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A Time to Die: Monks on the Threshold of Eternal Life

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by Nicolas Diat, Robert Sarah
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Availability:In StockContributor:Nicolas Diat, Robert SarahPublish date:2019-06-13Pages:174
Language:EnglishPublisher:Ignatius PressISBN-13:9781621642749ISBN-10:1621642747UPC:9781621642749Book Category:ReligionBook Subcategory:Christian Living, Christian Theology, ChristianityBook Topic:Death, Grief, Bereavement, Eschatology, CatholicSize:7.90 x 5.20 x 0.70 inchesWeight:0.5004Product ID:SCN9T3GFVZ

Behind monastery walls, men of God spend their lives preparing for the passage of death. Best-selling French author Nicolas Diat set out to find what their deaths can reveal about the greatest mystery faced by everyone--the end of life.

How to die? How to respond to our fear of death? To answer these and other questions, Diat travelled to eight European monasteries including Solesmes Abbey and the Grande Chartreuse. Through extraordinary interviews with monks, he learned that their death experiences are varied and unique, with elements of peace, pain, humility, sorrow, and joy.

These monks have the same fears, torments, and sorrows as everyone else, Diat discovered. What is exemplary about them is their humility and simplicity. When death approaches, and its hand reveals its strength, they are like happy and na ve children who wait with impatience to open a gift. They have complete confidence in the mercy of God.

Language:EnglishPublisher:Ignatius PressISBN-13:9781621642749ISBN-10:1621642747UPC:9781621642749Book Category:ReligionBook Subcategory:Christian Living, Christian Theology, ChristianityBook Topic:Death, Grief, Bereavement, Eschatology, CatholicSize:7.90 x 5.20 x 0.70 inchesWeight:0.5004Product ID:SCN9T3GFVZ

Nicolas Diat is a French journalist and author. His latest book is A Time to Die: Monks on the Threshold of Eternal Life.

Robert Cardinal Sarah was born in Guinea, West Africa. Made an Archbishop by Pope John Paul II and a Cardinal by Pope Benedict XVI, he was named the Prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments by Pope Francis in 2014. He is the author of God or Nothing.


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