For the last 11 months or so, we've all been restrained, thanks to the 'Rona. But what can we learn from someone who's lived the monastic life _for real_? Eryk Burns has done just that, from a cabin in Peterborough to stays in monasteries in Kentucky, Quebec, and Switzerland. We let Eryk tell his story today on the show. (Photo: The Abbey of Gethsemani in Kentucky)
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| Eryk passed on some links for those who might be interested:
Gennessee Abbey Retreats: https://abbeyretreats.org/ The Abbey of Gethsemani (Merton's home abbey): https://monks.org/visit-us/retreats/ A Carthusian monastery in the UK with some useful information: https://www.parkminster.org.uk/ And some book links: Blessed Simplicity, by Raimon Panikkar: https://www.raimon-panikkar.org/francese/XXVIII-Blessed-Simplicity.html Monica Furlong's biography of Merton: https://www.amazon.ca/Merton-biography-Monica-Furlong/dp/0060630795 Merton's "spiritual autobiography", The Seven-Storey Mountain: https://www.amazon.ca/Seven-Storey-Mountain-50th-Anniversary/dp/0156010860 |
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