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The God Who Waits in Caves
The Hidden Years That Formed the Father
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Brick Hut Press Unsere-Artikel-Nr.: P35291988
EAN: 9798951762863
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Zustellung: Do, 08.10.2026
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Beschreibung
Before Benedict Built a Rule, a Cave Built Benedict. What happens in the silence before greatness. Most histories of Saint Benedict begin at Monte Cassino - the monastery, the Rule, the legacy that shaped Western civilization. This book begins earlier, and goes deeper. It enters the cave at Subiaco, where a young Roman nobleman, fleeing the corruption of the city, disappeared into three years of radical solitude. Those hidden years are where the real story lives. And they are the years most often skipped. The God Who Waits in Caves recovers those lost seasons with warmth, reverence, and spiritual honesty. Drawing on ancient sources and the living tradition of Benedictine spirituality, this is the story of how God forms a soul not through triumph but through hiddenness - through failure, hunger, temptation, and the slow, patient work of grace in a man willing to wait. It is formation before fame. Silence before speech. The monk before the Rule. What You Will Discover InsideThe flight from Rome. - why Benedict abandoned a life of privilege and what that rupture reveals about vocation and courage. A companion for oblates and monastics in formation. - written with the texture and tone that Benedictine readers will recognize as their own. An open door for newcomers. - structured so that anyone encountering Benedict for the first time through wonder rather than duty will feel immediately welcomed. For Every Faithful Reader Who Has Spent Time in Their Own CaveThis book was written for Catholics, Anglicans, Lutherans, and all who find themselves drawn to the ancient rhythms of Benedictine spirituality - oblates, monastics in formation, parish readers, and laypeople who sense that the deepest formation rarely announces itself. It was also written for anyone who has ever lived through a hidden season and wondered whether God was still present in the waiting. Part of the BrickHut Sanctuary - Sacred Lives SeriesThe Sacred Lives. series from BrickHut Sanctuary tells the stories of saints and solitaries not as distant heroes but as pilgrims whose struggles illuminate our own. Each volume is written with theological care and genuine human warmth, accessible to lifelong monastics and first-time readers alike. If Benedict has ever spoken to you - or if you have always felt he might - begin here, at the beginning. Ente.
Spezifikationen
Sprache
- Englisch
Autor
- Brick Hut Press
Erscheinungsjahr
- 2026
Format
- Buch (Softcover)
Anzahl Seiten
- 94