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| seven story mountain thomas merton: The Seven Storey Mountain Thomas Merton, 1985 One 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 |
| seven story mountain thomas merton: The Seven Storey Mountain Thomas Merton, 1999 A celebration of Merton's spiritual autobiography is accompanied by an introduction from the editor and a note from Merton's biographer. |
| seven story mountain thomas merton: The Seven Mountains of Thomas Merton Michael Mott, 1993 A biography of Trappist monk Thomas Merton, tracing his life from his birth in France in 1915, through his years at the Abbey of Gethsemani in Kentucky, to his death in Bangkok in 1968, and revealing details about his religious beliefs and challenges. --Descripción del editor. |
| seven story mountain thomas merton: Thomas Merton, Spiritual Master Thomas Merton, 1992 Includes excerpts from Seven storey mountain, Conjectures of a guilty bystander and many other works including a chronology of Merton's life. |
| seven story mountain thomas merton: The Other Side of the Mountain Thomas Merton, 2010-09-14 With the election of a new Abbot at the Abbey of Gethsemani, Merton enters a period of unprecedented freedom, culminating in the opportunity to travel to California, Alaska, and finally the Far East – journeys that offer him new possibilities and causes for contemplation. In his last days at the Abbey of Gethsemani, Merton continues to follow the tumultuous events of the sixties, including the assassinations of Martin Luther King, Jr., and Robert Kennedy. In Southeast Asia, he meets the Dalai Lama and other Buddhist and Catholic monks and discovers a rare and rewarding kinship with each. The final year is full of excitement and great potential for Merton, making his accidental death in Bangkok, at the age of fifth-three, all the more tragic. |
| seven story mountain thomas merton: Mystics and Zen Masters Thomas Merton, 1999-11-29 Thomas Merton was recognized as one of those rare Western minds that are entirely at home with the Zen experience. In this collection, he discusses diverse religious concepts-early monasticism, Russian Orthodox spirituality, the Shakers, and Zen Buddhism-with characteristic Western directness. Merton not only studied these religions from the outside but grasped them by empathy and living participation from within. All these studies, wrote Merton, are united by one central concern: to understand various ways in which men of different traditions have conceived the meaning and method of the 'way' which leads to the highest levels of religious or of metaphysical awareness. |
| seven story mountain thomas merton: Life and Holiness Thomas Merton, This 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. |
| seven story mountain thomas merton: Merton & Waugh Mary Frances Coady, 2014-03-01 From 1948 to 1952 the lives of Trappist monk Thomas Merton and British novelist Evelyn Waugh were closely intertwined. During these years, Waugh became enthusiastic about American Catholicism, and in particular, monasticism as seen through the eyes of the author of The Seven Storey Mountain. He agreed to edit Merton’s autobiography and the subsequent Waters of Siloe for publication in Britain. In this close examination of their friendship, through their correspondence, we see Waugh’s coaching of a younger writer and Waugh’s brief infatuation with America. Most of all, we witness Merton the writing student and spiritual master and Waugh the master of prose and conflicted penitent. And we see how the two men diverge as the Second Vatican Council takes hold in Catholicism and the church experiences profound change. This careful study sheds light on Merton the writer with Evelyn Waugh as his tutor. It is also an interesting snapshot of the culture of midtwentieth century Catholic renewal. —Lawrence S. Cunningham, John A. O'Brien Professor of Theology (Emeritus), The University of Notre Dame “An absorbing exchange of letters between Thomas Merton and Evelyn Waugh, focusing principally on Waugh’s editing of the British publication of The Seven Storey Mountain and The Waters of Siloe. Waugh’s sometimes barbed comments caused Merton to reflect deeper on what he was writing and how he should respond, as positively as he could, to this influential Catholic novelist. A wonderful, brief study of both men.” —Patrick Samway, S.J., editor of The Letters of Robert Giroux and Thomas Merton (forthcoming, University of Notre Dame Press, 2015) “Dedicated readers of Evelyn Waugh and Thomas Merton know of the connections between two major Catholic writers, especially of Waugh as editor and writing coach for Merton's work. But in this brief but thoroughly researched book, Coady provides important new details about Merton's role not just as willing student but as spiritual advisor to Waugh and puts those details into the cultural and religious context of the years after World War II in clear and sometimes eloquent fashion.” —Robert Murray Davis, author of Brideshead Revisited: The Past Redeemed |
| seven story mountain thomas merton: New Seeds of Contemplation Thomas Merton, 2003 A collection of thirty-nine short essays in which Thomas Merton examines what true contemplation is and how it can impact one's spirituality. |
