Thomas Merton's "The Quickening Of St. John The Baptist"
- Author
- Sean Johnson
- Published
- Thu 29 Aug 2024
- Episode Link
- https://dailypoempod.substack.com/p/thomas-mertons-the-quickening-of
In today’s poem Thomas Merton, 20th-century author and mystic, comes to an understanding of his monastic vocation through a contemplation of John the Baptist’s prenatal gymnastics. Happy reading.
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