Armand Jean de Rancé - On Compunction

<p><span class="a-text-italic"><em>"Be solicitous only to pour out tears abundantly, and leave to God the care of drying them up."</em></span></p> <p><span class="a-text-italic"><em>On the Sanctity and Duties of the Monastic State</em></span> by the Abbé Armand-Jean de Rancé was originally published in Paris in 1683.<br /> Although Abbé de Rancé, the founder of the Trappists, originally wrote for his monks, many laity of 17th c. France enthusiastically adopted much of his spirituality, and to wonderful effect. With asceticism re-appearing now as a corrective to our self-indulgence and softness, his incisive book is a badly needed, bracing corrective for the Christians of our time. -- <em>from the description of</em> Back to Asceticism: the Trappist Option<em>, trans. Lee Gilbert.</em></p> <p><strong>Links</strong></p> <p><em>Back to Asceticism: The Trappist Option</em> -- <a href= "https://www.amazon.com/Back-Asceticism-Translation-Introduction-MONASTIQUE/dp/057855366X" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">https://www.amazon.com/Back-Asceticism-Translation-Introduction-MONASTIQUE/dp/057855366X</a></p> <p>Go to <a href="http://www.catholicculture.org/getaudio" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">http://www.catholicculture.org/getaudio</a> to register for FREE access to the full archive of audiobooks beyond the most recent 15 episodes.</p> <p>Donate at: <a href= "http://www.catholicculture.org/donate/audio" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">http://www.catholicculture.org/donate/audio</a></p> <p>Theme music: 2 Part Invention, composed by Mark Christopher Brandt, performed by Thomas Mirus. ©️2019 Heart of the Lion Publishing Co./BMI. All rights reserved.</p>