April 14, 2014 Isaiah 42:1-9
Monday
in Holy Week Psalm 36:5-11
Hebrews 9:11-15
John 12:1-11
Thomas
Merton (1915-1968)
Thoughts
In Solitude
What
is it that has made me evil and hateful to myself? It is my own folly, my own
darkness, which have divided me, by sin, against the light which God has placed
in my soul to be the reflection of His goodness and the witness of His mercy.
Shall
I drive evil out of my soul by wrestling with my own darkness? This is not what
God has planned for me. It is sufficient to turn away from my darkness to His
light. I do not have to run away from myself; it is sufficient that I find
myself, not as I have made myself, by my own stupidity, but as He has make me
in His wisdom and remade me in His infinite mercy. For it is His will that my body
and soul should be the Temple of his Holy Spirit, that my life should reflect
the radiance of His love and my whole being repose in His peace. Then will I
truly know Him, since I am in Him and He is truly in me.
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