| seven story mountain thomas merton: Thomas Merton William Henry Shannon, 2005 He was something of a legendary figure among the old boys of his generation and he was clearly something of a rebel. That description of Thomas Merton by his English headmaster influenced this captivating introductory look at the monk-writer and his works. Merton scholar William H. Shannon presents Merton's life story to suggest that this mid-twentieth-century writer can speak meaningfully to women and men now several years into a new century, to develop…some of the themes that make their way through his writings, and to suggest a possible order for reading his books as one enters into the huge library of Mertoniana…. |
| seven story mountain thomas merton: The Sign of Jonas Thomas Merton, 2002-11-18 This 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 |
| seven story mountain thomas merton: Entering the Silence Thomas Merton, 2009-03-17 The second volume of Thomas Merton's gusty, passionate journals (Thomas Moore) chronicles Merton's advancements to priesthood and emergence as a bestselling author with the surprise success of his autobiography, The Seven Storey Mountain. Spanning an eleven-year period, Entering the Silence reflects Merton's struggle to balance his vocation to solitude with the budding literary career that would soon established him as one of the most important spiritual writers of our century. |
| seven story mountain thomas merton: Seeds of Destruction Thomas Merton, 2010-05-25 Thomas Merton (1915-1968) is one of the foremost spiritual thinkers of the twentieth century. Though he lived a mostly solitary existence as a Trappist monk, he had a dynamic impact on world affairs through his writing. An outspoken proponent of the antiwar and civil rights movements, he was both hailed as a prophet and castigated for his social criticism. He was also unique among religious leaders in his embrace of Eastern mysticism, positing it as complementary to the Western sacred tradition. Merton is the author of over forty books of poetry, essays, and religious writing, including Mystics and Zen Masters, and The Seven Story Mountain, for which he is best known. His work continues to be widely read to this day. |
| seven story mountain thomas merton: The Seeker and the Monk Scott Sophfronia, Taylor Brown, Barbara, 2021-03-16 What if we truly belong to each other? What if we are all walking around shining like the sun? Mystic, monk, and activist Thomas Merton asked those questions in the twentieth century. Writer Sophfronia Scott is asking them today. In The Seeker and the Monk, Scott mines the extensive private journals of one of the most influential contemplative thinkers of the past for guidance on how to live in these fraught times. As a Black woman who is not Catholic, Scott both learns from and pushes back against Merton, holding spirited, and intimate conversations on race, ambition, faith, activism, nature, prayer, friendship, and love. She asks: What is the connection between contemplation and action? Is there ever such a thing as a wrong answer to a spiritual question? How do we care about the brutality in the world while not becoming overwhelmed by it? By engaging in this lively discourse, readers will gain a steady sense of how to dwell more deeply within--and even to love--this despairing and radiant world. |
| seven story mountain thomas merton: Thoughts In Solitude Thomas Merton, 2011-04-01 Thoughtful and eloquent, as timely (or timeless) now as when it was originally published in 1956, Thoughts in Solitude addresses the pleasure of a solitary life, as well as the necessity for quiet reflection in an age when so little is private. Thomas Merton writes: When society is made up of men who know no interior solitude it can no longer be held together by love: and consequently it is held together by a violent and abusive authority. But when men are violently deprived of the solitude and freedom which are their due, the society in which they live becomes putrid, it festers with servility, resentment and hate. Thoughts in Solitude stands alongside The Seven Storey Mountain as one of Merton's most uring and popular works. Thomas Merton, a Trappist monk, is perhaps the foremost spiritual thinker of the twentiethcentury. His diaries, social commentary, and spiritual writings continue to be widely read after his untimely death in 1968. |
| seven story mountain thomas merton: Conjectures of a Guilty Bystander Thomas Merton, 2009-11-17 In this series of notes, opinions, experiences, and reflections, Thomas Merton examines some of the most urgent questions of our age. With his characteristic forcefulness and candor, he brings the reader face-to-face with such provocative and controversial issues as the “death of God,” politics, modern life and values, and racial strife–issues that are as relevant today as they were fifty years ago. Conjectures of a Guilty Bystander is Merton at his best–detached but not unpassionate, humorous yet sensitive, at all times alive and searching, with a gift for language which has made him one of the most widely read and influential spiritual writers of our time. |
