First lines: "As a seeker of spiritual truths, Thomas Merton headed off in the opposite direction from"... Citation: Fourth Genre 6.2 (2004): 149-150.
First lines: "My bookstore in Cleveland carries a hefty four shelves lined with over a hundred books on or about"... Citation: Merton Seasonal 25:1 (Spring 2000): 27.
First lines: "The third and much-awaited volume of Thomas Merton's conference notebooks, an introductory"... Citation: Merton Annual 22: 261-265.
First lines: "Thomas Merton, as in so other many endeavors, was a pioneer when he taught"... Citation: Merton Seasonal 33:2 (Summer 2008): 27-29.
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First lines: "Compiled by the curator of the Thomas Merton Studies Center, this collection of prefaces to 12 of"... Citation: Library Journal (August 1981): 1553. Martha Counihan OSU.
First lines: "'My Lord God, I have no idea where I am going. I do not see the road ahead of me' (16)." Citation: Merton Seasonal 31:4 (Winter 2006): 24-26.
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First lines: "Indians! What a shock to open this beautifully bound volume expecting a"... Citation: Best Sellers 36 (October 1976):223.
First lines: "'This little book is an introduction to an Encyclical of Pope Pius XII (included at the end of the"... Citation: Book Rev Digest (September 1954). Contains excerpts of reviews by W.B. Ready and R.L. Bruckberger.
First lines: "The "doctor whose teaching is as sweet as honey" and who was the last Father of the Church, has been"... Citation: Enquirer Cincinnati Ohio (13 June 1954). Sean Callery.
First lines: "If prayer in print becomes too ostentatious, there is enough of the old Adam in me to make me feel"... Citation: Evening News Buffalo NY (5 June 1954).
First lines: "The encyclical letter of Pope Pius XII, on the occasion of the eighth centenary of the death of"... Citation: News Dayton Ohio (6 June 1954). B.J. Losh.
First lines: "A biography of Saint Bernard of Clairvaux, a famous Trappist monk and the great preacher of the"... Citation: Retail Bookseller (May 1954). 2 copies, one original.
First lines: "This book was prompted by the papal encyclical issued by Pope Pius XII in 1953, entitled "Doctor"... Citation: Star (26 June 1954). I.L.
First lines: "This little book by Thomas Merton is an introduction to an Encyclical of Pope Pius XII (included at"...
First lines: "In his encyclical letter Doctor Mellifluus, issued in 1953 for the eighth centenary of St. Bernard's"... Citation: Month [London] 13 (May 1955): 313-314.
First lines: "Whenever a new book comes"... Citation: Catholic Worker XX.12 (July-August 1954): 4.
First lines: "In this sixth volume of Thomas Merton's Journals, his multi-dimensionality and self-contradictory"... Citation: Journal of Religion and Health 37.1 (Spring 1998): 77-78. Robert W. Gunn.
First lines: "The life of the American monk and spiritual"... Citation: Times Literary Supplement [London] 4974 (Aug. 14 1998): 31.
First lines: "It is often said that the world-renowned Trappist monk and"... Citation: Herald Leader (1998).
First lines: "In Learning to Love, the penultimate of the seven volumes of Thomas Merton's complete"... Citation: Merton Journal [UK] 5.2 (Advent 1998): 52-55.
First lines: "'[C]ontemporary, universal and one hopes, cogent,' are words written by Thomas"... Citation: Merton Seasonal 32:4 (Winter 2007): 27-28.
Reviews of The letters of Robert Giroux and Thomas Merton.
First lines: "In 1936, when Thomas Merton was an"... Citation: The Tablet 269.9124 (October 31, 2015): 24.
First lines: "This is not a biography, but the"... Citation: The Wanderer (May 19, 2016): 8a.
First lines: "Starting with the extraordinary and unexpected popularity of his spiritual auto- biography,"... Citation: Christianity and Literature 66.4 (2017): 720-724.
Reviews of The Letters of Thomas Merton and Victor and Carolyn Hammer: Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam.
First lines: "Victor Hammer was an artist and printer; Carolyn Hammer (his"... Citation: Choice Connect 52.9 (May 2015) 1518.
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First lines: "To defend one's faith is to defend one's freedom and at least implicitly the freedom of everyone"... Citation: Merton Seasonal 20:1 (Winter 1995): 20-22.
First lines: "Fr. Merton's present book is a simple but comprehensive analysis of the Christian life that is"... Citation: Worship 37 (November 1963): 690. Virginia Lawrence RC.
First lines: "Another challenging book from the Abbey of Gethsemani"... Citation: The Furrow , 16.11 (Nov. 1965): 726.
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First lines: "From October, 1955 until April, 1965 Thomas Merton gave weekly"... Citation: The Merton Annual 26 (2013): 211-213.
First lines: "the hefty volume of six hundred tightly-packed pages contains nearly all of Fr. Thomas Merton's"... Citation: American Book Review 5 (November-December 1982): 14-15. Paul Mariani.
First lines: "Of all the posthumous collections of Thomas Merton's writing which have been published so far, none"... Citation: Church Times [London] (2 July 1982): 4. A.M. Allchin.
