Sharing The Vision

The Spiritual Lessons of the Religious Life

This book reflects the growing interest among lay people in the spiritual discipline of the religious life. Lavinia Byrne argues against the distinction between members of the religious life, and those outside that life. She explains how lay Christians can also live the religious life by understanding the monastic vows of chastity, poverty and obedience, and incorporating them into uncloistered lives, finding a context for holding, for owning, and for choosing.

Sharing The Vision tells the stories of the founding of several monastic orders, teaching the wisdom of Francis, Dominic, and Ignatius of Loyola, and how we may use their writings and rules of life to help structure our own life in Christ. Byrne makes a point of also including the story of a religious order for women.

Praise for Lavinia Byrne's Women Before God

"One of the most outstanding and moving books I have read in a long time.".