Summary Of The Seven Storey Mountain

While reading The Seven Storey Mountain by Thomas Merton, I began thinking about my faith journey, and how my spiritual life has been shaped into what it is today. I have gone to Catholic school all my life, beginning at St. Francis De Sales, then St. Francis of Assisi Middle School, and finally Roncalli High School. Exploring and learning the Catholic faith has played a huge role in my life and education. In elementary and middle school, I attended a weekly all school mass which I loved doing and being a part of. I remember always looking forward to the next time it was my homeroom’s turn to lead mass, so I could volunteer to read, or bring up the gifts, and to just be involved in the mass. However, just because I loved the mass and felt
My mother always taught me to treat everyone with kindness and respect. She wanted me to know that even if we did not attend Mass every week, that does not mean we should not always act as good Catholics. This is something that I feel has helped me grow stronger in my faith and is something I think about everyday. The reason I only really talk about my mom as having a hand in my early faith development is due to the fact that my parents got divorced and separated when I was around 7 years old. I do not really remember much changing in my life other than I was sad about it for awhile and did not really understand what was happening, but I thought it was cool that now I had two different houses to stay at. I did not really remember wanting a faith life until about sixth grade. During middle school I remember wanting something more. While reading the Thomas Merton story, his life with his brother as well as his relationship with his father forced me to think of my relationship with my father and how he has influenced me. My brother and I would go over to my dad’s house on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and every other weekend. This became difficult for my brother and I because we