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Silence Is Hard: The Adventures of an Extrovert on a Silent Retreat

Tinamarie Stolz January 30, 2019

Unable to rest in anything we achieve, we determine to forget our discontent in a ceaseless quest for new satisfactions. In this pursuit, desire itself becomes our chief satisfaction. — Thomas Merton

Daily Jolt January 17, 2013

For the rest of the day, lay aside all wants, desires and wishes, and try to be content with the things you already have.

Indeed, too often the weakest thing about our faith is the illusion that our faith is strong, when the “strength” we feel is only the intensity of emotion or of sentiment, which has nothing to do with real faith. — Thomas Merton

Daily Jolt December 26, 2012

Take 10 minutes today to contemplate the plain truth and realness of your faith, absent of emotion or distraction, in fullest clarity.

Thomas Merton: Pivotal Modern Contemplative

Phil Fox Rose August 6, 2012

Country: United States
Born: January 31, 1915
Died: December 10, 1968
Religion: Roman Catholic

Writer, poet, anti-war activist and Trappist monk Thomas Merton helped make Catholicism relevant for a new generation and introduced many to contemplation.

The man who sweats under his mask, whose role makes him itch with discomfort, who hates the division in himself, is already beginning to be free. But God help him if all he wants is the mask the other man is wearing, just because the other one does not seem to be sweating or itching. Maybe he is no longer human enough to itch. — Thomas Merton

Daily Jolt June 27, 2012

Let down your guard today around those in your life without replacing it with some other guard.