Thursday, March 29, 2012

to live in God so thoroughly, so unselfconsciouly, that we become pure act

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Cristiani Bros. Circus 1956 A caption that goes with this photo: After the teeterboard act, left to right, Ortans (Cristiani) Canest...
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Wednesday, March 28, 2012

one stone

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Photo of Lax taken by Dr. Paul Spaeth at St. Bonaventure University in 1990 The following is excerpted from a fascinating and excelle...
Sunday, March 25, 2012

Unless one become empty and alone ... (solitude)

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Photo by Thomas Merton "What then is the conclusion? That this solitude of which we have been speaking, the solitude of the true m...
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Saturday, March 24, 2012

real hermits don't have answers (solitude)

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Photo by Thomas Merton "We must remember that Robinson Crusoe was one of the great myths of the middle class, commercial civilizat...
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Friday, March 23, 2012

a life of direct dependence on God (solitude)

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"One of the most telling criticisms of the solitary may well be that even in his life of prayer he is less "productive".  Yo...
Thursday, March 22, 2012

the hermit is nothing but a failure (solitude)

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"The true solitary is not called to an illusion, to the contemplation of himself as solitary.  He is called to the nakedness and hunger...
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Wednesday, March 21, 2012

the desert can be found in the midst of men (solitude)

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Photo by Thomas Merton "There have always been, and always will be, men who are alone in the midst of society without realizing wh...