Comments on: Remembering Thomas Merton

By: bill bannon

bill bannon — Wed, 11 Dec 2013 20:52:32 +0000

Loved his early work like the first “Seeds of Contemplation”, ” The Living Bread”…and ” Zen and the Birds of Appetite”… but then things change. The young nurse thing stunned me deeply partly because she was engaged. The deserted young man is known to no one and is a bit player in the Merton story that we forget about like we forget the woman Augustine dismissed after a decade and a son yet he found another mistress …or like the love child Merton had pre conversion. The non famous, forgotten people within larger biographies….they should have their own name…the forgotten… like martyrs have a name for their group.
But yes with all that, his early works were good. Think of Solomon who was wise and then fell greatly in the using women department…and according to Augustine of all people, does not seem to have returned to God.

By: Ruth Ann

Ruth Ann — Tue, 10 Dec 2013 15:19:40 +0000

When I was in high school in the early ’60’s I read his autobiography and was so moved by his journey. Later, as a young adult I read everything of his that I could and was always inspired. He and writers like him probably contributed to my staying a committed Catholic. Thanks for this post.

By: Maria Evans

Maria Evans — Tue, 10 Dec 2013 13:16:42 +0000

Oh yes. I resonate with every single word.