The Spiritual Retreat

davidsmith208
Mar 28, 2020
1 min read

I hoarded spiritual books knowing we would be in for a long retreat.

“He gradually abandoned hope for a suddenly perfect life in some perfect place always elsewhere than where he actually was. He surrendered himself instead to the slow heart work of seeking God one day and one night at a time in the place where his eyes opened and shut every morning and evening.”

The Intimate Merton

His Life from his Journals

Merton’s real Autobiography is his personal journals

Starts October 1, 1939

35 Perry Street

New York City

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