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Author: Thomas Merton
Publisher: Liturgical Press
Published: 1986
Total Pages: 98
ISBN-13: 9780814604083
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book is to consider some of the special ques-tions and problems which surround the Bible itself--a book for which all blurbs are impossible.
Author: Thomas Merton
Publisher: Colchis Books
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Total Pages: 104
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis is intended to be a very simple book, an elementary treatment of a few basic ideas in Christian spirituality. Hence it should be useful to any Christian, and indeed to anyone who wants to acquaint himself with some principles of the interior life as it is understood in the Catholic Church. Nothing is here said of such subjects as “contemplation” or even “mental prayer.” And yet the book emphasizes what is at once the most common and the most mysterious aspect in the Christian life: grace, the power and the light of God in us, purifying our hearts, transforming us in Christ, making us true sons of God, enabling us to act in the world as his instruments for the good of all men and for his glory. This is therefore a meditation on some fundamental themes appropriate to the active life. It must be said at once that the active life is essential to every Christian. Clearly the active life must mean more than the life which is led in religious institutes of men and women who teach, care for the sick, and so on. (When one is talking of the “active life” as opposed to the “contemplative life,” this is the usual reference.) Here action is not looked at in opposition to contemplation, but as an expression of charity and as a necessary consequence of union with God by baptism.
Author: Thomas Merton
Publisher: HMH
Published: 2002-11-18
Total Pages: 379
ISBN-13: 0547544960
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis diary of a monastic life is “a continuation of The Seven Storey Mountain . . . Astonishing” (Commonweal). Chronicling six years of Thomas Merton’s life in a Trappist monastery, The Sign of Jonas takes us through his day-to-day experiences at the Abbey of Our Lady of Gethsemani, where he lived in silence and prayer for much of his life. Concluding with the account of Merton’s ordination as a priest, this diary documents his growing acceptance of his vocation—and the greater meaning he found within his private world of contemplation. “This book is made unmistakably real and almost, at times, unbearably poignant by the fact that the exuberance of youth so often wells up through it with rapture, impatience, and even bluster.” —TheNew York Times “A stirring book—the most readable and on the whole, most illuminating of the author’s writings.” —Catholic World
Author: Thomas Merton
Publisher: Christian Large Print
Published: 1985
Total Pages: 770
ISBN-13: 9780802724977
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOne man's search to find his role in the world is revealed in the writer's portrait of his youthful political activism and entry into a Trappist monastery
Author: Daniel P. Horan
Publisher: Ave Maria Press
Published: 2014-09-22
Total Pages: 288
ISBN-13: 1594714231
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDaniel Horan, O.F.M., popular author of Dating God and other books on Franciscan themes—and expert on the spirituality of Thomas Merton—masterfully presents the untold story of how the most popular saint in Christian history inspired the most popular spiritual writer of the twentieth century, and how together they can inspire a new generation of Christians. Millions of Christians and non-Christians look to Thomas Merton for spiritual wisdom and guidance, but to whom did Merton look? In The Franciscan Heart of Thomas Merton, Franciscan friar and author Daniel Horan shows how, both before and after he became a Trappist monk, Merton’s life was shaped by his love for St. Francis and for the Franciscan spiritual and intellectual tradition. Given recent renewed interest in St. Francis, this timely resource is both informative and practical, revealing a previously hidden side of Merton that will inspire a new generation of Christians to live richer, deeper, and more justice-minded lives of faith.
Author: Gray Henry
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Published: 2014
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781891785719
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe year 2015 is being celebrated worldwide as the Centenary of Thomas Merton, who has influenced literally millions of lives. More than 100 international contributors, including well-known celebrities such as Richard Rohr, Parker Palmer, Cynthia Beaugeaut, Thomas Moore, Robert Thurman, Huston Smith, Kallistos Ware, Joan Chittister, James Forest, Matthew Fox, Roger Lipsey, Judith Simmer- Brown, and Seyyed Hossein Nasr honor Merton's centenary by reflecting on the monk and writer's impact on their lives and careers. These highly personal, rather than academic, reflections attest to Merton's continuing importance in the 21st century. Over a quarter of the reflections are by young people which shows that Merton still speaks to a new generation. These profound contributions are deeply thought-provoking, reminding the reader of much he or she has come to understand about life from Merton, and loved about him. This volume is a spiritual treasure, bringing so much full circle: what Merton had to say and how this came to enrich our lives in so many various ways.
Author: John A. T. Robinson
Publisher: SCM Press
Published: 2014-09-16
Total Pages: 132
ISBN-13: 0334053501
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOn first publication in the 1960s, "Honest to God" did more than instigate a passionate debate about the nature of Christian belief in a secular revolution. It epitomised the revolutionary mood of the era and articulated the anxieties of a generation.
Author: Patrick Hart
Publisher: Burns & Oates
Published: 1981
Total Pages: 240
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Thomas Merton
Publisher: New Directions Publishing
Published: 1966
Total Pages: 198
ISBN-13: 9780811201018
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis paperbook collection of his prose writings reveals the extent to which Thomas Merton moved from the other-worldly devotion of his earlier work to a direct, deeply engaged, often militant concern with the critical situation of man in the world.
Author: Thomas Merton
Publisher: New Directions Publishing
Published: 1977
Total Pages: 1086
ISBN-13: 9780811207690
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"With the [publication of this book], an ever-wider audience may more fully appreciate the ... range of the poet's technique, the scope of his concerns, and the humaneness of his vision"--Back cover.
