December 10
Thomas Merton Reflection Thomas Merton,Trappist monk, writer, poet, social activist and mystic died on December 10, 1968. Merton wrote more than 70 books, mostly on spirituality, social justice and a quiet pacifism, as well as scores of essays and reviews, including his best-selling autobiography, The Seven Storey Mountain (1948). Merton was a proponent of interfaith understanding. He pioneered dialogue with