Fr. Matthew Kelty, (1915-2011), a native of Boston, was a monk of Gethsemani since 1960. Before that he served as an active priest in the Society of the Divine Word, both in the States, and in Papua New Guinea. His previous books include Flute Solo (Sheed, Andrews & McMeel), Sermons in the Monastery and Call of the Wild Geese (Cistercian Publications), Gethsemani Homilies (Franciscian Press), and My Song Is of Mercy (Sheed & Ward).

Much erudition and spirituality shines through these homilies. I would give it the highest kind of endorsement. When I turned the last page, I immediately went back and started reading it all over again.Fr. Matthias Neuman, OSB, American Benedictine Review

• CONTENTSINTRODUCTION   xiMONASTIC LIFE   1Beyond Gender   2Talking with God   4Communication   7Purity of Heart   9A Hopeful Future   11The Primacy of the Spiritual   14Environmental Impact   16Last Mass at Oxford   18Thanksgiving Day   20All Saints’ Day   23Come and See   25Change    29ISSUES OF FAITH   33Ash Wednesday   34Manifestations of God   36On to a Good Thing 39A Call Universal and Unique   40Indifferent Sickness   43Probing the Depths   44Mystical Time   46Faith on the Edge   49 Mysteries   52Believing in Love   54JESUS   61The Hidden Christ   62Trees   64Living by Our True Nature   66Christmas Morning   68Christmas Mass at Dawn   71The New Gospel   73He Is Come   75The Lord of Glory   78Paschal Vigil   82SAINTS   85Bernard I   86Joseph   88Mary   91Our Lady of Guadalupe   93John the Baptist   94The New Eve   95The Martyrs of Holland   97Angels   100George   104Bernard II   105Taking Up the Cross   107The Call to Extravagance   110The Shepherd   111Love in Depth: On the Thirtieth Anniversary of the Death of Thomas Merton    114ETHICS AND EVIL   119Abortion: A Personal Experience   120 Mission   122Blessed Are the Poor   124Defeating Evil with the Art of Love   126Good News/Bad News   128The Dangers of Wealth   131Internal Evil   133A Jarring Note   135Living with Compassion and Mercy   138Loving One on One   140Purple Curtain   142SACRAMENTS   147Touching Fire   148The Drama of Reality   150The Fruit of Evil   152Can You Forgive?   154DEATH   157A Homily for the Passing of Patsy Ann   158What Did They Do?   159A Great Day   161What’s Your Color?   163For the Burial of a Monastery Worker’s Mother   166Funeral Mass for Brother Aelred   167A Memory of Thomas Merton   169

Fr. Matthew Kelty, (1915-2011), a native of Boston, was a monk of Gethsemani since 1960. Before that he served as an active priest in the Society of the Divine Word, both in the States, and in Papua New Guinea. His previous books include Flute Solo (Sheed, Andrews & McMeel), Sermons in the Monastery and Call of the Wild Geese (Cistercian Publications), Gethsemani Homilies (Franciscian Press), and My Song Is of Mercy (Sheed & Ward).

Much erudition and spirituality shines through these homilies. I would give it the highest kind of endorsement. When I turned the last page, I immediately went back and started reading it all over again.Fr. Matthias Neuman, OSB, American Benedictine Review

• CONTENTSINTRODUCTION   xiMONASTIC LIFE   1Beyond Gender   2Talking with God   4Communication   7Purity of Heart   9A Hopeful Future   11The Primacy of the Spiritual   14Environmental Impact   16Last Mass at Oxford   18Thanksgiving Day   20All Saints’ Day   23Come and See   25Change    29ISSUES OF FAITH   33Ash Wednesday   34Manifestations of God   36On to a Good Thing 39A Call Universal and Unique   40Indifferent Sickness   43Probing the Depths   44Mystical Time   46Faith on the Edge   49 Mysteries   52Believing in Love   54JESUS   61The Hidden Christ   62Trees   64Living by Our True Nature   66Christmas Morning   68Christmas Mass at Dawn   71The New Gospel   73He Is Come   75The Lord of Glory   78Paschal Vigil   82SAINTS   85Bernard I   86Joseph   88Mary   91Our Lady of Guadalupe   93John the Baptist   94The New Eve   95The Martyrs of Holland   97Angels   100George   104Bernard II   105Taking Up the Cross   107The Call to Extravagance   110The Shepherd   111Love in Depth: On the Thirtieth Anniversary of the Death of Thomas Merton    114ETHICS AND EVIL   119Abortion: A Personal Experience   120 Mission   122Blessed Are the Poor   124Defeating Evil with the Art of Love   126Good News/Bad News   128The Dangers of Wealth   131Internal Evil   133A Jarring Note   135Living with Compassion and Mercy   138Loving One on One   140Purple Curtain   142SACRAMENTS   147Touching Fire   148The Drama of Reality   150The Fruit of Evil   152Can You Forgive?   154DEATH   157A Homily for the Passing of Patsy Ann   158What Did They Do?   159A Great Day   161What’s Your Color?   163For the Burial of a Monastery Worker’s Mother   166Funeral Mass for Brother Aelred   167A Memory of Thomas Merton   169