"In the introduction to his book The Strangest Way, Bishop Robert Barron recounts a story from the life of Thomas Merton. Merton, who became Catholic after a Hindu monk directed him to read Augustine's Confessions and The Imitation of Christ, was walking down the streets of New York chatting with his friend Robert Lax. Both had only recently become Catholic.
"Their conversation turned to the future. Lax asked him: 'Tom, what do you want to be?' Merton replied, 'I don't know, I guess what I want is to be a good Catholic.' Lax corrected his friend saying, 'What you should say is that you want to be a saint.' Merton says his friend's strange answer changed his life. . . ."
In a
recent commentary, Father Patrick Briscoe, O.P.,
reflected on the Christian's call to "live life right" and on some ways in which one can walk in a manner that follows Christ.
To access Fr Patrick's complete post, please visit:
Aleteia: Fr. Patrick Briscoe, OP: The Way of the Lord - the Strangest Way? (5 DEC 21)
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