| seven story mountain thomas merton: The Asian Journal of Thomas Merton Thomas Merton, 1975 This is quintessential Merton.--The Catholic Review. |
| seven story mountain thomas merton: Silent Lamp William Henry Shannon, 1992 William H. Shannon shares his intimate knowledge and unique insights in this new and exciting biography of the monk whose own autobiography became a bestseller much to his chagrin. Silent Lamp is the name given to Merton two years before he died by the Chinese philosopher John Wu--and a perfect metaphor for the healing light that still spreads from his life and work to people everywhere. Silent Lamp is a reflective biography: it illuminates Merton's inner life and thoroughly chronicles his outer journey, telling the story in terms of the significant events and experiences that shaped his spiritual path. It sheds new light on the principal themes that Merton developed as a writer and teacher, from the renewal of monastic life to the poetry of Latin America, from the demands of interracial justice to the teachings of the Sufi masters. As the author puts it, This book attempts to look at the inner journey which alone gives meaning to the exterior one. I want to put the picture in the frame. More than any other book on Thomas Merton, Silent Lamp achieves that goal.--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved |
| seven story mountain thomas merton: The Ascent to Truth Thomas Merton, 2002-11-04 The author of The Seven Storey Mountain explores the mysticism of Saint John of the Cross. The only thing that can save the world from complete moral collapse is a spiritual revolution. . . . The desire for unworldliness, detachment, and union with God is the most fundamental expression of this revolutionary spirit. In Ascent to Truth, author and Trappist Monk Thomas Merton makes an impassioned case for the importance of contemplation. Drawing on a range of thinkers—from Carl Jung to Pope Pius XII—Merton defines the nature of contemplative experience and shows how the Christian mysticism of sixteenth-century Spanish Carmelite Saint John of the Cross offers essential answers to our disquieting and troubling times. “For any who have the desire to look into meditation and contemplation . . . this is the book for which they have waited.” —New York Herald Tribune Book Review “For those who may be curious about mysticism, and for those who may be called to a life of contemplation, this is an excellent book.” —Catholic World |
| seven story mountain thomas merton: Contemplative Prayer Thomas Merton, 2009-11-17 In this classic text, Thomas Merton offers valuable guidance for prayer. He brings together a wealth of meditative and mystical influences–from John of the Cross to Eastern desert monasticism–to create a spiritual path for today. Most important, he shows how the peace contacted through meditation should not be sought in order to evade the problems of contemporary life, but can instead be directed back out into the world to affect positive change. Contemplative Prayer is one of the most well-known works of spirituality of the last one hundred years, and it is a must-read for all seeking to live a life of purpose in today’s world. In a moving and profound introduction, Thich Nhat Hanh offers his personal recollections of Merton and compares the contemplative traditions of East and West. |
| seven story mountain thomas merton: Zen Catholicism Aelred Graham, 1994 The author's reflection upon Zen Buddhism and Catholicism has shown many points of contact between them, in spite of their divergent rituals and philosophies. Although he warns against the weaknesses of Zen, he urges Westerners in general, and Catholics in particular, to draw from its strengths, suggesting that the harmony Zen points to at the heart of religion could bring the West freedom from unnecessary anxiety and a new awareness of the peace of God. |
| seven story mountain thomas merton: Praying the Psalms Thomas Merton, 1956 Merton shows us how to draw out the richness of worship from the psalter and to use it to achieve the peace that comes from submission to God's will and from perfect confidence in him.......Catholic Review Service |
| seven story mountain thomas merton: Zen and the Birds of Appetite Thomas Merton, 2010-07-27 Merton, one of the rare Western thinkers able to feel at home in the philosophies of the East, made the wisdom of Asia available to Westerners. Zen enriches no one, Thomas Merton provocatively writes in his opening statement to Zen and the Birds of Appetite—one of the last books to be published before his death in 1968. There is no body to be found. The birds may come and circle for a while... but they soon go elsewhere. When they are gone, the 'nothing,' the 'no-body' that was there, suddenly appears. That is Zen. It was there all the time but the scavengers missed it, because it was not their kind of prey. This gets at the humor, paradox, and joy that one feels in Merton's discoveries of Zen during the last years of his life, a joy very much present in this collection of essays. Exploring the relationship between Christianity and Zen, especially through his dialogue with the great Zen teacher D.T. Suzuki, the book makes an excellent introduction to a comparative study of these two traditions, as well as giving the reader a strong taste of the mature Merton. Never does one feel him losing his own faith in these pages; rather one feels that faith getting deeply clarified and affirmed. Just as the body of Zen cannot be found by the scavengers, so too, Merton suggests, with the eternal truth of Christ. |
