the seven storey mountain
I have begun (finally) the Merton book that he sent me. It is engrossing and the story well-told, although even with as far as I have gotten (not very far) I know the book will be a source of grief to me, as I try to fathom why he sent it, and what he might mean for me by it.
In the introduction the writer said something about the Catholic church instilling an attitude of superiority and patronage…as if “only we hold the truth”…or something to that effect. It is just the attitude I balk at, although I know evangelicals are just as, if not more than, guilty of it. I still wonder at the mighty confusion, corruption, destruction and hate…what power and force, what ignorance and destruction…. And yet what of us? I also shy away from the protestant form of organized christianity. I only wonder, and would like to ask someone who might know first-handedly…
And yet I grieve still..
because the rift between us is still as great and as impassable as the one left in my heart.
