Books written by Thomas Merton

The School of Charity: The Letters Of Thomas Merton On Religious Renewal & Spiritual Direction

To Father Felix Donahue Father Felix Donahue and four other monks of Gethsemani were at Monte C istello in Rome, and were granted an indult to vote by proxy in the forthcoming Abbatial election at Gethsemani.
The Inner Experience: Notes on Contemplation

Now in paperback, revised and redesigned: This is Thomas Merton's last book, in which he draws on both Eastern and Western traditions to explore the hot topic of contemplation/meditation in depth and to show how we can practice true ...
Monastic Observances: Initiation Into the Monastic Tradition 5

... 254 theology: 102, 173; Eucharistic: xxxiv, xxxvi, 111 theophany: 57 Thérèse of Lisieux, St.: xxxi, 198 thinking: 85, 155, 267–68; abstract: 81; affective: xxix, 79, 82 Thmuis: 200 Thomas a Kempis: 130 Thomas Aquinas, St.: 130, 139, ...
The Living Bread

The whole problem of our time is the problem of love. How are we going to recover the ability to love ourselves and to love one another? We cannot be...
My Argument with the Gestapo: A Macaronic Journal

Of the full-length prose works that Thomas Merton wrote before he entered the Cistercian Order in 1941, only My Argument with the Gestapo has survived--perhaps in part because it was a book that Merton never ceased wanting to see in print.
Thomas Merton, Spiritual Master: The Essential Writings

Includes excerpts from "Seven storey mountain", "Conjectures of a guilty bystander" and many other works including a chronology of Merton's life.
Echoing Silence: Thomas Merton on the Vocation of Writing

It was a relatively short-lived resolution, for Merton almost immediately found himself being assigned writing tasks by his Abbot--one of which was the autobiographical essay that blossomed into his international best-seller The Seven ...
A Thomas Merton Reader

Essays, meditations, parables, and verse explore Merton's spirituality and present his thoughts on war, peace, love, the Psalms, and Christian life
The Collected Poems of Thomas Merton

"With the [publication of this book], an ever-wider audience may more fully appreciate the ... range of the poet's technique, the scope of his concerns, and the humaneness of his vision"--Back cover.
Spiritual Direction and Meditation

Also provides insights into how to meditate. This booklet contains revised and expanded versions of the material on spiritual direction and meditation which appeared, in installments, in the magazine 'Sponsa Regis'.
The Road to Joy: Letters to New and Old Friends

The second volume of Thomas Merton's letters is devoted to his correspondence with friends -- relatives and family friends, longtime friends, special friends, young people he regarded as new friends, and circular letters addressed to groups ...
Thomas Merton: A Life in Letters: The Essential Collection

Thomas Merton (1915-1968) was one of the most influential spiritual writers of modern times.
Selected Poems of Thomas Merton

Selected by Mark Van Doren and James Laughlin, this slim volume is now available again as a wonderful showcase of Thomas Merton’s splendid poetry.
The Literary Essays of Thomas Merton

Merton's stature as a critic, however, was not fully appreciated until the publication in 1981 of the first collection of his distinct literary essays, now available as a paperbo ok.
The School of Charity: The Letters of Thomas Merton on Religious Renewal and Spiritual Direction

Letters written by Merton to members of religious communities around the world reveal his reflections on monastic life
The Other Side of the Mountain: The End of the Journey

With the election of a new Abbot at the Abbey of Gethsemani, Merton enters a period of unprecedented freedom, culminating in the opportunity to travel to California, Alaska, and finally the Far East – journeys that offer him new ...
A Year with Thomas Merton: Daily Meditations from His Journals

This volume of daily inspiration from Thomas Merton draws from Merton's journals and papers to present, each day, a seasonally appropriate and thought-provoking insight or observation.
Thomas Merton: I Have Seen what I was Looking for : Selected Spiritual Writings

Deadly intent upon becoming a saint what else is there to do knowing that a can of beer is a help along the way. Father Basil takes us on a whirlwind review through the seasons of Mertons life and work.
The Asian Journal of Thomas Merton

This is quintessential Merton.--The Catholic Review.
Thomas Merton in Alaska: Prelude to the Asian Journal : the Alaskan Conferences, Journals, and Letters

The author shares hiw views on prayer, religious life, the priestly tradition, and spiritual growth