Dec 21 – Aristotles Children

Aristotle's Children  The community completed the mealtime reading of Monastic Sermons by Bernard of Clairvaux. Our new refectory book is Aristotle’s Children: How Christians, Muslims, and Jews Rediscovered Ancient Wisdom and Illuminated the Dark Ages by Richard E. Rubenstein.

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

Reading will always accompany the meals of the brothers.

New Book

Rubenstein, Richard E. Aristotle’s Children: How Christians, Muslims, and Jews Rediscovered Ancient Wisdom and Illuminated the Dark Ages. Orlando: Harcourt, ©2003.

Previous Book

Bernard. Monastic Sermons. Cistercian Fathers Series. Vol. 68, Collegeville, Minnesota: Cistercian Publications, Liturgical Press, 2016.