An Elemental Life
Mystery and Mercy in the Work of Father Matthew Kelty, OCSO
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Liturgical Press
Published:27th Dec '18
Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back
Father Matthew Kelty was an especially beloved monk at the historic Abbey of Gethsemani in Kentucky. Perhaps best known as Thomas Merton's colleague and confessor in the year prior to Merton's death, Father Matthew was also an enormously gifted spiritual writer in his own right, one whose homilies at Gethsemani attracted a wide following. This is the first book-length study of Matthew Kelty's life in relation to his spiritual writings and his profound reflections on the virtues of the monastic life in the modern age.
"Those of us who have lived in community with Fr. Matthew will readily recognize here the true features of this multifaceted monk. The best of his deep insight and intuitive mind are brought together and set forth in their full spectrum of wit, faith, imagination, freedom, and devotion."Paul Quenon, OCSO, Gethsemani Abbey
"University libraries will appreciate adding this presentation of Cistercian Fr. Matthew Kelty's spirituality to their biographical collection."Catholic Library World
“An Elemental Life pulls together all that is best and most elemental in the character, spirit, imagination, and flesh of Fr. Matthew Kelty. This is a character portrait rather than a biography, not full of facts, anecdotes, interviews, and details as in a biography.”
Cistercian Studies Quarterly
ISBN: 9780879070564
Dimensions: 216mm x 140mm x 10mm
Weight: 113g
128 pages