I've been reading Merton's works for over 20 years. So powerful and humbling to hear him speak it.
@PreppedNReady
17 күн бұрын
Thank you for posting this. I’ve read almost every writing Merton put out, but Ive never heard his voice.
@annette4660
3 жыл бұрын
He mentions Angela of Foligno, a 13th c. mystic, at 50:10. He says "You can't talk about the mystics in the west anymore," and they laugh because it was true. Merton would be very happy to know that she was canonized in 2013. But I do find that mysticism such as Merton's is so direct and plugs me into God like no other prayer. He says just following, "I did not love you for fun." Statements like this are so powerful and cut through layer upon layer of spiritual fog. I am hoping to become a Catholic, and I hope that there is room for me to embrace this kind of mysticism within the faith. I would love if someone would comment.
@crossland2007
3 жыл бұрын
I was received into The Church some 30 years ago, and have yet to discover within The Church any faith experience that cannot be found, developed and encouraged. Every Blessing as you continue your journey - you do not travel alone or for no reason. The Great Source of Love is calling you for a purpose. I will pray or you.
@annette4660
3 жыл бұрын
@@crossland2007 Thank you so much, Chris.
@jeremyc2445
Жыл бұрын
How are you now?
@annette4660
11 ай бұрын
@@jeremyc2445 Nice of you to ask. Dropped out of RCIA, but finding my relationship with God growing every day. Whatever works.
@sulwenyanam375
3 жыл бұрын
Thanking you dearest future saint Thomas M. I love you.
@d1427
8 ай бұрын
Prayer is an exercise of total honesty towards oneself in finding that which is praying in relation to God, one of wakefulness, of vigilant observance of the mind's tendency to roam about, finding 'important' things to deal with when you sit down to prayer.
@sleepycat224
8 ай бұрын
An exceptional and complex person that I love so much. Thomas Merton is definitely my role model. God bless 🙏🏻🕊️🙏🏻 19:25
@PaxMundi118
Жыл бұрын
Jesus is the Way, the Truth and the Life.
@chungchihsu2000
4 жыл бұрын
Having a dialogue with Merton, I really like this guy. Thanks.
@eileenherrin4684
3 жыл бұрын
Richard rohr How to pray
@herbelliot
3 жыл бұрын
The humour of the man shines through
@MathiEesha
3 жыл бұрын
One who dwells to know the true meaning of 'I' and 'I AM' within themselves are the Ones who will be closer to GOD
@pedrozaragoza2253
3 жыл бұрын
Gloria in Excelsis Deo! 🙏
@hanlieloyd9260
3 жыл бұрын
Finding this came at the exact right time. So pleased you posted this- thank you.
@willchristie2650
3 жыл бұрын
Brilliant. Thank you.
@carolinaurena6905
Жыл бұрын
Beautiful and freeing.
@peacelovejoy8786
3 жыл бұрын
I would have done pretty much anything to meet and speak with this incredible man! He understood, truly! Fr Richard Rohr speaks so highly of Thomas Merton.. he brought me to him 🙏❤✨
@truthabouttheworld3186
2 жыл бұрын
You can be with him through his books.
@PreppedNReady
17 күн бұрын
Read his writings, you feel like he’s in the room with his robe on and his hand on your shoulder, walking you through it.
@willgiorno1740
Жыл бұрын
Thankyou ❤
@brianarbenz7206
4 жыл бұрын
16:57 “This is what you do when you want to know God: You don’t go looking for an object called God. You cultivate the awareness of love in a awake heart.”
@ninavotolato9838
3 жыл бұрын
Merton really moved me.
@MathiEesha
3 жыл бұрын
Awakening the I AM NESS in the spiritual heart is the study of the monk This is the meaning of Thomas Merton's 16:10
@marypiccolo7160
3 жыл бұрын
Grateful
@morphosis7655
2 жыл бұрын
27:54 Since God offers to take upon himself the care of our affairs, let us once for all abandon them to his infinite wisdom, that we may never more be occupied with ought but him and his interest.
@Creaperla
4 жыл бұрын
Love only Love is His Word
@duncescotus2342
3 жыл бұрын
IF you have Jesus Christ, then God is in you.
@almilligan7317
11 ай бұрын
But Merton is saying regardless if you have Jesus You have god in you.
@duncescotus2342
11 ай бұрын
@@almilligan7317 No, good point. Merton is sadly being heretical: "He who has the Son has the Father, but he who does not have the Son does not have the Father."
@najamulghanikhan
8 ай бұрын
God is ever present and ever listening. We just do not understand this very high availability
@navyblue565
3 жыл бұрын
I definitely prefer his writings as opposed to his formal and somewhat stilted lecture style. I suppose that was the rhetorical style of the times but I found it difficult to access.
