Tag: Thomas Merton
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Quiet comes to rest beside me
“Entering into God’s silence,” is Merton’s theme for Monday of the first full week of Lent. He says, that in silence we are formed and prepared so that [we] may speak what [we] have heard. And doesn’t this resonate with all of us who spend our time here in this virtual space? We share our…
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Our Father comforts and encourages even during times of deprivation
Merton writes that even though contemplation and sanctity are found through deprivation, most of us so fear fully relying on God that we end up depriving ourselves of the experience. He says: The prospect of this wilderness is something that so appalls most men that they refuse to enter upon its burning sands and travel…
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Abbey of Gethsemane
My husband and I are preparing to visit the Abbey of Gethsemane in Trappist, KY. Trappist monk, Thomas Merton (most famously) and many others have labored here to create a community devoted to God’s glory. In their words “The Abbey is a monastery in the Order of the Cistercians of the Strict Observance (OCSO), part…
Walking With My Brother 