Tag Archives: Thomas Merton

Finding Our Charism

Written by Fr. Richard Rohr, OFM on May 29, 2018

Vocation Finding Our Charism Tuesday, May 29, 2018 Night is our diocese and silence is our ministry Poverty our charity and helplessness our tongue-tied sermon. Beyond the scope of sight or sound we dwell upon the air Seeking the world’s gain in an unthinkable experience. We are exiles in the far end of solitude, living… Continue Reading Finding Our Charism

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Reality Is Communion

Written by Fr. Richard Rohr, OFM on May 6, 2018

Community Reality Is Communion Sunday, May 6, 2018 In the beginning God says, “Let us make humanity in our own image, in the likeness of ourselves” (Genesis 1:26). The use of the plural pronoun here seems to be an amazing, deep time intuition of what Christians would later call the Trinity—the revelation of the nature… Continue Reading Reality Is Communion

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Growing into Our Incarnation

Written by Fr. Richard Rohr, OFM on April 2, 2018

Human Bodies: Week 1 Growing into Our Incarnation Monday, April 2, 2018 Make ready for the Christ, Whose smile, like lightning, Sets free the song of everlasting glory That now sleeps, in your paper flesh, like dynamite. —Thomas Merton [1] When God gives of Godself, one of two things happens: either flesh is inspirited or… Continue Reading Growing into Our Incarnation

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Inner Light

Written by Fr. Richard Rohr, OFM on March 23, 2018

Thisness Inner Light Friday, March 23, 2018 I have the immense joy of being a [human being], a member of a race in which God became incarnate. As if the sorrows and stupidities of the human condition could overwhelm me, now I realize what we all are. And if only everybody could realize this! But… Continue Reading Inner Light

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Interview: Alana Levandoski (’15) on Thomas Merton’s Point Vierge

Written by Living School Staff on February 28, 2018

Interview: Alana Levandoski (’15) on Thomas Merton’s Point Vierge and Collaboration with James Finley Mark: Tell us about your newest collaboration with CAC core faculty, James Finley. Alana: In December 2016, I set out to work on a musical album centered around James Finley’s acclaimed book, Merton’s Palace of Nowhere. After long discussions with Jim… Continue Reading Interview: Alana Levandoski (’15) on Thomas Merton’s Point Vierge

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Alumni Newsletter — February 2018

Written by Living School Staff on February 28, 2018

A Note from the Editor Dear Living School alumni, The Three-in-One God is giving birth to transformation in the world through you. Much of this transformation, I suspect, takes place under the radar as you go about your often-busy days, radiating love in a fractured world. Sometimes it is simply the full presence you give… Continue Reading Alumni Newsletter — February 2018

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Mirroring the Divine

Written by Fr. Richard Rohr, OFM on January 11, 2018

Contemplative Consciousness Mirroring the Divine Thursday, January 11, 2018 In Christianity the inner self is simply a stepping stone to an awareness of God. Man [sic] is the image of God, and his inner self is a kind of mirror in which God not only sees Himself, but reveals Himself to the “mirror” in which… Continue Reading Mirroring the Divine

Posted in Daily Meditations | Also tagged identity, metaphor, panentheism, participation

Truth Is Known by Its Fruits

Written by Fr. Richard Rohr, OFM on December 4, 2017

Interfaith Friendship Truth Is Known by Its Fruits Monday, December 4, 2017 If we are to have peace on earth, our loyalties must become ecumenical rather than sectional. Our loyalties must transcend our race, our tribe, our class, and our nation; and this means we must develop a world perspective. —Martin Luther King, Jr. [1]… Continue Reading Truth Is Known by Its Fruits

Posted in Daily Meditations | Also tagged interfaith dialogue, James Finley, Jesus, Perennial Tradition, religion, Truth

Mysticism: Week 2 Summary

Written by Fr. Richard Rohr, OFM on October 7, 2017

Mysticism: Week 2 Summary: Sunday, October 1-Friday, October 6, 2017 “[The mystics help us] to learn the curriculum of a truly spiritual life . . . grounded in love, mercy, tenderness, compassion, forgiveness, hope, trust, simplicity, silence, peace, and joy. To embody union with God is to discover these beautiful characteristics emerging from within and… Continue Reading Mysticism: Week 2 Summary

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Thomas Merton, Part II

Written by Fr. Richard Rohr, OFM on October 6, 2017

Mysticism: Week 2 Thomas Merton, Part II Friday, October 6, 2017 I learned the terms “True Self” and “false self” from Thomas Merton—words he used to clarify what Jesus surely meant when he said that we must die to ourselves or we must “lose ourselves to find ourselves” (Mark 8:35). Merton rightly recognized that it… Continue Reading Thomas Merton, Part II

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