Thomas Merton on Love, Peace, Hope, and Joy
This prayer service is based on the words of Thomas Merton, whose deepening sense of love for God led him to a dedicated concern for peace and justice and to a celebration of God’s Creation.
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Archive for category: Thomas Merton, O.C.S.O.
Thomas Merton: On Pilgrimage
This short prayer service uses Merton’s own words on pilgrimage, mercy, justice, and peace, concerns which deepened as his spiritual journey led him deeper into the love of God.
Copyright © 2015, Education for Justice, a project of Center of Concern. Selective excerpts of Thomas Merton’s words are the property of respective publishers and/or his estate or heirs.
Thomas Merton & Education of the Whole Person
Merton’s thoughts on education, as they are explicitly recorded, are provocative, but brief and general. He summarized in a letter that education “means the formation of the whole person”; he designated its purpose as “self-discovery,” a major theme in his essay “Learning To Live”.
This four-page resource includes the following:
- An article synthesizing Merton’s writing
- Discussion Questions
- Prayer
Reflections from Thomas Merton on Gandhi's Witness
This reflection, adapted from the book, Seeds of Destruction, includes Thomas Merton’s thoughts and reflections on Gandhi’s life and witness.
Thomas Merton: Christian Roots of Nonviolence
This four-page resource features excerpts from Thomas Merton’s essay, “Blessed are the Meek: The Christian Roots of Nonviolence.” A prayer and discussion questions are included.
