The Sound of Listening: A Retreat Journal from Thomas Merton's Hermitage

The Sound of Listening: A Retreat Journal from Thomas Merton's Hermitage
ISBN-10
1725217252
ISBN-13
9781725217256
Category
Religion
Pages
128
Language
English
Published
2006-08-01
Publisher
Wipf and Stock Publishers
Author
John Dear

Description

In 1996, Jesuit activist John Dear spent several weeks on silent retreat in Thomas Merton's hermitage on the grounds of the Abbey of Gethsemani near Louisville, Kentucky. His journal from those days of silence and solitude invites us into Merton's own spirit of peace. The Sound of Listening takes us into both the journey of John Dear and Thomas Merton, and our own journey to peace and new life. As we enter these days of peace, we pray with John Dear the peace prayer of St. Francis and join our voice to his Updated Version of the Apostles' Creed. Together, we emerge ready for the struggle for justice, renewed for the journey of nonviolence, and enlightened to speak the good news of peace to a wartorn world.

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