{"product_id":"monastic-devotion","title":"Counsels on the Monastic Life, Vol. 1 - Monastic Devotion (Saint Paisios)","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe first in a new four-volume series of inspiring spiritual counsels of St. Paisios the New of Mt. Athos specifically on the monastic life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA true ascetic who spent his life cultivating the virtues of humility and love, Elder Paisios always sought to draw people closer to the Kingdom of Heaven. In these spiritual counsels one sees the living, eternal wisdom of the Church Fathers through the suffering love of a beloved saint and modern guide of souls.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom the book: \"The monastic life is madness, divine madness.  It is a soaring; it is freedom, spiritual freedom.  The monastic becomes a rebel for the love of Christ in order to free himself from the slavery of the passions and to free others, as well, with his prayer and his life.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e292 pp., softcover\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Holy Hesychasterion \"Evangelist John the Theologian\"","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43881403646030,"sku":"938566","price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1322\/7943\/files\/MonasticDevotion.png?v=1782312956","url":"https:\/\/www.holycross.org\/products\/monastic-devotion","provider":"Holy Cross Monastery","version":"1.0","type":"link"}