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Robert nugent, sds thomas merton and therese lentfoehr. Now, a quarter of a century has passed since merton s death, and the journals are the last major piece of writing to appear by the 20th centurys most important spiritual writer. You can acquire the soft file of guide the intimate merton. As understood, experience and encounter about driving lesson, enjoyment, as well as understanding can be obtained by just checking out a book the chinese maze murders. Rich with excerpts from mertons own writing, on thomas merton produces an intimate portrait of a man who lived life in all its imperfectability, reaching toward it in exaltation, pulling back in anguish, but insisting on the primacy of his praise as a man of god. Thoughts in solitude by thomas merton free book pdf. As brother patrick hart, general editor of the series notes, perhaps his best writing can be found in the journals, where he was expressing what was deepest in his heart with no thought of censorship.
A 365 daily with inspirational and provocative selections from the journals of thomas merton combined with drawings and photographs by merton. In this diarylike memoir, composed of his most poignant and insightful journal entries, the intimate merton lays bare the steep ways of thomas merton s spiritual path. In this diarylike memoir, composed of his most poignant and insightful journal entries, the intimate merton lays bare the steep ways of thomas mertons spiritual. Of course, merton lived a secular life until he became a trappist monk in his late twenties, but even in the monastery he was deeply engaged in the questions of his day.
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