“This lovely collection of meditations… is a beautiful reminder to wake up and take notice of the world around us.” - Cleveland Plain Dealer

From best-selling authors The Monks of New Skete, Rise Up is sure to set the mood for reflection and encourage spiritual growth. A book to be kept by the bedside for daily reading or given as a gift for any occasion. Uplifting, helpful and encouraging meditations on the theme RISE UP are aimed to celebrate, to console and to inspire us all on our daily life journey. The monks offer gentle guidance and spiritual wisdom on subjects such as forgiveness, creativity, silence, nature, food, loneliness, laughter and the promise of each new day.

Rise Up With Good Reading
There is a way of reading that emphasizes depth over breadth, savoring over speed, wisdom over facts. Often referred to in the monastic tradition as lectio divina - sacred reading - it is a pursuit that allows the text to become an active partner in our own transformation through repetition and quiet reflection. By staying with a passage that speaks to us, we will find it working within our depths, bringing light to our souls, warmth to our hearts...

Rise Up With A Listening Heart
What is most often needed from us isn't all that dramatic: a listening heart. In listening to the other --really listening - we offer a gift that is increasingly absent in our culture. So many of us today can feel isolated, alienated, for the simple reason that we don't experience ourselves being listened to or accepted for who we really are. What a switch it is to offer that to another with no strings attached, and to witness the grace of someone suddenly coming to life because of it.