Monthly Archives: June 2012

Thomas Merton’s Inner Experience of Insecurity: A Life “on the road” toward God

Merton’s Inner Experience as an Insecure Life “On the Road” toward God “Sometimes I want to turn away and be a tramp and hang around on the roads without anything, like Humble George or Benedict Joseph Labre.”[1] After having read … Continue reading

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Monksworks Podcast: In Rome & Discovering A Secretly Archived Version of An Old Self

A diptych of two fools: one certified by his family, the other canonized by his church. Saint Benedict Joseph Labre was a fool-for-Christ, a “holy” bum: he tried desperately and more than once, but couldn’t make it as a Trappist … Continue reading

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