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Thomas Merton Photo by John Howard Griffin Today is the 97th anniversary of the birth of Thomas Merton. My Catholicism is not the relig...

  PHOTOGRAPH: Aerialist Philippe Petite opens dedication of St.John The Divine. Credit: Fred R. Conrad/ The New York Times , 1982 Eve...

Robert Lax  The following is excerpted from " Mystics: Ten Who Show Us the Ways of God " by Murray Bodo. The last chapter is...

"Alienation begins when culture divides me against myself, puts a mask on me, gives me a role I may or may not want to play. Alienation...

"Though addressing monks in his own monastery, St. Hesychios speaks to all of us on the contemplative path when he says, "One who ...

Photo copyright by John Goodwin john@goodwinphotos.com A couple of photos of Dan Berrigan as he was released from the Danbury prion on th...

I have promised longtime louie reader, Mr. Spaget, a poem by Merton that impresses me.  Merton thought of creativity/art as an act of work/l...