| Author Quoted | Meister Eckhart |
| Title Quoted | Beati pauperes spiritus. English. Meister Eckhart's sermon on Beati pauperes spiritu / (Eckhart von Hochheim) ; transl. by Raymond Bernard Blakney |
| Date (Year/Month/Day) | 1966/06/30 |
| Imprint | Pawlet. [VT] : Fredericks, 1960 |
| Quotation | "Blessed are the pure in heart who leave everything to God now as they did before theyever existed." Eckhart [from the tractate Von der Abgeschiedenheit]. This is what I have to get back to. It is coming to the surface again. As Eckhart was my life-raft in the hospital, so now also he seems the best link to restore continuity: my obedience to God begetting His love in me (which has never stopped!). |
| Journal | Learning to love: exploring solitude and freedom. The Journals of Thomas Merton, Volume 6, 1966-1967.; Edited by Christine M. Bochen. / [San Francisco] : HarperCollins. 1997, p. 92 |
| Link to Merton's Copy |
https://merton.bellarmine.edu/items/show/18443 |