The Sign of Jonas

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HMH, 18 lis 2002 - 384
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 priest, this diary documents his growing acceptance of his vocation—and the greater meaning he found within his private world of contemplation.
 
“This book is made unmistakably real and almost, at times, unbearably poignant by the fact that the exuberance of youth so often wells up through it with rapture, impatience, and even bluster.” —TheNew York Times
 
“A stirring book—the most readable and on the whole, most illuminating of the author’s writings.” —Catholic World

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Prologue Journey to Nineveh
1 Solemn Profession
2 Death of an Abbot
3 Major Orders
4 To the Altar of God
5 The Whale and the Ivy
Epilogue Fire Watch July 4 1952
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Thomas Merton (1915–1968) was born in France and came to live in the United States at the age of twenty-four. He received several awards recognizing his contribution to religious study and contemplation, including the Pax Medal in 1963, and remained a devoted spiritualist and a tireless advocate for social justice until his death in 1968. The Sign of Jonas was originally published in 1953.

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