Tuesday, January 27, 2015

Chant to be Used in Processions around a Site with Furnaces




On the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz.


Thomas Merton: Chant to be Used in Processions around a Site with Furnaces

How we made them sleep and purified them
How we perfectly cleaned up the people and worked a big heater
I was the commander I made improvements and installed a guaranteed system taking account of human weakness I purified and I remained decent
How I commanded I made cleaning appointments and then I made the travellers sleep and after that I made soap

I was born into a Catholic family but as these people were not going to need a priest I did not become a priest I installed a perfectly good machine it gave satisfaction to many

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5 comments:

  1. AnonymousJanuary 27, 2015 at 8:40 PM

    My immediate reaction: speechless. Then, sad--that this happened and happens in a world I know and live in. And that we continue to deny this happens, or we see that this happens and are overwhelmed by the weight of it.

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    1. AnonymousJanuary 27, 2015 at 9:01 PM

      After listening to the chant, I went to this site with its wonderful photographs: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/01/27/staying-put-and-bearing-witness-to-the-holocaust/?_r=0#

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    2. beth cioffolettiJanuary 31, 2015 at 10:30 AM

      thanks, James. Excellent article and photos.

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  2. bob knabJanuary 28, 2015 at 4:14 PM

    2cents _____________

    is this not we do,religion,politics and personal views of
    who has the best god or culture - but wait that's not me
    its the person over there -

    Blessings __________________________ boK

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