No Man Is an IslandHoughton Mifflin Harcourt, 28 paź 2002 - 290 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, inspiring and compassionate. "A stimulating series of spiritual reflections which will prove helpful for all struggling to find the meaning of human existence and to live the richest, fullest, and noblest life" ( Chicago Tribune). Praise for Thomas Merton "He is perhaps the proper patron saint of our information-saturated age, of we who live and move and have our being in social media, and then, desperate for peace and rest, withdraw into privacy and silence, only to return. As we always will."— The New Yorker "Merton wrote of ageless spiritual life and religious devotion with the knowledge of a modern."— The New York Times "It is undoubtedly one of the most significant accounts of conversion from the modern temper to God that our time has seen."— America Magazine on The Seven Storey Mountain |
Spis treści
Love Can Be Kept Only by Being Given Away | |
Conscience Freedom and Prayer | |
Pure Intention | |
The Word of the Cross | |
Asceticism and Sacrifice | |
Being and Doing | |
The Measure of Charity | |
Sincerity | |
Mercy | |
My Soul Remembered God | |
Silence | |
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Abbey of Gethsemani act of hope action activity asceticism baptism become begin body bring charity Christ Christian Church contemplation dead death depths desire destiny detached discover divine divine grace everything evil faith false Father fear flesh freedom fulfillment gift give glory God’s love grace Gregorian chant happiness hate hearts Heaven hidden Holy Spirit hope human humility illusion infinite interior Jesus John Donne live Lord love ourselves man’s mean mercy merely mind monastery monastic monk moral mystery never passions peace perfect perfectly person pleasure possess poverty pray prayer priest psychological conscience reality realize receive recollection religious renounce Resurrection Resurrection of Jesus right intention sacramental sacramental character sacrifice saints sanctified secret seek self-denial selfishness sense silence simple intention sincerity solitude sons of God soul speak suffering supernatural teaches tell things THOMAS MERTON thought Trappist true truth unless virtue vocation whole words