The Silent LifeFarrar, Straus and Giroux, 25.05.2010 - 192 Seiten Thomas Merton wrote The Silent Life a decade after he took orders. In his Prologue, Merton describes the book as "a meditation on the monastic life by one who, without any merit of his own, is privileged to know that life on the inside . . . who seeks only to speak as the mouthpiece of a tradition centuries old." It is a remarkable work-one that combines a lucid and informative description of the nature and forms of monasticism, communal and solitary, with a passionate defense of the contemplative's quest for God. The intense beauty of Merton's meditation, radiating from beneath its surface calm, makes The Silent Life a classic of its kind. |
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... himself in the faith of Christ . Faith is the light which illumines him in mystery . Faith is the power which seizes upon the inner depths of his soul and delivers him up to the action of the divine Spirit , the Spirit X PROLOGUE.
... himself in the faith of Christ . Faith is the light which illumines him in mystery . Faith is the power which seizes upon the inner depths of his soul and delivers him up to the action of the divine Spirit , the Spirit X PROLOGUE.
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Thomas Merton. to the action of the divine Spirit , the Spirit of lib- erty , the Spirit of love . Faith takes him , as the power of God took the ancient prophets , and " stands him upon his feet " ( Ezechiel 2 : 2 ) be- fore the Lord ...
Thomas Merton. to the action of the divine Spirit , the Spirit of lib- erty , the Spirit of love . Faith takes him , as the power of God took the ancient prophets , and " stands him upon his feet " ( Ezechiel 2 : 2 ) be- fore the Lord ...
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... divine silence , and prays while the great bat- tle is being fought between earth and heaven . Her flight is not an evasion . If the monk were able to understand what goes on inside him , he would be able to say how well he knows that ...
... divine silence , and prays while the great bat- tle is being fought between earth and heaven . Her flight is not an evasion . If the monk were able to understand what goes on inside him , he would be able to say how well he knows that ...
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... Divine action , the minister of His redemption , the channel of His mercy , and the messenger of His infinite Love . Monastic solitude , poverty , obedience , silence and prayer dispose the soul for this mysterious destiny in God ...
... Divine action , the minister of His redemption , the channel of His mercy , and the messenger of His infinite Love . Monastic solitude , poverty , obedience , silence and prayer dispose the soul for this mysterious destiny in God ...
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... divine " ideal " is attained , is experienced , is grasped and possessed , not in a mental image but in the present and concrete and existential re- ality of our life . The victory of monastic hu- mility is a triumph of life in which ...
... divine " ideal " is attained , is experienced , is grasped and possessed , not in a mental image but in the present and concrete and existential re- ality of our life . The victory of monastic hu- mility is a triumph of life in which ...
Inhalt
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In Veritate In Truth | 21 |
In Tabernaculo Altissimi In | 34 |
In Unitate In Unity | 47 |
The Benedictines 639 | 56 |
THE CENOBITIC LIFE | 59 |
The Cistercians | 95 |
THE HERMIT LIFE | 127 |
The Camaldolese | 144 |
Index | 177 |
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