Pilgrim Road: A Benedictine Journey Through Lent [Paperback]

Albert Holtz (Author, Illustrator)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 30, 2006

It is extraordinary how popular Benedictine spirituality remains to ordinary Christian. There is something timeless about the Rule that appeals to people living 1500 years after St Benedict. Lent, equally, is also something that Christians commemorate 2,000 years since Jesus spent time in the wilderness. Put Lent and Benedictine spirituality together and you have a heady combination that will appeal to many Christians. The author, a Benedictine monk himself, takes St Benedict's view that the Lenten journey is an inner pilgrimage with Christ into the deepest parts of ourselves, to be marked not so much by external observances such as fasting and denial, but by a deepening of our relationship with God. The author wrote this series of meditations during a 15 country pilgrimage during a sabbatical year. At the heart of each of his reflections is the lesson taught about the inner spiritual journey. By applying Benedictine monastic wisdom to the everyday situation we find ourselves in, the book helps modern seekers to keep Lent as a positive, meaningful and fruitful experience.

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About the Author

Albert Holtz is a Benedictine monk at Newark Abbey in Newark, New Jersey, working in his monastery's inner-city prep school, where he teachers New Testament. He has served as master of novices for twenty-five years and as a retreat master for Benedictine communities around the United States. He is the author of several other books, including Downtown Monks, Street Wisdom and A Saint on Every Corner (Ave Maria, 1998, +15,000 copies sold).

Product Details

• Paperback: 178 pages
• Publisher: Morehouse Publishing (December 30, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0819222518
• ISBN-13: 978-0819222510
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.5 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #32,591 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A delightful and insightful travel guide for our journeys, March 5, 2007

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Wordlover (Comfort, Texas USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Pilgrim Road: A Benedictine Journey Through Lent (Paperback)

I have read many, many books of this type: ones that guide us through the spiritual journey. This is absolutely one of the very best. As a spiritual director and occasional writer myself I tend to be critical of many publications, mainly because they sound like so many others or actually say so little. Fr. Albert's is fresh, clearly written, entertaining, and very perceptive--a travel guide on two levels! Wonderful! I've never been inclined to write a review for Amazon before, but this book I'd like for thousands of people to read. What that might do!

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A special journey with a new friend, May 7, 2007

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Dianne M. Miller - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Pilgrim Road: A Benedictine Journey Through Lent (Paperback)

This little book revolutionized my Lent and hopefully my life. I longed for the morning to come and go places with Father Albert...geographically and spiritually. He challenged me areas that I did not know the Holy Spirit needed to speak to. May you be blessed as I was.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great book for Lent, March 30, 2007

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Gregory A. Scarff (Kalispell, MT United States) - See all my reviews
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Our church study group is using this book and we all love it. The traveling monk does a great job of immersing the reader into that particular place and the days study or reflection. The book is good for indivduals or groups.