You do not need to know precisely what is happening or exactly where it is all going. What you need is to recognize the possibilities and challenges offered by the present moment and to embrace them with courage faith and hope.
Thomas Merton
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We cannot find Him unless we know we need Him. We forget this need when we take a selfsufficient pleasure in our own good works. The poor and helpless are the first to find Him Who came to seek and to save that which was lost.
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We are not at peace with others because we are not at peace with ourselves, and we are not at peace with ourselves because we are not at peace with God.
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