As novice master of the Cistercian Abbey of Our Lady of
Gethsemani in Kentucky, Thomas Merton presented weekly conferences
to familiarize his charges with the meaning and purpose of the vows
they aspired to undertake. In this setting, he offered a thorough
exposition of the theological, canonical, and above al spiritual
dimensions of the vows.
Merton set the vows firmly in the context of the
anthropological, moral, soteriological, and ecclesial dimensions of
human, Christian, and monastic life. He addressed such classical
themes of Christian morality as the nature of the human person and
his acts; the importance of justice in relation to the Passion of
Christ, to friendship and to love; and self-surrender as the key to
grace, prayer and the vowed life. Merton's words on these topics
clearly spring from a committed heart and often flow with the
soaring intensity of style that we have come to expect in his more
enthusiastic prose.
The texts of these conferences represent the longest and most
systematically organized of any of numerous series of conferences
that Merton presented during the decade of his mastership. They may
be the most directly pastoral work Merton ever wrote.
"Thomas Merton (1915-1968) was a monk of the Abbey of
Gethsemani, Kentucky. He was a renowned writer, theologian, poet,
and social activist."
"Patrick F. O'Connell is associate professor in the departments
of English and theology at Gannon University in Erie, Pennsylvania.
He is a founding member and former president of the International
Thomas Merton Society. "
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