An Excerpt from Dialogues with Silence: Prayers & Drawings by Thomas Merton, edited by Jonathan Montaldo

In Dialogues with Silence, Thomas Merton's prayers and drawings reflect his earnest communion with his Creator. Here is an excerpt on the spiritual practice of yearning.

"When will You come back? Tomorrow on the Feast of Christ the King?

"It seems to me that I should never desire anything but this pure love of You which is You loving Yourself, not only in my soul, but in all my faculties so that they are empty and lost and finished and done with and nothing is left but liberty."