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Photo by Gene Meatyard Today is the birthday of Thomas Merton, born in Prades, France in 1915. His mother was an American, and his fathe...

“The good is to be done because it is good, not because it goes somewhere. I believe if it is done in that spirit it will go somewhere, ...

“I may be wrong about Pax, but keep feeling that through good poems and pictures, peace can travel.” — Robert Lax to Thomas Merton,...

"Jerusalem" by Thomas Merton Merton to beat poet/publisher Lawrence Ferlinghetti, 8/61: “Someday I want to talk to you abou...

"Spiritual practice is the antithesis of the “means to an end” thinking that characterizes our usual secular point of view. The ra...

Titles By Leonard Cohen I had the title poet. And maybe I was one for a while.  Also, the title singer was kindly accorded me even t...

Venus Transit by   Carlos Gotay The Time of Praise:  “Le Temps Vierge” of Eternity “You have given me roots in eternity.”  ...