“To be grateful is to recognize the Love of God in everything He has given us – and He has given us everything. Every breath we draw is a gift of His love, every moment of existence is a grace, for it brings with it immense graces from Him. Gratitude therefore takes nothing for granted, is never unresponsive, is constantly awakening to new wonder and to praise of the goodness of God. For the grateful person knows that God is good, not by hearsay but by experience. And that is what makes all the difference.”
–Thomas Merton, Thoughts In Solitude (New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1956), p.113
"In order to become myself I must cease to be what I always thought I wanted to be, and in order to find myself I must go out of myself, and in order to live I have to die." Thomas Merton @MertonDaily #contemplation #centeringprayer pic.twitter.com/jhYbj7WsU2
— Michael John Cusick (@michaeljcusick) April 6, 2018
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