“My
Lord God, I have no idea where I am going. I do not see the road ahead of me. I
cannot know for certain where it will end. Nor do I really know myself, and the
fact that I think that I am following your will does not mean that I am
actually doing so. But I believe that the desire to please you does in fact
please you. And I hope I have that desire in all that I am doing. I hope that I
will never do anything apart from that desire. And I know that if I do this you
will lead me by the right road though I may know nothing about it. Therefore
will I trust you always though I may seem to be lost and in the shadow of
death. I will not fear, for you are ever with me, and you will never leave me to
face my perils alone.” —American Trappist monk Thomas Merton (1915-1968), Thoughts in Solitude (1956)
Sunday, March 26, 2017
Quote of the Day (Thomas Merton, on the Desire to Please God)
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Quote of the Day,
Roman Catholic Church,
Thomas Merton
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