| File# | Title | First Line | Rev.Author | Citation | Year |
| 01 | New Testament texts prove very helpful | It is an unfortunate fact that too many people regard the lay state as somehow inferior to the | Dushel, Frederick J. |
Catholic Times Columbus, OH (30 August 1963).Frederick J. Dushel
| 1963 |
| 02 | Thomas Merton | In his latest work, the most articulate contemporary author on contemplation directs his genius for | Leontine, Mary, SSND |
Catholic Biblical Quarterly 25.4 (October 1963): 515-516. Mary Leontine SSND
| 1963 |
| 03 | This Week | Yet another book by Thomas Merton is not likely to arouse the excitement his first two or three did; | |
Christian Century 80 (6 March 1963).
| 1963 |
| 04 | Life and Holiness | The author of this books is a Trappist priest at the monastery of Gethsemani, in Kentucky. He is | Killinger, John R. |
Princeton Seminary Bulletin (May 1963). John R. Killinger
| 1963 |
| 05 | Life and Holiness | "The Spiritual life is not a life of quiet withdrawal, a hothouse growth of artificial ascetical | Carlino, Lewis |
Review for Religious 23.4 (July 1964): 509. Lewis Carlino
| 1964 |
| 06 | Life and Holiness | Fr. Merton's present book is a simple but comprehensive analysis of the Christian life that is | Lawrence, Virginia, RC |
Worship 37 (November 1963): 690. Virginia Lawrence RC
| 1963 |
| 07 | | Thomas Merton states that this work "is intended to be a very simple book, an elementary treatment | Battersby, W.J., FSC |
Tablet [London] 218 (18 January 1964): 74-75.
| 1964 |
| 08 | | Thomas Merton wrote Life and Holiness, a simple sketch (perhaps too sketchy) of the Christian life | FitzGibbon, G., SJ |
Month [London] 31 (January 1964): 57-58.
| 1964 |
| 09 | | There has been a decade of best sellers since Seven Storey Mountain held first place. Whatever else | Hogan, Gerald G. |
Ave Maria 97 (30 March 1963): 28.
| 1963 |
| 10 | | In five chapters Father Merton explores such basic elements in Christian spirituality as the nature | Griese, Raymond F., SJ |
American Ecclesiastical Review 151 (July 1964): 71.
| 1964 |
| 11 | | Life and Holiness is a book of essays for the laity on progress and depth in the Christian life. In | O'Meara, Thomas Aquinas, OP |
Cross and Crown 15 (December 1963): 492-493,498.
| 1963 |
| 12 | Open Questions | Unfortunately, Life and Holiness is not a book that is likely to impress the audience for whom it | Deasy, Philip |
Commonweal 78 (19 April 1963): 112-113.
| 1963 |
| 13 | | Perfection can be a frightening word; a word that very many Christians shut their eyes to. Yet it | |
Clergy Review 49 (April 1964): 262-263.
| 1964 |
| 14 | | Another challenging book from the Abbey of Gethsemani | |
The Furrow , 16.11 (Nov. 1965): 726.
| 1965. |