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Articles and Bibliographies - Sayings from the Desert Elders - More Monastic Origins: The Syrian Orthodox Tradition in Turkey Today - Ecumenical Benedictine Tour Report - The Fortieth Anniversary of the Liturgical Reform of Vatican II - CHRISTIAN MEDITATION IN EAST TIMOR
- Sayings of the Desert Elders - Cassian – English Bibliography __________________________________________ Benedictine Spirituality (Selected & recent popular works)
Byrne, Lavinia : The Life and Wisdom of Benedict, London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1998 McCann, Justin: Saint Benedict, London: Sheed and Ward, 1958. (Classic text)
Text: Fry, Timothy (ed.): RB1980: The Rule of St Benedict in Latin and English with Notes, Collegeville: The Liturgical Press, 1981. (English text only available also, 1982)
Commentary: Cary-Elwes, Columba: Work & Prayer: the Rule of St Benedict for Lay People, Tunbridge Wells: Burns & Oates, 1992 Chittister, Joan: The Rule of Benedict: Insights for the Ages, Slough: St Pauls, 1992 Dean, Eric: Saint Benedict for the Laity, Collegeville: The Liturgical Press, 1989 Holzherr, George: The Rule of Benedict: A Guide to Christian Living, Dublin: Four Courts Press, 1994. Kardong, Terrence: Benedict’s Rule: A Translation and Commentary, Collegeville: Liturgical Press, 1996. Stead, Julian: Saint Benedict: A Rule for Beginners, New Rochelle: New City Press, 1993 Tvedten, Benet: A Share in the Kingdom: A Commentary on the Rule of St Benedict for Oblates, Collegeville: The Liturgical Press, 1989 Vest, Norvene: Preferring Christ: A Devotional Commentary and Workbook on the Rule of St Benedict, Trabuco Canyon: Source Books CA, 1991
Behrens, James: Grace is everywhere: reflections of an aspiring monk, Chicago: ACTA Publications, 1999. Canham, Elizabeth: Heart whispers: Benedictine wisdom for today, Nashville: Upper Room Books, 1999. Carlyle, Aelred: Our Purpose and Method, Elgin: Pluscarden Abbey, 1984 Chittister, Joan: Wisdom Distilled From the Daily: Living the Rule of St Benedict Today, San Francisco: Harper & Row, 1990. Corrigan, Felicitas: Benedictine Tapestry, London: Darton, Longman & Todd, 1991 De Waal, Esther: Living With Contradiction: Reflections on the Rule of St Benedict, Collins, 1989. De Waal, Esther : Seeking God: The Way of St Benedict, Collins, 1984. Dumm, Demetrius: Cherish Christ Above All: The Bible in the Rule of Benedict, New York: Paulist Press, 1996 Farrington, Debra: Living faith day by day: how the sacred rules of monastic traditions can help you live spiritually in the modern world, New York: Perigee Books, 2000. Feiss, Hugh: Essential monastic wisdom: writings on the contemplative life, New York: Harper Collins, 2000. Gozier, Andre: 15 days of prayer with St Benedict, Ligouri: Ligouri Publications, 2000. Grun, Anselm: Benedict of Norcia, Schuyler: BMH Publications, 1992 Holyhead, Verna: The Gift of Saint Benedict, Mulgrave, Vic.: John Garratt Publishing, 2002. Howard, Katherine: Praying with Benedict, Winona: St Mary’s Press, 1996 Huerre, Denis: Letters to My Brothers and Sisters: Living by the Rule of St Benedict, Collegeville: The Liturgical Press, 1994 Longenecker, Dwight: Listen, my son: St Benedict for Fathers, Leominster: Gracewing, 2000. McQuiston, John: Always We Begin Again: The Benedictine Way of Living, Ridgefield:Morehouse Publishing, 1996 Mork, Wulstan: The Benedictine Way, Petersham: St Bede’s Publications, 1987 Oury, Guy-Marie: A monastic pilgrimage: following in the steps of St Benedict, Petersham: St Bede’s Publications, 1998. Pennington, M. Basil: A Place Apart: Monastic Prayer and Practice for Everyone, Liguori: Liguori/Triumph, 1998 Pratt, Lonni Collins & Homan, Daniel: Benedict’s Way: an ancient monk’s insights for a balanced life, Chicago: Loyola Press, 2000. Robinson, David: The family cloister: Benedictine wisdom for the home, New York: Crossroad, 2000. Smith, Cyprian: The Path of Life: Benedictine Spirituality for Monks & Lay People, Ampleforth Abbey: Ampleforth Abbey Press, 1996 Stewart, Columba: Prayer and Community: The Benedictine Tradition, London: Darton, Longman and Todd, 1998. Taylor, Brian: Spirituality for Everyday Living: An Adaptation of the Rule of St Benedict, Collegeville: The Liturgical Press, 1989 Tinsley, Ambrose: Pax: The Benedictine Way, Collegeville: The Liturgical Press, 1994. Vermeiren, Korneel: Praying with Benedict, London: Darton, Longman & Todd, 1999 Vest, Norvene: Desiring life: Benedict on wisdom and the good life, Boston: Cowley Publications, 2000 Wilkes, Paul: Beyond the walls: monastic wisdom for everyday life, New York: Doubleday, 1999. _______________________________ Monastic Sources: Antony. (1950). St Athanasius: The life of Saint Antony. Trans. Robert T. Meyer.Westminster, MD: The Newman Press (ACW 10). Evagrius Ponticus. (1970). Evagrius Ponticus: The Praktikos. Chapters on prayer. Trans. John Eudes Bamberger. Cistercian Publications, Spencer, Mass. (CS 4) John Cassian. (1985). John Cassian: Conferences. New York: Paulist Press. (CWS). " (1997). John Cassian: The Conferences. NY: Paulist Press. (ACW 57). " (2000). John Cassian: The Institutes. NY: Newman Press. (ACW 58). Pachomius. (1980-1982) Pachomian Koinonia. 3 vols. Kalamazoo, Mich: Cistercian Publications. (CS 45-47). Ward, B. (Tr.)(1975). The sayings of the desert fathers: the alphabetical collection. Cistercian Publications, Kalamazoo. (CS 59).
General:
Brown, C. (1991). Pilgrim through this barren land. Albatross Books, Sydney. Chatwin, B. (1998). The songlines. Random House, London. Ferguson, G. and J. Chryssavgis (ed.). (1990). The desert is alive. JBCE Books, Melbourne. Haynes, R. (1998). Seeking the Centre: the Australian desert in literature, art and film. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. Jasper, D. The Sacred Desert: Religion, Literature, Art, and Culture. Oxford: Blackwell Publishing, 2004. Kelly, M. (1993). ‘Origins revisited: contemporary Egyptian monasticism’. Tjurunga 45,53-60. Kelly, M. (1999). ‘More monastic origins: the Syrian Orthodox tradition in Turkey today’. Tjurunga 56, 83-88. Kelly, M. (2001). ‘The challenge of the interior: monasticism and the desert in an Australian context’. Compass 35(2001)32-38. Kraft, W. (1999). Ways of the desert: becoming holy through difficult times. Haworth Pastoral Press, New York. Louth, A. The Wilderness of God. Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1997. Tacey, D. (1995). Edge of the sacred: transformation in Australia. Harper Collins, Sydney. Tacey, D. (2000). Re-enchantment: the new Australian spirituality. Harper Collins, Sydney. __________________________________
Lectio Bibliography Books: Bianchi, E. Praying the Word: An Introduction to Lectio Divina, Kalamazoo: Cistercian Publications, 1998 Bouyer, Louis The Meaning of the Monastic Life, New York: P. J. Kenedy & Sons, 1950, 168-178 Byrne, R. Living the Cotemplative Dimension of Everyday Life, Duquesne, 1973, 265-276; 326-331 Casey, Michael The Art of Sacred Reading, Melbourne: Dove, 1995 De Roma, G. Show Me Your Face, O Lord, Homebush: St Paul Publications, 1992 Guigo II The Ladder of Monks and Twelve Meditations, Kalamazoo: Cistercian Publications, 1981 Leclercq, Jean The Love of Learning and the Desire for God, New York: Mentor Omega, 1962, 22-26; 77-9 Masini, Mario Lectio Divina, New York: Alba, 1998 Panimolle, S.(ed) Like the Deer that yearns, Petersham(Mass): St Bede’s Publications, 1998. Pennington, B. Lectio Divina, New York: Crossroad, 1998 Weil, Simone Waiting on God, London: Fontana Books, 1959, 66-76
