What Is Contemplation?

By Thomas Merton

Book Overview

2013 Reprint of 1948 Edition. Full facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. "Contemplation" is a word that Thomas Merton used again and again in his... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0872431037
• ISBN13: 9780872431034
• Release Date: January 1981
• Publisher: Templegate Pub
• Length: 79 Pages
• Weight: 0.34 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.8" x 0.3" x 5.8"

Customer Reviews

Angels Leaving a Hill

The world is coming to an end when powerholders are self-absorbed and the masses persist in feeling charitable. Charity is one of the side effects of contemplation, which is more than having exalted visions of the divine. Contemplation is within the reach of all who have been baptized, all who embrace God as more than a 911, all who go beyond worldly ambitions in prayer, all who take part in the Mass. Emptying the mind of what we have created may at first let in a depressing darkness, sort of like seeing angels leaving a hill: my sister calls it the shrapnel of scrooging through how you have lived your life. Ultimately, finding peace and strength in Godly love is WHAT IS CONTEMPLATION is all about. Author Thomas Merton includes his own illustrations and the book's message links well with THE CONTEMPLATIVE HEART by James Finley, GOLD FRANKINCENSE AND MYRRH by George Maloney, and DARK NIGHT OF THE SOUL by St John of the Cross.