Social critic and supporter of human rights, Thomas Merton is an important writer in the American literary tradition. His explorations of religions of the east initiate Merton’s entrance into interreligious dialogue. He lived from 1915 to 1968. He was a writer and a Trappist Monk. Exegesis, though, often used in conjunction with textual analysis of scripture, refers to the interpretation and analysis of any text. Upon death of Thomas Merton on December 10, 1968 at a monastic meeting on interreligious monastic life in Bangkok, the Exegesis of his works have become a global phenomenon. His funeral was held in The Abbey of Gethsemani near Bardstown, Kentucky, on December 17, 1968. By seeking to find connections in the works of Merton, I eventually return to my own journaling and my prayer journaling as well, to reconstruct my own writing as a peaceful endeavor.