First lines: "One can hardly begin to list the fare available in this wonderful eclectic Merton feast! Truly,"... Citation: Cistercian Studies 18.1 (1983): 82-86. Columban Weber.
First lines: "To Thomas Merton, the writer's vocation -- whether creative or critical -- is a high calling. So, he"... Citation: Courier Journal (11 April 1982): D5. Wade Hall.
First lines: "Thomas Merton traveled far in the quiet confines"... Citation: Sunday Telegram Worcester MA (September 29, 1985).
First lines: "The best of the essays here were written while Merton served as Abbot of the Trappist"... Citation: Kirkus Reviews (October 1, 1981).
First lines: "Brother Patrick Hart's edition of Merton's literary essays was a welcome addition to Mertoniana"... Citation: Merton Seasonal 10:4 (Fall 1985): 18-20.
Reviews of Liturgical Feasts and Seasons: Novitiate Conferences on Scripture and Liturgy 3.
First lines: "At once poet, prose stylist and theologian, Fr. Louis expounds the reality of the Eucharist in the"... Citation: America (2 March 1957).
First lines: "Quoting liberally from both the Old and the New Testament, from the early Fathers and from the Popes"... Citation: Banner Nashville TN (4 March 1956). Julia Morris Fitzgerald.
First lines: "An exposition of the Eucharist in accordance with the doctrines of the Roman Catholic Church." Citation: Tribune Oakland, CA (4 March 1956).
First lines: "During his visit to America in 1954, Cardinal Agagianian of Beirut was mention by Newsweek (Nov. 8,"... Citation: Chronicle Houston, TX (4 March 1956). Sister M. Agatha.
First lines: "'The Living Bread' is a book in which the most profound truth of Christ's Church the Holy Eucharist,"... Citation: Globe Siouix City Iowa (8 March 1956).
First lines: "This book by Thomas Merton, poet and former man of the world who became a Cistercian monk, is one to"... Citation: Journal Milwaukee, WI (11 March 1956). Louise Cattoi.
First lines: "Solidly doctrinal is The Living Bread by Thomas Merton (Farrar, Straus and Cudahy. $3). Dealing, as"... Citation: Our Sunday Visitor (11 March 1956). Duplicate copy crossed out on item #5. Copy on 7d.
First lines: "Father Merton speaks on the meaning of the Eucharist in this volume that emphasizes the centrality"... Citation: Booklist [Chicago] 52 (1 April 1956): 304.
First lines: "Members of the Catholic Faith will find Thomas Merton's new book inspiring reading. The famed"... Citation: news Journal Pensacola Florida (11 March 1956).
First lines: "There are few books about the Sacrament of the Eucharist that compel one's attention as strongly as"... Citation: Pilot Boston Mass (21 April 1956). John J. Dacey.
First lines: "In "The Living Bread" Thomas Merton writes beautifully of the sacrament of the Eucharist which is"... Citation: Courant Hartford Conn (1 April 1956).
First lines: "'This book was written primarily as a summary of the Church's teaching on the Eucharist. (It) is not"... Citation: News Savannah GA (27 May 1956). Katherine M. Scardino.
First lines: "Mr. Merton is a famous novelist. He is also a famous churchman. His writings have attracted the"... Citation: Herald Dutham, NC (21 October 1956). G.K.C.
First lines: "During the Second World War there came into existence the diocese of Aosta, in the Italian Alps, a"... Citation: Tablet [London] 208 (20 October 1956): 326.
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First lines: "In his preface to the Japanese edition of "The Seven Storey Mountain," Thomas Merton wrote: "I have"... Citation: Courier Journal (2 December 1979): D5. Deba P. Patnaik.
First lines: "In the 6th century AD, St. Benedict of Nursia set forth the three monastic vows binding on all men"... Citation: New Republic 180 (26 May 1979): 23, 26, 28-30. Francine de Plessix Gray.
First lines: "George Woodcock and the late Thomas Merton are both of them copious and fluent writers and their"... Citation: New York Review of Books 26 (27 September 1979): 25-26. J.M. Cameron.
First lines: "Shortly before Thomas Merton left on his Asian journey in 1968, his friend Edward Rice photographed"... Citation: Renascence 34.2 (Winter 1982): 113-128.
First lines: "A Trappist monastery, one might think, would be a most unlikely place to find a poet. How could the"... Citation: Ave Maria 65 (22 February 1947): 231-234. Speer Strahan.
First lines: "The air is full of strident sounds, noises which assail the ear with terrible dissonance, leaving no"... Citation: Catholic Record NY (19 Oct. 1946). Blanche Mary Kelly.
First lines: "Louisvillians should also be particularly interested in "A Man In the Divided Sea," since Thomas"... Citation: Journal-Courier (12 Jan. 1947).
First lines: "Detachment of any kind has become so rare that nowadays we can be refreshed by detachment of the"... Citation: New Yorker (5 Dec. 1946).
First lines: "Thomas Merton's present book is a comprehensive record of his conversion to Catholicism. The Poems,"... Citation: Poetry 69 (December 1946): 165-168. John Nerber.
