Table of Contents
The Merton Prayer ix
Introduction 1
Part 1 Why The Merton Prayer … and Why Merton? 7
Part 2 Unpacking The Merton Prayer 17
I "My Lord God" 23
II "I Have No Idea Where I Am Going" 33
III "I Do Not See the Road ahead of Me" 43
IV "I Cannot Know for Certain Where It Will End" 51
V "Nor Do I Really Know Myself" 59
VI "The Fact That I Think That I Am Following Your Will Does Not Mean That I Am Actually Doing So" 67
VII "I Believe That the Desire to Please You Does in Fact Please You" 77
VIII "I Hope I Have That Desire in All That I Am Doing" 89
IX "I Hope That I Will Never Do Anything Apart from That Desire" 97
X "I Know That If I Do This You Will Lead Me by The Right Road, Though I May Know Nothing About It" 107
XI "Therefore, I Will Trust You Always, Though I May Seem to Be Lost and in the Shadow of Death" 115
XII "I Will Not Fear" 121
XIII "For You Are Ever with Me" 131
XIV "You Will Never Leave Me to Face My Perils Alone" 137
Conclusion 145
Appendices
♦ Me and Merton 151
♦ Just Me 159
Acknowledgments 179