‘Success monk’ Anselm Grün celebrates 80th birthday with book. ‘Christmas points us forward’

The success monk, they call him. Although Anselm Grün lives in the solitude of his monastery cell, he is nevertheless the companion of millions who consult him. The German Benedictine wrote more than 300 books about happiness and meaning. Now that he is turning 80, a new collection of his musings about Christmas is being published. “The child in the manger tells you that you can start over.”

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