An abbey Orval

• Date de parution : 22/11/2008
• Editeur : Weyrich
• EAN : 9782874890222
• Série : (-)
• Support : Papier

• Nombre de pages : 176
• Collection : (-)
• Genre : Anglais
• Thème : Art en langue anglaise
• Prix littéraire(s) : (-)

After several visits, several interviews, after many conversations and much mutual listening, the Trappist brothers agreed to entrust the writing of this book to two artists whose unspoken complicity no longer needs to be stressed. The eye of Jean-Marie Lecomte and the words of Joseph Orban... Voir plus

After several visits, several interviews, after many conversations and much mutual listening, the Trappist brothers agreed to entrust the writing of this book to two artists whose unspoken complicity no longer needs to be stressed. The eye of Jean-Marie Lecomte and the words of Joseph Orban slowly lead us down that path of silence followed by the monks for over a thousand years. Through pictures and texts, gradually, we enter a world of sharing and humility, respect and openness to others. For it would be a mistake to think that it is in order to flee the world that monks have chosen to live apart. « Pray and work » is their motto. We might also add « contemplate » This book invites us to contemplation...