Singing for the Kingdom

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).

CONTENTS

Introduction    ix
Acknowledgements    xiv

THE MONASTIC LIFE
   Seeking Authentic Reality    3
   Supple Love    6
   Witnesses to the Transcendent    9
   We Sing for the Kingdom    12
   A Bonding Beauteous    15
   Holy Recreation    18
   True Hearing and True Speech    21
   Our Impractical Life    23
   Faithful to the Core    25
   A Great Man of God    28
   I Am a King    30
   Fantasy Versus Reality    32
   Is God Less Creative than Man?    36

MYSTERIES OF FAITH AND LIFE
   Our Just Desserts?    41
   Trust in God’s Mercy    43 
   Traces of the Trinity    45
   Coincidence? Or Angels?    48
   Ponder the Great Mysteries of the Faith    51
   Three Kinds of Waiting   54
   A Glorious Prelude    56
   Who Do You Say He Is?    58
   The Deepest of Mysteries    61

LIVING THE FAITH
   Begin in Your Own Heart    65
   Christ-like Forgiveness    68
   Foresight    70
   The Master Key    73
   Even There, Even Then: I Am with You    76
   Moral Power    79
   “Do You Love Me?”    82
   Light of the World, Salt of the Earth    84
   Visions of the Real and the Unreal    87
   A God of Mercy    89

THE MASS
   The Greatest of the Sacraments    93
   The Name of the Game    96
   Climbing the Tree    98
   Acting Out Vicarious Guilt    101
   The Curtain    104 

MARY
   The New Eve    109
   Both Darkness and Light    112

DEATH AND BEYOND
   A Lovely Flower Unfolding    117
   O Death, Where Is Thy Sting    120
   Our Names Are Written in Heaven    123
   Rehearsal for Reality    126