tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-822894759353679437.post2434924951085787993..comments2024-03-01T23:41:02.240-05:00Comments on louie, louie: the birthday of Thomas Mertonbeth cioffolettihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09300116274007165612noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-822894759353679437.post-35588155752858978472012-02-02T13:11:34.161-05:002012-02-02T13:11:34.161-05:00thank you
blessingsthank you<br />blessingsbob knabhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07182610684200347959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-822894759353679437.post-58829470579416915962012-02-02T05:36:41.734-05:002012-02-02T05:36:41.734-05:00love the poem, Bob. Louie really is a kind of wil...love the poem, Bob. Louie really is a kind of wild bird Elias ...beth cioffolettihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09300116274007165612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-822894759353679437.post-89932836284170586632012-02-02T02:49:04.535-05:002012-02-02T02:49:04.535-05:00Great poem! A good portrait of Merton - "alwa...Great poem! A good portrait of Merton - "always near, never far" indeed. A wayfarer who has traveled extensively through the inner domains of the spirit, who cherishes nothing and crosses over, and yet remains with us to help us in our own personal journeys.<br /><br />Thanks, Bob, for sharing...Matthttp://mattandjojang.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-822894759353679437.post-73444120092856531462012-02-02T00:41:43.744-05:002012-02-02T00:41:43.744-05:00happy louie iouie
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Wayfarr...happy louie iouie <br /><br />so this -------------<br /><br />Wayfarrer <br /><br /> Installed<br />in this<br />shadow<br /><br /> life *<br /><br />Between<br />fear and fancy<br />never far<br />always near<br />forever going<br />round and round -<br /><br /><br />Between<br />ritual and holding views<br />always near<br />never far<br />forever going<br />round and round-<br /><br />yet<br /><br />The<br />wayfarrer<br />cherishing nothing<br />crosses over<br />in this very now -<br /><br />______________________________________bob knabhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07182610684200347959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-822894759353679437.post-78722990012799096542012-02-01T20:44:30.755-05:002012-02-01T20:44:30.755-05:00Thanks, Brian. Glad to see you are still around! ...Thanks, Brian. Glad to see you are still around! :-)beth cioffolettihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09300116274007165612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-822894759353679437.post-34169870348010006622012-02-01T20:34:07.926-05:002012-02-01T20:34:07.926-05:00Hello Beth,
I share you sentiment. I probably wou...Hello Beth,<br /><br />I share you sentiment. I probably would not be a Catholic deacon today if not for Thomas Merton. TM has guided many souls in their search for God. Your blog is certainly an extension of TM's effort.Brianhttp://www.abookofeverything.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-822894759353679437.post-48184528765784189242012-02-01T19:57:02.001-05:002012-02-01T19:57:02.001-05:00I didn't know that Merton thought he looked li...I didn't know that Merton thought he looked like Jean Genet ... but I really think that Merton identified himself as French, even after so many years in America (and England).<br /><br />Don't know why guys can't be immaculate, but I don't think much about the afterlife and wonder sometime if I even believe in it.beth cioffolettihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09300116274007165612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-822894759353679437.post-41365026799549491342012-02-01T09:11:31.213-05:002012-02-01T09:11:31.213-05:00happy b. day Mr. Tom wherever you are - we must ge...happy b. day Mr. Tom wherever you are - we must get together for a drink in the afterlife....<br />i remember reading in one of his prose that he felt he was in danger of becoming a sort of emasculated plaster saint for parochial schools<br />i like that he allied himself with the proletariat, even if that is a contraction in terms of "Catholic"<br />He said Marx was a good ol' Old Testament prophet<br />I like that he drank brandy in mason jars under trees and he thought he looked like Jean Genet - that's what spurred my interest years ago<br />years ago...oy, we are all getting older...<br /><br />i don't think it's fair that guys can't be immaculateplugnickelhttp://plugnickel3.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-822894759353679437.post-29115453997119637562012-02-01T08:07:17.831-05:002012-02-01T08:07:17.831-05:00like others here, I don't know where I'd b...like others here, I don't know where I'd be without having known Merton. He showed me a way and I am following ...beth cioffolettihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09300116274007165612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-822894759353679437.post-89170115589348381802012-02-01T07:48:49.099-05:002012-02-01T07:48:49.099-05:00I know exactly how you feel, Matt. I fall in love...I know exactly how you feel, Matt. I fall in love over and over again.Kristenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16760746796142214355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-822894759353679437.post-37537891276919824932012-02-01T01:25:46.654-05:002012-02-01T01:25:46.654-05:00Happy birthday, Fr. Louis, and thanks to the owner...Happy birthday, Fr. Louis, and thanks to the owner of this blog who posted this today. I've got a post up at Sacred Ordinary--http://redondowriter.typepad.comFran aka Redondowriterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10603407790426583209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-822894759353679437.post-88936398570302373252012-01-31T23:01:51.540-05:002012-01-31T23:01:51.540-05:00To the person who spoke to me like no person ever ...To the person who spoke to me like no person ever did - truly a guide, mentor, & a source of inspiration: Happy Birthday, Tom!Matthttp://mattandjojang.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-822894759353679437.post-79306619655657128812012-01-31T14:08:12.069-05:002012-01-31T14:08:12.069-05:00Happiest of birthdays to an exceptionally wonderfu...Happiest of birthdays to an exceptionally wonderful soul!Allister Cromleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10899891426844566303noreply@blogger.com