What makes a vocation?(Infinity of Little Hours: Five Young Men and Their Trial of Faith in the Western World's Most Austere Monastic Order)(Book review)

From: National Catholic Reporter | Date: July 28, 2006| Author: | Copyright information

AN INFINITY OF LITTLE HOURS: FIVE YOUNG MEN AND THEIR TRIAL OF FAITH IN THE WESTERN WORLD'S MOST AUSTERE MONSASTIC ORDER By Nancy Klein Maguire Public Affairs, 258 pages, $26

If you remember 1948, you may recall Thomas Merton and his Seven Storey Mountain. It was an autobiography of sorts, but Merton's whole purpose was to share with the world the wonder of his recently discovered vocation to the Order of Trappists. The contemplative life is a deeply romantic subject, and Merton was a romantic writer of genius. All who read the book were thrilled, a thrill that I know well and ...

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