Suggest Books for Devout Protestant Attracted to Catholic Monasticism - Hermit Interior Life?

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JimR-OCDS said:
The majority of Thomas Merton’s works have been approved, i.e.
Imprimatur, by the Catholic Church.

Please provide the list of books writen by Thomas Merton, that are condemned by the Catholic Church.

Jim
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I choose to honor the OP’s request - “I would also ask that please … anyone wishing to further debate the merits vs. demerits of Merton please start their own thread, because I started this thread to help a friend of mine. Please respect that.” - I suggest you do the same.
 
Back to the original topic of books about the lives of hermits, I haven’t seen these two mentioned yet.
  1. Letters from the Desert by Carlo Carretto
  2. Charles De Foucauld: Writings (Modern Spiritual Masters Series)
 
Voices of Silence by Frank Bianco

After Bianco tragically lost his son in a car accident, he became angry with God. He was given the chance to live among Trappist Monks, examine their spirituality and document what life was like in a Trappist monastary. Bianco is transformed in the process and returns to the Catholic faith of his youth.
 
Good greetings to diligamus, Mary3, JohnnyReb, and all discussion participants,

Awesome News … my friend has ordered three books on St. Teresa of Avila from Amazon.com, including both versions of her life as well as “Interior Castle!” 🙂

And I am very grateful for the continuing book suggestions … Partly because I am interested in learning more about hermits myself, and I’m not familiar with all these books, so I’m very happy to learn about them!

Will definitely research Letters from the Desert by Carlo Carretto and **Charles De Foucauld: Writings **(Modern Spiritual Masters Series).

And … Wow !!! … Voices of Silence by Frank Bianco !!!

Have never heard of “Voices of Silence,” but it seems to really resonate!

Will write down the names of ALL thread participants and pray for you special tomorrow night in the Eucharistic Adoration Chapel.

Thank you again,

~~ the phoenix
 
You **MUST **read Kathleen Norris: The Cloister Walk. Norris is not a Catholic yet she is drawn to monastic life. She is an Benedictine oblate connected with a Catholic monastery. She is very serious about her spiritual journey. You may also want to take a look at her book Amazing Grace.
 
JohnnyReb said:
Voices of Silence by Frank Bianco

After Bianco tragically lost his son in a car accident, he became angry with God. He was given the chance to live among Trappist Monks, examine their spirituality and document what life was like in a Trappist monastary. Bianco is transformed in the process and returns to the Catholic faith of his youth.
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I have read that book, and it is a great book to read on the subject.

Jim
 
Good greetings to all thread participants including
PoliSciProf, Palladio and JimR-OCDS: 🙂

Thank you for your recommendations. I will be happy to let my friend know that so many people are coming up with book suggestions for her … That you care will mean a great deal to her.

I have not yet heard as to how her reading is coming so far, and will follow my friend’s lead as to what I suggest next from among your recommendations. Am not sure at this point whether she’ll want to go with ancient writings, current authors, or what.

Voices of Silence stands out to me for particular reasons, so I did a little research on it, reading both good reviews and bad. What I found was interesting … the bad reviews mentioned the author talking about himself and his own spirituality almost as much as he described the monks … Which actually, makes the book more attractive to me personally. While it may not be helpful to certain types of people, there are cases where the searching of an author can be just what is called for, I think. So yes, I’m interested in this book and may well order a copy for myself.

Your names along with everyone else who replied to this thread are now on the prayer list that I’ll be taking to the chapel tonight so that I can remember to pray for you all by name in gratitude. 🙂

~~ the phoenix
 
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