Ora Et Labora: How I Began To Work Alongside Monks
Work can be prayer
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3 min readFeb 18, 2023
On December 10th, 1941, Thomas Merton entered the Abbey of Gethsemani as a novice. A few days later, after graduating college last December, I entered the same monastery as a worker.
What sparked this change of explosive direction in my future? Why did I forsake my years of education?
