{"product_id":"liturgical-feasts-and-seasons-paperback","title":"Liturgical Feasts and Seasons: Novitiate Conferences on Scripture and Liturgy 3 - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eThomas Merton\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003ePatrick F. O'Connell\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003ePaul Quenon\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis critical edition makes available for the first time Thomas Merton's novitiate conferences on liturgy. Though dating from the period just before the liturgical reforms of Vatican II, Merton's commentaries remain pertinent for their insights on his own commitment to this central dimension of Christian life, on his work introducing students to the patterns that would mark their lives as monks, and on the perennial meaning of the key events of the liturgical year. The thoroughly annotated text is preceded by an extensive introduction situating this material in the context of Merton's lifelong writing on liturgy. As Merton's former student Br. Paul Quenon writes in his foreword: \"Nowhere in all of Merton's writings can one find such an extended demonstration of the hermeneutical approach he took in commenting on Scripture. This was focused intensely on finding the meaning Scripture had for our life in God . . . These notes . . . take us into one man's lifetime of reflection and seasoned experience of the Church Year.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThomas Merton (1915-1968)--Catholic convert, Cistercian monk, hermit, poet, contemplative, social critic, and pioneer in interreligious dialogue--was a seminal figure of twentieth-century American Christianity. Among his many books are his best-selling autobiography \u003ci\u003eThe Seven Storey Mountain\u003c\/i\u003e and the modern spiritual classic \u003ci\u003eNew Seeds of Contemplation\u003c\/i\u003e. The present volume is the third and last in the series of his Novitiate Conferences on Scripture and Liturgy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Patrick F. O'Connell, a founding member and former president of the International Thomas Merton Society, edits its quarterly publication, \u003ci\u003eThe Merton Seasonal\u003c\/i\u003e, and is coauthor of \u003ci\u003eThe Thomas Merton Encyclopedia\u003c\/i\u003e (2002). He has edited many volumes of Merton's writings, including most recently for Cascade Books \u003ci\u003eA Monastic Introduction to Sacred Scripture\u003c\/i\u003e (2020) and \u003ci\u003eNotes on Genesis and Exodus\u003c\/i\u003e (2021), the two previous volumes in the Novitiate Conferences trilogy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 610\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.35 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 09, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42123243290759,"sku":"9781725253124","price":63.72,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/71d80ce7014ca211a15ac0e502aae575.webp?v=1732565226","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/liturgical-feasts-and-seasons-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}