What I Am Living for
Lessons from the Life and Writings of Thomas Merton
Notre Dame, Indiana : Ave Maria Press, [2018]
Format: Book
Description: xvii, 197 pages ; 22 cm
"If you want to identify me, ask me not where I live, or what I like to eat, or how I comb my hair, but ask me what I am living for, in detail, and ask me what I think is keeping me from living fully for the thing I want to live for." -- Thomas Merton
Some of today's most popular spiritual writers--including Rev. James Martin, S.J.; Bishop Robert Barron; Robert Ellsberg; Rev. Daniel P. Horan, O.F.M.; and Kaya Oakes--explore the meaning of life and what we live for using Thomas Merton's life and writings as a guide.
In his address before the US Congress, Pope Francis praised Merton as one of four exemplary Americans. This was no surprise to the thousands who already know and appreciate the twentieth-century monk, but there were many listening that day who still have no idea who Merton is.
What I Am Living For offers readers new to Merton, as well as longtime enthusiasts, an opportunity to see how the influential twentieth-century monk and writer continues to encourage the awakening of faith in the twenty-first century.
The book is in two parts. Each contributor to part one focuses on an aspect of the spiritual life that is of vital importance today and on which Merton made a profound impact. These include: Martin--Finding who God intends you to be Ellsberg--The spiritual need for solitude and stability Oakes--The importance of coming to terms with our sexuality, whether married, single, or celibate Horan--The importance of dialogue with God, culture, society, and people of other faiths
Part two features shorter, often more personal reflections on the future of faith, the life and teachings of Merton, and what he still says to anyone who seeks a relationship with God.
Contributors include such well-known writers as Barron; Sue Monk Kidd; Pico Iyer; Paula Huston; Ilia Delio, O.F.M.; Paul Quenon, O.C.S.O.; and Sylvia Boorstein.
Some of today's most popular spiritual writers--including Rev. James Martin, S.J.; Bishop Robert Barron; Robert Ellsberg; Rev. Daniel P. Horan, O.F.M.; and Kaya Oakes--explore the meaning of life and what we live for using Thomas Merton's life and writings as a guide.
In his address before the US Congress, Pope Francis praised Merton as one of four exemplary Americans. This was no surprise to the thousands who already know and appreciate the twentieth-century monk, but there were many listening that day who still have no idea who Merton is.
What I Am Living For offers readers new to Merton, as well as longtime enthusiasts, an opportunity to see how the influential twentieth-century monk and writer continues to encourage the awakening of faith in the twenty-first century.
The book is in two parts. Each contributor to part one focuses on an aspect of the spiritual life that is of vital importance today and on which Merton made a profound impact. These include: Martin--Finding who God intends you to be Ellsberg--The spiritual need for solitude and stability Oakes--The importance of coming to terms with our sexuality, whether married, single, or celibate Horan--The importance of dialogue with God, culture, society, and people of other faiths
Part two features shorter, often more personal reflections on the future of faith, the life and teachings of Merton, and what he still says to anyone who seeks a relationship with God.
Contributors include such well-known writers as Barron; Sue Monk Kidd; Pico Iyer; Paula Huston; Ilia Delio, O.F.M.; Paul Quenon, O.C.S.O.; and Sylvia Boorstein.
Contents:
Chronology of Merton's life and world events (1915-1968) -- Part I. Lessons from the Life and Teachings of Thomas Merton : -- 1. Becoming who we are / James Martin, S.J. -- 2. Meeting Thomas Merton for the first time / Mary Neill, O.P. -- 3. On spiritual exploration / Robert Ellsberg -- 4. How to be a friend / Gregory K. Hillis -- 5. Our expanded religious and spiritual horizons / Kevin Hunt, O.C.S.O. Sensei -- 6. What it means to be a person of dialogue / Daniel P. Horan, O.F.M. -- 7. How we understand our sexual lives / Kaya Oakes -- Part II. Life Lessons in the Light of Merton : --1. On the hundredth anniversry of Thomas Merton's birth / Bishop Robert Barron -- 2. How Thomas Merton and the music of Keith Jarett changed my life / Kevin Burns -- 3. Anatomy of a conversion / Paula Huston -- 4. Conversion in Morningside Heights / Rabbi Phil Miller -- 5. Merton's death as seen from the home grounds / Br. Paul Quenon, O.C.S.O. -- 6. The restless, furious, quietly abiding friend of us all / Pico Iyer -- 7. Thomas Merton and the realization of us / Sylvia Boorstein -- 8. Merton on the spiritual promise of interreligious dialogue / Acharya Judith Simmer- Brown -- 9. The dazzling light within / Ilia Delio, O.S.F. -- 10. False self, true self : finding the real me/ Sue Monk Kidd -- 11. Thomas Merton is a dangerous fellow / Timothy McCormick -- 12. Merton's love affair with the unknown / Fr. John Julian, O.J.N. -- 13. Staunch friendship for the love of God / Rabbi David Zaslow
ISBN:
9781594717413
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Includes bibliographical references and index.