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A Monastic Introduction to Sacred Scripture: Novitiate Conferences on Scripture and Liturgy 1

A Monastic Introduction to Sacred Scripture: Novitiate Conferences on Scripture and Liturgy 1

Merton, Thomas
O'Connell, Patrick F.
Thurston, Bonnie Bowman

Hardcover

Religion General Bible Studies

Publisher Price: $51.00

ISBN10: 1725253011
ISBN13: 9781725253018
Publisher: Cascade Books
Published: Aug 27 2020
Pages: 244
Weight: 1.17
Height: 0.69 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Among the numerous sets of conferences that Thomas Merton presented to young prospective monks during his decade (1955-1965) as novice master at the Cistercian Abbey of Gethsemani is a wide-ranging introduction to biblical studies, made available for the first time in the present volume. Drawing on church tradition, teaching of recent papal documents, and scholarly resources of the time, he reveals the central importance of the Scriptures for the spiritual growth of his listeners. The extensive introduction situates material of these conferences in the context of Merton's evolving engagement with the Bible from his own days as a student monk through the mature reflections from his final years on the biblical renewal in the wake of the Second Vatican Council. For Merton, at the heart of any meaningful reading of the Scriptures, not only for monks but for all Christians, is the invitation to respond not just intellectually but with the whole self, to recognize the gospel as good news, as a saving, liberating, consoling, challenging word, reflecting his fundamental belief that the Holy Spirit enlightens us, in our reading, to see how our own lives are part of these great mysteries--how we are one with Jesus in them.

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