| seven story mountain thomas merton: No Man is an Island Thomas Merton, 2005 This volume is a stimulating series of spiritual reflections which will prove helpful for all struggling to find the meaning of human existence and to live the richest, fullest and noblest life. --Chicago Tribune |
| seven story mountain thomas merton: Merton and Friends James Harford, 2006 Triple biography, told largely through their correspondence, of 3 college friends who ultimately went on to literary fame religious writer Thomas Merton, minimalist poet Robert Lax, and author/photographer/magazine publisher Edward Rice. |
| seven story mountain thomas merton: Surrender to Love David G. Benner, 2015-09-24 In this expanded edition of a spiritual formation classic, David G. Benner explores the twin themes of love and surrender as the heart of Christian spirituality. God doesn't want his people to respond to him out of fear or obligation, but invites us to enter into an authentic relationship of intimacy and devotion—by surrendering to love. |
| seven story mountain thomas merton: The Seven Storey Mountain Thomas Merton, 1952-04 This classic of faith has touched millions of lives--and is now available in a beautiful gift edition. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved. |
| seven story mountain thomas merton: Soul Searching Morgan Atkinson, Jonathan Montaldo, 2008 The Documentary as seen on PBS. Noted by Google ' as a best book of 2008 A companion to award-winning producer Morgan Atkinson's documentary of the same title, this work draws us into the geographical landscape of Thomas Merton's life in America, a landscape that was intrinsic to his spiritual journey. Containing a considerable amount of rich material unused in the documentary, Soul Searching is alive with the narrative of those who either knew Merton well or passionately care about him: Father Daniel Berrigan, Rosemary Ruether, Martin Marty, Paul Elie, and many others. Their insights are linked to the places 'from the Abbey of Gethsemani to the Redwoods Monastery in California, from New York City to Christ in the Desert Monastery in New Mexico that both nurtured and shaped Merton. The picture that emerges, through both the narrative and vivid photography, is filled with provocative insights into the interior landscape of one of the spiritual giants of modern times. |
| seven story mountain thomas merton: Thomas Merton, Brother Monk M. Basil Pennington, 1997 Describes Thomas Merton's later years, focusing on his daily life in the monastery, and shares remembrances by his fellow monks |
| seven story mountain thomas merton: Time Clifford A. Pickover, 1999-09-23 Bucky Fuller thought big, Wired magazine recently noted, Arthur C. Clarke thinks big, but Cliff Pickover outdoes them both. In his newest book, Cliff Pickover outdoes even himself, probing a mystery that has baffled mystics, philosophers, and scientists throughout history--What is the nature of time? In Time: A Traveler's Guide, Pickover takes readers to the forefront of science as he illuminates the most mysterious phenomenon in the universe--time itself. Is time travel possible? Is time real? Does it flow in one direction only? Does it have a beginning and an end? What is eternity? Pickover's book offers a stimulating blend of Chopin, philosophy, Einstein, and modern physics, spiced with diverting side-trips to such topics as the history of clocks, the nature of free will, and the reason gold glitters. Numerous diagrams ensure readers will have no trouble following along. By the time we finish this book, we understand a wide variety of scientific concepts pertaining to time. And most important, we will understand that time travel is, indeed, possible. |
| seven story mountain thomas merton: The Nonviolent Alternative Thomas Merton, 2010-05-20 From the Trappist monk and author of The Seven Storey Mountain, reflections on the way to moral and social change in a violent world. The writings in this work were precipitated by a variety of events during the last decades of Thomas Merton’s life—the civil rights and peace movements of the 1960s among them. His timeless moral integrity and tireless concern for nonviolent solutions to war are eloquently expressed. A revised edition of the previously published Thomas Merton on Peace, The Nonviolent Alternative addresses such topics as Christianity and defense in the nuclear age; the Danish nonviolent resistance to Hitler; civil disobedience; wartime atrocities; passivity and abuse of authority; and more. It is a meaningful and thought-provoking read for anyone concerned with maintaining faith and making ethical, effective decisions in a world filled with conflict and injustice. Praise for the first edition “These articles represent a radically spiritual breakthrough beyond the ‘self-enclosed . . . beautiful, narcissistic tautology of war’ to a certainty of a peace without limit and time.” —Kirkus Reviews |
