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  • Thomas Merton - Spiritual Direction and Meditation

    by Thomas Merton ...
    This early work by Anglo-American Catholic writer Thomas Merton is both expensive and hard to find in its first edition. It contains a wealth of information on spiritual direction and how to learn the art of meditation. This fascinating work is thoroughly recommended for anyone with an interest in spiritual life. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, ... Read more

    $9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Seven Storey Mountain

    Fiftieth-Anniversary Edition

    by Thomas Merton ...
    NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER · THE CLASSIC BESTSELLER WITH MORE THAN 2 MILLION SOLD"[Merton] is an incredible source of light and comfort and humor." — Anne LamottThe famous spiritual autobiography of one of the most acclaimed faith leaders and theologians of our time.Credited as being the first major Catholic book to achieve widespread popularity in America, this celebrated Christian classic details ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • No Man Is an Island

    by Thomas Merton ...
    The classic collection of essays for those seeking spiritual wisdom from the religious scholar, Trappist monk, and author of The Seven Storey Mountain.A recapitulation of his earlier work Seeds of Contemplation, this collection of sixteen essays plumbs aspects of human spirituality. Merton addresses those in search of enduring values, fulfillment, and salvation in prose that is, as always, ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Year with Thomas Merton, A

    Daily Meditations from His Journals

    by Thomas Merton ...
    A 365 daily devotional from one of the most influential and spiritual writers of modern times · The perfect companion for daily gratitude, prayer, and reflection.From the author of The Seven Storey Mountain comes engaging journal entries guaranteed to inspire, motivate, and facilitate self-reflection and spiritual guidance. These daily meditations from the celebrated Trappist monk touch the soul ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • The Sign of Jonas

    by Thomas Merton ...
    This diary of a monastic life is "a continuation of The Seven Storey Mountain . . . Astonishing" ( Commonweal).Chronicling six years of Thomas Merton's life in a Trappist monastery, The Sign of Jonas takes us through his day-to-day experiences at the Abbey of Our Lady of Gethsemani, where he lived in silence and prayer for much of his life.Concluding with the account of Merton's ordination as a ... Read more

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    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • The Asian Journal of Thomas Merton

    by Thomas Merton, Amiya Chakravarty ...
    "This is quintessential Merton."—The Catholic Review."The moment of takeoff was ecstatic...joy. We left the ground—I with Christian mantras and a great sense of destiny, of being at last on my true way after years of waiting and wondering..." With these words, dated October 15. 1968, the late Father Thomas Merton recorded the beginning of his fateful journey to the Orient. His travels led him from ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • The Last of the Fathers

    Saint Bernard of Clairvaux and the Encyclical Letter Doctor Mellifluus

    by Thomas Merton ...
    A contextual portrait of St. Bernard of Clairvaux, along with Pope Pius XII's encyclical letter on the Doctor of the Church.Saint Bernard of Clairvaux, a dominant figure in the history of the Catholic Church and the last of the Church Fathers, died in his monastery in Burgundy on August 20, 1153. In commemoration of the eighth centenary of his death, Pope Pius XII issued one of his most ... Read more

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  • The Ascent to Truth

    by Thomas Merton ...
    The author of The Seven Storey Mountain explores the mysticism of Saint John of the Cross.The only thing that can save the world from complete moral collapse is a spiritual revolution. . . . The desire for unworldliness, detachment, and union with God is the most fundamental expression of this revolutionary spirit.In Ascent to Truth, author and Trappist Monk Thomas Merton makes an impassioned case ... Read more

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  • The Waters of Siloe

    by Thomas Merton ...
    From the author of The Seven Storey Mountain, this book looks at an order of Catholic monks dating back to eleventh-century France."The word 'Trappist' has become synonymous with 'ascetic' and definitely indicates a monk who leads a very hard life. But . . . Penance and asceticism are not ends in themselves. If monks never succeeded in being more than pious athletes, they do not fulfill their ... Read more

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  • The Wisdom of the Desert

    by Thomas Merton ...
    The Wisdom of the Desert was one of Thomas Merton's favorites among his own books—surely because he had hoped to spend his last years as a hermit.The personal tones of the translations, the blend of reverence and humor so characteristic of him, show how deeply Merton identified with the legendary authors of these sayings and parables, the fourth-century Christian Fathers who sought solitude and ... Read more

    $10.09 USD

  • Contemplation in a World of Action

    Second Edition, Restored and Corrected

    by Thomas Merton ...
    Series Book 1 - Gethsemani Studies in Psychological and Religious Anthropology
    The spiritual and psychological insights of these essays were nurtured in a monastic milieu, but their issues are universally human. Thomas Merton lays a foundation for personal growth and transformation through fidelity to "our own truth and inner being." His main focus is our desire and need to attain "a fully human and personal identity." This classic is a newly restored and corrected edition ... Read more

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  • Contemplative Prayer

    by Thomas Merton ...
    In this classic text, Thomas Merton offers valuable guidance for prayer. He brings together a wealth of meditative and mystical influences–from John of the Cross to Eastern desert monasticism–to create a spiritual path for today. Most important, he shows how the peace contacted through meditation should not be sought in order to evade the problems of contemporary life, but can instead be directed ... Read more

    $4.99 USD