Single Item Record for the Date:
1948/December/08
Series: 7 Correspondence between Dom James Fox and Merton: Special Binding (Archive - Stack 5).
Type: HLS - Holograph (handwritten) signed letter.
To/From: from Merton to "Fox, James, Dom, O.C.S.O., 1896-1987"-->
# of pages: 1
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First Lines: "Maybe, by the grace of God, I have made a good retreat. I'm not sure, because right now I am"
Contents: disgusted by too much organ-playing and fanfare at Mass (Feast of the Immaculate Conception) / realizing that the way to sanctity for Merton is following Trappist Rule / Merton frustrated in not "amount[ing] to anything" - knows that he should not be concerned with this - God allows him publicity as a test to his virtue
Language: English
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Date received:
Date added: 2004
Unique identifier: Section A- "Fox, James, Dom, O.C.S.O., 1896-1987:" Series 7:
1948/December/08
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