@billyoumans1784
4 жыл бұрын
I do have to practice virtue consciously though, because if I don’t I will unconsciously go back to self seeking
@saintsword23
Жыл бұрын
Ya, agreed. The Theravada Buddhists are very aware of this: holding precepts is one of the best ways to advance in meditation and experience more peace.
@michellerispin5103
Жыл бұрын
The subtitles are often quite wrong. I don't know how that could be changed (so much for AI?)
@gk411
3 жыл бұрын
If God is 'jealous' then he is imperfect which is never my idea of a God, isn't jealously for the petty minded so how can God be weak minded in this way, how many type God's is there? So..... 🤔
@jonnyj7137
3 жыл бұрын
I grew up being taught that the word “jealous” in this case isn’t the kind of jealousy we’re familiar today, but instead is meant to communicate that God expects us to worship him and none else. It might be interesting to look at other translations to find additional insight as to what the intended message/teaching was.
@gk411
3 жыл бұрын
@@jonnyj7137 sounds petty to me tbh
@skronked
Жыл бұрын
Just imagine what Thomas Merton would think of these conservative Catholics and the utter misinterpretation of the Gospel of Christ. Unbelievable. Christ wasn't a Republican, nor a New York real estate agent, etc. C'mon Catholics! Get real!
@DIVIN3KINGDOM
2 жыл бұрын
“Prayer is as natural an expression of faith as breathing is to life.” - Jonathan Edwards
@kristinak1972
Жыл бұрын
I love this explanation. It confirms my understanding that we need to surrender in prayer with our heart wide open to receive the wisdom of Christ within it. We have this battle within, the false ego construct vs the true identity which is closes to our child self before the ego was formed. If we can calm the monkey mind long enough in prayer/meditation we can hear that inner voice guiding us. Ask, seek and find. The door will be opened.
@desireeanne916
8 ай бұрын
Beautifully said thank you❤
@pearlsbeforeswine60
3 жыл бұрын
I've loved this guy for fifty years.
@bookmarksbeats
4 жыл бұрын
Timestamps: 00:55 Prayer should be as simple as breathing 03:05 We belong to God. He is our father. 04:20 The curse of prayer is when it becomes a role 06:10 Prayer is a vocation 06:50 Sadly, prayer can become a time of self-evaluation 07:20 Prayer shouldn’t focus on ourselves. It’s about acceptance. 08:20 Prayer should be about finding one’s heart (monastic tradition) 11:40 How commentaries can discourage our study of Psalms 12:35 Delight in reciting and meditating on the Psalms 13:05 Do ordinary things in love and your knowledge of God increases 14:05 Sufism: Love God and do things with love will bring divine knowledge 15:30 Hesychasm & continuous prayer 16:10 Awakening your heart is the study of the monk 16:40 It’s by love that we know God 17:10 Cultivate a patient, humble spirit 17:45 Carmelite nuns focusing on continuous prayer 18:29 Continuous prayer means cultivating an awareness of love 19:42 The simplest way to be aware of love of God 22:50 The solitary and monastic life is about putting away all care 24:31 The monastic life accepts death and renunciation of care 25:10 Goal of going to solitude is to cast your cares on God 26:18 It’s easy to fill your life with care even when in solitude 27:55 Abandon your cares to God. God is taking care of everything. 29:10 We are here to love others. 31:50 World is opaque because of care. 37:17 Every person encounters God. 38:20 Prayer is an emergence into infinite freedom 40:37 The great problem of prayer (fixed in our ego) 44:36 Theology of the cross 45:20 Theology of prayer 47:25 Christ as mediator in prayer 47:50 Progress in prayer 49:10 How Job cries out to God vs Adam 51:30 Christ teaches us prayer (Gospel of Luke) 54:00 When prayer become real 55:01 The heart of prayer 56:00 The presence of Christ is always with us
@sammc2601
4 жыл бұрын
TY! It is so considerate and lovely when someone does this on videos.
@timidcoiffeuse
3 жыл бұрын
This is so helpful! Thanks!
@Blinan68
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you. God bless you.
@alexbabichuk2237
3 жыл бұрын
You are doing Gods work
@shiranayman
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you for this very thoughtful collection of key wisdoms. Very kind of you.
@MathiEesha
3 жыл бұрын
'I' is the False Entity which recognises with the body, flesh, bones, mind and it's never ending thoughts But 'I AM' is the ever-present, Eternal your SELF
@karlakurucz127
Жыл бұрын
I’m crying listening to Merton. This is very freeing and releasing. I needed to hear this. Been seeking God and answers.
