"With his usual care and diligence, Patrick O'Connell has put together a series of essays and conferences by Thomas Merton on Cistercian Fathers and Forefathers. Even after all these years they fill a need not otherwise satisfied. They are valuable not only to Cistercians, but to all who have an interest in monastic tradition. In them, Merton shows -- James Conner, OCSO "Thomas Merton's former undermaster of novices".