Light and Strength

Light & Strength - Mother C cile Bruy re, First Abbess of Sainte-C cile of Solesmes. New - First English translation of the French original, by Dom Guy Marie Oury, O.S.B. Born in 1845, at the age of eleven, providential circumstances brought young Jenny Bruy re under the spiritual tutelage of Dom Prosper Gu ranger, abbot of Saint-Pierre of Solesmes. Under his spiritual guidance she blossomed and became, at the age of 25, the foundress and first abbess of the Benedictine abbey of Sainte-C cile of Solesmes. This biographical work is at once a fascinating account of religious life in post-Revolutionary France, an exposition which brings to light the interior life of a great woman of God and her teachings as a religious superior, and a revealing analysis of a little known dimension of Dom Prosper Gu ranger's life and work as Abbot of Saint Pierre of Solesmes. (Book Preview takes up to 15 seconds to load.)