@skronked
Жыл бұрын
Buck up!!😂
@stellaariano7720
5 ай бұрын
How are things going with you
@djdollase
3 жыл бұрын
Love this, including the big pauses that allow for (I take it) contemplation of the previous lecture. I also love the nature sounds in some of these recordings (the insects, etc) and Mertin’s pronunciation of “ego” as Eggo, like the store-bought waffles 😊
@NinaSofia_
10 ай бұрын
😂❤🙏🏽
@oriti3730
3 жыл бұрын
Merton got it. "Prayer is as simple as breathing" 🙏...
@Find-Your-Bliss-
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you for that reminder.
@carolynpelzel4890
2 жыл бұрын
@@Find-Your-Bliss- +
@jamesguschke9338
3 ай бұрын
YahWeh or YHWH literally is the sounds of breathing in and out. ❤
@spiritualanarchist8162
3 жыл бұрын
He doesn't mind using examples from other religions because he doesn't need to prove his own faith to others,
@eithnebyrne1165
3 жыл бұрын
Thomas Merton helps me understand God in my daily living!
@jordandhego3446
4 жыл бұрын
I can't stop listening to Thomas Merton. God speaks through him even from beyond his grave.
@joanmaciel416
3 жыл бұрын
I feel the same..came up in my feed just as I needed
@L0wen
Жыл бұрын
Two years on from your comment and God is still using Merton's voice to call us, his wandering flock home. I recently discovered some of his teachings on contemplation and haven't been able to stop listening since 😂
@dickturpin2035
3 жыл бұрын
Leviticus 19:31 'Do not turn to mediums or necromancers; do not seek them out, and so make yourselves unclean by them: I am the Lord your God.' Matthew 22:32 'I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob'? He is not the God of the dead but of the living.'
@reginagaughan-kassery4575
3 жыл бұрын
Our heart is where we meet the Bridegroom, where the Wedding banquet is and where we learn to love loving...not for what we get but what we give...💗🙏💗🙏💗🙏💗🙏💗🙏💗🙏
@YourBeautifulBirth
2 жыл бұрын
What wonderful words - yes
@michael.j.johnson
3 жыл бұрын
Brilliant, passionate, astounding. I feel at once solaced by the simplicity of prayer and called to the work of infinite creative freedom.
@28105wsking
3 жыл бұрын
I love the picture of Father Merton talking to D.T. Suzuki! Wonderful!
@brianarbenz7206
4 жыл бұрын
This may have one of Thomas Merton’s talks at the Sisters of Loretto mother house down the road from the Trappist monastery. His visits were eagerly awaited there and his words stayed with the nuns for life.
@janethomas9947
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much - I lost the only recording I ever had in a move and this one is so beautifully presented - wonderful!
@faithknowles9199
3 жыл бұрын
4:22 I love seeing this image of Merton with Suzuki Roshi, it's so important to have respect and friendship between religions.
@PreppedNReady
18 күн бұрын
He had a beautiful relationship with thich nhat hanh as well. I love hanh’s preludes in some of Mertons writing like contemplative prayer.
@morphosis7655
2 жыл бұрын
25:31 surrendering totally to God . Self abandonment is that continual forgetfulness of self, which leaves the soul free to eternally love God, untroubled by those fears, reflections, regrets and anxieties which the care of ones own perfection and salvation gives.
@Warios4Christians
3 жыл бұрын
I hold dear in my heart the time which I have spent in silent contemplation at the Abbey Gethsemani in KY. Reading Marton and praying to release myself from control on the hill of the cross that overlooks the abbey. Also the cheese was amazing.
@alwaysontheway2366
8 ай бұрын
The red one ?
@najamulghanikhan
8 ай бұрын
God is the creator of all things And He is caretaker of all things
@MathiEesha
3 жыл бұрын
One who knows the true meaning of 'I' and 'I am' within themselves are the ones who are closer to GOD
@sistermariafrancisherrera4884
Жыл бұрын
Thanks be to God for this wonderful and God-given opportunity. May the Spirit of Prayer and Contemplation pervade our noisy and cluttered Society. The World needs to pray and must pray. This is the most important thing in the world right now! We cannot live without God! Prayer is the way to develop a sustainable and joyful life and this is only possible if we love God!!! Praying, True Prayer is loving God! Thank you and may God bless us and the troubled world we are in now! Divine Mercy; Our Lord Jesus Christ, we must trust completely!!!
@Asurendra777
3 жыл бұрын
To most people, prayer means you must pray TO someone and pray FOR something. And by "god" people think it's a dude in the sky! It's difficult even to use these terms.
