| Foreword | | xi | |
| Preface | | xv | |
| Acknowledgments | | xix | |
| | 1 | (11) |
| An Extraordinary Ordinary Man |
| | 1 | (3) |
| Jesus---A Celebrator of Ordinary Time |
| | 4 | (1) |
| St. Benedict's Perspective |
| | 5 | (2) |
| | 7 | (2) |
| Creation: Manifestation of God |
| | 9 | (2) |
| The Ineffable Inhabits All |
| | 11 | (1) |
| | 12 | (15) |
| | 12 | (2) |
| Stepping Out of the Ordinary to Refocus |
| | 14 | (1) |
| Daily Encounters: Parables of God's Love |
| | 15 | (3) |
| | 18 | (1) |
| | 19 | (1) |
| ``Cotton wool of daily life'' |
| | 20 | (2) |
| The Parable of the ``Walking Madonna'' |
| | 22 | (5) |
| Hospitality: Who's Knocking at My Door? |
| | 27 | (18) |
| | 27 | (2) |
| We Are Guests of God, the Arch Host |
| | 29 | (4) |
| | 33 | (2) |
| Dusting: An Opportunity to Caress |
| | 35 | (4) |
| Hospitality to the Unwanted Guest of Pain |
| | 39 | (1) |
| | 40 | (3) |
| | 43 | (2) |
| Obedience: We Listen, Discern, and Respond |
| | 45 | (16) |
| | 45 | (1) |
| Listen with the Ear of Your Heart |
| | 46 | (1) |
| | 47 | (2) |
| Our Bodies Call Us to Listen |
| | 49 | (2) |
| Memories and Images Come Forward |
| | 51 | (2) |
| A Word Stops Us; We Hear and See |
| | 53 | (1) |
| At Times We Listen with Others |
| | 54 | (2) |
| The Disciple Is to Be Quiet and Listen |
| | 56 | (5) |
| Stability: We Stand as We Walk |
| | 61 | (15) |
| Crossing the Street Together |
| | 61 | (1) |
| Stability Is Here and Now |
| | 62 | (2) |
| | 64 | (2) |
| St. Benedict: Focus on Stability Through Daily Events of Life |
| | 66 | (2) |
| | 68 | (3) |
| | 71 | (1) |
| | 72 | (4) |
| The Dramatic Ordinary: For Those Who Groan |
| | 76 | (17) |
| | 76 | (1) |
| Crisis Claims a Life of Its Own |
| | 76 | (3) |
| | 79 | (2) |
| A Long Day in and out of the Desert |
| | 81 | (4) |
| Your Crisis Is Your Crisis |
| | 85 | (3) |
| | 88 | (3) |
| Crisis Miles; Daily Steps |
| | 91 | (2) |
| Living in a Sacred Place: Living Contemplatively |
| | 93 | (14) |
| | 93 | (2) |
| | 95 | (2) |
| | 97 | (3) |
| St. Benedict's Vision: All in a Ray of Light |
| | 100 | (2) |
| | 102 | (1) |
| | 103 | (2) |
| We Continue to Run with an Expanding Heart |
| | 105 | (2) |
| Notes | | 107 | (8) |
| Bibliography | | 115 | |
