| File# | Title | First Line | Rev.Author | Citation | Year |
| 01 | Merton, Thomas | Meditations on the Psalms by Thomas Merton, who is Father Louis of the Order of Cistercians of the | Conway, Pierre; G.N. Shuster, and J.A. Pike |
Book Rev Digest (April 1954). Excerpts from reviews by Pierre Conway, G.N. Shuster, and J.A. Pike
| 1954 |
| 02a | | Religious books made news throughout 1953 and will undoubtedly continue in heavy demand in 1954. | |
Louisville Times (29 December 1953).
| 1953 |
| 02b | Merton Calls Psalms 'Bread in Wilderness' | "Those whose vocation in the church is prayer find that they live on the Psalms," Thomas Merton | |
| 1954 |
| 02c | Bread in the Wilderness | It is perhaps natural that the sincere, vivid autobiographical writings of the young Trappist monk, | |
| no-year |
| 03 | | Thomas Merton wrote a book and woke up one morning to find himself famous. "The Seven Storey | |
News Malden Mass (10 March 1954).
| 1954 |
| 04 | Flash of Dark Lightning | It is fitting that this study of the Psalms should have been made by Thomas Merton. As a Cistercian | Lentfoehr, Therese, SDS |
Renascence 7 (Winter 1954): 103-108. Sister M. Therese SDS
| 1954 |
| 05 | Bread in the Wilderness | We will always have need of scholarly commentaries on the psalms, but having mastered them, we can | Kilian McDonnell, OSB |
Worship 28 (July 1954): 388-389. Kilian McDonnell, OSB
| 1954 |
| 06 | Bread in the Wilderness | To the Editor:--Last December I read Thomas Merton's Bread in the Wilderness with much interest and | Ohligslager, M., OSB |
Worship (November 1954): 550-551. M. Ohligslager OSB
| 1954 |
| 07 | Merton Reissued | Thomas Merton explains the teaching of St John of the Cross on mystical prayer and union with God as | Luff, S.G.A. |
Clergy review 62.8 (August 1977): 336-337. S.G.A. Luff
| 1977 |
| 08 | Merton and the Psalms | In 'Bread in the Wilderness,' Thomas Merton, the young Trappist monk of Kentucky's Abbey of Our Lady | Habich, William |
Courier Journal [Louisville] (17 January 1954): William Habich.
| 1954 |
| 09 | Good Mertonesque | Published in 1953, this book reached the reviewer accompanied by ten profuse passages of praise for | Murphy, Richard T.A., OP |
Integrity 8.10 (July 1954): 41-42. Richard T.A. Murphy OP
| 1954 |
| 10 | The Symbols of the Psalms | Poets are merchants of cosmic symbols. But no amount of suave merchandising will help the merchant | Pike, James A. |
New York Times Book Review (24 January 1954). James A. Pike
| 1954 |
| 11 | The Psalms Alive Today | Although Philip Keller's book on Psalm 23 reflects little or no biblical scholarship | Stuhlmueller, Carroll C.P. |
Bible Today 59 (March 19720: 718-719, 728-729.
| 1972 |
| 12 | | This book makes plain to the multitudes outside the cloister "some of the reasons why | |
Catholic World 179 (July 1954): 320-321.
| 1954 |
| 13 | | In the scriptures, the word is incarnate in human words: the Psalms, summing | Monroe, N. Elizabeth |
Sign 33 (March 1954): 70-71.
| 1954 |
| 14 | | Anyone who undertakes to write a short book on the psalms must be prepared to face | Bourke, Joseph, OP |
Blackfriars 35 (October 1954) 441-442.
| 1954 |
| 15 | The Psalms | Here is a genuinely inspiring book. The Psalms are its theme. It does not offer a detailed | Conway, Pierre |
Commonweal 59 (February 19 1954): 506-507.
| 1954 |
| 16 | | Though directed primarily to monks, this latest book of Thomas Merton will prove | Dowd, William A., SJ |
America 90 (March 20 1954): 659-660.
| 1954 |
| 17 | Psalms and the Office | From the earliest times the psalms have been the official prayer of the Church, the prayer par excellence | James, Bruno S. |
Tablet [London] (7 August 1954): 15s.
| 1954 |
| 18 | | This is a reprint of a Merton book that has been previously released in a couple of different formats. | Eastman, Patrick |
Monos 9.4 (Jul/Aug 1997): 9.
| 1997 |
| 19 | | One had the impression that this short book of reflections has perhaps | Squire, Aelred, OP |
Life of the Spirit 9.105 (March 1955): 432.
| 1955. |
| 20 | | "Ooh! A book about the Psalms | Kiely, Jerome |
The Furrow, 5.12 (Dec. 1954): 803-804.
| 1954. |