Fr Nouwen's accent was much thicker 25yrs previous and evidently Thomas Merton could not understand him too well that he indicated in his journal, and called him Henri Now. He wrote also he was very friendly. Is his right eye a glass eye? It stays fixed while the other roams.
Very rarely do we get a saint of our times.it is people like nouven sent to us by the Lord in our generation to look into our sins and the gift of a free will to stay away from sin.future generations will allways have another saint to show people the way.
About 5 years ago I travelled to the Abby of Gethsemane located-outside of Bardstown, KY. I’m not a fan of visiting gravesites but I located Merton’s grave at the abby… simple , unremarkable which I appreciated. I visited the abby because of Merton so I figure why not locate his grave. The area was so peaceful and quite, I didn’t want to leave.
Good to hear Henri. He has influenced my life.
Fabulous insight
Merton and Nouwen - two remarkable people.
oh yes
Fr Nouwen's accent was much thicker 25yrs previous and evidently Thomas Merton could not understand him too well that he indicated in his journal, and called him Henri Now. He wrote also he was very friendly. Is his right eye a glass eye? It stays fixed while the other roams.
Two saints. Henri and Louis, pray for us.
A great spiritual master has influenced another master profoundly.
God Bless Henri Nouwen!
Very rarely do we get a saint of our times.it is people like nouven sent to us by the Lord in our generation to look into our sins and the gift of a free will to stay away from sin.future generations will allways have another saint to show people the way.
A brilliant down to earth man Henri Nouwen.
Merton is cool. And so is this guy!
About 5 years ago I travelled to the Abby of Gethsemane located-outside of Bardstown, KY. I’m not a fan of visiting gravesites but I located Merton’s grave at the abby… simple , unremarkable which I appreciated. I visited the abby because of Merton so I figure why not locate his grave. The area was so peaceful and quite, I didn’t want to leave.