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Erasmo Leiva-Merikakis is a Trappist monk and accomplished author, preacher, and retreat master.

He received his Ph.D. in Comparative Literature and Theology from Emory University.. His areas of interest include liturgy and liturgical texts, Georg Trakl's poetry, the Gospel of Matthew, French and German poetry of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Greek and Roman classics, and Dante.

Father Simeon entered the St. Joseph's Abbey in Spencer, MA in April of 2003 and was ordained to the priesthood in May of 2013. He is currently serving as secretary to the Abbot General in Rome. He continues as editor of the Monastic Wisdom Series for Cistercian Publications. When at his monastery in Spencer he leads retreats in the Abbey Retreat House, pitches in as community cook and does his part in the regular round of chores. Father Simeon tells us that he treasures: “the rhythm of the common life that draws me back to essentials even when I am most distracted or concerned with more relative things.”

He has also translated numerous works for Ignatius Press, including several books by Hans Urs von Balthasar.

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Erasmo Leiva-Merikakis

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Books from Erasmo Leiva-Merikakis

Heart of the World

The Way of the Disciple

Fire of Mercy, Heart of the Word: Meditations on the Gospel According to Saint Matthew, Vol. 1

Love's Sacred Order: The Four Loves Revisited

Fire of Mercy, Heart of the Word: Meditations on the Gospel According to Saint Matthew, Vol. 3

Theology: The Old Covenant

Fire of Mercy, Heart of the Word: Meditations on the Gospel According to Saint Matthew, Vol. 2

Fire of Mercy, Heart of the Word

The Blossoming Thorn: Georg Trakl's Poetry Of Atonement

Bernanos: An Ecclesial Existence

Unless You Become Like This Child

The Threefold Garland