Articles:
Casey, Michael "Seven Principles of Lectio Divina" in Tjurunga 12(1976)69-74 "Lectio Divina et Lecture Spirituelle" in Dictionnaire de Spiritualite 9, 470-510 Louf, Andre "The Word Beyond the Liturgy" in Cistercian Studies 6(1971)353-368; 7(1972)63-76 Nienaber, M. R. "Lectio Divina: A Means to Wholeness" in Review for Religious 61(2002)1, 75-83. Rooney, Marcel "Lectio Divina and Liturgy" in A.I.M. Monastic Bulletin 64(1998)8-16 Stanley, David "A Suggested Approach to Lectio Divina" in American Benedictine Review 23(1972)439-55 La Vie Spirituelle 740-741(2001) - two issues devoted to "Lectio Divina". Wathen, A. "Monastic Lectio: Some Clues From Terminology" in Monastic Studies 12(1976)207-215 _________________________________________________
Sayings of the Desert Elders - English Bibliography
There are some 3000 "sayings" gathered in two main collections – alphabetic (according to author) and systematic (according to topic); others are gathered under what is known as the anonymous collection. This vast material has been translated into French in five volumes, with comparative tables, by L. Regnault. In English the following are available:
Budge, E.A. Wallis. The Sayings of the Holy Fathers: The Apophthegmata Patrum. 1975. (Syriac) Chadwick, Owen. Western Asceticism, London: SCM Press, 1958. (Most of the systematic) Ward, Benedicta. The Sayings of the Desert Fathers: The Alphabetic Collection. CS 59. Kalamazoo, Mich.: Cistercian Publications, 1975; rev.ed. 1984. Ward, Benedicta. The Wisdom of the Desert Fathers: Apophthegmata Patrum from the Anonymous Series. Oxford: SLG Press, 1975. Ward, Benedicta. The Desert Fathers: Sayings of the Early Christian Monks. London: Penguin Books, 2003. (Systematic Series) Stewart, Columba. The World of the Desert Fathers: Stories and Sayings from the Anonymous Series of the Apophthegmata Patrum. 1997
Selections in English: Carrigan, Henry (ed). Eternal Wisdom from the Desert. Brewster, Mass.: Paraclete Press, 2001. Merton, Thomas. The Wisdom of the Desert. London: Hollis & Carter, 1961/ Sheldon Press, 1973. Nomura, Yoshi. Desert Wisdom: Sayings from the desert fathers. Maryknoll: Orbis Books, 1982, 2001 (illustr.) Waddell, Helen. The Desert Fathers. Constable & Co., 1936/ Collins Fontana, 1962
English works on the Desert Sayings: Chryssavgis, John. In the heart of the desert: The spirituality of the Desert Fathers and Mothers, Bloomington, Indiana: World Wisdom Books, 2003. Driot, Marcel. Fathers of the Desert: Life and Spirituality, Middlegreen, Slough: St Paul Publications, 1992. Gruen, Anselm. Heaven begins within you: wisdom from the desert fathers. New York: Crossroad, 1999. Gruen, Anselm. A path through the desert. London: St Paul's Publishing, 2003. Mayers, Gregory. Listen to the Desert: Secrets of Spiritual Maturity from the Desert Fathers and Mothers. Liguori: Triumph Books, 1996. Mundy, Linus. A retreat with desert mystics, Cincinnati: St Anthony Messenger Press, 2000. Nouwen, Henri. The Way of the Heart: Desert Spirituality and Contemporary Ministry. London: DL&T, 1981/1999. Ramphos, Stelios & Russell, Norman. Like a Pelican in the Wilderness: Reflections on the Sayings of the Desert Fathers. Brookline, Mass: Holy Cross Orthodox Press, 2000. Regnault, Lucien. Day-to-day lives of the desert fathers in fourth-century Egypt. Petersham, Mass: St Bede’s Publications, 1998. Swan, Laura. The forgotten desert mothers: sayings, lives and stories of early christian women. New York: Paulist, 2001. Williams, Rowan. Silence and Honeycakes. Oxford: Lion Publishing, 