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| seven story mountain thomas merton: A Way to God Matthew Fox, 2016-04-01 This unique reflection was prompted by an invitation Matthew Fox received to speak on the centennial of Thomas Merton’s birth. Fox says that much of the trouble he’s gotten into — such as being excommunicated in 1993 from the Dominican Order by Cardinal Ratzinger (who later became Pope Benedict) — was because of Thomas Merton, who sent Fox to Paris to complete a doctoral program in philosophy. Fox found that Merton’s journals, poetry, and religious writings revealed a deeply ecumenical philosophy and a contemplative life experience similar to that of Meister Eckhart, the fourteenth-century mystic/theologian who inspired Fox’s own “creation spirituality.” It is little surprise to find Fox and Merton to be kindred spirits, but the intersections Fox finds with Eckhart are intellectually profound, spiritually enlightening, and delightfully engaging. |
| seven story mountain thomas merton: The Secret Gospel of Mark Spencer Reece, 2021-03-16 An exquisite memoir of a life saved by poetry. This is a portrait of the artist, narrated by a priest and a poet and a gay man with tenderness and searing honesty. Spencer Reece weaves the poetry he loves into how he has lived, the poetry as solace and relief, as confirmation and rescue, as redemption. —Colm Toíbín The Secret Gospel of Mark is a powerful dynamo of a story that delicately weaves the author's experiences with an appreciation for seven great literary touchstones: Elizabeth Bishop, Sylvia Plath, Emily Dickinson, James Merrill, Mark Strand, George Herbert, and Gerard Manley Hopkins. In speaking to the beauty these poets' works inspire in him, Reece finds the beauty of his own life's journey, a path that runs from coming of age as a gay teenager in the 1980s, Yale, alcoholism, a long stint as a Brooks Brothers salesman, Harvard Divinity School, and leads finally to hard-won success as a poet, reconciliation with his family, and the fulfillment of finding his life's work as an Episcopal priest. Reece's writing approaches the truth and beauty of the writers who have influenced him; elliptical and direct, always beautifully rendered. |
| seven story mountain thomas merton: The Martyrdom of Thomas Merton Hugh Turley, David Martin, 2018-03-07 Seldom can one predict that a book will have an effect on history, but this is such a work. Merton's many biographers and the American press now say unanimously that he died from accidental electrocution. From a careful examination of the official record, including crime scene photographs that the authors have found that the investigating police in Thailand never saw, and from reading the letters of witnesses, they have discovered that the accidental electrocution conclusion is totally false. The widely repeated story that Merton had taken a shower and was therefore wet when he touched a lethal faulty fan was made up several years after the event and is completely contradicted by the evidence. Hugh Turley and David Martin identify four individuals as the primary promoters of the false accidental electrocution narrative. Another person, they show, should have been treated as a murder suspect. The most likely suspect in plotting Merton's murder, a man who was a much stronger force for peace than most people realize, they identify as the Central Intelligence Agency of the United States government. Thomas Merton was the most important Roman Catholic spiritual and anti-warfare-state writer of the 20th century. To date, he has been the subject of 28 biographies and numerous other books. Remarkably, up to now no one has looked critically at the mysterious circumstances surrounding his sudden death in Thailand. From its publication date in the 50th anniversary of his death, into the foreseeable future, this carefully researched work will be the definitive, authoritative book on how Thomas Merton died. |
| seven story mountain thomas merton: The Franciscan Heart of Thomas Merton Daniel P. Horan, 2014-09-22 Daniel 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. |
| seven story mountain thomas merton: Queen of Our Times Robert Hardman, 2022-04-05 The definitive portrait of Queen Elizabeth II by a renowned royal biographer. As seen on Good Morning America, CNN, and the BBC Shy but with a steely self-confidence; inscrutable despite ten decades in the public eye; unflappable; devout; indulgent; outwardly reserved, inwardly passionate; unsentimental; inquisitive; young at heart. Even with her recent passing at age ninety-six, she remains a twenty-first century global phenomenon commanding unrivalled respect and affection. Sealed off during the greatest peacetime emergency of modern times, she has stuck to her own maxim: I have to be seen to be believed. Robert Hardman, one of Britain’s most acclaimed royal biographers, now wraps up the full story of one of the undisputed greats in a thousand years of monarchy. Hardman distills Elizabeth's complex life into a must-read study of dynastic survival and renewal. It is a portrait of a world leader who remains as intriguing today as the day she came to the Throne at age twenty-five. With peerless access to members of the Royal Family, staff, friends, and royal records, Queen of Our Times brings fresh insights and scholarship to the modern royal story. There will be no more thorough, more readable, more original book on Elizabeth II as we celebrate a life and reign that, surely, will never be equaled. |
