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  2. On this day in 1915 OO Thomas Merton was born. He was at from 1929 to 1932. In his last year at school, he was a prefect (standing second from right) and gained his Rugby colours (standing third from left).

  3. "Theology does not exist merely to appease the already too untroubled conscience of the powerful and the established. A theology of love may also conceivably turn out to be a theology of revolution." — (Faith and Violence)

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  5. enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time.” -

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    Candlemas Procession (Thomas Merton) It is for this we come, And, kneeling, each receive one flame: Ad revelationem gentium. I loved the atmosphere of the Candlemas Procession, more here:

  7. Today is 's 105th Birthday! Grateful for the birth of this insightful and inspiring writer and monk!

  8. Jan 31

    He saved my spiritual sanity. Without him I very well may have given up on being Roman Catholic let alone a believer in Christianity. Him and Dorothy Day are who I think of when my Catholicism is shaky. I add since his election.

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  9. Jan 31

    Happy 105th birthday to . Reading _The Seven Storey Mountain_ in college helped me grow into an adult faith. Now I read _New Seeds of Contemplation_ to remind myself how to tap into the Love that is always everywhere present -- it's just up to me to pay attention.

  10. Jan 31

    "Be good, keep your feet dry, your eyes open, your heart at peace and your soul in the joy of Christ," Happy 105th!

  11. “ The beginning of love is to let those we love be perfectly themselves, and not to twist them to fit our own image. Otherwise we love only the reflection of ourselves we find in them.” Thomas Merton

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    Today would have been Thomas Merton's 105th birthday. Happy Birthday Father Louis!

  14. Jan 31

    Happy birthday, Thomas Merton. Thank you for bringing us joy for so many decades ❤️

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    I can satisfy my vocation with nothing that is partial or provincial.

  17. You cannot be a man of faith unless you know how to doubt. You cannot believe in God unless you are capable of questioning the authority of prejudice, even though that prejudice may seem to be religious. - Thomas Merton, New Seeds of Contemplation, pg 105

  18. Jan 31

    Remembering (born 105 years ago today) and his famous quote: "I was suddenly overwhelmed with the realization that I loved all those people...they are all walking around shining like the sun." And thinking Merton never worked in an open floor plan office.

  19. Jan 31

    Today is the 105th birthday of For me today, his essential quote, is, "We all become like the God we adore".

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