Well, maybe it wasn’t so much Thomas Merton as it was the folk who edited together the talks on the audiobook. One of the audiobooks available at Hoopla I mentioned last week was Thomas Merton on Contemplation. I decided to … Continue reading
A few weeks ago I came across the audiobook 7 Days with Thomas Merton by Fr Donald Goergen, O.P. and was able to download it and over the course of several days listen to it. While at first Fr Goergen’s … Continue reading
Today, December 10, is the anniversary of the death of Thomas Merton. Merton has been a leading voice on spirituality, contemplation and our encounter with the world since at least 1948 with the publication of his autobiography, The Seven Storey … Continue reading
Last week in several posts, in several ways, I wondered with you if Lent might be a time to practice opening our eyes to what is around. I don’t claim I am open to my surroundings all the times I … Continue reading
Of all the writers I have read and reread, Thomas Merton ranks for me as one of the most important, influential, and challenging. Today is marked on many calendars as a day to remember Merton and consider what he … Continue reading
Let me break the morning silence by bringing a few words from Thomas Merton, “Music is pleasing not only because of the sound but because of the silence that is in it: without the alternation of sound and silence there would be … Continue reading
On January 31, 1915, Thomas Merton was born. Over the years since I first began reading Merton he has a had a profound influence on how I look at many things. May I simply share today a prayer of his? … Continue reading
I had something in mind to send out today, put myself in front of the computer to get started, and began typing “Draft for September 11, 2013.” And stopped. – 9/11 – I thought for a moment about not sending anything because … Continue reading
When you consider the church, what do you see? I feel sure most will see more than a building. Probably many will see more than a group of people assembled for a meeting. Will any of us get a glimpse of what brings … Continue reading
I was browsing the shelves at the library the other day and came across a Thomas Merton book that was new to me, Thomas Merton in Alaska. Not only was the book new to me, but I had no idea … Continue reading