| seven story mountain thomas merton: What Is Contemplation? Thomas Merton, There are so many Christians who do not appreciate the magnificent dignity of their vocation to sanctity, to the knowledge, love and service of God. There are so many Christians who do not realize what possibilities God has placed in the life of Christian perfection — what possibilities for joy in the knowledge and love of Him. There are so many Christians who have practically no idea of the immense love of God for them, and of the power of that Love to do them good, to bring them happiness. Why do we think of the gift of contemplation, infused contemplation, mystical prayer, as something essentially strange and esoteric reserved for a small class of almost unnatural beings and prohibited to everyone else? It is perhaps because we have forgotten that contemplation is the work of the Holy Ghost acting on our souls through His gifts of Wisdom and Understanding with special intensity to increase and perfect our love for Him. These gifts are part of the normal equipment of Christian sanctity. They are given to all in Baptism, and if they are given it is presumably because God wants them to be developed. Their development will always remain the free gift of God and it is true that His wise Providence sees fit to develop them less in some saints than in others. But it is also true that God often measures His gifts by our desire to receive them, and by our cooperation with His grace, and the Holy Spirit will not waste any of His gifts on people who have little or no interest in them. |
| seven story mountain thomas merton: Merton's Palace of Nowhere James Finley, 2018-02-02 For forty years, James Finley’s Merton's Palace of Nowhere has been the standard text for exploring, reflecting on, and understanding the rich vein of Thomas Merton's thought. Spiritual identity is the quest to know who we are, to find meaning, to overcome that sense of “Is this all there is?” Merton’s message cuts to the heart of this universal quest, and Finley illuminates that message as no one else can. As a young man of eighteen, Finley left home for an unlikely destination: the Abbey of Gethsemani, where Thomas Merton lived as a contemplative. Finley stayed at the monastery for six maturing years and later wrote this Merton’s Palace of Nowhere in order to share a taste of what he had learned on his spiritual journey under the guidance of one of the great religious figures of our time. At the heart of the quest for spiritual identity are Merton's illuminating insights—leading from an awareness of the false and illusory self to a realization of the true self. Dog-eared, tattered, underlined copies of this book are found on the bookshelves of retreat centers, parish libraries, and the homes of spiritual seekers everywhere. This anniversary edition brings a classic to a new generation and includes a new preface by Finley. |
| seven story mountain thomas merton: Seeds Thomas Merton, 2002-10-08 The essence of Merton's thought and its relevance for today, presented in a collection of short readings from a broad selection of his work. |
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THE MONK AS A MARGINAL PERSON - The Seven Storey Mountain
3. Thomas Merton, " Is the World a Problem I" in Contemplation in a World of Action (New York: Doubleday Image Books, 1973), p. 159. Hereafter referred to in the text as CWA. 4. Thomas …
Thomas Merton: Twenty-Five Years After
encouraged Merton to write. He wrote pious lives of Cistercian saints, but also poetry, and before long was working on his autobiography. The Seven Storey Mountain. When this book was …
Thomas Merton's Unfinished Journey in Dialogue with Buddhism
Thomas Merton's Unfinished Journey in Dialogue with Buddhism John P. Keenan Thomas Merton was many things - literary critic, poet, author of immensely popular spiritual books, social critic, …
From Cloister to Classroom: Thomas Merton and Today’s College …
The first task is to acquaint the student with Thomas Merton. To that end, the student is first asked to read The Seven Storey Mountain.2 This book establishes the Merton baseline. It helps …
ttenry David Thoreau and Thomas Merton: - The Seven Storey Mountain
forcing any significant piece of writing to be subjective. Merton assumes this view of Seven Storey Mountain many years after its publication. Responding to a request in 1967 for a short …
Thomas Merton’s Italian Vision Revisited - The Seven Storey Mountain
1. Thomas Merton, The Seven Storey Mountain (New York: Harcourt, Brace, 1948) 107; subsequent references will be cited as “SSM” parenthetically in the text. 2. Charles Freeman, …
The Climate of Humor and Freedom: An Interview about Thomas Merton with ...
