Merton, Thomas - Bread in the Wilderness (New Directions, 1997)
epu| 1.87 MB | English | Author :Thomas Merton | B00KIDR54S | 1953 | New Directions

Book Description :

The Psalms, which Thomas Merton called "one of the most valid forms of prayefomen of altime," are the most significant and influentiacollection of religious poems evewritten, summing up the theology of the Old Testament and serving as daily nourishment fothe devout.Bread in the Wilderness sets forth Merton's belief that "the Psalms acquire, fothose whknow how tenteintthem, a surprising depth, a marvelous and inexhaustible actuality. They are bread, miraculously provided by Christ, tfeed those whhave followed Hiintthe wilderness." Merton's goain this moving boois thelp the readeenteintthe Psalms: "The secret is placed in the hands of each Christian. It only needs tbe discovered and fulfilled in ouown lives." The new ND Classiedition of Bread in the Wilderness faithfully reproduces the beautiful, large-format origina1953 New Directions books, created by the celebrated designeAlvin Lustig and lavishly illustrated throughout with...

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