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The following thoughts from Merton, sixty years ago, on the last day of Advent, while looking at a picture of Fra Angelico’s “Annunciation”....

Septuagesima Sunday, 1967] ... And, after all, am I not arrogant too? Am I not unreasonable, unfair, demanding, suspicious and often quite...

Today is the birthday of Dorothy Day, who was born on November 8, 1897. O Dorothy, I think of you and the beat people and the ones with noth...

In June of 1964 Thomas Merton met with D.T. Suzuki in New York City. Dr. Suzuki was 94 years old. The invitation came suddenly only a few...

This week's quote from the Merton Institute : [Christmas Letter, 1966] Most of you, even with all that you have to suffer, are much bett...

"The day of the Desert Fathers is forever gone and we are waiting for a new sun to rise above the horizon of egotism and sordidness in ...

Photo by Thomas Merton [Through the early 1960s, Suzuki sent Merton annual illustrated calendars featuring images by the 18th century Zen p...