Merton Monday: Love Your Enemy
Loving "the other, the enemy" is key to understanding, Merton explains in a letter to Dorothy Day.
Merton Monday: On Helping Those in Need
Thoughts on helping those in need, from "Benedictine Daily Prayer, A Short Breviary."
Merton Monday: Be open to the world
Merton shares wisdom on the importance of being accessible to people — the key to being "open to the world."
Merton Monday: The reality of personal relationships
In "A Letter to a Young Activist," Merton writes about the importance of relationships to change the world.
Merton Monday: On Finding Truth
The first step toward finding God, Who is Truth, is to discover the truth about myself...
Merton Monday: ‘There is only one true flight from the world’
A call for unity, peace and love from Thomas Merton's "New Seeds of Contemplation."
Merton Monday: Love is its own reward
In “No Man is an Island,” Thomas Merton explains that love seeks one thing only.
Merton Monday: On the Meaning of Moments
Words of wisdom from "New Seeds of Contemplation."
Merton Monday: The Way of Peace
"Hence the way of peace is the way of truth, of fidelity to wholeness and being, which implies a basic respect for life not as concept..."
Merton Monday: No shortcuts in the spiritual life
Merton on the spiritual life: “There are no tricks and no shortcuts..."