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...
In this classic text, Thomas Merton offers valuable guidance for prayer. He brings together a wealth of meditative and mystical influences-from John o...
In these brief, challenging pieces, Father Merton does not offer consolation or easy remedies. He looks candidly and without illusions at the world of his time. Though he sees dark horizons, his ultimate answer is one of Christian hope. To vary the perspective, he writes in many forms, using parable and myth, the essay and the meditation, satire and manifesto, prose poetry and even adaptations from a medieval Arab mystic (Ibn Abbad) to humanize and dramatic his philosophical themes The themes ofRaids on the Unspeakable are as old as the myths of Prometheus and Atlas, and as timely as...
In these brief, challenging pieces, Father Merton does not offer consolation or easy remedies. He looks candidly and without illusions at the world of...
Bread in the Wilderness sets forth Merton's belief that -the Psalms acquire, for those who know how to enter into them, a surprising depth, a marvelous and inexhaustible actuality. They are bread, miraculously provided by Christ, to feed those who have followed Him into the wilderness.- Merton's goal in this moving book is to help the reader enter into the Psalms: -The secret is placed in the hands of each Christian. It only needs to be discovered and fulfilled in our own lives.- The new ND Classic edition of Bread in the Wilderness faithfully reproduces the beautiful, large-format original...
Bread in the Wilderness sets forth Merton's belief that -the Psalms acquire, for those who know how to enter into them, a surprising depth, a marvelou...
A book which traces the development of the thoughts and writings of the twentieth century Cistercian monk, Thomas Merton, on the subject of contemplation.
A book which traces the development of the thoughts and writings of the twentieth century Cistercian monk, Thomas Merton, on the subject of contemplat...
Showing that the summit of ultimate truth is reached in contemplation, this book offers an exposition of the doctrines of St John of the Cross. The expositions and meditations are nourishment for the spirit journeying towards truth.
Showing that the summit of ultimate truth is reached in contemplation, this book offers an exposition of the doctrines of St John of the Cross. The...
In Faith and Violence, Thomas Merton offers concrete and pungent social criticisms grounded in prophetic faith about such issues as Vietnam, racism, violence, and war.
In Faith and Violence, Thomas Merton offers concrete and pungent social criticisms grounded in prophetic faith about such issues as Vietnam,...
