The Monastic Journey by Thomas Merton: Volume 133

by Patrick Hart (Editor)

Overview

Written during the last decade of Merton's life, these articles reflect his mature thought on monastic life in community and in solitude. Appealing to the monastic dimension in all of us, his reflections have meaning for those living outside as well as inside monastery walls, fellow travelers on the same journey he took, aware of the fragility and imperfections, as well as the great potential for growth and love, within each human person.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780879075330
Publisher:	Liturgical Press
Publication date:	07/01/1977
Series:	Cistercian Studies , #133
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	186
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.46(d)

About the Author

Patrick Hart, OCSO, a native of Green Bay, Wisconsin, entered the Abbey of Gethsemani in 1951 and served as secretary to Thomas Merton during the last year of his life. He has edited many books by and about Thomas Merton during the thirty-eight years since the latter's death on December 10, 1968. He has served on the board of directors for Cistercian Publications for the past thirty years.

Table of Contents

Contents
Acknowledgements  vi
Foreword by Brother Patrick Hart  vii
Preface by the Trustees of the Merton Legacy Trust  xi

PART I  The Monastic Vocation
What is the Monastic Life?   3
Basic Principles of Monastic Spirituality   11
Monastic Peace   39

PART II  Monastic Theme
The Humanity of Christ in Monastic Prayer   87
Conversion of Life   107
Monastic Attitudes: A matter of Choice   121

PART III  The Solitary Life
Project for a Hermitage   135
Wilderness and Paradise   144
The Solitary Life   151

APPENDIXES
Monastic Renewal:  A Memorandum   165
A Letter on the Contemplative Life   169
Contemplatives and the Crisis of Faith   174

NOTES   181
select bibliography   185