Spiritual life--Catholic Church, Doherty Catherine de Hueck 1896-1985, Orthodox Spirituality 

Poustinia The modern spiritual classic for those seeking the open heart and listening soul of a silent contemplation.Poustinia, a Russian word, means desert , a place to meet Christ in silence, solitude and prayer. Catherine Doherty combines her insights into the great spiritual traditions of the Russian Church with her very personal experience of life with Christ.Men and women who desire communion with God can discover how the poustinia powerfully fulfills their yearning. Readers are invited to leave the noise and harried pace of daily life to enter a place of silence and solitude. Catherine writes from her own experience with refreshing and startling Christian authenticity and a strong personal sense of spiritual authority.Catherine emphasizes poustinia of the heart, an interiorized poustinia, a silent chamber carried always and everywhere in which to contemplate God within. Learn how our desert can be in the marketplace, in the midst of countless conferences, traffic jams, bus trips or a hospital ward. Written by one who knows by experience, Poustinia brings consolation with its vision of a personal desert that can bloom in simple, profound prayer.A timeless best-seller, published in 16 foreign editions around the world, Poustinia won the prestigious French Academy Award. The experience of poustinia has become a worldwide phenomenon following its publicity through this popular book.Read by Father Émile Brière, a priest of Madonna House who is eminently suited for this oral presentation, since he was at the author s side from the very beginning of her inspiration to bring this spirituality to the Western world from her native Russia. Father Brière brings to the reading his own experience of living as a poustinik in his later years, and his deep understanding of Poustinia allows him to draw out the full meaning of Catherine s words. 6 CDs (compact discs), 5 hrs. 30 mins. Extended abridgement. - from Amzon