@JimmyLaSalvia
3 жыл бұрын
Interesting. To me, it sounds like he spoke with a plain non-regional American accent. I wouldn't have expected that in someone who was born and raised in France, educated in England, spent a few years in New York, and lived most of his life in Kentucky. I would have thought we would hear some international and/or regional flavor in his voice.
@pantherred
Жыл бұрын
I agree. I searched out this recording because I wondered precisely that and am equally surprised. I am from NY area and its that accent i hear in Merton. He spent time in US as a child did stay in US from college age on.
@johnpaulsecond4626
3 жыл бұрын
he really really nails it; this little light of mine, i gonna let it shine; this little light of mine; i gonna let it shine; merton was a mountaineer in solitude and silence, breathing it in and out in the great footsteps of iesua
@diane7912
3 жыл бұрын
"The rabbittness of God is shinning through all these rabbits"
@antonioramirez7275
3 жыл бұрын
praying is like breathing : Merton's Wisdom
@1olddirtroad
3 жыл бұрын
In one of our most perilous times in the history of the world, he wrote many letters to different influential people concerning world peace. One pivotal letter was to Jack Kennedys mother Rose about the horror of nuclear war. A Cold Warriors heart turning back from the Brink in 1962 and moving towards Real Peace with our most dangerous adversary culminating in the "Peace Speech" at the American University.
@MathiEesha
3 жыл бұрын
The Postmaster is within you who delivers the Little YOU 'I' to the Extraordinary YOUR SELF 'I AM'
@miribart
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for putting together and uploading this inspiring video. I was checking to see if I could add Spanish subtitles to it but I see that you don't have the option to allow community contributions enabled, so I can't do it. If you're interested in having those subtitles I would be glad to add them as a community contribution (=for free). This way I could share it with my prayer group here in Spain. Thanks again! ♥
@MrResearcher122
2 жыл бұрын
Is faith still alive in Spain?
@sleepycat224
Жыл бұрын
An exceptional person. Love Thomas Merton 🙏🏻🕊️
@pamelachapman5996
4 жыл бұрын
WONDERFUL! Thanks so much!
@tonifrancis2189
3 жыл бұрын
Have an awakened heart. It's with our heart that we love and we must cultivate the awareness of Love. This is how we know God.
@CaptainOfTheLostWaves
4 жыл бұрын
One of the few true inspirations in a much prescribed environment. Mertons prose is illuminating and life changing ... eastern and western ideals colliding into a distilled beauty x
@johnhanks4260
3 жыл бұрын
Prayer and the secure common sense soul are related. AS an atheist I know this.
@4tunesandfavor
3 жыл бұрын
The clarity is an inspiration for Humanity! And ultimately, 'quietly by yourself' see how it applies deeply to you... if that Grace comes along-- Grounded in Love for God.
@BikePractice
3 жыл бұрын
Merton interspersed with Planned Parenthood commercials, how bizarre.
@HereForToday42
3 жыл бұрын
"we should not divide prayer from the rest of our life"
@brucedavies3535
3 жыл бұрын
Unfortunately every time Merton begins to get into the depth of his topic the recording moves on to another selection.
@annalisahansen2522
3 жыл бұрын
This is priceless, so helpful. Thank you ❤️
@sgt7
4 жыл бұрын
I like his idea about reaching God through your heart rather than your intellect (around 16:00). Although, I think it's good to use your intellect but we need to go beyond it at some point I think. If we don't use our intellect we can reach God but aren't capable of working out his will or really understand what our encounter with him means. We can end up being fundamentalists.
@anhumblemessengerofthelawo3858
4 жыл бұрын
_is it his idea?_
@sgt7
4 жыл бұрын
@@anhumblemessengerofthelawo3858 I'm not sure. Maybe it was mentioned in the video but I missed it.
@christopherscotellaro
3 ай бұрын
God was never an adjective or noun - but a verb. Peace ✌️ n’ luv
@tinarodriguez5182
2 жыл бұрын
O, O My, I love this its to much to take in, but love this I am glad I found this, its so hard to find someone who can help me and lead me in spiritual direction but now sooooo bless to find this. Father Merton pray 🙏 for me.
@NewmanWilliam-g9i
10 күн бұрын
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@tomlehr861
3 жыл бұрын
I have read many books by merton, have been to gethsemane., the catholic church as a whole, is not open to this type of inclusion.
@Sofia2653
3 жыл бұрын
Which book of him would you suggest to start with?
@tomlehr861
3 жыл бұрын
@@Sofia2653 i started w 7 story mountain
@rleeAZ
3 жыл бұрын
@@Sofia2653 The Seven Storey Mountain and New Seeds of Contemplation.
