03686cam a2200637Ia 4500 ocn903320929 OCoLC 20200709060403.0 m d cr cnu---unuuu 120403s2012 kyu ob 001 0 eng d 2012013342 IDEBK eng pn IDEBK OCLCO OCLCF TEFOD YDXCP OCLCQ P@U MERUC LTP OCLCQ N$T 966762453 1322888329 (electronic bk.) 9781322888323 (electronic bk.) 9780879077938 (electronic bk.) 087907793X (electronic bk.) 9780879070304 0879070307 1052591 (N$T) (OCoLC)903320929 (OCoLC)966762453 BX2435 .M466 2012eb REL 016000 bisacsh 255/.01 23 MAIN Merton, Thomas, 1915-1968. The life of the vows [electronic resource] : initiation into the Monastic Tradition 6 / by Thomas Merton ; edited with an introduction by Patrick F. O'Connell ; preface by Augustine Roberts. Trappist, Ky. : Cistercian Publications ; Collegeville, Minn. : Liturgical Press, ©2012. 1 online resource (lxxxi, 604 pages). text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Monastic wisdom series ; no. 30 Includes bibliographical references and index. Print version record. As novice master of the Cistercian Abbey of Our Lady of Gethsemani in Kentucky, Thomas Merton presented weekly conferences to familiarize his charges with the meaning and purpose of the vows they aspired to undertake. In this setting, he offered a thorough exposition of the theological, canonical, and above all spiritual dimensions of the vows. Merton set the vows firmly in the context of the anthropological, moral, soteriological, and ecclesial dimensions of human, Christian, and monastic life. He addressed such classical themes of Christian morality as the nature of the human person and his acts; the importance of justice in relation to the Passion of Christ, to friendship and to love; and self-surrender as the key to grace, prayer and the vowed life. Merton's words on these topics clearly spring from a committed heart and often flow with the soaring intensity of style that we have come to expect in his more enthusiastic prose. The texts of these conferences represent the longest and most systematically organized of any of numerous series of conferences that Merton presented during the decade of his mastership. They may be the most directly pastoral work Merton ever wrote. Added to collection customer.56279.3 - Master record variable field(s) change: 072 Benedictines. Cistercians. Benedictines. fast (OCoLC)fst00553736 Cistercians. fast (OCoLC)fst00554661 Vows. Monastic and religious life. Monastic and religious life. fast (OCoLC)fst01025101 Vows. fast (OCoLC)fst01169298 RELIGION / Institutions & Organizations bisacsh Electronic books. O'Connell, Patrick F. EBSCOhost http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=1052591 Ingram Digital eBook Collection IDEB cis30590319 YBP Library Services YANK 13038284 Project MUSE MUSE muse54946 EBSCOhost EBSC 1052591 92 N$T 56393 56393