An inspiration and a moving lesson of love!

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	• The Hawk and the Dove Trilogy Penelope Wilcock Crossway Books, 2000 - 560 pages average customer review:based on 12 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Wonderful book

This is a book that you can read over and over again, coming away with new things to think about, new insights each time.

Soon to become my favorite book

I enjoy reading something that I can come away from with new ideas and something that challenges who I am or who I want to be. This book does that for me. Can I learn to love like that without the need for terrible infirmities to get me to that place? I hope so. This book provides a glimpse into the lives of very human men with very human problems but who find strength through God to over come.

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A true Blessing

This book is a real surprise and treat for anyone on the journey to live the life of the Gospels. Having been a Benedictine myself, this wonderful little book radiates the true beauty and wonder of the Benedictine life and tradition. Benedictinism is built on the back of the human conditions. Monks are seldom pius and what we imagine as saintly. They are rugged souls with real feet of clay who have the courage to hubly present themselves before their God and each other in service and imperfection. This wonderful book lets both the majesty of these monks and their all too human folly's resided side by side while never diminishing God's continued role in their lives. A real work of faith and hope.

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Beloved, essential

This book is beautiful in every respect. The stories are truly new -- by that I mean that there is absolutely nothing that is cliched or commonplace. The writing is crystalline and beautiful but also simple. But these are lesser things compared to the wonderful themes in this story. There is the theme of humility, portrayed in such a way that we understand that forgiveness, and reconciliation are excruciating, gut-wrenching, but among the most God-like deeds possible to mankind. We see faith portrayed also as very difficult but that God is ultimately always, always faithful.(I do not say that lightly: I don't know how God may someday test MY faith.) We see love that sacrifices for the good of others. I treasure this book up with "The Wise Woman" by George MacDonald and "Perelandra" by C.S. Lewis for the lessons it taught me and the beauty it showed me.

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An inspiration and a moving lesson of love!

Penelope Wilcox did a wonderful job of showing us how to love unconditionally. It's easy to say we love people but to read the book and the real examaples puts into perspective what true love is supposed to look like. This books is a fast and easy read, not preachy (as I was afraid it might be) and just a pure joy to read. This is one book that I will not give away but rather lend to friends and family so that I may have it to read again. Be prepared to become so engrossed in the story that you feel like you are in the monestary and be prepared to cry.

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Rich with imagery and emotion, this collection of captivating tales of a 13th century community reflect the timeless human drama of people learning to love and to accept God's grace. Though they belonged to another century, their struggles are our own--finding our niche; coping with failure; overcoming pride and anger, pain and insecurity; determining who we are before God. In their daily rhythm of work and worship, they discover that the whole of life is a love story about a tender and passionate God.

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