Living in God’s Kingdom – Nov. 10, 2022
“When Merton told me that “one thing for sure about heaven is that there is not going to be much of you there,” he was, I think, referring to the mystery that even now we are in God’s kingdom. And that even now we can begin to realize it if we but die to egocentric […]
The Gift of Being a Person – Nov. 9, 2022
“Both true prayer and love for others are selfless, in that they lead us toward and emerge from a simultaneous death to self and discovery of a new self born of God. Both prayer and service to others reveal to us the tremendous truth that to be a person is to be a gift, and […]
Our Deepest Freedom – Nov. 8, 2022
“Our deepest freedom rests not in our freedom to do what we want to do but rather in our freedom to become who God wills us to be.” -James Finley, Merton’s Palace of Nowhere, p. 73
Our Life in God – Nov. 7, 2022
“There is only one life, and that is God’s life… The purpose of our prayer is to help us find God, that we might consciously and gratefully live this life, and through our presence invite others to live it as well.” -James Finley, Merton’s Palace of Nowhere (Ave Maria Press, 1978), p. 25
