"Give me the strength that waits upon You in silence and peace. Give me humility in which alone is rest, and deliver me from pride which is the heaviest of burdens. And possess my whole heart and soul with the simplicity of love. Occupy my whole life with the one thought and the one desire of love, that I may love not for the sake of merit, not for the sake of perfection, not for the sake of virtue, not for the sake of sanctity, but for You alone.
For there is only one thing that can satisfy love and reward it, and that is You alone."
Thomas Merton. New Seeds of Contemplation. New York: New Directions Press, 1961: 45.
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beautiful. thanks jodester...i am grateful for this today. i hope it goes deep under my skin.
just wanted to stop by ur blog and say hi!
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