The Sign of Jonas (Paperback)

Paperback. Begun five years after he entered the Abbey of Our Lady of Gethsemani, The Sign of Jonas is an extraordinary view of Mertons life in a Trappist monastery, and it serves also as a spiritual log recording the deep meaning and increasing sureness he felt in his vocation: the growth of a mind that finds in its contracted physical world new intellectual and spiritual dimensions. Begun five years after Thomas Merton entered the Abbey of Our Lady of Gethsemani, The Sign of Jonas is an extraordinary view of his life in a monastery and a log recording the deep meaning and increasing sureness he felt in his vocation: the growth of a mind that finds in its contracted physical world new intellectual and spiritual dimensions. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.