far more than The Seven Storey Mountain. Many people think I came to Thomas Merton through The Seven Storey Mountain, but that's not the case at all. I read that later. I think there was an …
Thomas Merton -Theologian of Resistance
Merton by The Seven Storey Mountain would be like judging Aquinas by the graffiti on his playpen.4 Merton himself openly disowned, and dissociated himself from, much of this early …
Reading Lax: A Brief Overview of Literature By and About Robert …
Most of those who know of Robert Lax probably first learned of him through reading Thomas Merton's The Seven Storey Mountain. ln this perennial spiritual classic, Lax is portrayed as …
The Persistence of Harlem in the Life and Legacy of Thomas Merton
92 The Merton Annual 29 (2016) ness for becoming a monk. He feared, as he writes in the The Seven Storey Mountain, “an ultimate refusal.”4 And so he returned to his teaching at St. …
Monasticism and Thomas Merton, Monk-Priest and Author: His ...
life. Merton did much to restore a human face to the monastic life; his autobiography (The Seven Storey Mountain) represented a break through in this regard, leading those who read it to …
Sowing Seeds of Contemplation and Compassion: Merton’s …
Lama, and Thich Nhat Hanh – Thomas Merton was attentive to “the signs of the times.” This attention grew out of an ever-deepening social consciousness, which was nurtured in and …
Review of THE SEVEN MOUNTAINS OF THOMAS MERTON …
THE SEVEN MOUNTAINS OF THOMAS MERTON by Michael Mott -Reviewed by Edward Rice Biography is a notoriously difficult discipline, and the exacting demands imposed on today's …
THOMAS MERTON
THE SEVEN STOREY MOUNTAIN THOMAS MERTON Within a year of its publication in 1948, The Seven Storey Mountain had sold hundreds of thousands of copies and had become a …
Metaphors and Allusions: The Theopolitical Essays of Thomas Merton
Theopolitical Essays of Thomas Merton Bradford T. Stull A dream: the old television show "To Tell the Truth" is on. ... of the devout, nearly xenophobic The Seven Storey Mountain and the …
From Clairvaux to Mount Olivet: Thomas Merton’s Geography of Pla
7. Michael Mott, The Seven Mountains of Thomas Merton (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1984) 1; subsequent references will be cited as “ Mott” parenthetically in the text. 8. Thomas Merton, …
Letters to a Black Catholic Priest: Thomas Merton, Fr. August …
See Thomas Merton, The Seven Storey Mountain (New York: Harcourt, Brace, 1948) 337-60; on this period see Michael N. McGregor, “The Persistence of Harlem in the Life and Legacy of …
DAN WALSH and THOMAS MERTON - The Seven Storey Mountain
Thomas Merton sponsored Walsh at his ordination. His death came suddenly on August 28, 1975. ... As Merton wrote in THE SEVEN STOREY MOUNTAIN: "I pray to God that there may be …
Thomas Merton: Contemplation in Action by Terrence A. Taylor
Climbing a Seven Storey Mountain . Thomas Merton was born in 1915 in the south of France. Both of his parents were artists who traveled a great deal, and the young Merton was shuffled …
Hunting the Unicorn: Thomas Merton's New York - The Seven Storey Mountain
loved and hated; Thomas Merton himself. twentieth-century mystic, mythic thinker, priest, poet, monk; Thomas Merton's writ Tour Leaders Judith Hardcastle (1.) and Don Grayston with fellow …
A Realm of White-Hot Faith: Thomas Merton on Islam in Spain
Merton wrote a (not great) book on John of the Cross, The Ascent to Truth,5 as well as Devotions in Honor of Saint John of the Cross published in 1953.6 1 Thomas Merton, The Seven Storey …
Thomas Merton’s Contemplative Journey - The Way
3 See Thomas Merton, The Seven Storey Mountain (New York: Harcourt Brace, 1976 [1948]). Thomas Merton’s Contemplative Journey 9 the US, Tom Bennett, his godfather and guardian …
ZEN INFLUENCE ON THOMAS MERTON'S VIEW OF THE SELF - The Seven Storey ...
