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“I was not sure where I was going…”
By
deacon greg kandra
Lady, when on that night I left the Island that was your England,your love went with me, althought I coul dnot know it andcoul dnot make myself aware of it.It was your love, your intercession for me, before God,that was preparing the seas before my ship,laying open the way for me to another country. I…
“To be a monk, to be a monk”
By
deacon greg kandra
Several readers have alerted me to this superb profile of Thomas Merton, which aired last month on PBS. December 10th marks a twin anniversary: the 67th anniversary of Merton’s entrance into the Abbey of Gethsemane in Kentucky, and the 40th anniversary of his death. Check out the Merton clip and assorted links at the above…
Be a saint: All Saints Day homily from 2007
By
Deacon Greg Kandra
From last October, here’s part of my homily for All Saints Day 2007: Shortly after he converted to Catholicism in the late 1930s, Thomas Merton was walking the streets of New York with his friend, Robert Lax. Lax was Jewish, and he asked Merton what he wanted to be, now that he was Catholic. “I…
What would Fr. Louis say?
By
Deacon Greg Kandra
Fr. Louis, of course, being Thomas Merton — who might raise an eyebrow over the historic naming of a Trappist to be a bishop. From Whispers: On Saturday, the Pope named Dom Yvon Moreau, abbot of Notre Dame du Lac Monastery at Oka (near Montreal) as bishop of his home diocese of Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere, situated along…
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