The Meaning of the Monastic Life Stephen Schmalhofer and founding professor (along with

and founding professor (along with Reginald Garrigou-Lagrange

Translated by Juan Macias Marquez

Part Two delves into the interplay of psychagogy and botany

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The Meaning of the Monastic Life Stephen Schmalhofer and founding professor (along withBy Louis Bouyer In this day and age, monks are rare and most monasteries are in ruins. Surely, then, the meaning of the monastic life is a moot point. But nothing could be further from the truth, as Louis Bouyer makes abundantly clear. Wherever and whenever there are Christians, there also is the germ of the monastic life. For the monastic vocation is in essence the vocation of the baptized taken to the farthest limits of its irresistible demands. In