STRANGERS TO THE CITY: REFLECTIONS ON THE BELIEF AND VALUES OF THE RULE OF ST BENEDICT Book Type_Contemporary Culture It is a period of

It is a period of spiritual purification where God removes sensory and emotional consolations to force the soul to rely on pure faith

about "fate" and "chance"

a cast synthesis of religious and secular knowledge

Printed in two colors and bound in flexible blue simulated leather

STRANGERS TO THE CITY: REFLECTIONS ON THE BELIEF AND VALUES OF THE RULE OF ST BENEDICT Book Type_Contemporary Culture It is a period ofMichael 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