Thomas Merton, The Monastic Journey, p. 155: If a solitary should one day find his way, by the grace and mercy of God, into a desert place in which he is not known, and if it is permitted to him by the divine pity to live there, and to...
Thomas Merton, though 51 years old in 1966, was wide open to the '60s Zeitgeist -- all of it. The Journals of Thomas Merton, Volume Six, p. 93, entry of 10 July 1966:
Borrowed a record player and played Joan Baez over again -- and ...
As much of a flaky liberal as Thomas Merton (1915 - 1968) is, both politically and theologically, I love the guy I meet in the pages of the seven volumes of The Journals of Thomas Merton. I am presently savoring Volume Six, 1966-1967. ...
The world is full of hustlers and charlatans who prey upon spiritual seekers. One ought to be suspicious of anyone who claims enlightenment or special powers. The acid test, perhaps, is whether they demand money or sex for their services...
I can easily seeHow Merton lost his wayBy exposing himselfTo events of the day.
Thomas Merton, Journals, vol. III, p. 251, from the entry of 25 January 1959:
He entered the monastery on somebody else's faith and lived there on somebody else's faith and when finally he had to face the fact that what was required w...
Today, August 5th, is the 50th anniversary of Marilyn Monroe's death. What follows is a post from 13 June 2009.
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Thomas Merton, Journal (IV, 240), writing about Marilyn Monroe around the time of her death in 1962...
During his years of unsuccess, when he was actually at his purest and best, an "unpublished freak," as he describes himself in a late summer 1954 letter to Robert Giroux, living for his art alone, Kerouac contemplated entering a monaster...
Twilight Zone marathon is on
Plenty of nonsense is being spewed about inequality. Pitchfork Pat talks sense.
Hillary had an unlucky year, and thank God for that.
I enjoyed Nebraska.
ObamaCare is not Obama's Care.
An alternative t...
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