The initiation into the Monastic Tradition 6 Merton, Thomas 1915-1968 creator O'Connell, Patrick F. text bibliography Electronic books. kyu Trappist, Ky Collegeville, Minn Cistercian Publications Liturgical Press ©2012 2012 monographic eng

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1 online resource (lxxxi, 604 pages). 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. by Thomas Merton ; edited with an introduction by Patrick F. O'Connell ; preface by Augustine Roberts. Includes bibliographical references and index. Benedictines. Cistercians. Benedictines. Cistercians. Vows Monastic and religious life Monastic and religious life Vows RELIGION / Institutions & Organizations BX2435 .M466 2012eb 255/.01 1322888329 9781322888323 9780879077938 087907793X http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=1052591 http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=1052591 IDEBK 120403 20200709060403.0 ocn903320929 eng