| Author Quoted | Saint John of the Cross |
| Title Quoted | complete works of Saint John of the Cross, doctor of the church / Saint John of the Cross ; transl. from the critical edition of P. Silverio de Santa Teresa, and ed. by E. Allison Peers |
| Date (Year/Month/Day) | 1951/03/04 |
| Imprint | Westminster. MD : The Newman Press, 1949 |
| Quotation | Shall I re-read the bits in The Ascent of Mount Carmel about the memory? They seem to do me so much good-always. Year after year, returning to them. In what sense do they make a difference in my life? |
| Journal | Entering the Silence: Becoming a Monk and Writer. The Journals of Thomas Merton, Volume 2, 1941-1952.; Edited by Jonathan Montaldo. / San Francisco : Harper Collins. 1996, p. 452 |
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