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| | | | |  | | | Choosing to Love the World (Book) | | Thomas Merton | | | On Contemplation | | | | | | | Hardback book, 208 pages |
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| | | Product Description | | Amid the noise and distractions of everyday life—is it really possible to
choose to love the world? In these times of great uncertainty and anxiety, how
can we find God? Thomas Merton felt the urgency of these questions more than fifty
years ago, and his reflections upon them are more relevant than ever. One of America’s most beloved mystics of the 20th century, Merton’s voice was prophetic in the troubled era of the 1960s. In this new collection of thoughts and meditations selected from his most inspiring books and letters, Merton’s radiant wisdom and foresight serve as a beacon of light for all of us searching to find true
meaning and solace in today’s difficult times.
“Father Louis,” as he was known at the Abbey of Gethsemani, fully
embraced the contemplative life of a monk, yet he never held the world at arm’s
length: “We and our world interpenetrate. It is only in assuming full responsibility
for our world, for our lives and for ourselves, that we can be said to live really
for God.”
Sharply honest in his words but balanced by his poet’s heart, Merton explores
themes that include the inner ground of love, living in wisdom, and dialoguing
with silence. He teaches that contemplation is possible for everyone and that
the fundamental context for seeking God’s presence is always our everyday
lives. “In the deep silence, wisdom begins to sing her unending, sunlit,
inexpressible song: the private song she speaks to the solitary soul.” In
Choosing to Love the World, Thomas Merton inspires us to look deep within ourselves and, in the peaceful silence of contemplation, to find and sing our own song.
Edited by Jonathan Montaldo, Associate Director of The Merton Institute for Contemplative
Living and Director of Bethany Spring, the Merton Institute retreat center in
Trappist, Kentucky.
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THOMAS MERTON
is renowned as one of the most influential American spiritual writers and social
activists of the 20th century. His autobiography, The Seven Storey Mountain, has
sold more than one million copies.More...
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