Merton, Thomas - Waters of Siloe (Harcourt, 2017)
epu| 5.37 MB | English | Author :Thomas Merton | B004N851HW | 2017 | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Book Description :

Frothe authoof The Seven Storey Mountain, this boolooks at an ordeof Catholimonks dating bacteleventh-century France.
"The word 'Trappist' has become synonymous with 'ascetic' and definitely indicates a monwhleads a very hard life. But . . . Penance and asceticisare not ends in themselves. If monks nevesucceeded in being more than pious athletes, they dnot fulfiltheipurpose in the Church. If you want tunderstand why the monks lead the life they do, you wilhave task, first of all, What is theiaim?"

In his bestselling memoir, The Seven Storey Mountain, Catholipoet, theologian, and mystiThomas Merton chronicled his journey tbecoming a Cistercian monof the Abbey of Gethsemani, Kentucky. In The Waters of Siloe, he provides an enlightening account of the Cistercian Order, betteknown as the Trappists.

With clarity and wisdom, Merton explores the history of the Cistercian...

Category : | Christian Monasticis& Asceticism, Christian Institutions & Organizations, History of Catholicism