tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-822894759353679437.post5595886833672229301..comments2024-03-01T23:41:02.240-05:00Comments on louie, louie: Peace In the Post-Christian Erabeth cioffolettihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09300116274007165612noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-822894759353679437.post-79205999266757622152009-08-12T06:17:11.638-05:002009-08-12T06:17:11.638-05:00Thanks for stopping by, Gabrielle.
There was a t...Thanks for stopping by, Gabrielle. <br /><br />There was a time when monks were not supposed to be "involved" in world affairs - untouched. Merton was a real pioneer in busting up this myth/delusion. Merton's experience on 4th and Walnut, when he realized that he was just another person, like the rest of us, was one of his major breakthroughs. That there really is no separate "religious" life and "secular" life - they are the same life. (I think this is what he is pointing toward with his "Post-Christian era" phrase, a phrase that makes many people uncomfortable.)<br /><br />I just love the freedom that MErton was able to live within the monastery.<br /><br />You'll love Dorothy Day. She and Merton were on the same page!beth cioffolettihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09300116274007165612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-822894759353679437.post-20841240788320744942009-08-11T21:25:58.979-05:002009-08-11T21:25:58.979-05:00Powerful words from Merton. I am completely baffl...Powerful words from Merton. I am completely baffled as to what the Abbot may have meant when he said that Merton's defense of peace would falsify the message of the contemplative life.<br /><br />Beth, just as an aside, and since I have been incommunicado for a while, am thrilled to have found last week in a second-hand bookstore: "The Way of Chuang Tzu", "Mystics and Zen Masters" and "The Waters of Siloe" to add to my ever-growing Merton collection! Also got a collection of Dorothy Day's letters.Gabriellehttp://gabrielle.stblogs.com/noreply@blogger.com