: REFLECTIONS ON THE BELIEF AND VALUES OF THE RULE OF ST BENEDICT St. Monica

STRANGERS TO THE CITY: REFLECTIONS ON THE BELIEF AND VALUES OF THE RULE OF ST BENEDICT St. MonicaMichael Casey, a monk and scholar who has been publishing his wise teachings on the Rule of St. Benedict for decades, turns to the particular Benedictine values that he considers most urgent for Christians to incorporate into their lives today. Eloquent and incisive, Casey invites readers to accept that gospel living seen in the light of the Rule involves accepting the challenge of being different from the secular culture around us. He encourages

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As a boy he sold his books to feed the poor and offered himself as ransom for a prisoner

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