Thomas Merton 1915 to 1968 RIP

arfie 02/02/2026
i love thomas merton enough to attempt your link, but . . . ya know, ya know on my hearing issues. . . i wasn't able to benefit from the attempt.

can i share a bit of thomas merton from my own preferred media?

https://www.thomasmertonnyc.org/about-merton

a most excellent choice of company for a day off.

malibumark 02/02/2026
Thanks Arfie!

malibumark 02/02/2026
I’ll go online and check it out when I get back to my cell. Right now it’s/the link is not working on my phone.

gr8ful1 02/02/2026
I bet that The Seven Storey Mountain is a very interesting, inspirational read. Thanks for sharing!

malibumark 02/02/2026
You’re welcome Susan! I agree I might order a copy!

malibumark 02/02/2026
“My dear Brothers, we are already one. But we imagine that we are not. And what we have to recover is our original unity.
What we have to be is what we are.”
— Thomas Merton

arfie 02/02/2026
my heart cells are quite different than my brain cells, but i needs them both to work together.

one bread, one body, one staff of life.

malibumark 02/02/2026
Keep on keeping on :-)

mlr0853 02/02/2026
My Dear Uncle Louis was a Jesuit Monk, scholar educated in Rome...he knew Thomas Merton.

When the Church changed in the late 60's he left the order.

malibumark 02/03/2026
Thanks Mary Louise!