Thomas Merton
I’ve just posted to the Mystics section of this website a page about Thomas Merton.
Tita’s Catacomb
Google Alerts notifies me whenever a blogger mentions contemplative prayer (among several other topics I keep an eye on). This morning, it directed me to a reference to contemplation in a blog called Tita’s Catacomb: Reclaiming Sexuality and Soul. Most bloggers write about contemplative prayer either to celebrate it or condemn it, but right away I saw that this blog belonged to a category all its own. Its description pretty much says it all: “A written commentary documenting my efforts to emancipate myself from the direct control and manipulation of institutional Christianity. This is for all the truly spiritual people who, like me, have recognized what a soul killer, institutional Christianity is.” I spent about fifteen minutes scrolling through the blog. The author is either a very colorful storyteller or tragic in her wounding. (more…)
