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Featured AuthorThomas Merton
Favorite QuoteWhatever I may have written, I think it all can be reduced in the end to this one root truth: that God calls human persons to union with Himself and with one another in Christ, in the Church which is His Mystical Body. It is also a witness to the fact that there is and must be, in the church, a contemplative life which has no other function than to realize these mysterious things, and return to God all the thanks and praise that human hearts can give Him. It is certainly true that I have written about more than just the contemplative life. I have articulately resisted attempts to have myself classified as an "inspirational writer." But if I have written about interracial justice, or thermonuclear weapons, it is because these issues are terribly relevant to one great truth: that man is called to live as a child of God. Man must respond to this call to live in peace with all his brothers and sisters in the One Christ. Favorite PrayerMy Lord God, I have no idea where I am going. I do not see the road ahead of me. I cannot know for certain where it will end. Nor do I really know myself, and the fact that I think that I am following your will does not mean that I am actually doing so. But I believe that the desire to please you does in fact please you. And I hope I have that desire in all that I am doing. I hope that I will never do anything apart from that desire. And I know that if I do this you will lead me by the right road though I may know nothing about it. Therefore will I trust you always though I may seem to be lost and in the shadow of death. I will not fear, for you are ever with me, and you will never leave me to face my perils alone. -- Thomas Merton, "Thoughts in Solitude" Biography/ReflectionsThomas Merton, The Hypnotic Charm in his Writings: Lessons on Writing We Can All Profit By, by Dennis McInerny Who is Thomas Merton?, The Man and His Works, From Thomas Merton: The Man and His Works, by Dennis Q. McInerny, Cistercian Publications Consortium Press, Washington, DC Featured WorksMerton, Thomas, Thomas Merton: Peace in the Post-Christian Era, Orbis Books, Maryknoll, NY, 165 pages Finley, James, Merton’s Palace of Nowhere, Ave Maria Press, Notre Dame, IN, pp.157 Get A Life, A Commentary on Merton's: The Inner Experience What Exactly is a Monk?, According to Thomas Merton Merton and the Meaning of Being a Monk and Being Called, by Dennis McInerney Merton: The Poet, by Dennis McInerny Behold, You Will Be Silent, From the Life of Thomas Merton, by Dennis McInerny, Part I |