@chungchihsu2000
3 жыл бұрын
Zen and the birds.
@frLiamofm
3 жыл бұрын
@@Sofia2653 yes Seven Storey Mountain. A great book.....all so honest and beautifully written.
@UTEXTRACK
8 ай бұрын
“Abandon ourselves to Him.”
@tompark9111
4 жыл бұрын
Please help me identifying the individual Merton mentions at 30:04, who is he? Casado/ Casados? Thank you for your help.
@paulineshelton5418
4 жыл бұрын
Jean Pierre de Caussade, a Jesuit priest who wrote a ok called Abandonment to Divine Providence. He was early C18th (ish)
@kussmannjv
4 жыл бұрын
Cassuade
@BBPalmer420
3 жыл бұрын
This pure gold
@guittatim4300
3 жыл бұрын
Doing things with LOVE.
@RolfFleckenstein-x9q
11 ай бұрын
can someone tell me what is the song in the beginning or who sings it ? it touches my heart
@stephenbryant5251
11 ай бұрын
Inside My Heart by Friday.
@aracelisfreeberg4672
4 жыл бұрын
Thanks David, blessings dear ones, love seeing you on Zoom , miss you and pray for your well being
@normanchu2482
4 жыл бұрын
would
@elijahsfire2489
2 жыл бұрын
thank you so much for sharing such profound wisdom
@yobhsiFehT
4 жыл бұрын
Gee, it’s a good thing there are six commercials interrupting this content. I’d hate to think God wasn’t making enough money through KZitem’s ad revenue structure. #bless
@TownsendHamilton
3 жыл бұрын
More of this please !!!! Somehow !!!
@billschillings2587
3 жыл бұрын
Does anyone know where he gets the Caussade quotes?, I’ve read Abandonment to Divine Providence but can’t seem to find them
@fotyfar
3 жыл бұрын
I think what he said is out of his own experience throughout his own life of prayers
@peacelovejoy8786
3 жыл бұрын
@@fotyfar yes, that's correct
@christopherscotellaro
3 ай бұрын
The moments Merton speaks of the mundane problems of care in monastic life using humor and hearing the students laugh with him are so precious. Awesome basic humanity between teacher n’ novices. I hope those young men went on to live noble lives.
@almagore1
2 жыл бұрын
I see now that you have the tape here on the page. Merton says some good things but is too intelligent and too knowledgeable and because of this he says too much. Prayer is Silence and Acceptance of God in us and His Will. That is it! Now shut up and be Silent!
@susampson278
Жыл бұрын
It would be helpful to have the titles of the talks in the video credits. They are NOT there. The TMerton Ctr at Bellarmine sells each talk with its cataloged title...
@TheBradyXXX
4 жыл бұрын
Wondering what specific title these talks came from? Would like to purchase
@timidcoiffeuse
3 жыл бұрын
Hey there TheBradyXXX, check out "New Seeds of Contemplation". I am registered to take a course on Thomas Merton's life and this is one of the required readings. Hope this helps :)
@TheBradyXXX
2 жыл бұрын
@@timidcoiffeuse Didn’t see you replied…. Just bought a month ago And was just rewatching this:)
@almagore1
2 жыл бұрын
How can l buy and order the audio tape? You say how great the tape is but l can't find out how to get it. I will continue to search this add to find out how to order Merton's tape but this is extremely poor organization on your part!
@terencewinters2154
2 жыл бұрын
There's been a lot of opaque packages that have had to be unwrapped and not all of them were delightful presents. The prayer of the heart was let out of the prisons of forms without destroying the forms themselves. The scaffold of prayer forms remain but are not it's beginning and end in the eternal presence . Ie we are not confining God to forms nor could we ever because of his interpenetrability.
@ljkoh20052000able
2 жыл бұрын
Merton didn't want to talk about prayer since this would reduce prayer into a cause or issue to fight for. However, this video on prayer by the same took 59 minutes. 🙏😏
@ceciliasandoval1726
8 ай бұрын
An awakened heart!
@grahamcmusic
Жыл бұрын
I find that quite negative, divisive, judgemental and in fact weird
@paddymeboy
Жыл бұрын
It's strange that Merton had an American accent. He was raised and schooled in England. He must have been a very impressionable type.
@allencollins6031
Ай бұрын
Born in Queens NY
@zorazorazorzzora8333
2 жыл бұрын
Visited the Abby a few ago .. didn’t want to leave
@Will-sv2hl
3 жыл бұрын
Anywhere I can find a longer version of the intro song?
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