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Dialogues With Silence by Thomas Merton

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Dialogues With Silence

Prayers & Drawings

Thomas Merton

HarperCollins · Print & ebook · February 17, 2004

Reading lane: Faith & Inspiration

Thomas Merton’s most intimate work—a stunning devotional beaming with prayers, poems, and never-before-seen drawings The perfect companion for daily prayer and reflection, this spiritual guide and gift combines Merton’s artistic and contemplative sides, showing readers a different side of this beloved writer and theologian.

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Why This Clicks

Quiet Companionship

Prayers, poems, and pen-and-ink drawings invite a slower, more contemplative kind of reading.

Come here for

  • A devotional blend of Merton’s writing and rarely seen drawings
  • Warmth and comfort in a collection made to be savored slowly

Expect

  • Prayers gathered from journals, letters, poetry, and books
  • A contemplative companion for prayer, meditation, and reflection

Book Details

Authors
Thomas Merton
Publisher
HarperCollins
Published
February 17, 2004
Format
Print & ebook
Theme
Faith & Inspiration · Prayer & Healing
Reading lane
Faith & Inspiration

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Publisher Categories

  • Religious Lives

  • Faith & Inspiration

  • Prayer & Healing

  • Inspiration & Personal Growth

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  • Inspirational & Religious Poetry

  • Buddhist Practice & Ritual

  • Catholicism

  • Religion in the Arts

About This Book

Thomas Merton’s most intimate work—a stunning devotional beaming with prayers, poems, and never-before-seen drawings The perfect companion for daily prayer and reflection, this spiritual guide and gift combines Merton’s artistic and contemplative sides, showing readers a different side of this beloved writer and theologian. Grippingly filled with warmth and comfort, Dialogues with Silence is a rich a selection of prayers from throughout Merton’s life—from his journals, lette...

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Thomas Merton’s most intimate work—a stunning devotional beaming with prayers, poems, and never-before-seen drawings The perfect companion for daily prayer and reflection, this spiritual guide and gift combines Merton’s artistic and contemplative sides, showing readers a different side of this beloved writer and theologian. Grippingly filled with warmth and comfort, Dialogues with Silence is a rich a selection of prayers from throughout Merton’s life—from his journals, letters, poetry, books—accompanied by all 100 of Merton’s rarely seen, delightful Zen-like pen-and-ink drawings. This elegant collection is designed to savored slowly, leaving readers with a profound sense of hope and enlightenment. Vulnerable, inspiring, and unlike any other devotional published, this assortment of spiritual astonishment is the perfect companion to daily prayer, meditation, and reflection in all its glorious forms.

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