Feb 24 – Mertons Abbot

Dom James FoxToday we completed the mealtime reading of The Spirituality of St. Paul: A Call to Imitation by Frank J. Matera, S.J. Our new refectory book is Merton’s Abbot: The Life and Times of Dom James Fox as Revealed through Letters, Interviews with Monks, Records by Frederick D. Lucas.

from Rule of St. Benedict: Chapter 38. The Reader for the Week

Reading will always accompany the meals of the brothers.

References
Current Reading
Lucas, F Dean. Merton’s Abbot: The Life and Times of Dom James Fox as Revealed through Letters, Interviews with Monks, Records. Lexington, KY.: Frederick D. Lucas, 2016.
Previous Reading
Matera, Frank J. The Spirituality of Saint Paul: A Call to Imitation. Mahwah, New Jersey: Paulist Press, 2017.