Bread in the WildernessBread in the Wilderness sets forth Merton's belief that "the Psalms acquire, for those who know how to enter into them, a surprising depth, a marvelous and inexhaustible actuality. They are bread, miraculously provided by Christ, to feed those who have followed Him into the wilderness." Merton's goal in this moving book is to help the reader enter into the Psalms: "The secret is placed in the hands of each Christian. It only needs to be discovered and fulfilled in our own lives." The new ND Classic edition of Bread in the Wilderness faithfully reproduces the beautiful, large-format original 1953 New Directions books, created by the celebrated designer Alvin Lustig and lavishly illustrated throughout with photographs of a remarkable medieval crucifix at Perpignan, France. |
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User Review - starda - Overstock.comIf you love the psalms this book will bring you to even greater depths of prayer and appreciation of the psalter.Thomas Merton explains how we enter into contemplation through praying the psalms.I ... Read full review
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| Title | Bread in the Wilderness Volume 0 of New Directions classics |
| Author | Thomas Merton |
| Edition | illustrated, reprint |
| Publisher | New Directions Publishing, 1997 |
| ISBN | 081121348X, 9780811213486 |
| Length | 146 pages |
| Subjects | › › › Religion / Biblical Commentary / Old Testament / General Religion / Biblical Meditations / Old Testament Religion / Christian Living / Inspirational |
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