In The Spirit of Happiness A Book of

This highly praised spiritual guide, now in paperback, reveals the essence of the monastic experience as it explores and illuminates the concept of human happiness. The Monks of New Skete distill their collective spiritual wisdom in a book that explains how the elements of a monks lifeself-discipline, solitude, prayer, acts of love and forgivenessare pathways that anyone can follow to achieve true happiness and spiritual fulfillment.

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Preface

xi

Authors' Note

xiv

The Seeker

4

(23)

Interlude What Is Monasticism?

24

(3)

First Fervor

27

(21)

The Discipline of Change

48

(24)

Interlude What Is a Monk?

68

(4)

Asceticism and Life

72

(23)

What About Techniques?

95

(19)

Interlude The Beginnings of Christian Monasticism

111

(3)

Self-Knowledge

114

(20)

Sacred Reading and the Word

134

(19)

Interlude The Growth of Christian Monasticism

150

(3)

Practicing Sacred Reading

153

(21)

Pray Without Ceasing?

174

(29)

Interlude Later Developments in Monasticism

198

(5)

One Mind, One Heart

203

(34)

What Does Love Look Like?

237

(25)

Interlude Whence New Skete?

258

(4)

Good Work

262

(22)

A River of Mercy

284

(24)

Interlude More About New Skete

304

(4)

Epilogue In the End, Happiness

308

(7)

Glossary

315

(6)

Bibliography Understanding Scripture: Suggested Reading

321

(2)

Index

323

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In The Spirit of Happiness A Book of Spiritual Wisdom

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