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Offline Soubirous

Re: The Thomas Merton Prayer ~
« Reply #5 on: September 26, 2024, 04:48:54 PM »
His death at only age 53 didn't happen the way that any Catholic would hope to leave this mortal life. In what may have been a freak accident, he was electrocuted by a fan while at a conference in Thailand in 1968. Interesting that he corresponded with Ernesto Cardenal, the Nicaraguan founder of liberation theology, who was also briefly was at the same monastary.
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Offline josefamenendez

Re: The Thomas Merton Prayer ~
« Reply #6 on: September 30, 2024, 08:36:20 AM »
Yes- Merton went new age and was supposedly was having affairs....
But- his first book, "Seven Storey Mountain ", (before he went "south") was one of the greats. I reccomend it.
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Offline Quo vadis Domine

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Re: The Thomas Merton Prayer ~
« Reply #7 on: September 30, 2024, 09:00:46 AM »
Quote from: josefamenendez on September 30, 2024, 08:36:20 AM
Yes- Merton went new age and was supposedly was having affairs....
But- his first book, "Seven Storey Mountain ", (before he went "south") was one of the greats. I reccomend it.

What is so great about it that you would recommend it?
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Offline CharlesLouis

Re: The Thomas Merton Prayer ~
« Reply #8 on: October 03, 2024, 04:44:58 AM »
Pope Francis said: 
"Merton was above all a man of prayer, a thinker who challenged the certitudes of his time and opened new horizons for souls and for the Church. He was also a man of dialogue, a promoter of peace between peoples and religions."
... words in an address before US Congress. 
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Offline josefamenendez

Re: The Thomas Merton Prayer ~
« Reply #9 on: October 03, 2024, 08:28:40 AM »
Quote from: Quo vadis Domine on September 30, 2024, 09:00:46 AM
What is so great about it that you would recommend it?
Well , it was his conversion story, and it was written quite well,with great style, almost like a novel.
He was a nihilistic young man , kind of an intellectual wanderer and it was beautiful to see the change in him, and to "witness" his life having grace and meaning. I read this book over 30 years ago so the details are sparse. 
(I think I will read it again)
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