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from Merton's journal entry for Nov 3, 1950
November 1, 2025 at 9:39 PM
from Merton's journal entry for Nov 3, 1950
Today the Church commemorates Julian of Norwich of whom Merton wrote: "I think that Julian of Norwich is with Newman the greatest English theologian. She is really that."
May 8, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Today the Church commemorates Julian of Norwich of whom Merton wrote: "I think that Julian of Norwich is with Newman the greatest English theologian. She is really that."
The grace of Easter is a great silence, an immense tranquility and a clean taste in your soul. It is the taste of heaven.
The Sign of Jonas - Easter Sunday 9 April 1950
The Sign of Jonas - Easter Sunday 9 April 1950
April 20, 2025 at 9:32 AM
The grace of Easter is a great silence, an immense tranquility and a clean taste in your soul. It is the taste of heaven.
The Sign of Jonas - Easter Sunday 9 April 1950
The Sign of Jonas - Easter Sunday 9 April 1950
'The Vine' - a poem for Good Friday by Merton from his first published volume of poetry, Thirty Poems (1944).
April 18, 2025 at 2:24 PM
'The Vine' - a poem for Good Friday by Merton from his first published volume of poetry, Thirty Poems (1944).
Today the church commemorates St Cuthbert who died otd 687. He was a renowned Northumbrian monk, bishop and hermit who died at his hermitage on Inner Farne, an island close to Lindisfarne.
Merton mentions him in his poem The Geography of Lograire:
Merton mentions him in his poem The Geography of Lograire:
March 20, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Today the church commemorates St Cuthbert who died otd 687. He was a renowned Northumbrian monk, bishop and hermit who died at his hermitage on Inner Farne, an island close to Lindisfarne.
Merton mentions him in his poem The Geography of Lograire:
Merton mentions him in his poem The Geography of Lograire:
Today the Anglican Church commemorates the priest-poet George Herbert 1593 - 1633. In the recording Thomas Merton reads Herbert's poem 'Love bade me welcome'.
February 27, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Today the Anglican Church commemorates the priest-poet George Herbert 1593 - 1633. In the recording Thomas Merton reads Herbert's poem 'Love bade me welcome'.
The basic truth is our dependence on God in a realm where so terribly much is completely unknown and in a way unknowable.
from letter to Agnes Gertrude Stonehewer Merton [“Aunt Kit”] - May 27, 1964
from letter to Agnes Gertrude Stonehewer Merton [“Aunt Kit”] - May 27, 1964
February 9, 2025 at 10:27 AM
The basic truth is our dependence on God in a realm where so terribly much is completely unknown and in a way unknowable.
from letter to Agnes Gertrude Stonehewer Merton [“Aunt Kit”] - May 27, 1964
from letter to Agnes Gertrude Stonehewer Merton [“Aunt Kit”] - May 27, 1964
The Candlemas Procession. This poem makes its first appearance in the journal entry for Good Friday, April 3, 1942. It was subsequently published in A Man in the Divided Sea in 1946.
February 2, 2025 at 10:16 AM
The Candlemas Procession. This poem makes its first appearance in the journal entry for Good Friday, April 3, 1942. It was subsequently published in A Man in the Divided Sea in 1946.
Thomas Merton was born otd 31 January 1915 in Prades on the French-Spanish border.
January 31, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Thomas Merton was born otd 31 January 1915 in Prades on the French-Spanish border.
There is another way. What a contrast to the words spoken in Washington today:
January 20, 2025 at 7:50 PM
There is another way. What a contrast to the words spoken in Washington today:
Christ is born. He is born to us. And, He is born today. For Christmas is not merely a day like every other day. It is a day made holy and special by a sacred mystery.
The Nativity Kerygma
The Nativity Kerygma
December 25, 2024 at 1:52 PM
Christ is born. He is born to us. And, He is born today. For Christmas is not merely a day like every other day. It is a day made holy and special by a sacred mystery.
The Nativity Kerygma
The Nativity Kerygma