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But some sort of interior uneasiness must have remained in this man, an awareness of the fact that he was not living his authentic life and his real destiny. And now Jesus appears before him and says: Follow me.
“when we say the Apostles’ Creed we are reminded that life itself is founded on trust. Christians in the ancient church went naked to the waters of baptism. The second birth is like the first. We are totally dependent. We bring nothing with us except life. The birth cry of baptism is the threefold “I believe” of the creed, a cry of total trust in the Triune God.”
― The Apostles' Creed: A Guide to the Ancient Catechism
― The Apostles' Creed: A Guide to the Ancient Catechism
“Let us have Winter loving that the heart May be in peace and ready to partake Of the slow pleasure Spring would wish to hurry Or that in Summer harshly would awake, And let us fall apart, O gladly weary, The white skin shaken like a white snowflake.”
― The Collected Poems
― The Collected Poems
“For me—the betrayal I have to look out for is that which would consist simply in attaching myself to “a cause” that happens to be operating at this time, and getting involved, and letting myself be carried along with it, simply making appropriate noises from time to time, at a distance.”
― Year with Thomas Merton, A: Daily Meditations from His Journals - A Spiritual Guide for Reflection, Gratitude, and Self-Care in the Pursuit of a Mindful Christian Life
― Year with Thomas Merton, A: Daily Meditations from His Journals - A Spiritual Guide for Reflection, Gratitude, and Self-Care in the Pursuit of a Mindful Christian Life
“the mystery we have met in life overcomes us in death. The mystery that awaits us beyond death is but the antiphonal response to the mystery that anticipated our birth.”
― The Power to Comprehend with All the Saints: The Formation and Practice of a Pastor-Theologian
― The Power to Comprehend with All the Saints: The Formation and Practice of a Pastor-Theologian
“Travel by water was often faster, smoother, more efficient, and in many circumstances safer and more convenient than overland travel, which presents obstacles and threats from animals, people, terrain, and even the conventions and institutions of shoreside society.”
― The Sea and Civilization: A Maritime History of the World
― The Sea and Civilization: A Maritime History of the World
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