Domestic Monastery
Creating Spiritual Life at Home
By (author) Ronald Rolheiser
- ISBN: 9781640606708
- Trim size: 5 x 7 inches
- Weight: 6.4 ounces.
- Pages: 112
- Publication Date: 29 Mar 2022
Transform Your Everyday Life into a Sacred Space
In Domestic Monastery, bestselling author and spiritual guide Fr. Ronald Rolheiser offers a profound yet practical invitation: discover the sacredness of daily life and find peace, purpose, and grace amidst the chaos of modern living.
Through ten short, insightful chapters, Fr. Rolheiser explores how the principles of monastic life can transform our homes, relationships, and routines into spaces of reflection, prayer, and spiritual growth. Whether you’re a parent overwhelmed by the demands of family life, a professional navigating the busyness of work, or simply longing for a deeper connection to God, Domestic Monastery shows how the contemplative wisdom of monasticism can bring meaning and balance to your everyday world.
Let Domestic Monastery show you that a holy and fulfilling life doesn’t require a cloister—it begins at home.
Inside This Thoughtful Book, You’ll Discover:
- Parallels Between Monastic and Family Life: Learn how parenting and daily duties mirror the self-giving love and discipline of monastic life.
- The Sacredness of Time and Rituals: Find simple, practical ways to infuse your routines with spiritual reflection and intentionality.
- The Value of Powerlessness: Embrace life’s limitations as opportunities to surrender, grow, and experience God’s grace.
- Inspiration for Every Season of Life: Explore the wisdom of balancing action with contemplation, community with solitude, and love with self-abandonment.
Perfect for parents, caregivers, and anyone seeking solace in the midst of life’s demands, Domestic Monastery is a gentle, inspiring guide to cultivating a life of prayer and presence right where you are.
Whether you’re looking to deepen your faith, navigate parenting with more grace, or discover beauty in life’s smallest moments, Domestic Monastery will uplift and inspire you. This timeless book makes an ideal gift for busy parents, spiritual seekers, and anyone longing for a sense of sacred calm in today’s fast-paced world.
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"If ever there was a time when a book like Fr. Ronald Rolheiser's Domestic Monastery was needed, that time is now. Domestic Monastery, a mystical yet down-to-earth look at the spirituality of being a parent, will encourage and uplift parents at any stage in their parenting journey. Rolheiser emphasizes that there is nothing "lesser-than" about being a parent, as opposed to being a priest or religious. Instead, he compares the life of a parent to that of a monastic, drawing parallels that focus especially on the self-abandonment necessary in love. If you or someone you know are feeling overwhelmed by the demands of your time, energy, and love that being a parent requires, Domestic Monastery will help you put your situation in perspective in a comforting and engaging way." —Barbara Szyszkiewicz, CatholicMom.com
"Prayer, for Fr Rolheiser is ‘a relationship, a long term one and lives by those rules’ (p.43). Pointing out the necessary tension that lies between contemplation and action (as well as that between ‘passion and purity, intellect and will, community and individuality’, p.55) Fr Rolheiser shows us the ‘creative tension’ that lies in the path of those who seek a ‘Domestic Monastery’. I would not only recommend you buy a copy of this small spiritual classic but that you purchase one as a gift for those friends, colleagues, loved ones and family members who have struggled these past few months to make sense of the impact of the deadly covid virus. This charming little book will, I am sure, bring a lot of healing to a traumatized world. Thank you Fr Rolheiser." -- Peter Tyler, soulpursuit