"The life of action ought to flow from the contemplative life, to interpret and extend it, outside oneself, though at the same time being detached from it as little as possible."

Part Two of this classic work by the French Trappist monk, Dom Jean-Baptiste Chautard (1858-1935), further explores the inseparable interdependence of the active and the interior lives—each depends upon, presupposes, and completes the other.

Episode 2: Part Two

00:00 - Intro

00:46 - 1. The priority of the interior over the active life in the eyes of God

10:30 - 2. Good works should be nothing but an overflow from the inner life

16:36 - 3. Active works must begin and end in the interior life, and, in it, find their means

25:11 - 4. The active and interior lives are completely interdependent

36:22 - 5. The excellence of this union

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