May 2 – When Breath Becomes Air

When Breath Becomes Air by Paul KalanithiToday the community completed the mealtime reading of Exodus: The Book of Redemption by Rabbi Jonathan Sacks. Our new refectory book is When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi.

 

from Rule of St. Benedict : Chapter 38. The Reader for the Week

Reading will always accompany the meals of the brothers.

References
Current Reading
Kalanithi, Paul. When Breath Becomes Air. New York: Random House, 2016.
Previous Reading
Sacks, Jonathan. Exodus, the Book of Redemption. Covenant and Conversation. New Milford, CT: Maggid Books & The Orthodox Union, 2010.