2003. ___________________ Sayings - original language (with English where available or French) Greek Alphabetical Series. PG65,72-440 (PG Latine tantum 35, 53-224); (J-B.Cotelier, ed. Ecclesiae Graecae monumenta, I. Paris: Muguet, 1677). Supplemented by J-C. Guy, Recherches sur la tradition Grecque des Apophthegmata Patrum. SH 36. Brussels: Societe des Bollandistes, 1962, repr. 1984 Ward, Benedicta. The Sayings of the Desert Fathers. CS 59. Kalamazoo, Mich.: Cistercian Publications, 1975; rev.ed. 1984. Greek Anonymous Series. F. Nau, Revue de l’Orient Chretien, vols 10(1905)409-14; 12(1907)48-68, 171-81, 393-404; 13(1908)47-57, 266-83; 14(1909)357-79; 17(1912)204-11, 294-301; 18(1913)137-46 = Ms Coislin 126, fol. 156f. Nos. 1-392. Stewart, Columba. The World of the Desert Fathers: Stories and Sayings from the Anonymous Series of the Apophthegmata Patrum. 1997 (Coislin 126, Sect. 1-3 = Nau 1-132). Ward, Benedicta. The Wisdom of the Desert Fathers: Apophthegmata Patrum from the Anonymous Series. Oxford: SLG Press, 1975 (Coislin 126, Sect. 4 = Nau 133-400) Guy, Les Apophthegmata des Peres du Desert, Begrolles, 1966 (Bellefontaine) - tr. of Nau (part). Regnault, Lucien. Les sentences des peres du desert: Serie des anonymes. Solesmes/Bellefontaine, 1985 Systematic Collection. Latin:(Pelagius & John) PL 73, 851-1022. (H. Rosweyde, ed. Verba. Seniorum [Vitae Patrum, books V-VI]. Antwerp: Plantin, 1616) Ward, Benedicta. The Desert Fathers: Sayings of the Early Christian Monks. London: Penguin Books, 2003. Dion,J. & Oury,G. Les sentences des peres du desert: Recueil de Pelage et Jean. Solesmes 1966; new ed. By L. Regnault. Les chemins de Dieu au desert: la collection des apophtegmes des peres. Solesmes, 1992. Guy, J-C. Les apophtegmes des peres: collection systematique, 1: chapitres I-IX; 2: chapitres X-XVI. Paris: Les Editions du Cerf, 1993, 2003 (Sources Chretiennes n.387 & 474). Plus other Greek, Armenian, Arab , Coptic, Syriac, Ethiopian, Georgian: Regnault, L. Les sentencs des peres du desert. Nouveau recueil. 2d ed. Solesmes, 1977. Regnault, L. Les sentences des peres du desert: Troisieme recueil et tables. Solesmes, 1976. Coptic: Chaine, M. Le manuscrit de la version copte en dialecte sahidique des "Apophthegmata Patrum". Bibliotheque d’etudes coptes 6. Cairo: L’institut francais d’archeologie Orientale, 1960. Syriac: Budge, E.A. Wallis. The Book of Paradise, being the histories and sayings of the monks and ascetics of the Egyptian desert according to the recension of "Anan-Isho" of Beth Abbe. Vol.2. London: Printed for Lady Mieux by Drugulin, 1904. Budge, E.A. Wallis. The wit and wisdom of the Christian Fathers of Egypt, Oxford, 1934/1999. _________________ Cassian – English BibliographyJohn Cassian: The Institutes (Tr. Boniface Ramsey). Ancient Christian Writers, No. 58. Mahwah, NJ: Paulist Press, 2000.John Cassian: The Conferences (Tr. Boniface Ramsey). Ancient Christian Writers, No. 57. Mahwah, NJ: Paulist Press, 1997.John Cassian: Conferences (Tr. Colm Luibheid – selection). The Classics of Western Spirituality. Mahwah, NJ: Paulist Press, 1985.
Chadwick, Owen. John Cassian. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1968. Driver, Steven. John Cassian and the Reading of Egyptian Monastic culture. New York: Routledge, 2002. Funk, Mary Margaret. Thoughts Matter: The Practice of the Spiritual Life. New York: Continuum, 1998. Funk, Mary Margaret. Tools Matter for Practicing the Spiritual Life. New York: Continuum, 2001. Levko, John. Cassian’s Prayer for the 21st Century. Scranton: The University of Scranton Press, 2000. Stewart, Columba. Cassian the Monk. New York: Oxford University Press, 1998.
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