Sentences with phrase «trappist monk»

Blackspace is an editioned painting which was inspired by Thomas Merton, a Trappist monk and friend to Ad Reinhardt, who once expressed a desire to have one of the artist's Black Paintings in his cell at the Monastery as an aid to meditation.

The genesis of the work is Soth's fascination with the life of Thomas Merton, the Trappist monk who, prior to his death in 1968, lived for almost three decades at the remote Abbey of Gethsemani in Kentucky.

Along the way, Erickson encounters spiritual leaders who include the chief priest of the Icelandic pagan religion of Asatru, a Trappist monk at Thomas Merton's Gethsemani Abbey, and a Lakota retreat director at South Dakota's Bear Butte.

But somewhere along the way, when the big decision came up — whether or not to live like a Trappist monk and supplant Ruth and Cobb in the record books and earn $ 200,000 a year — Mickey decided to enjoy life and earn only $ 80,000 a year and be content with being merely the most colorful and exciting and best ballplayer in his league during his own time.

Trappist monk Thomas Keating founded Contemplative Outreach, Ltd. as a national service organization to facilitate the growth of centering prayer.

But perhaps it is better to leave priest and layman to fulfill their vocations without mixing them; meanwhile, the Trappist monk going from the altar to milk the cows may serve to represent the principle that no honorable labor is unbefitting the priesthood as such.

Brendan Freeman, a Trappist monk from Iowa, says that the Beatitudes «draw our hearts out of themselves into a new way of understanding our lives... they are deliberately incomplete.

This was understood by the Trappist monk and author Thomas Merton, for example, as he attempted to appropriate Zen Buddhist insights.

Small but growing numbers of Christian theologians in Europe and North America have begun to meet regularly with Buddhists to foster mutual understanding and growth, one result of which is the recently established international Society for Buddhist - Christian Studies.4 In addition, following the lead of the late Trappist monk, Thomas Merton, many Roman Catholic monastics have begun to use meditative practices as an adjunct to their own spiritual disciplines (Walker).

As the McMass campaigners note, Trappist monks have a long history of selling beer to fund their monasteries.

Now, enthusiasts line up to hoard rarities like the annual spring release of Halifax's Garrison Spruce Beer; esoteric and earthy Italian imports like Panil; and, most famously, Westvleteren XII, a Belgian ale brewed by Trappist monks that sold out in minutes when it hit 16 Ontario liquor stores at a cost of $ 80 per six - pack last December.

Another fact is that her casket was made and donated by some Trappist monks.

A deceptively potent ale in the tradition of Belgium's Trappist monks, this beer has living yeast in the bottle, a clean palate, beginning with a dry, lightly citric fruitiness, and finishing with a distinctive and delicate, perfumed, hop character.

Can you imagine telling Trappist monks that the ales they've been brewing since 1595 don't involve «craft?»

A spokesperson for Bercow told the Mail on Sunday: «The Speaker doesn't expect MPs to be Trappist monks, but he would like to open a discussion about improving behaviour at PMQs.»

Xavier Beauvois directs this epic style picture (when he is not performing in an array of other pictures), a man known for his «Of Gods and Men» about Trappist monks in Algeria who must decide whether to stay or leave when that country is threatened by terrorists.

Of Gods and Men Description: Under threat by fundamentalist terrorists, a group of Trappist monks stationed with an impoverished Algerian community must decide whether to leave or stay.

The true story of seven French Trappist monks who were kidnapped from their monastery in Tibhirine and killed during the Algerian Civil War, Of Gods and Men surpasses the tragically topical by focusing on the monks» faith and their spiritual commonality with their Muslim neighbors.

But it takes its place among the best films of Xavier Beauvois, an eclectic group of exceptional pictures that includes the crime drama «Le Petit Lieutenant» (2005) and «Of Gods and Men,» about Trappist monks in Algeria.

Take the widely available Chimay Première ($ 7.30 for a 750 - ml bottle)-- brewed by Belgian Trappist monks, this bottle - conditioned copper - coloured beer features a silky mouthfeel, hints of spice, balanced notes of dark fruit and caramel malts, and a refreshing bitterness.

Not exact matches

Sierra Nevada Ovila Abbey Saison — Sierra Nevada has collaborated with local monks on their Ovila series in an effort to create Trappist - style ales with American brewing techniques.

If you can get past CUE, you'll find a sturdily - built and handsomely finished interior that boasts plenty of room, coddling seats, and Trappist - monk silence at highway speeds.