A Time to Die: Monks on the Threshold of Eternal Life | Audiobook
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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 naïve children who wait with impatience to open a gift. They have complete confidence in the mercy of God.
00:03:45 - Chapter 1 - A Life Cut Short, Lagrasse Abbey
00:42:32 - Chapter 2 - The Shadow of the Black Mountain, En-Calcat Abbey
01:25:14 - Chapter 3 - A Fortress Away from the World, Solemes Abbey
02:07:40 - Chapter 4 - The Smile of Brother Théophane, Sept-Fons Abbey
02:46:09 - Chapter 5 - Rainy Days, Cîteaux Abbey
03:28:36 - Chapter 6 - The Art of a Happy Death, Fontgombault Abbey
04:04:36 - Chapter 7 - How to Say Goodbye, Mondaye Abbey
04:29:49 - Chapter 8 - The Deaths Of The Recluses
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