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Thomas Merton Society of Great Britain & Ireland. Exploring the life and writings of Merton and his impact on the modern world. Join us.

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  1. When you feel particularly low, and are convinced that you have been abandoned by God because of your weaknesses, remember that He is nearer then than in many an hour of consolation. - Thomas Merton, letter to Sr T Lentfoehr SDS 28Aug1949

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    Join the Thomas Merton Society UK & Ireland to receive The Merton Journal & discounted conference tickets - only £15

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    "A happiness that is sought for ourselves alone can never be found: for a happiness that is diminished by being shared is not big enough to make us happy." Thomas Merton, No Man Is an Island, 1955

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    "I am a monk, therefore by definition, as I understand it, the chief friend of beats ..." Thomas Merton to William Carlos Williams in

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    Conversion is something that is prolonged over a lifetime. Its progress leads it over a succession of peaks and valleys, but normally the ascent is continuous in the sense that each new valley is higher than the last one. - Thomas Merton, Selected Essays, PF O’Connell, pg 9

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    Join us for Birthday cake -

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    "Come, dervishes: here is the water of life. Dance in it." ––Thomas Merton, Message to Poets, February of 1964, Raids on the Unspeakable, p. 155. Happy birthday, Merton.

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    The Paintings and Prose of Thomas Merton

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    You cannot be a man of faith unless you know how to doubt. You cannot believe in God unless you are capable of questioning the authority of prejudice, even though that prejudice may seem to be religious. - Thomas Merton, New Seeds of Contemplation, pg 105

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    Today is 's 105th Birthday! Grateful for the birth of this insightful and inspiring writer and monk!

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    A manuscript of Seven Storey Mountain and Merton's classic opening words - on the last day of January...

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    January 31st 2020 marks Thomas Merton's 105th birthday:

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    “For me to be a saint means to be myself.” –Thomas Merton, born this day in 1915. Happy birthday, Merton.

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    One of the earliest photographs of Thomas Merton - Tom at four months:

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    On this day in 1915 OO Thomas Merton was born. He was at from 1929 to 1932. In his last year at school, he was a prefect (standing second from right) and gained his Rugby colours (standing third from left).

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    One of my great pleasures is collecting favourite books. Tonight I received. a first edition of Thomas Merton’s 1949 “”Seeds of Contemplation” - the book I discovered one day in my university library which introduced me to Merton and the contemplative tradition.

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    Faith is not just one moment of the spiritual life...it is that acceptance of God which is the very climate of all spiritual living. It is the beginning of communion. - Thomas Merton, New Seeds of Contemplation, pg 135

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  18. 30. sij

    We have got to be people of hope, and to be so we have to see clearly how true it is that the hopes of a materialistic culture are the worst form of despair. -Thomas Merton, letter to C de Hueck Doherty 22Aug1956

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    Just received the proofs for my article about Thomas Merton and the civil rights activist, Fr August Thompson. The article will appear in The Merton Annual this spring.

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  20. 29. sij

    So I pray that you may see what God is asking of you, really and truly, and that he may give you the strength to do just that, as best you can. - Thomas Merton, letter to J Forest 21Mar1967

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