9 . Thomas Merton, The Seven Storey Mountain (New York: Doubleday Image Books, 1974), pp 496-497 Hereafter referred to in the text as SSM. Much of this discussion on the Christian self …
Recent Publications By and About Thomas Merton
22. Gardner, Fiona. Rev. of Merton and Waugh: A Monk, A Crusty Old Man & The Seven Storey Mountain by Mary Frances Coady. The Merton Annual 29 (2016): 257-60. 23. Gill, Diana …
THOMAS MERTON AND ST. BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUX - The Seven Storey Mountain
THOMAS MERTON AND ST. BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUX by Jean Leclercq, o. s. B. ... success of The Seven Storey Mountain, not only, as he admitted, that he was "an author," but also …
Thomas Merton and the Shakers - The Seven Storey Mountain
With Merton's interests in religious philosophy. art and music and his participative sympathy with mystical traditions, there was much about the Shakers that he could relate to in his own …
THOMAS MERTON, ARCHIVIST
2Th. Menon, The Seven Storey Mountain, London: Sheldon Press, 1975, p. 52. (Abbreviated to SSM) 3 Th. Merton, The Haunted Castle, in: The Merton Seasonal 19 (Winter 1994): 7-10, is …
THE SEVEN MOUNTAINS OF THOMAS MERTON. By - JSTOR
THE SEVEN MOUNTAINS OF THOMAS MERTON. By Michael Mott. Boston.: Houghton Mifflin, 1984. ISBN 0-395-31324-4. Pp. xxvi + 690. $24.95. ... of The Seven Story Mountain made her …
Thomas Merton on Marx and Marxism - The Seven Storey Mountain
1957, Merton characterized Marx as one who because of his enormous influence needed to be understood, especially in the light of Marx’s rejection of religion (SS 90). In The Seven Storey …
10 GRIEF TRANSFIGURED - The Seven Storey Mountain
Thomas Merton's Early Poetry 1940-46 "The Merton Annual 2(1989), pp. 284-285. Philip ... In The Seven Storey Mountain (p. 402), Merton writes that his brother was reported missing on April …
Wearing Our Mitres to Bed: Thomas Merton and the Need for …
3. Thomas Merton, The Seven Storey Mountain (New York: Harcourt, Brace, 1948) 73-74; subsequent references will be cited as “SSM” parenthetically in the text. 4. Thomas Merton, …
Thomas Merton. A Search for Solitude: Pursuing the Monk's True …
The Journals of Thomas Merton, Vol. 3: 1952-1960. Edited with introduction by Lawrence S. Cunningham. Patrick Hart, O.C.S.O., General Editor. San Francisco: ... Upon his first visit to …
Foreword The School of the Spirit by Thomas Merton
by Thomas Merton Patrick Hart, O.C.S.0. F ollowing on the heels of the phenomenal success of The Seven Storey Mountain, Thomas Merton made several attempts to begin a new book in …
Prometheus and Promethean Theology in the Thought of Thomas Merton
The Trappist monk Thomas Merton is best remembered for his spiritual autobiography . The Seven Storey Mountain. and many other books on prayer and contemplation. His later …
