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Becoming Who You Already Are (Bridges to Contemplative Living with Thomas Merton Series Vol. 2)

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Jonathan Montaldo, Robert G. Toth, ...

Ave Maria Press, 2006

Wisdom, Encouragement and Inspiration
Becoming Who You Already Are is the second in a series of eight booklets based on the work of Thomas Merton, one of the most important spiritual writers of the 20th century. It contains eight small-group sessions also suitable for individuals. Suggestions for use are provided in the introduction and an accompanying facilitaror's guide. The series, designed for adult Christians, helps readers ...

Entering the School of Your Experience (Bridges to Contemplative Living With Thomas Merton)

2 reviews
The Merton Institute for Contemplative Living

Ave Maria Press, 2006

Begin, Reinvigorate, or Deepen Your Spiritual Life
"Entering the School of Your Experience" is the first of eight booklets in the "Bridges to Contemplative Living with Thomas Merton" series edited by Merton scholars Jonathan Montaldo and Robert G. Toth. Themes are based on key principals from Merton's thought including (1) our everyday life is our spiritual life, (2) spiritual formation is grounded in the experience of relationships and ...

Traveling Your Road to Joy (Bridges to Contemplative Livingà)

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Merton Institute for Contemplative Living

Ave Maria Press, 2007

Sharing the Divine Life
The editors of this excellent small-group resource have taken on a major task in mapping out a road to joy in a world often filled with pain and suffering. The writings they have selected from Merton and "other voices" expand on their own early explanation: "The fundamental joy that pervades life in Christ through all of life's inevitable sorrows is a growing faith in the reality that God became ...

Writing Yourself into the Book of Life (Bridges to Contemplative Livingà)

1 review
Merton Institute for Contemplative Living

Ave Maria Press, 2007

To Live Is to Write in the Book of Life
The title of this booklet and its inclusion in a series based on the works of Thomas Merton suggest that it is about writing a journal. In fact, the theme is the book of life, and our "writing" is our lived testimony of love for God, others, ourselves, and creation. The theme is amplified with session titles such as Writing a Holy Sentence Day after Day. Each session contains background on the ...

Discovering the Hidden Ground of Love (Bridges to Contemplative Living With Thomas Merton Series)

1 review
Thomas Merton

Ave Maria Press, 2007

Deeply Spiritual Insights
Discovering the Hidden Ground of Love is the fourth of eight booklets in the series "Bridges of Contemplative Living with Thomas Merton." Like its predecessors, it contains eight sessions consisting of a psalm passage; an introduction; excerpts on the topic from Merton's work and that of another spiritual writer; and reflection questions. Suggestions for individual and group use, a facilitator's ...

Living Your Deepest Desires (Bridges to Contemplative Living With Thomas Merton Series)

2 reviews
Thomas Merton

Ave Maria Press, 2007

Nourishment for the Soul
Living Your Deepest Desires is the third of eight planned volumes in the series Bridges to Contemplative Living with Thomas Merton. The editors, Merton scholars, open with an overview of the series and suggestions for groups using the material, including guidelines for contemplative dialogue, a process that will enrich discussion of the reflection questions in each lesson. The series encompasses ...

Seeing That Paradise Begins Now (Bridges to Contemplative Living With Thomas Merton)

1 review

Ave Maria Press, 2008

Extraordinary
Seeing That Paradise Begins Now is the eighth and final booklet in the Bridges to Contemplative Living series based on the work of Thomas Merton. Although the theme of dying and being reborn recurs throughout Merton's work and is a staple in this series, it is most specifically treated in Volume 8. Three of the eight sessions are dedicated to "final integration," defined variously as bringing to ...

Adjusting Your Life's Vision (Bridges to Contemplative Living With Thomas Merton)

1 review

Ave Maria Press, 2008

Deepening the Life We Already Possess
This seventh booklet in the series Bridges to Contemplative Living with Thomas Merton closes with a quotation I would include on my Best of Merton list. The last of three meditations, it reads in part: "We are the Body of Christ. We have found him, he has found us. We are in Him, He is in us. There is nothing further to look for, except the deepening of this life we already possess. Be content." ...