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Wisdom Distilled from the Daily: Living the Rule of St. Benedict Today

Joan D. Chittister

Paperback | Pages: 224 pages

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Title	:	Wisdom Distilled from the Daily: Living the Rule of St. Benedict Today
Author	:	Joan D. Chittister
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Deluxe Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 224 pages
Published	:	March 17th 2009 by HarperOne (first published 1990)
Categories	:	Spirituality. Religion. Christian. Nonfiction. Christianity

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Wise and enduring spiritual guidelines for everyday living –– as relevant today as when The Rule was originally conceived by St. Benedict in fifth century Rome.

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Original Title:	Wisdom Distilled from the Daily: Living the Rule of St. Benedict Today
ISBN:	0060613998 (ISBN13: 9780060613990)
Edition Language:	English

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I find a great deal of wisdom in Sister Joan's writings because she has the ability to make esoteric texts relevant to the everyday life of most of us. I love nuggets like this: "Why not have all the things I can have? Because I don't need them, and they clutter the soul and tie me down to the lesser things in life." (p.61) Each chapter has something like this for thinking deeper about how we live our lives.

To be read with intention and reflection. I read the book over 15 years ago and found it of value for spiritual growth because as the cover indicates the personal and community insights from the Rule of St Benedict in the 5th century are still relevant today.

I read this book back in 1990 when it first came out. I was deeply involved in Benedictine spirituality at the time and have remained so all these years retreading Sr. Joan's book and all her subsequent ones as well. It is a great primer on Benedictine spirituality and I have underlined, starred and hilighted so many thoughts and passages. It simply tells us how to live simpy "living an ordinary life extraordinarily well". I have a letter from Sr. Joan and was privileged to meet her many years

I loved this book. In fact, it is one I have gone back to, and plan to continue to return to in the future.Chitiser, a catholic nun is reinterprating the Rule of St. Benedict for mardern readers. She doesn't fall into the trap of a lot of Catholic writers of speaking only to Catholics. Instead I would arguee that she not only writes for all Christians, but for people of all faiths. She presents the Rule as a guideline for one living a balanced life. She talks about the struggle to live out in

This was probably the best book that I've ever read about how to incorporate the Rule of St. Benedict into 21st Century life. It really distills the principles and specific guidelines written in the 5th century, and applies them to living today. So balanced and reasonable. I'd recommend this book to anyone looking for a specific means of developing a deeper, more integrated, sacramental spiritual and secular life.



I've had Joan Chittister on my list of autnors to read because, as any look at my reading list will reveal, I'm a bit of a sucker for a book on Benedictine spirituality. That, to my mind, is a good thing, but, then, the tonality of my spirituality tends to be Benedictine with its empahasis on stability, community, hospitality and conversion of one's habits. If you too share that tonality, this is a must read book. Chittister offers one of the earlier attempt to translate a Benedictine