First lines: "A collection of poetry, including a previously published volume, by a distinguished young Catholic"... Citation: Times-Star (23 December 1945). S.A.L.
First lines: "The books under review are recommended as in their varying ways enjoyable. They afford a selection"... Citation: Sewanee Review 55.2 (April-June 1947): 324-336. Richard Eberhart.
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Reviews of Medieval Cistercian History: Initiation into the Monastic Tradition 9.
Reviews of Merton and Judaism: Holiness in Words - Recognition, Repentance, and Renewal.
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First lines: "'Out here in the woods,' he wrote, 'I can think of nothing except God, and it is not so much that I"... Citation: National Catholic Reporter 33.5 (22 November 1996): 17. John Dear.
First lines: "Thomas Merton published so many items drawn from his journals and so many Mertonophiles are laboring"... Citation: Review & Expositor [Louisville] 94 (Spring 1997): 321-322. Glenn Hinson.
First lines: "One March, not long after we were married, my wife put on her birthday wish-list"... Citation: Books & Culture: A Christian Review [London]6.6 (Nov.-Dec. 2000): 25-31.
First lines: "In the third volume of Thomas Merton's Journals, A Search for Solitude, Merton tells the story of a"... Citation: Merton Seasonal 21:3 (Fall 1996): 22-25.
Reviews of Seasons of Celebration.
First lines: "The author is one of the most distinguished Roman Catholic writers of our day. His list of books in"... Citation: Times Roanoke, VA. (3 April 1966). J.J. Murray Sr.
First lines: "During the past quarter of a century, Thomas Merton, a Trappist of the Cistern Order of the"... Citation: Best Sellers 25 (1 January 1966): 386.
First lines: "Twenty years ago, when he was 24, and before he became a Trappist monk and wrote his famous The"... Citation: Mirror & News (2 February 1959).
First lines: "From October 1939 to November 1941, when Merton was in his mid-twenties, he was a convert to"... Citation: New York Post (8 February 1959). W.G. Rogers. 2 copies, complete copy on pg 2. Also see 05c, 05d, 06a, 07a.
First lines: "From October 1939 to November 1941, when Merton was in his mid-twenties, he was a convert to"... Citation: Telegram Portland ME (15 February 1959). W.G. Rogers. Also see 05b, 05d, 06a, 07a.
First lines: "A journal written 20 years ago records a newly converted Catholic's impressions of New York City,"... Citation: Booklist [Chicago, IL] 55 (15 February 1959): 313.
First lines: "'I had wondered what was holding the country together, what has been keeping the universe from"... Citation: Dispatch Columbus, OH (15 March 1959). Ann F. Wolfe.
First lines: "In his preface tot his book, Thomas Merton writes: "These are a few selections taken from a diary"... Citation: Globe Sioux City Iowa (12 March 1959). Sister Mary De Casia.
First lines: "Father Louis, now at Gethsemane Abbey, Kentucky, startled the world of books some years back with"... Citation: Pilot Norfolk, VA (29 March 1959). Gabriel Theo. Maioriello.
First lines: "Here after 20 years, selections from a journal which Thomas Merton wrote before he became a Trappist"... Citation: Courier Journal [Louisville] (15 February 1959). William Habich.
First lines: "Another reissue is The Secular Journal of Thomas Merton. Written in 1940-1941 and first published"... Citation: Cross and Crown 29 (September 1977): 322.
First lines: "These selections from a twenty-year-old diary are advertised by the publishers as 'private thoughts"... Citation: Blackfriars 40 (June 1959) 284-285.
First lines: "This book contains a few selections taken from the diary of Thomas Merton kept when he was a"... Citation: American Ecclesiastical Review 141 (August 1959): 141-142.
First lines: "Even if he never wrote another word, Thomas Merton has attained a literary eminence by reason of"... Citation: Sign 38 (April 1959): 62-63.
First lines: "Undoubtedly the most famous monk in America is Thomas Merton (Father M. Louis) of the Trappist"... Citation: Newsweek 53 (16 February 1959): 106.
First lines: "Among the previous writings of the"... Citation: The Critic XVII.4 (Feb.-Mar., 1959): 23-24.
First lines: "This is a much enlarged and completely revised version of one of Father Merton's most widely read"... Citation: Book Blurb from dust jacket.
First lines: "Contemplation is not very prevalent in the modern world. Everyone is going somewhere so fast, he"... Citation: New York World-Telegram (8 March 1949). Also see 05e.
First lines: "Merton, whose The Seven Storey Mountain is still making best-seller lists, is a member of the"... Citation: Press Cleveland, OH (8 March 1949). George V. Burns.
First lines: "'The Seven Storey Mountain' was a compelling history of a young man whose search for spiritual"... Citation: Courier-Journal [Louisville, KY] (10 March 1949). Abby Albert.
First lines: "Contemplation is not very prevalent in the modern world. Everyone is going somewhere so fast, he"... Citation: Times Indianapolis, IN (March 1949). R.W.M. Also see 04a.