Solitude and Silence: The Cloister of the Heart Discontinued Following his example

Following his example

A bit of wisdom that Tomeo learned from both her mother and the Rolling Stones

even more so

making it easy to grasp

we must arm ourselves with the virtues exemplified by the saints

Solitude and Silence: The Cloister of the Heart Discontinued Following his exampleWhat can the lay person learn from the life of a monk? Solitude and Silence are two pillars of monastic life that many people quickly point to as the hardest and most confusing parts of this kind of religious consecration. However, the great spiritual writer Thomas Kempis, author of The Imitation of Christ, helps us to understand that all Christians are called to some solitude and silence in our lives while not taking on a complete eremitical life. He